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Ceci 4 years @ 3.25 seems like it would be high risk buyout candidate

Probably dictated by the Kraken, plus other teams via trade. No way they thought Driedger was going to be their #1, and there was no guarantee they'd get a #1 in free agency.

I guess they are going after Keumper? Nah Dubas loves his forwards must be Landeskog lol

This was inevitable given the team cant possibly afford 4 x 6 million+ defensemen with none of them being of the shut down variety. 3 x 6million+ defensemen is more palatable especially without having a legit #1 dman that can play all situations. Hopefully we can find some value contracts now on the D, goaltending and Forward to fill out the rest of the roster.

Some decent D available on the available list, maybe GMJB can swing a deal for one of them i.e. Jake Bean even though he's left shot

Some decent D available on the available list, maybe GMJB can swing a deal for one of them i.e. Jake Bean even though he's left shot

MTL has a boatload of picks for this years draft, they may already have a deal in place with the Kraken. Although you'd think if there was a deal in place, it wouldnt matter who was exposed. Maybe they wanted to troll the media a bit, given they werent given a chance in any of their series.

So media trying to drum up interest to get an asset for Hyman. There are other similar type players available as UFA, maybe not with similar offensive ability or numbers as Hyman but are also likely cheaper. Martinook, McGinn, Janmark, Goodrow, Coleman etc. etc. No reason to pay an asset to have negotiating rights unless there is already a deal on the table so to speak.

The Oilers spent what little cap they had available before knowing what was available on the market. This trade could have waited until before the season really, they werent competing against anyone. An off year or an injury to McDavid or Draisaitl and the Oilers are in the lottery again.

It would have to be retained dollars and draft capital for the canucks to even consider. At least then the canucks can use the draft capital as currency to send a bad contract in a trade.

That 2015 first round looking back is not good at all. You could argue their 2nd round picks outperformed their 1st'. Makes it even worse when you look at the picks from the first round after their trio.

Well there were those odd stories true or not from Boston and Calgary that teammates didn't get along with him, he's just a different dude.

Crazy how Van and Min took VGK to 7 games just playing defending hockey getting outshot by miles. Maybe MTL has to adopt that too.

There was a couple years where everyone thought he was washed, when he couldnt stop a beachball. Also Murray took over for him in the playoffs.

Because they got him for free by promising to not take Vatanen or Manson during the expansion draft