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  1. Funnily enough, I looked into it and the main difference between Benning's drafting and Gillis' is the 1st round. Benning has nailed several home runs in the 1st round and Gillis really only hit one with Horvat. Benning's round 2+ picks have just recently started to be a fair bit better than Gillis', most notably with the breakouts of Demko and Hoglander. If Rathbone becomes an NHL regular then I'd say Benning is head and shoulders above Gillis, even in later round drafting. Dipietro could also make the show soon and that would be another big plus on Benning's draft record.
  2. We'll see if he can keep it up, but Smith was very good last year. 2 years is a bit of a risk, but it's not a ton of money. Seems like a fine deal to me.
  3. He certainly gave a full swing at Eriksson, but it was a whiff for sure.
  4. Best offensive years were with Montreal in 2011-12 and Vancouver in 2014-15. 18 points (4 goals, 14 assists) in 60 games in 2011-12 and a career-best 11 goals and 21 points in 65 games in 2014-15 for Vancouver. Both pro-rate to about 26 points in 82 games.
  5. TBH, we saw a similar picture last year and it turned out he was basically the same weight he's always been. He's just fairly well toned I suspect and has a fairly low body fat %. I'd gladly be wrong though and see him in the 180s this year.
  6. Esposito wins this one with his insane rookie year. His 15 shutouts are a modern day NHL record and he did it as a rookie. Was also voted onto the 1st Team All-Star, which is effectively equivalent to today's Vezina and finished 2nd in Hart voting. A .932 save percentage in 1969-70 is insane. #1 - Tony Esposito #2 - Pekka Rinne - Won the Vezina in 2017-18 with a league-leading 8 shutouts and a .927 save percentage. In 2011, he finished 2nd in Vezina voting (to Thomas) and 4th in Hart voting. #3 - Tom Barrasso - Barrasso had trouble staying great consistently, but he was incredible as a young goaltender. Won the Calder and Vezina as a rookie in 1983-84 and finished 2nd in Vezina voting three other times as well. #4 - Marty Turco - Always felt odd to me that Turco never won a Vezina. He finished 2nd in 2002-03 and 4th in 2003-04 with a 8th place Hart trophy finish. In 2002-03, he led the NHL with a .932 save percentage. He was insane against the Canucks in the 2007 first round even though they lost, as he sported a .952 save percentage in that 7-game series. #5 - Mike Richter - His best year was probably his official rookie year (though he played 23 games in 1989-90) in 1990-91 when he finished 3rd in Vezina voting. Richter was quite good in the playoffs though and his .932 save percentage was a big reason the Rangers made it to the conference finals in 1997. #6 - Andy Moog - Won the William M. Jennings trophy with Boston in 1989-90 and finished 3rd in Vezina voting. Regularly received Vezina votes outside of that, but was never a serious contender. Was an important piece for the Bruins in their run to the finals in 1990. #7 - Cory Schneider - Obviously had a huge fall from grace, but his prime was underrated in my opinion. Schneider won the Jennings with the Canucks and still has the record for the highest save percentage in Canucks history at .937 (he did it with 33 games played). He was originally very good for the Devils after being traded and finished 6th in Vezina voting in 2015-16, though I recall feeling that he should've been closer to 3rd that year, given how bad New Jersey was. #8 - Nikolai Khabibulin - Always struck me as a great goaltender, but never received much in the way of accolades. The highest he finished in Vezina voting was his best year, which was 2002-03, in which he finished 7th in Vezina voting and 14th in Hart voting. Played very well with a .933 save percentage and league-leading 5 shutouts en route to his Cup victory with Tampa Bay in 2004.
  7. Interesting. I find it very slim he's taken in the ED unless we swing a deal with Seattle. So I suppose if he is leaving, the following are the ways it could happen: 1. Seattle takes him in the ED (incentivized by trade, because they 'aint takin him with far better netminders available) 2. After the ED, Holtby is traded (probably with cap retention or for another expensive contract) 3. Holtby's contract is bought out I'd place my bet on #2 if he does leave.
  8. Personally, I'd pick Petey and Miller, but Myers already wore the "A" a bit last year, so he'll get one of them. I'd bet Miller would get the other one.
  9. Tweet isn't displaying for me. What did it say?
  10. I would expect it. I think he'll get a 2-way contract with someone probably.
  11. I wasn't aware the story was from Russian media. I had assumed it was from traditional NA sources. That does affect the likelihood of the story.
  12. He played all 56 games this past year and seems to be getting healthier. He's played roughly 90% of available games in the past two years, which is the ballpark of about 74 games a season. Really, in the end, the dealbreakers to me for this proposal are Kaprizov's willingness to jump to the KHL and Boeser's character and impact on the rest of the team. I truly think having good selfless guys like Boeser positively affects the rest of the team and to some degree that comes out in the play of the players. He's obviously also Pettersson's best friend, so that's significant too.
  13. Old Virtanen had a place on this team. 2020-21 Virtanen does not. Literally floats around all game and doesn't put up any points. He was outscored by 4th liners this year. Maybe he finds his game and life again somewhere else and I hope he does, but I don't think it'll be here.
  14. Not convinced that Kaprizov will be better and he seems to have a yearning to go back home to Russia. I'd rather keep Boeser. Almost the same age and Boeser's rookie year was pretty much just as good as Kaprizov's, just a smidge worse.
  15. Yeah, I think he played C for Utica on their top 6, but I could be wrong.
  16. I can't find any stats on his face-off experience in the AHL, but in the NHL, he's 5 for 11 for 45.5% in the dot. If he's decent at centre it could be a great option.
  17. lol there is something very off about that picture. Some sort of distortion going on I think.
  18. I'd prefer Sutter to Beagle, but rumours seem to be suggesting that Sutter's leaving to the free agent market.
  19. I still expect Seattle to fight for 3rd in the Pacific next year.
  20. I expect to be in the minority here, but I'm taking Mikita. Two straight Hart Trophies and four Art Ross trophies. If you ask me, there's a lot of recency bias here with Forsberg getting a lot of votes. Few people here were alive and well to see Mikita in his prime. I'm sure some of our treasured older members could tell us stories. 1. Stan Mikita - Tied Bobby Hull's 97-point NHL record with his own 97 points in 1966-67. In 1964-65, he set a new NHL record with 59 assists in a single season. He beat his own record in 1966-67 with 62 assists to become the first player to ever have 60+ assists in a season. In the 1962 playoffs, Mikita had 6 goals and a stunning 15 assists for 21 points in just 12 games, which gave him the lead in the NHL, though his Black Hawks fell to the Maple Leafs in the Finals. 2. Peter Forsberg - If MIkita is #1, Forsberg is undoubtedly #2. His best season was almost certainly 2002-03 when he scored 77 assists and 106 points to win the Art Ross and Hart trophies. What's more is that he did it in just 75 games, so in 82 games, he was on pace for 116 points, the same as what he did in 1995-96, though this time it was in the dead puck era. Forsberg was also a great defensive forward too, getting regular Selke votes. He was also clutch in the playoffs, twice leading the NHL in scoring, most notably in 2002 when he had 27 points in 20 games. 3. Borje Salming - A bit like Shea Weber in that he's an incredible defenseman that never quite won a Norris. Salming finished 2nd in Norris voting twice and both third and fourth another two times each. 1976-77 was arguably his best regular season, where he scored 12 goals and 66 assists for 78 points in 76 games. He finished 4th in Hart voting that year. He also had a point-per-game in 9 playoff games that year. 4. Guy Carbonneau - The Bob Gainey 2.0. Carbonneau was a defensive forward in an era where defense was often an afterthought. He won three Selke trophies and was runner up twice as well. His best season was arguably 1988-89 when he won the Selke and scored 26 goals and 56 points. #5/6 - This one could go to either Lumme or Sutter. It's close, but I'm leaning towards Sutter since he received a good number of Selke votes and Lumme received very little in award voting even in his best years. Lumme - His best years were all in Vancouver and his best offensive year was probably 1995-96 with 17 goals and 54 points in 80 games, however, he received some All-Star team votes in 1991-92 placing him 12th in All-Star Team voting, so that might be considered his best year, when he scored 12 goals and 44 points in 75 games. Sutter - Finished 4th in Selke voting in 1991-92 with 60 points in 69 games, but also had an offensive high in 1984-85, scoring 42 goals and 102 points in just 72 games, which pro-rates to 113 points over 80 games.
  21. Buchnevich is very good, but not good enough for Horvat. Similar offensive levels from Horvat and he's obviously also our leader and a bang up great guy. Not sure about Buchnevich's defensive game, but Horvat's is pretty decent too, especially his face-offs. I'd wager that if this was ever on the table, Jimbo didn't leave it on for very long.
  22. Huh. Big risk. Another character move by Price to put the team above himself. Wouldn't be too surprised if Seattle took him, hoping for their own Fleury.
  23. Obvious. It would be much bigger news if they did protect him.
  24. I think MacEwen is Seattle's best choice and the one I hope they don't take. I love him as a 4th liner (though his offense was severely lacking this year, which may scare Seattle off).
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