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  1. But I've spent so much time cultivating my ignore list here. Lol
  2. Hockeydb has Hughes at 5'11 - 175. So despite being 3" shorter that Pettersson he weights tge same. No need to try to make him sound smaller than he is And Once again. He just turned 22. Pettersson's faceoff percentage at 21 was 44.3%. That's better than Hughes last season but still nothing to write home about. Pettersson's game has matured. Hughes will too. Do you think the kid is a finished product at 21?
  3. Pettersson scored 103 with a winger shooting at an unsustainable 27% accuracy on a system that by in large ignored defence. There's no guarantee Pettersson will ever top last season any more thsn there is that Hughes will . Saying a 21 year old has topped out his potential is just silly. I'm not gonna get in a passing match about who's better or who could be better. The bottom line is Hughes has more TRADE VALUE due to his younger age and cheap contract.
  4. Hughes put up 99 points as a 21 year old. Yes Pettersson is better ATM. But to assume Hughes is done refining his game as a kid who just turned 22 is myopic. Both players still haven't hit thier ceilings. But Hughes is also signed to a very team friendly deal for 7 years. Even if Pettersson signs it's going to be for a lot more than $8m. Considering where he is already and adding in his contract I think most GM's would value Hughes over Pettersson
  5. Hughes pretty much matched Petterssons point output this past year and he did it being 2 1/2 years younger. I think it's premature to declare EP40 the superior player when Hughes is 2 years behind in development.
  6. Yeah. It sounds like it's nothing more than a rubber stamp situation now.
  7. He apparently already signed with Laval earlier this offseason. This trade just allows Montreal to sign him to a NHL contract if he does well enough to earn one
  8. If you were NJ would you move the two Hughes brothers for an unsigned Pettersson and a bunch of underwhelming young players/prospects?
  9. Jack has more value than Pettersson. He's 2 1/2 years younger. Put up an 43 goals 99 points in 78 games and is locked up for another 7 years on onecof the best value contracts in the league. EP 40 is two years away from UFA status and if he does sign with the Canucks it'll be for substantially more than $8m a season I can't see any circumstance where they'd move Hughes straight across for Pettersson, let alone swapping Luke for Hronek (who is far more expensive, has big question marks regarding his health and is also 2 years away from ufa status)
  10. I'm not sure using Matthews as an example helps your argument. Matthews was/is on a very good team that has cup aspirations. The team he was rumored to be going to is crap and an absolute tire fire. And he certainly didn't leave any money on the table. By comparison Pettersson has been on a team with little to no success during his tenure with the team. If wanting to be on a team with a chance to win is really his goal (and I'm not saying that's the case) then forcing his way out of town like PLD and Tkachuk seems like a possible tactic.
  11. You may want to lower your expectations. Jeff Petry, only returned a conditional 4th from Detroit. Petry is a better player than Myers, is also a big right hand D, and his retained cap hit is only $2.34m
  12. Or maybe, just maybe, there's no market for him at a $6m cap hit regardless of the actual dollars
  13. Like I said. A lot of far fetchec ifs. Literally everything would have to go the Canucks way this season for all those things to happen. I'll throw some ifs at you. What if last season was an outlier and he comes back down to being a ppg guy? What if he misses some games due to injury and isn't in rhe top 10 in scoring? What if the Canucks miss the playoffs again (as the oddsmakers are predicting)? He evidently wants to see what the team looks lime on the ice before signing any kind of extension. He can get paid no matter where he goes. What he wants is to play meaningful hockey
  14. That's a lot of far fetched ifs . Plus, you can't make him sign. He's stated he doesn't want to discuss a contract extension right now. What are they supposed to do?
  15. To be fair. Montreal had the cap space to match the Kotkaniemi offer sheet. They just didn't feel he was worth $6.1 m
  16. Time will tell which Demko Shows up this season. He could be great, but He still has an extensive injury history and could just as easily be terrible again.
  17. Montreal isn't moving Montembeault. Guaranteed. He's likely their 1A/B starter this season. He looked really good in the second half last season behind a rookie defense. If anything Montreal will look to move Allen, DeSmith or Primeau
  18. I never said I thought Matthews deserves to be paid what he's getting. Only pointed out the hypocrisy of disregarding his best season and calling him an 85 point player while using Pettersson's best season and calling him 102 point player. I honestly have no idea where Pettersson's next contract will land. His current took 9% of the cap when signed. Matthews and the other players mentioned as a tier above are around 14% If he repeats last years numbers it's probably safe to assume he's not going to settle for 9% again.
  19. Uhm. Until Pettersson does it again his 102 point season is just as much an outlier as Matthew's 60 goal season. Also. Matthews has been better than a ppg every season he's played. Pettersson has done it once. Don't get me wrong. I'm not a Matthews fan, but you're trying to paint it like the guy is a 1 year flash in the pan. Pettersson has far more to prove right now than Matthews does.
  20. I don't think you can use Hughes as a comparable. His contract was signed coming off his ELC as a 20 year old and well before he broke out. Pettersson is older, more established, and has an eye towards a significant cap increase next season. They may be comparable players now, but Hughes was pretty much just draft pedigree and potential when he signed his deal
  21. Hughes signed his deal before he broke out and is one of the best discount deals in the league. I wouldn't bother using him as a comparable. Vancouver isn't going to get that lucky
  22. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Outside MaCavoy I'm not sure what Boston could possibly offer
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