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  1. The previous three Cup winners highest cap hits were $9.5 million, $9.5 million, and $8.7 million. Back in 2015 Patty Kane was a bit of an outlier, being only $6.3 million, but he did jump up to 10.5 or so the next year, and they had several players in that range. It was a thing there for a while, I remember, with the journalists, how all the teams winning the cup had so much salary tied up in just a few players. What am I saying here? Uh, nothing I guess. Long season, long playoffs, hockey is quite a random sport. However, I feel there is an influx of young and affordable talent these days and that might be tied to winning. Most of them had not splurged too much on high end free agents, but acquired decently expensive older tenured players in trades, that had signed instead of reaching free agency. I think there's a mix, and it changes from year to year. Of course blowing it all on some high end free agent rarely works out. You have to develop players, trade for players, and sign the right free agents at the right time. First priority should be to getting Boeser signed to a team friendly deal I guess, then reaching for some good free agents that will last while considering the contracts to come.
  2. Zucker is fine. As long as he is cheap. Given the climate this summer, I wouldn't want him unless it is in fact low on the price front. There are a number of rfas that could be had for a pretty tame number from teams trying to keep their cap in line. I'd rather a Johnsson or Kapanen from Toronto or a Gourde or Cirelli from Tampa. Those that can contribute in points or other areas from teams that have to let them go or risk losing a Point or Marner for nothing. Van has a lot of cap space. These type of deals have paid great dividents for Winnipeg and Carolina. Aqualini can pay, and there is room. Eat some deals to get some good young players in the lineup. Seems to fit with Jimbos MO.
  3. I remember after that early season surge people were touting him as a Jack Adams frontrunner. Lol
  4. Sadly we can't nab all the folks cheating and buying their way into Canadian schools as they do it outside the country, and the schools rely on those sweet nouveau riche foreign dollars too heavily.
  5. He looks impressive against subpar competition, but I fear playing against such has and will continue to probably hold back his development. In addition, he is really small, even by Japanese standards. Certainly has the puck skills though. Little bit concerning all the skating with his head down, he will get lit up in a Canadian league playing like that.
  6. It seems by nearly every available metric that Gudbranson is one of the worst d-men in the league today. He doesn't pass the eye test either. Always losing his man, getting caught out of position, sitting there like a mook while the puck goes in the net. I consider a good game from him one where I don't notice him all night. Zero offense. His toughness is overrated. He's big but hardly ever uses it. Certainly no deterrent. Uh, I guess he's done pretty well in two staged fights this year? A replacement level defender would be better. I guess I'm beating on a dead horse, but still. I imagine Gudbranson in the playoffs will be a lot of getting walked and making bad plays, with decent amount of bad penalties to boot. Ship him out while there's still a few meat and potatoes gms left who might be fooled into taking him.
  7. Zhukenov with the shootout winner tonight. Almost ended it in OT, it was called off though. Nice play on the tying goal as well.
  8. I wonder when that exhibition game I was reading about on TSN is happening, if it will be televised, or if it already happened and what the results were.
  9. Gutless effort against a team that embarrassed them in their last two games against. Looks like they are going to get shutout by a goalie playing his first NHL game, so far they've handed it to him. 9 shots through two?
  10. Fucking gamecenter blows balls. It looks like shit at the highest level, and now it crashes, and when I reload it, refuses to show anything other than the Winnipeg game.
  11. Ugh, kneeing. Cheap play, results in injuries too often. Don't see why the league ignores it and slew foots.
  12. 1G, 2A for McEneny at the end of the 2nd in the game tonight. 35 pts in 56GP now, just surpassed his previous career high in 9 less games.
  13. The same Forsberg who admitted they threw a game in 2006 to avoid playing the Canadians? Well, I guess that is not entirely relevant. Lost a lot of respect for him after that though.
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