(Discussion/Article) Max Comtois PTO?

[RWJC]

33 minutes ago, Alflives said:

New Beau proved he’s better for us than old Horfat Wallet Bo. He wasn’t a cap dump. We were the ones who dumperooed the elephant from our room. New Beau will be coveted at the 2024 TDL. Likely return is a late first. We might keep him though. He’s such a good, young player. 

Alf’s empties are still angry at Bo I see

[DrJockitch]

3 hours ago, Alflives said:

Garland would cost sugar to move. New (and better) Beau will be covered and have good value nearer the TDL 

A small soft defensively poor goal scoring winger who can’t score 20, nah not half the player Bo is.  Defensively poor little wingers rarely have a lot of TDL value. 
If we wait that long to move some little wingers we will be selling at TDL. Or as we do when out of the playoffs, buying!?

Edited August 30, 2023 by DrJockitch

[Alflives]

5 minutes ago, DrJockitch said:

A small soft defensively poor goal scoring winger who can’t score 20, nah not half the player Bo is.  Defensively poor little wingers rarely have a lot of TDL value. 
If we wait that long to move some little wingers we will be selling at TDL. Or as we do when out of the playoffs, buying!?

It’s not arguable fact that post trade New Beau produced better for us than Horfat Wallet did for the Islanders.  New Beau is on an expiring contract too. Plus he’s a proven playoff performer. He gets at least a second rounder at the 2024 TDL. Horfat Wallet has negative value. 

[Citizen Erased]

3 hours ago, Alflives said:

Garland would cost sugar to move. New (and better) Beau will be covered and have good value nearer the TDL 

And we can’t even spare any Splenda.

[RWJC]

3 minutes ago, Citizen Erased said:

And we can’t even spare any Splenda.

I have an old jar of stevia extract if that helps anything?

plus an unopened McDonald’s maple syrup package from 1983.

[higgyfan]

8 hours ago, RWJC said:

And in terms of Beauvillier, he’s a capable top 9 player. He has value to most playoff clubs if the price is right, especially on an expiring contract. Depending on his season I’d say a late 2nd or early 3rd round pick is a very safe return expectation. 

Can't agree with the first sentence, but you hit it out of the park with your second.

 

Trade sounds good to me.  Trade him to the Hawks -they love expiring UFAs (they have 8 on their

team so far).  They also have 3 (2nd) rounders as well.  The Canucks could try for the pick they traded

to them, but Hawks would probably want to send the Vegas one instead.  

[canuck73_3]

On 8/30/2023 at 11:41 AM, Alflives said:

It’s not arguable fact that post trade New Beau produced better for us than Horfat Wallet did for the Islanders.  New Beau is on an expiring contract too. Plus he’s a proven playoff performer. He gets at least a second rounder at the 2024 TDL. Horfat Wallet has negative value. 

It's not arguable that outside of a small sample size Bo is the massively better player. And it's not even close. 

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4 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:

It's not arguable that outside of a small sample size Bo is the massively better player. And it's not even close. 

His homerism puts Larscheid to shame.

 

I would have preferred to keep Horvat over new Beau, but not at 8.5x8. 

[canuck73_3]

6 hours ago, Citizen Erased said:

His homerism puts Larscheid to shame.

 

I would have preferred to keep Horvat over new Beau, but not at 8.5x8. 

I was good up to 8 provided that Miller/OEL and Myers were moved out but even 8 was about 500k from ideal 

[Citizen Erased]

26 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:

I was good up to 8 provided that Miller/OEL and Myers were moved out but even 8 was about 500k from ideal 

Without Miller, he’s not scoring 40+ goals though. He should have realized this and settled for a deal between 6 and 7 million. With OEL and Myers gone, they could afford that. 

[RWJC]

Vegas Golden Knights Expected To Sign Max Comtois To PTO

September 1st, 2023 at 1:47pm CST • By Josh Erickson

The Vegas Golden Knights are reportedly set to offer winger Max Comtois a professional tryout contract, as initially reported by BPM Sports’ Marc-Olivier Beaudoin. The former Anaheim Duck did not receive a qualifying offer from the team before the June deadline, making him an unrestricted free agent.

Before the Ducks cut their 2017 second-round pick loose, Comtois had posted 38 goals, 48 assists and 86 points in 210 games. The 24-year-old broke out to lead the Ducks in scoring during the shortened 2020-21 campaign, recording 16 goals and 33 points in 55 games. Things haven’t gone nearly as well in the two seasons since, however. In the 116 games following that breakout year, he’s recorded just 35 points despite more than twice the games played while posting an abysmal -37 rating. However, the latter is more the fault of the team around him than poor individual defensive effort.

 

The Quebec-born forward plays with an edge to his game and has a solid finishing touch with a career 12.8 shooting percentage. However, consistency and play-driving remain issues, and he’ll need to demonstrate that he’s made some strides in those areas during camp to earn a deal with Vegas.

Should he crack the Golden Knights roster, there would be some opportunity for him in their top nine. He’ll compete directly with Paul Cotter, Pavel Dorofeyev and Brett Howdenfor a left-wing spot alongside William Karlssonor Chandler Stephenson on the team’s second or third line. There’s solid potential for his offensive totals to climb if he ends up on the same line with Stephenson and captain Mark Stone.

Theoretically, the Golden Knights could sign Comtois to a one-year deal up to around the $1.5MM mark and remain cap-compliant to start the season. CapFriendly projects Vegas with $851,653 in cap space entering the season with a full roster and Robin Lehner on long-term injured reserve, so they’d need to assign a player to the minors regardless of cap considerations to sign Comtois.