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1 hour ago, Jasoaks said:
I just don't like how they all have the same HIGHER percentage chance of getting the pick than the Ducks did. The first lottery had it where it was most likely a placeholder team would get the #1 pick. And then the 2nd lottery gives all 8 teams a higher percentage of getting it than the Ducks did in the first draft.
At this point, this is my ranking for what teams I'd want to get it:
Florida, Winnipeg, NY Rangers, Toronto, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Edmonton
Florida is technically in the correct seed that won it (Qualifying Team E), Winnipeg was in that slot before the qualifying round, Rangers...eh, at least they'd be in the east, Toronto would annoy me but at least gives us probably a chance to benefit from it with a trade, Nashville would be the fuuuucking worst....but not as bad as Pittsburgh with them still having Crosby and Malkin for a little while....and ugh, no one wants him to go to Edmonton...who wants them to ruin another star player's best years?????
Florida needs it the most. If it's toronto or edmonton there's a big trade coming in 3 years. If it's nashville I'm gonna cry my eyes out.
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3 hours ago, gorbachav5 said:
So are both 12 seeds going to upset the 5 seeds? You know if that happens that either Pittsburgh or Edmonton is going to win the lottery for Lafraniere.
Don't rule out the devils. Don't they hold vancouver's and arizona's pick? If 1 or 2 go out they just might become the oilers of the east.
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14 hours ago, gorbachav5 said:
I read the first sentence and vigorously clicked the like button.
...then I read that garbage about the Bruins and took it back. I think it would make me physically ill to root for a team with Brad Marchand on it.
I know but they also have Bergeron, Pastrnak, McAvoy and now Kase. So many things to like but I agree on Marchand. That side of his game is ugly.
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10 hours ago, Jasoaks said:
Not gonna lie...I kinda low key want the Preds to win the cup so their first cup run/win wasn't in front of any of their fans...
This is the kind of stuf that should get people banned. Not ever under any circumstances should one want the preds to win The Cup
Seriously though, no preds, no flames and just because it's funny no leafs. I have a soft spot for the Avs and y'all gonna hate this the Bruins
But with The Ducks' best interests in mind I'd rather have them go out early this year.
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On 4/11/2020 at 2:07 AM, Jasoaks said:
What do you guys think about trying to pull in Rantanen? It's not going to be cheap by any means...but apparently, somehow, he's not signed yet????
Rantanen as in Colorado's Mikko Rantanen? Because he's signed through 2025.
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You either end the regular season and recalculate points to 65 games or you shorten The Playoffs. Only 8 teams instead of 16 and best of 5 series or something. We're not competing so I don't care who gets in
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A lot of ifs in this post but let's say if the leafs don't win The Cup this year, they're gonna have to change some things up.
I'm guessing barrie walks for starters. Ceci and Dermott need to be re-signed / let go. They will be without a bottom 6.If we could get them to bite on Manson would you do it for Nylander? I know we need a C but Nylander is an exciting young player who can make plays and he has a pretty good contract. No idea what this would mean for the expansion draft but if we could make that work would the leafs do it? They get a physical top 4 D man on a good contract and additional cap space to help them fill out their bottom 6.
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15 hours ago, dtsdlaw said:
Wow, Ovi now sits north of 700 goals for his career. Ovi needs 195 more goals as of this post, and he's got another 19 games left this season. He then turns 35 in September.
Selanne scored 232 goals after he turned 35, and that included sitting out 3/4 of the 2007-08 season after winning the Cup and also the lockout shortened 2012-13 season.
I've been converted into a believer. Ovechkin is going to break Gretzky's record.
He's a freak of nature. The way he plays must be tasking on his body but he shows no signs of slowing down. Barring a serious injury I see no reason why he won't break it.
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I can't believe Lou is working on a trade to bring Parise to the isles. A lot of retention must be involved otherwise it's crazy. He already gave up a lot for Pageau IMO.
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On 2/1/2020 at 8:01 PM, Sexlaf15 said:
I legit do not understand how Giordano keeps getting away with throwing dirty hits/knees. I mean now people are talking about it more because it happened to Lord McDavid. Guy is a clown
That guy should no longer be in the league. He's a disgrace.
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I wouldn't mind having Vatanen back. Lindholm, Manson, Fowler, Vatanen, Gudbransson, Guhle & Mahura seems pretty good to me. Some good puck movers, Manson & Guds bring a physical element and should Vatanen come back we may have an upgrade on our PP (if his shoulder holds up).
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14 hours ago, g20topdogg said:
Getzlaf is on the downside of his career and we really need a real top line center. At this point, I'm not sure we really have that guy in our system. Hall seems to be available. Perhaps we can trade for him? I'd think a first, kase, and Richie (perhaps more, I'm not sure) could potentially land us Hall. Aside from Terry, Grant and Guhle getting raises all the other guys aren't going to command much/ will leave for free agency. Even with Perry's cap hit going up significantly, we should have enough space to do this. After next season the hit from Perry will go down and Getz contract is also up. In the meantime, it would give us crazy center depth and perhaps a run at the cup.
Or we do nothing and try to get that top center with another high pick at the end of the year! It's far cheaper this way. 😂
We could definitely use Hall eventhough he's not a center. But our 1st should be untouchable. I'd consider it if it's a sign and trade but imagine giving up our 1st and Kase and Hall walks after this season. That'd be brutal. It's not like we're contending for The Cup this season.
I wonder what's going on with Turris. He had a good WC and a pretty solid start in nashville. His contract is horrendous but with some serious retention I'd consider it. His value is at an all time low, he's not old and the talent is there. A change of scenery and a chance to play is probably all he needs. It would give us more center depth, a chance to move Henrique to wing and some more wiggle room for Steel who might use some more time in San Diego.
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On 11/18/2019 at 8:47 PM, g20topdogg said:
With that kind of production, I think this might be Perry's last year.
3 point night for Perry. That's what, 9 points so far? He missed a big part of training camp. New environment and a new team that had a pretty rough start btw. I think given the circumstances that's pretty good production. They're paying him 1-2 mil? If he keeps that up no way he calls it quits after this season. And even if his production is low he still brings grit and experience. He's not expected to be a top 6 winger anymore.
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10 hours ago, Fisix said:
crazy.
This. But it's also crazy they're on a 5 game losing streak and that their goal differential is -8. That's something to be ashamed of with that kind of offense (even taking into account Marner is out). I guess Babcock must have lost the room otherwise firing him is a huge boneheaded move by dubas. Very curious to see how it pans out.
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On 11/16/2019 at 7:57 AM, Jasoaks said:
mcjesus christ are Mcdavid/draisitle INSANE right now...it's almost just unfair...
although i think it just peaked...we'll see. but if they keep this up...leon will have 160 points...a number no one has gotten to since super Mario in 95/96...
so, likely they will cool down...but wow...forget they are the oilers and not the ducks and they are very fun to watch...
At the time Draisaitl singed his contract I thought he was slightly overpaid. I don't know what I was thinking.
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8 hours ago, Aksun said:
Manson boarded himself out of the Dallas game. The dreaded stinking LBI. Hope it's nothing serious or long, but....your move, Bob. We are reduced to Korbinian Ducking Holzer as our entire depth on RD. Gulls are no better and shallow at the postion, too. I'm afraid a trade is forced here.
Not a good idea to trade now. We'd be dealing from a weak position. What are we gonna give up? Rakell, Henrique and Silfverberg are the only forwards who are scoring. We can't afford to lose those guys.
Call up one of the Gulls (pray it goes well) and make a trade for San Diego if need be but I'd hate to give up a valuable asset for a stopgap solution.And Kase out again? I hate to be that "told you so" guy but Kase should be traded/have been traded. I like him but he can't stay healthy. Should he make a return move him for whatever you can get.
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still early in the season. Too early to draw conclusions. Including about ourselves. But having McDavid and Draisaitl on the top of their game will go a long way I think. Especially early in the season when some teams are still figuring things out.
I do think the Avs are for real.
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19 hours ago, Aksun said:
He may be our top commodity for the outside NHL world, but at this point I'd rather give away low picks and underperforming Gulls in order to get us some solid NHL talent.
That would be my preference too but how many GMs are gonna give up solid NHL talent for underperforming AHL'ers? None. If you want something valuable you gotta give something in return.
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57 minutes ago, Aksun said:
Sooooo, Ritchie Boi ain't all that bad, or at least tolerable, let's shift our attention to the gaping hole: RD. Our current depth at the position looks exactly like:
Manson, Josh (and he's as good as he was last season, too, when in contrast, most of the remaining roster improved)
Anybody serious enough does not consider Holzer to be anything but a 7th plug. All the Left-Right matching nonsense aside (even if GMBM is a reported freak for that), and taking into account the poor crop in the AHL (Hakanpaa, Wideman, Sideroff - basically the limping Gulls' entire RD lineup), we seriously need to trade for a middle-pairing RD. This needs to be done until '19 is over, not in February, not next June. So let's discuss even more than we already did. One guy went to Tampa instead of us, so we're not a desirable destination by all means. Quite likely we need to focus on hockey trades that improve both teams in their area of need and the RD in question does not have limiting clauses which would rule out Anaheim if their GM wills them to begone.
I'm not very good at this, but I'll give it a try. I also didn't delve deep into the respective team's prospect pools, but in modern NHL, teams are less likely to part ways with promising and still cheap rookies anyway, so I just looked at the other 30 rosters.
1. One thing that jumped at me was Pittsburgh - all their injuries and a fairly rough start because of. Sure, Letang may break himself any moment and get IR'd for another half year but obviously Pitt is not planning on it. So this leaves us with: Erik Gudbranson the Canadian guy who has a suspiciously Swedish name. Seriously, I'd take a flyer on Chad Ruhwedel as well, but how is he better than Holzer - I dunno. In return we send them an NHL-ready forward, because they apparently need to cover some Malkin holes. Ritchie or Shore, and maybe a non 1st pick. Historically, ANA and PIT are consistent trade partners for all the same reasons ANA and TOR are as well. One evil twist of fate for both sides would be Pittsburgh trading us a Shultz. But this is too satanic to even be a remote possibility... ... ...Ritchie for Shultz!!!11111 DO IT, BOB!!!!
2. The other big RD pool is suspiciously concentrated in the greater New York area - NJ, NYR, NYI and I couldn't resist throwing in WSH as well with their whopping 5RD on the roster. Let's start with them, too. Carlson and Gudas are not options, obviously. There are two cheap rookies and that leaves, as in Pitt's case, just one NHL-grade guy in Nick Jensen. He's done most of his damage as a member of the dead winks, but I really don't know his story or what WSH might want in return, probably Fowler or Lindholm, they seem to be OK with top-9 forwards.
Then there are the Rangers and Anthony DeAngelo, he RFA's next year and they still might want to hold on to him, but maybe they can line up juicy-er trades for a needed RD because they're the quacking Rangers of all teams and people like them all over except Long Island. We can send them a Shore and Ritchie as well.
The aforementioned Long Islanders can send us a Ryan Pulock, but instead of forwards they'd want LD in return. Mahura\Larsson?
NJ...NJ...where the glorious Kyle Palmieri is scoring goals like a boss. Can't stand them and envy the team at the same time and they've been flopping around all over the place like crazy the past five years. The obvious choice is mr. P.K. but we'd need a hefty retain if it is even possible and they want to let him go. He's also listed as 6'0" - a known huge turn-off for Bob, but that never stopped the actual player from being awesome. And there's also Connor Carrick in NJ of the bargain bin variety.
3. And to finish my poorly-informed delve into trading, some random teams who might wanna trade with us:
Florida - Mark Pysyk and MacKenzie Weegar.
STL the champs - Pietrangelo or Bortuzzo.
and the toughest of them all BOS (seriously they're close to perfect) - Brandon Carlo if it's even an option.
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I'm seriously surprised a team GM'd by Bob is having a hole on defense. It looks and feels strange. Not only that, we are still lacking a bona-fide destruktor-man like Ovechkin, Hall or Panarin. We're all set in goal, though, so it must be good.
Well to be fair BM did go after shattenkirk and faulk but both guys didn't want to be here. That's not on BM.
And a trade for a top 4 D man will cost us. Maybe BM wants to have a better understanding of what he has and what he can lose. All our young guys show promise but no more than that. Do you want to trade them already or see how they develop?I'm in the "if it's for the right player trade Kase because I don't think he can stay healthy" camp but apart from him we have little of value to trade I think. I don't want to risk trading Jones for example because who knows what he might blossom into. Maybe BM feels the same way. As long as we're doing fine I think he can wait some more.
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On 10/9/2019 at 8:31 AM, Shadowduck said:
Seems like every time the Kings play a division rival they always give up a three point game. Can't hold a lead.
Well they didn't go for the 3 point game last night. Losing 8-2 against vancouver is pretty spectacular. The season is still young but it'll be hard to keep the kings out of the last spot.
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16 hours ago, dtsdlaw said:
They currently have more than $15M in cap space slated for 2020-21, and that's assuming the cap doesn't go up. I would think that Barrie and Muzzin are practically a lock to re-sign with that cap space. You'd also expect that Nylander is going to be traded sometime before the next draft, so that's another almost $7M of cap space available next season (and likely a 1st rounder in return), so they'll be able to re-sign Ceci if they want to (I don't think they will) or to chase another defender (Faulk?). I actually think Toronto's front office has played this perfectly and that they're now going to be a destination for plenty of aging NHLers to take hometown discounts for one shot at breaking the drought (see e.g. Spezza, Jason) for the foreseeable future.
They can't re-sign barrie and muzzin unless they're gonna play for scraps. The big 4 plus Andersen and Reilly take up 50,5 mil. That's 50 mil for 6 players. That leaves a little less than 35 mil for 17 players. Whatever trick Dubas pulled with that LTIR money is also out of the question because both horton and clarkson are off the books next season.
I applaud Dubas for keeping his big 4 together and especially for the Johnson and Kapanen deals but it's not sustainable. One (probably Nylander) will have to go. If they win The Cup over the next 2-3 years it's all good but imagine if they don't. That Matthews contract is horrible. Marner's isn't much better.
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8 hours ago, Fisix said:
Check this out:
In particular, look at the cap space and the number of contracts. I'm not sure what Winnipeg is waiting for. Those top 5 teams with negative cap space.... not sure what they're going to do. I would not be surprised if we bear some of Toronto's pain by the end of September.
What's crazy is that although we're shown as having $8.5M in cap space, we really have closer to $16M in cap space as long as we can leverage Kesler's cap hit under the LTIR rules. For perspective, Toronto could trade Matthews to us for a minor leaguer, and we could fit him in on our end.
not that it's going to happen. and i don't think anyone wants to pay Marner that kind of $$$, least of all BM. I suppose we could ship a few forwards back... naw.
That whole Marner situation is [insert word(s) of choice]. Can't believe he turned down 11 mil. I thought he was a hometown boy. Apparently not. If I were in the GM's office in toronto I'd let him walk. They have the top end talent anyway to compete for The Cup and with that 11 mil they can bring in another impact forward and defenseman.
Then again dubas did it to himself with that ridiculous Matthews contract.
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On 9/10/2019 at 9:59 AM, Spike1981 said:
how real are the Laine to Ducks rumors?
Apparently they surfaced on a twitter account that's already been deleted. Don't think anybody knew the guy who started it either. So not very real.
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Good on BM for trying. If they don't want to come you can't make them.
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Trade & Free Agent Targets
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Do you really think any team would trade the #1 overall? Even if it's edmonton or toronto.If Lafraniere is as good as people say he is why not keep him for 3 years? Sure edmonton has McDavid and Draisaitl and toronto has Matthews and Tavares but they'd be have sick depth down the middle.
I hope it's Florida or Minnesota. Those teams need him the most.