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  1. Most long term contracts going forward are going to seem high, because the cap is about to rise steeply. A couple of years ago this deal would have an AAV that starts with a 5. Scored 30 goals this year, and was almost a PPG in the playoffs. He was in place for 30 goals in 2021-22 as well before the trade to Tampa - took him a while to settle in, but was back at his usual this season. A defensively strong player who scores that much is very valuable. By comparison, Blake Coleman never scored more than 22 goals, and he got $4.9M long term in free agency, and that’s in the middle of COVID, with no cap raises on the horizon.
  2. One of my favourite first lines of a song: “When I came up from out of the meat locker…the city was gone.”
  3. This is how I feel too. For instance, put Marty Turco on those Devils teams instead of Brodeur, and I’m not sure they’re any worse for it.
  4. Jack and Luke probably look up to Quinn as the older brother. That said, I get the impression that Quinn isn’t too concerned about ever playing with his brothers. In fact, he may strongly prefer not to.
  5. Well, Demko already showed us he was back in form at the end of last year. For Markstrom, this may be the beginning of the end. So that’s a pretty easy bet. That said, Flames have Dustin Wolf, who is an even better goaltending prospect than Silovs. So they might have a way of remaining competitive even if vintage Markstrom is long gone.
  6. You mean Dahlin? The guy who just finished top-10 in Norris voting? Who had more than double the votes as Hughes? That Dahlin? I get the schtick and all, but…that’s just flat-out stupid.
  7. Samuelsson Clifton Jokiharju Johnson Bryson Seems fairly decent. They just signed Clifton and Johnson, so Lyabushkin was traded to make room. Only way a trade for Myers works is if Jokiharju goes too.
  8. He had a fantastic sophomore season at Cornell, but had some injury trouble last year. Even still, Colorado didn’t exactly “give up” on him. Just last week GM MacFarland told the media they were in negotiations and hoped to get him signed. Seems like an example of a college player electing to not sign and go to free agency instead. Prediction: Matt signs with Seattle. His dad is a scout for the Kraken, and there is a clear path to a bottom-6 C position in 1-2 years. But if that isn’t the plan, I’d expect Vancouver to be on the radar too. He does check boxes for what the Canucks need, and won’t have much internal competition outside of Raty and Sasson.
  9. Sieder and Maata are decent. Definitely not the worst defence overall. However, Chiarot, Ghostbear, Holl and Walman have a combined cap hit of over $15M! That’s some Benning-level of overspending on marginal talent.
  10. They’re already missing their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in 2024, and their 2nd and 4th in 2025. Their prospect pool is one of the weakest in the league, and the only legitimate top-6/top-4 player under 27 is McAvoy. They aren’t going to be a threat in the short term. But they have enough talent to keep in the mushy middle for years. Barring an insane run at the draft (like the Stars in 2017) I think it will be at least a decade before the Bruins have any real shot at contending again…and that makes me happy.
  11. This is just one of numerous potential problems. The only animal I want on my flight is the one in my sandwich.
  12. The reason seemed to be that his numbers likely would have given him a huge arbitration award, that Seattle would have no choice to match. It seemed reasonable to not qualify and try to sign him as a UFA, but he got a better offer. That said, there’s always the possibility that there was more to it than just that.
  13. Well, there goes most - if not all - of that $2M contract he just signed. Don’t know much about racers, so not sure if DeMelo just sues and settles for a bunch of money, or if he’s well off enough to focus on getting him charged with felony assault. If the latter, I suspect Detroit will cancel his contract.
  14. My wife took my 10 YO daughter to Barbie. Wife said it was absolutely hilarious, but daughter did not like it at all.
  15. Although I don’t agree with the OP in general, I would like this exact rule for the playoffs. Although the cap doesn’t apply the same in the post season, it’s ridiculous that teams can suddenly ice a roster with combined cap that exceeds the salary cap. A rule like that should pump the brakes a little on the hoarding of talent that is suddenly all healthy enough to play when the playoffs start.
  16. All along Sharks have said the price will be dictated on how much they have to retain. Getting out from the last couple years of that contract with only $1.5M retained is the biggest asset for San Jose. There just weren’t many teams out there willing to consider paying to take that on.
  17. Is Benson a great prospect? Absolutely. Is he more likely to hit his ceiling than Willander? Quite possibly, yeah. The point is though, if both players do not their ceilings, which is more valuable? It's the defenseman, and it's not particularly close. Even if Willander falls short of expectation and Benson doesn’t, they could still have similar trade value (see: Hall for Larsson trade).
  18. I’d rate it the same. As far as action movies go, excellent. It’s funny, generally sequels tend to be diminishing returns. But IMO, each Mission Impossible movie is better than the previous one.
  19. Another similar one is Brent Seabrook at $6.875M. But for him, the pain was somewhat lessened by him going into LTIRetirement so early.
  20. That was my thought as well. But the response from Rutherford (that it helps the Canucks, and that they won’t replace him) seems to indicate that internally they decided they may have too many cooks in the kitchen? Maybe Rutherford approached Clancy about this, and Clancy has long ties with Treliving, so they allowed this to happen on a one-time basis.
  21. He has a 10-team trade list, so odds are not great that Vancouver is on it. If they are though, Backlund would be an ideal fit for us, even if just for 1 year.
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