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  1. Forget about Hronek, how about Pearson's offseason transformation !
  2. Have to credit where it is due; in the last 6 months Allvin has given the organization a much-needed infusion of young talent at the right-defense position. Hopefully the results are satisfactory.
  3. For a team that struggled to kill penalties, do they really want to add a player that is going to cause them to spend more time on the PK? Soucy is an elite penalty taker. He's not that young either (29 in July). He's an option but some of these numbers being thrown around are a bit rich.
  4. Absolutely. It's very easy to throw a name around as an option but it takes two to tango. The same goes for any possible UFAs.
  5. Hanifin no; Graves yes (depending on the price). Given Hughes/Hronek I think Hanifin would be going a little too big. I don't think they need as strong an offensive player as him behind Hughes/Hronek. He is a good player, just not sure if he's an ideal/appropriate fit as a player or contractually.
  6. Curious what they are going to do with the cap space. I like the move if they are now able to bring in a younger defenseman through either trade or offer sheet. I hope the plan isn't to make a big investment in an O28 player. Maybe get aggressive and try to offer sheet K'Andre Miller? A long shot, but that could be an appealing endeavor.
  7. The trade is a risk but this post neatly summarizes a more optimistic, yet reasonable, take on that risk. Also worth mentioning that Vancouver gets the 106th pick from Detroit.
  8. Yes, I am aware of this. My comment was in the event that both were declared healthy. Pearson is assumed onto the roster, but I believe there were reports of Poolman resuming skating with the team and trending toward a return (I could be mistaken here, this was a while back). If they are stuck in limbo with regard to Poolman's health status that does make things a bit trickier but I think it can still be accomplished without moving out a 5M+ contract. Just to be clear, this is theoretical and not necessarily what I would consider the advisable route. Having a 22-man roster, moving a player like Beauvillier (likely with some incentive attached), and filling all holes with league min. players is not ideal. Very questionable whether the resulting roster would be able to get above the .500-.599 P% range so the playoffs would be no certainty.
  9. They can be cap-compliant even in the event Pearson and Poolman are declared healthy. It would involve going with a 22-man roster and buying out Poolman and possibly Beauvillier -- although it would be preferable to trade Beauvillier (with up to 1.4 retained) instead. There would not be much $$$ to make significant additions so there would have to be some bargain-bin hunting. But, it is possible so technically they don't have to move a contract to another team. If Poolman is on LTIR it ups the budget by 500K. If Pearson is on LTIR or the cap moves up by more than 1 million it gets somewhat easier to make more significant upgrades. I think guys like Eller/Bonino/Kulikov/Talbot/Rittich could be suitable depth additions in that event. It remains to be seen how realistic those options are.
  10. The contract extensions (with NTC/NMC) that Gillis signed circa 2012-13 are what really bound the team's hands. They were justifiable at the time because of the performance of the team in the years during and prior to this period. Unfortunately, Gillis did very little future-building between 09-14 and as a result there was a scant internal supply of players to boost/supplement the existing roster. It was clear the team was trending down but unfortunately when you have 6 or so veterans with an NTC/NMC it effectively entrenches the roster, thus making the "disassembling" part of a rebuild (stupid term) difficult to achieve.
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