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  1. As a 20 year old playing in the USHL. A lot less impressive. Most top 20 year olds would be in the NCAA.
  2. I could see the Bruins going after Backlund and another stop gap player now.
  3. Looks like he’s going to have to fight Bill Gates not Zuckerberg.
  4. Not about taking one or the other. It’s about contract comparables. People can bring up “bubble Demko” all they want. Samsonov had a better season and has earned 3.5 mil.
  5. Think about it. This is all about control. What’s the most valuable commodity right now? Information. He wants to control what people think.
  6. Hell no. But acting like he isn’t worth this contract because of 4 playoff games is silly. Statistically he had a very good season.
  7. And Demko’s stats were a .901 SV% and a 3.16 GAA. Those in glass houses and all that…
  8. I know we love to hate on the Leafs but… He had a .919 SV% and a 2.33 GAA Much better season than Demko.
  9. Not gonna go into the season with high expectations. Not cause I don’t believe he can do it I just feel like it sets him up for a letdown. If he can score 30 and be a 60-70 point guy great. But if he can be a 20 goal 50-60 point guy that can just be better defensively and win more battles that’s good too.
  10. Man just when it seemed like we had some stability in management and everyone was settling into their roles. This is a big loss. He brought a ton of experience over from Pittsburgh.
  11. I worded that poorly. I meant those two contracts were worse than the dead cap we’ll have going forward.
  12. You should see what his hair does when he’s really angry.
  13. Except had we not bought out OEL we would have had a 7.25 mil cap hit for the next 4 years. So those two bad years that we have a 4.7 mil penalty would have gone towards him playing on the bottom pair for 7+ mil. So no in either scenario we wouldn’t be getting a 4 million dollar player in those years.
  14. He’s one of those fans that would complain after a cup win because it wasn’t done the “right way”.
  15. Lol Benning gave us 5 years of Eriksson on the roster, and gave us 5 years of Myers, which was even worse. That was 6 mil of dead cap for 5 fricken years!! You act like we don’t have any possibility of building a good team with the dead cap we’ll have. The reality, when you take off your chicken little costume, is that the cap penalty is pretty minor in all but two years. And even then you can plan around it. So many more important factors will play into this team being successful than a few extra mil in what is typically play money anyways. I mean how many times has this team spent up to the cap and past it for a bottom 10 team? It’s not like more cap space automatically equals more success. From what I’ve seen it just equals overspending. What this does is forces management to be wise with their dollars. Something Benning wasn’t able to do his entire time here.
  16. Lol always with the hyperbole. No he did not do more damage. I can think of 10 moves Benning made that were more damaging. Funny how all fans call their GMs idiots even right up to them winning the cup (sometimes after too). I can assure you though this will not be the move that makes or breaks their chances. There will be dozens of other moves along the way that determine whether this group succeeds or fails.
  17. Yea I don’t see Bear as an option anymore. I think they’re still working the phones hard for a trade though. JR has a long history of making deals deep into July and even in October. If they can just unload one winger or Myers at not too much of a cost then they can take a run at someone like Pesce or Tanev.
  18. That’s the type of move I’m waiting for. I’d even be good with Dumba on a 1 year deal to play with Hughes. He’ll be motivated to earn a big contract and he’s played top 4 his whole career. Better than experimenting with someone like Juulsen there the whole season.
  19. No situation where a GM gives up a top 10 pick and a 2nd round pick for two players that couldn’t even be given away… You’re griping about the wrong GM.
  20. Cause I’m sure Myers is here long term right?
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