coryberg

Busy talking on the phone and took my time writing my post above. I see lumme and WHL beat me to it.

Duchene had a very nice contract year, not sure he can repeat those numbers next year. If you look at his 10 season career he has only hit 60+ points 3 times (2010, 2014, and last season). Take last year out of the equation and compare their point totals over the 3 previous seasons... 2015-16 Duchene 59 Miller 43 2016-17 Duchene 41 Miller 56 2017-18 Duchene 59 Miller 58 Grand total of 159 points for Duchene and 157 for JT. Pretty crazy especially when you consider Duchene was averaging 18:30 toi and Miller was averaging 16:00 over that span. Anything is possible in hockey but it certainly is not such a stretch to imagine Miller putting up similar totals to Duchesne especially if he gets 18 mins a night with Boeser and Pettersson.

They didn't. He was used primarily on a 3rd line with Kilhorn and Cirelli. He ended up 5th in scoring amongst Tampa forwards, 1 point shy of 4th behind Point, Stamkos and Kucherov. This despite missing 7 games and playing below his career average in ice time. Why didnt he play as much in Tampa last year? Balanced attack and a stacked team.

Add those 2 columns together and you get the cap hit we would take on a buyout of Luongo. The recapture is much cheaper.

Close but not the same. The St Louis pick was top 10 protected. Our pick is lottery protected (top 15).

Actually Tampa could trade that conditional pick tomorrow if they want. It would be the same pick under the same conditions. The pick was top 10 protected.

I remember 90% of CDC wanting Kyle Beach.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I knew clear as day that Bo was the better player and was shocked and angered that ray would say that. But if you dont believe me than I won't shed a tear.

He was a great player and a good manager.

Well obviously Stevie Y would be a counterpoint.

I like ray and his stories. Have a lot of respect for him. His opinions on today's NHL are somewhat laughable at times though. I remember heading into the 2016 trade deadline he was on the radio talking about Hamhuis to Dallas. Someone asked if we could trade Hamhuis and a pick to get Nichushkin. Ray laughed and said it would take at least Bo Horvat and the Canucks first (lottery pick) and even then Dallas would say no. Went on about how great of a player Nichushkin is. Since that summer Nichushkin has 10 nhl points. Just because you are a good player doesnt make you a good manager.

Because it's an absolute joke?

The penalty is 3.03 but the silver lining is we dont pay the 800,000 that we would've had to pay if he kept playing. So we pay 2.23 more than we would have.

Leafs gave up a 1st to the canes for them to pay 4.25 million dollars for 0 seasons of play. If Marleau was willing to play for whatever team aquired him he wouldn't have such a negative value. The team who aquires loui will pay 9 million dollars for 3 seasons of play. Big difference.

If I have to tell one more poster that NYR is on the hook for 900k of his salary I think I might puke. Please read it a little closer.

Where does this 2.6 mil come from? If the stays with the team we pay 3.1 mil in cap. If he is buried in Utica we pay 2.025 mil in cap. (3.1 minus the $1,075,000 exemption) If he is bought out we pay 1.03 in cap over 2 years. There is no 2.6 mil we only save 1 mil in cap space buying him out and have to pay that the next season. I would rather have a player on reserve that put up 49, 39 and 41 NHL points in the previous 3 seasons before last.

The contract was signed under the previous CBA and was perfectly legal.

That's a given, we have way too many forwards. He can light up the AHL and help our prospects get rolling.

Sadly that wasn't the option. We definitely got the lesser of 2 evils though.

Wrong! We are only on the hook for 3.1mill. Would you rather have Gagner pouting or Spooner doing whatever is asked of him and keeping his mouth shut?

Yeah I'm sure offering him an extra year for 1 million dollars will make him happy.

I think he is upset that we aren't tanking for Lafreniere and feels we should be trading our talent for lottery tickets.

Ah yes the 2003 draft the best draft ever. Who went #16? Steve Bernier the elite 4th liner.

Was scared I would see pouliot in there. Super relieved.