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But we all know a drunk one that would pick Petey over Jack

That's along the lines of what I was thinking. Petey +Hronek +1st or 2nd. The Hughes brothers are a symbol of the future for NJ. I think we would have to pay above market value to get them.

Wow. A Canuck forum 2 pages long and everyone is still in agreement. I also hope it extends to BC.

Agreed. 50% retained at the trade deadline would only be a cap hit around 1-1.5 million and actual salary only 100-200k. That is actually a great price for him and contending teams would probably be willing to give a 2nd or 3rd for that.

It would be hard to do. A good accountant can lower your taxes quite a bit. Many hockey players run charities for example. It would be hard to set a standard that actually got applied to everyone.

I totally agree. Which is why I was shocked they brought him out. I wonder who thought good was going to come out of it? They had to know the questions were going to be asked, and they had to know he didn't want to answer them. And he has been out for months. It's not like he has been in the spotlight recently.

I found this a strange combination to put out there. Two people recovering from injury who were out most of the season, someone who is great but barely speaks English and Meyers. I thought Myers actually sounded really good, but this seemed like no thought was put into the groupings.

At the same time, I'm not sure what they should ask him. I was shocked that the Canucks brought him out. What is the media supposed to ask, what do we expect him to say? It was brutal to watch. That part just felt like another mismanagement by the organization regarding Tanner.

I wonder if Martin and Silovs split nhl backup. I think I heard the idea on sn650. Martin travels as the backup but they call Silovs up for the day to play at home. Then he can split the Abby net with big Nikita. Silovs needs games to develop to much to be a NHL backup and hope to keep developing I think.

Interesting point on SN 650 yesterday about UFA signings. Who is in our pipeline? Signing a D for a 3-4 year contract makes sense as we have lots of needs and not a lot of top 4 prospects. But 3C? What about Raty? If we are signing a 3C for 3-4 years we remove room for him to grow into that role. Do we need to spend 3-5 million locking up the role for the next few years or do we need someone just for next year? As for budget: Hopefully Myers can be traded and I think Boeser at 1-2 million retained is less painful than an OEL buyout. It = $10 million out and 2 million dead cap for 2 years.

I don't think there is a need. It's like Ferland. He isn't playing again. LTIR for the rest of the contract I suspect.

I hope we keep him, but pay him as a 5th D. Cheap for top 4 and well paid for both 2 pair. If we have 2 RD better than him I think we are really solid on the right side, but him moving up due to injuries or sharing the bottom 2 spots on RD would be fine.

I included the 2nd. But if I added the 1st we paid I would have to add the 1st we got as well. Since it was the same one I just left it out of both.

Fixed, I missed the Kravtsov for Lockwood trade.

Out In Roster: Bo Schenn Lazar Stillman Prospect: Lockwood Wyatt Kalynuk Picks 2023 2nd. Roster: Beauvillier Hronek Kravtsov Prospect: Raty Bloom Picks 2023- 3rd 2023 – 4th 2023 – 4th 2024 – 4th I actually like how this lines up. It seems like significant effort to improve and address some needs. The doubt is more along the lines of the amount left to do: Boes, Meyers at minimum need to be moved this summer, if only for cap reasons.