Drakrami

lol at the Kings.. what a horrible choice.

Uhhh.. Winnipeg do this because...? Niederreiter> Garland Stanley > Rathbone

I thought Avs just ate Johansen's contract and went wtf... then i see the 50% retained, makes much more sense.

More like how much will he get paid? He is not that far from Severson you know.. yet you have him making half as much with half the years... lol.

True. I can tell you the Detriot board was very happy with the Hronek trade. So if your 25 year old #1D just got traded for a 1st and 2nd, most people would probably be upset. Any way, what matters now is how well Hronek plays for us starting next season.

Bryam is good, but he kinda needs to be sheltered with his concussion history. That's not a good match with Hughes who's not exactly a physical pressence. Along with the fact the 11th pick in this year's draft is very solid, gonna have to pass on this one.

You must be dreaming if you think Tampa will let go of Cernak. They are still gunning for the cup in the next 2-3 years. I like how this trade gives away all the players we don't want and gets back solid RDs and 3rd line pieces, as if we're playing fantasy hockey.

This management better not trade away the 11th pick, that's all i gotta say.

Not impressed doesn't mean they''ll trade him away undervalued lol. This is the same GM who got a 1st and a 4th for Nils Lundkvist.

No, no nerve struck. When you say weaponizing cap; I take it we get prospects/draft picks back which I don't think Aqulini paid 19million to buy those lol. If you mean more like the Brent Burns type of deal, which helps with the retool (buying good players on the cheap with retention too), then yes we should be doing those.

Hey now. May be we can go for Boeser + 2nd for Hanafin. May be we can go for Barbashev.

Weaponizing cap is the dumbest thing ever. We just bought something like 2million of cap 8 months ago with a 2nd rounder trading Dickinson..? Now we do the opposite of that..? Where does that get us? Negative value? And you are suggesting Aquilini just spent 19million just to buy a 1st or something like that? More like Aquaillini believes strongly in our core and spent 19million so we can retool this team to contend in the coming 2 years. So anyone thinking we are weaponizing our cap is just wrong.

So basically we took on Arizona's big headache, gave them a 1st and 2nd rounder in the process, and got Garland back as a souvenir. Joking aside, I'm neutral about this buyout. Unlike most fans I don't see a window anywhere. Not in 2 years (retool won't work with this core), not in 5 years (we are throwing away draft pick as we speak). So if there's no window, cap hardly matters.

Could be because NJ management actually watches him play every game and think he is worth this money instead of simply commenting on stats, especially for just 12 games in the playoffs. Bratt is basically a point per game player for the last 2 seasons, contract is justified imo. And from what little highlights I've seen of him, he checks pretty hard.

Teams almost always go off the board each year. So I am expecting what we view as top 10 picks fall to us at 11th.

lol yea... have the habs ever thought may be he didn't want to be drafted by them? I mean... their core is Suzuki and Caufield....

Everything's about balance. Obviously this organization is too much tilted to the shortsighted category. Trying to make the playoffs every year is the theme and failing miserably.

Pretty easy run for Vegas. Didn't run into anyone everyone thought was a contender before the playoffs.

Agreed... But in this case, Rutherford giving Dubas a call. I can actually see us getting a 3rd or more back.

We can draft someone like Matthew Wood, Tom Willander or may be even Michkov/Reinbacher. No idea why this fanbase is so stupidly eager to throw it away. Just to chase a "retool" that's highly likely to fail based on the results of previous seasons.

I still remember the argument Garland will be better than the #9 pick lol. I'd like to see Garland return a #9 pick now in 2024 or 2025.

Guys need to reevaulate the notion that players drafted high = automatically good. Jost was let go by both Minnesota and Buffalo. That itself is a big enough alarm bell.

lol... saying we are even "close to playoffs the last 2 seasons" is the saddest excuse ever. We were horrible the last 2 seasons.

lol.. Gillis was a great GM to me. I like winning teams. (inherited or not - ridicious argument btw) Luck is part of life, live up to it lol.

Barkov's scored 5 goals in these playoffs.. Playing first line minutes, 20 games, 5 goals. I know everyone says Barkov is underrated, but 5 goals is pretty bad for the player he is supposed to be.