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Rathbone was a late round pick. It's like found money. 1st and 2nd are going to be later in the rounds. Jake might not be brought back anyways. We get OEL + dump LE for the above assets? There will be a statue of JB in front of Rogers Arena if he pulls this move off. With LE off the cap combined with few extra moves, we can bring Tanev and Marky back. Our backend next season will be Edler-OEL (I vaguely recall having them watched play together and they were awesome -- could be remembering things wrong though) Hughes-Tanev Juolevi-Myers Backed by Marky and Demko. Could load up on forward depth and this roster has a very good chance at the cup next season.
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Have we won a cup in those 5 years with him playing a significant role? Answer depends on that. If we won a cup, 8.25 mil is not a big deal when OEL is 35 yrs old is not a big deal. Who knows, maybe the cap will be 90 mil by then. And keep in mind that Edler is 34 and still playing well. OEL is a better player than Edler, there's a good chance that he might be playing well into his mid 30's. The question is, can we get OEL without giving up Boeser.
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[McKenzie] Eichel may have requested trade out of BUF
khay replied to EP40.'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
He doesn't fit here and will destroy our cap structure. 10 million dollars for a player that hasn't won anything, let alone a playoff round? Let's stay away. -
lol yeah, some people still refer to Miller as a cap dump. It cracks me up. Honestly, I would love to go after one of Tampa's "cap dump" of their primed assets this offseason again. I assume they will try to deal one of Palat, Gourde, Johnson, and Killorn up front to be able to re-sign Cernak, Sergachev, and other defencemen. Killorn would be a nice fit on our 2nd line or even our 3rd line. He's older but has only 3 years left on his deal. But we probably won't have the cap space this time. Some other lucky team is going to get "cap dumped" this time :p As for Gotisbehere, I don't think he is the the type of defenceman we need.
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Oh right. Should've noticed that Thornton was missing.
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Wow. Thanks for sharing the stats. Other than Crosby, no one is going to catch Henrik from that list. Kane has a shot if he can post 50+ assists per season for 6 seasons. Definitely a top 10 offensive player of his era. Petey has a lot of work ahead of himself to catch Daniel in most goals and Henrik in most assists.
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WWE style choke slam on hard ice surface. How many games did this POS get for this?
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I do agree that some of the blame must fall on the players too. I get that they want to make the NHL and stay there, build an amazing career by winning the cup and most importantly, make tens of millions of dollars that normal people can only dream of and set your family descendants up for comfortable life for hundreds of years... but at some point, you have to stop yourself. If you are hurt, just wait until you recover from the injury. But most of the blame still goes to the NHL and the teams. They have to do a better job of protecting the players and make the game safer to play and educate the players on the potential dangers of these drugs. And please take these dirty hits that can cause serious injuries out of the game! They need to be punished more severely and consistently whether it's the playoffs or pre-season and regard less of the team the player plays for (i.e., wearing gold and black jersey vs other jerseys).
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One thing that I noticed when I was watching some clips from "All or nothing" (documentary following English Premier League football club Tottenham) is that in football, the trainers and the doctors are told to do what's best for the players for the sake of protecting the team's main assets: the players. There is a clip where Jose Mourinho (their head coach) wants to play Sonny (one of the stars of the team) after he injured his arm. But the team doctor was basically saying, we decide not you. And they were saying the same the same thing to Sonny, we will review the MRI results and then decide. Basically telling the player, we decide not you. This makes sense since no one will want to buy a damaged player. For example, if Sonny is worth 60 million pounds now but if he plays through the injuries and his conditions somehow get worse, his value would plummet. In the North American sports, the teams sign you for x years and they want to milk you out as much as possible during those x years. Knowing that, what Kesler and Quincy said in those interviews don't come off as a surprise.
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[poll/discussion] Are you OK if next year is a small step back?
khay replied to JM_'s topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
We are not at a point where we can guarantee playoffs year in and year out. We don't quite have a mature roster yet. So if we lose Tanev + Marky for the purpose of freeing up cap for future seasons, then I wouldn't be mad if we miss the playoffs. But I think with the our star players maturing, I think we will make the playoffs. And if we miss, who knows if we might pull a Dallas or Winnipeg and win a lottery to draft a Heiskanen or a Laine. With so much economic uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, I wouldn't be against it if the team doesn't improve this offseason. We can use next season to evaluate what we've got in our prospects. If it turns out to be not enough, we can then go and sign players the season after. -
That's a stupid thing to say. If the comment that Hughes can be the best player in the NHL is so embarrassing, then your claim that Makar defends better than Hughes will ever be able to is on par, if not even more embarrassing. How do you know? You've been to the future? Makar didn't look great on that goal he served up against Dallas.
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Few Saturday Morning Loui Trade Ideas [proposals]
khay replied to Whalespray's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
No to Dusty Brown. As for Stralman trade, we aren't getting hardly any cap saving (0.5 mil). Then, why are we losing Rafferty for? I'd say no to both. Eriksson is owed only 5 mil in real money. If we are including Rafferty or any decent prospect in a cap dump, I hope we get as little salary back as possible. -
[Proposal] The Nordiques Model(team building proposal)
khay replied to Nuxfanabroad's topic in Proposals and Armchair GM'ing
Speaking of Nordiques, why did they trade Sundin to TML for? That trade doesn't make any sense. I'm glad they did though, because Sakic-Sundin-Forsbeg on the same team? That team would have outdone 80's Oilers. And there were no cap at the time so they could have fit all of them as long as they were winning. -
I think if you measure the impact on their respective teams, Hughes >>> Makar. Hughes had huge impact in turning a bottom dwelling team to a playoff team. These things are never completely fair anyways.
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[Rumour] Alex Pietrangelo to test free agency
khay replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Signing Marky + Tanev vs Pietrangelo at 9M isn't a fair question to ask for many reasons. 1. Marky + Tanev at 9M? Marky 5 and Tanev 4? lol lol lol What a bargain! Yes please. 2. If we don't sign Marky, we surely will have to grab 1A goalie at around 3-4.5 mil or at the least, a backup at 2-3 mil. The fairer question would have been to ask Marky + Tanev for 11M (6 for Marky + 5 for Tanev) vs Pietrangelo + backup goalie for 11M. This poll just tells us that most fans (64.5%) are reasonable and they would take the bargain deals of Marky + Tanev at 9 mil all day but it doesn't tell us anything about fans preference towards Pietrangelo over Marky + Tanev nor does it tell us anything about if fans have enough faith in Demko to take over as #1 with a low end back up goalie. -
[Rumour] Alex Pietrangelo to test free agency
khay replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Interesting point to ponder about. I think we still lose 2007 WCF semi final against Ducks even with Niedermayer on our side. But maybe we win? Do we beat Detroit and Hasek that year to reach the SCF and get an all Canadian match up against Ottawa? Would we have been able to beat Chicago in 2009 with Niedermayer? We probably don't get past Detroit or Pens in 2009 anyways nor Chicago in 2010. Overall, I think the difference wouldn't have been huge unless Niedermayer stayed until 2011 or 2012 season assuming Niedermayer would have performed at a high level in 2011, 2012 season like Lidstrom did. Maybe we beat Boston and LA in 2011 and 2012 with Niedermayer in the lineup? In 2012, if we managed to get by LA, we win the cup. Niedermayer would have been just enough to keep the series more tight until Daniel returns from Keith's cheap shot to the head. Our LHD in 2011 would have been pretty good if we still sign Hamhuis (do we have money though?) Niedermayer Hamhuis Edler RHD Salo Bieksa Ehrhoff I still think letting Willie Mitchell go had the more direct impact on us losing the cup in 2011 and not making a cup run in 2012 but definitely interesting to think about what could have been if we chose to sign Nidermayer and let Nazzy walk to UFA. -
1. Day off between all of the games. 2. If no day off, giving game 4 to Thatcher and win that game. That was a winnable game. Series tied 2-2. And with Thatcher playing lights out, we may have won games 5 and 6 and take the series 4-2.
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Next season? Markstrom. Two seasons and onwards? Most likely Demko. It's a tough call to make. I don't envy JB at all. As long as he doesn't give NMC to Marky, I'll be happy. If at the expansion draft, it turns out that we trade Demko, that's fine too. But it has to be by choice not because we are forced to. Giving NMC to Marky forces us into trading Demko, similar to being forced to trade Schneider. And you can rarely get a good return when you are forced to trade someone.
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I don't know if it causes too much problem logistically other than needing a bigger plane and having to book more hotel rooms. Sounds like a fun idea actually.
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Assuming that he is at full health, Ekblad would round out our top 4 like no other defenceman in the league. At least I can't think of any other young, physical defenceman with an ability to move the puck like he does. I really don't want to trade Boeser, I think he makes our top 6 strong and the kid will be a consistent 30+ goal scorer, hitting 40 in his prime. But you gotta give to get and Boeser would be the starting point if we want to get Ekblad. I'd do Boeser (some salary retained, hopefully less than half) + Jake or Gaud + rights to Stecher + Eriksson cap dump for Ekblad + lower round pick (preferrably 3rd rounder, then we can possibly flip our 3rd and Florida's 3rd for a mid 2nd rounder). They get 4 roster players and the real dollar that they have to pay is only about 3 mil over what Ekblad makes depending on how much cap we retain for Boeser.
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[Signing] Penguins re-sign Jared McCann
khay replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Yep. My guess is JV will sign at or below 2.5 mil.