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Post by Wolfpack Bitch on Oct 4, 2020 20:07:44 GMT -5
Penguins re-signed Tristan Jarry. Hopefully this means Matt Murray is in the wind.
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Post by sfvega on Oct 5, 2020 10:53:43 GMT -5
Gigantic week for the NHL this week. The draft starts at 7 tomorrow and free agency starts at noon on Friday. Normally an already active time, when you add in possible Covid cash flow issues, an unexpectedly flat cap, and it being the last off-season before the Seattle expansion draft, there is likely to be a flurry of activity in the next 5 days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 17:15:27 GMT -5
Dubnyk to the Sharks with a 2022 7th rounder for a 2022 5th rounder. Wild retain 50% of salary.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Oct 6, 2020 12:18:15 GMT -5
Dubnyk to the Sharks with a 2022 7th rounder for a 2022 5th rounder. Wild retain 50% of salary. Dont like this trade
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Oct 6, 2020 18:15:41 GMT -5
Bettman announced that they're looking to return to action on New Year's Day 2021.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 19:27:13 GMT -5
To the surprise of no one. Lafrenière, Byfield, and Stützle go 1-2-3
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Oct 7, 2020 2:19:07 GMT -5
With Lafrenière the Rangers are building one hell of young core. If he gets a full season he will score at least 50 points.
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Post by sfvega on Oct 7, 2020 4:29:59 GMT -5
Not a ton of movement yesterday, but Domi to Columbus should bode well for them.
Winners in the draft IMO
Ottawa: I have Stutzle as the 2nd best prospect in the draft, though Byfield is also pretty amazing. But they needed a dynamic playmaker and Stutzle is it in spades. They also needed a defensive defenseman at RHD and got the best one in the draft. I still think Sanderson is only maybe the 9th/10th best prospect in the draft and Drysdale is my preference, but they didn't need a PMD, they needed a big, minutes-eating, top pairing caliber defenseman and Sanderson fit the bill. Not a fan of Greig tho.
Minnesota/Florida: With Buffalo taking Quinn at 8, Rossi and Lundell respectively fell. I think both are better than Quinn, but I understand Buffalo thinks that they got their center they needed in Cozens last year. But I think they are also forgetting just how many center prospects end up moving around. At 8 and needing top 6 young talent, I would have gone with the best player and I'm pretty damn sure that is Rossi or Perfetti and not Quinn.
Montreal: Guhle was projected to go anywhere after #10, and ended up somehow falling past Toronto which was a huge upset. Some Montreal fans hate this pick because of an overload already on the roster and in the pipeline but you don't pass on a probable top 4 defenseman because you have 7D guys like Mete and Edmundson.
Dallas: I hate the Stars, but I love Mavrik Bourque. The last 2 drafts, Dallas has taken guys that I'm immensely high on in Thomas Harley and Bourque. Their scouting is really good. Losers
Buffalo: already covered.
Toronto: If they don't get Petro, I have no idea what they're doing except building another 1st round exit team.
Columbus: Hard to believe they, or NJ at 20, could not have traded down and still got their guys. Which I would question a bit, but Calgary did it RIGHT after them so they have no excuse.
St. Louis: Zary and Barron got taken right before them, but I still think Bourque or Wallinder is the guy there. Neighbours fits the team, but could have moved down for anything and still gotten him at 30 or 35.
Round 2 has a few interesting prospects leftover from round 1. Wallinder being my favorite, but Grans is a big high risk/high reward guy, and Gunler was projecting most of the time as a 1st rounder as well as Jan Mysak. Poirier, O'Rourke, and Khusnutdinov round out the guys mocked higher than early 2nd.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2020 17:56:38 GMT -5
The ECHL is going to start their 2020-21 season... in a unique manner.
13 teams will begin in the middle of December, and the rest, assuming they choose to, will begin in January.
Atlanta will opt out this year.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 9, 2020 18:05:01 GMT -5
Like the Holtby signing by the Canucks.
Calgary way overpaid on Markstrom. He’s very good, but not 6 million good. But I guess for the first time since Kipper, they have a true #1.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2020 19:38:42 GMT -5
Torey Krug to St. Louis 7/45.5M.
That should be the end of the Pietrangelo era.
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Post by sfvega on Oct 9, 2020 22:30:57 GMT -5
Torey Krug to St. Louis 7/45.5M. That should be the end of the Pietrangelo era. It is. Sucks, but FO didn't want to give Petro money and NMC at the end of the deal when he's 37 and up. Can't say I blame them, but he and Steen have been around forever. Tough to basically tell the guy who was captain of a Cup team to leave, but I can't say I blame them for not wanting a contract that likely would have aged badly.
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Post by Wolfpack Bitch on Oct 9, 2020 22:50:51 GMT -5
Rangers sign Jack Johnson 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Oct 10, 2020 9:24:13 GMT -5
Torey Krug to St. Louis 7/45.5M. That should be the end of the Pietrangelo era. It is. Sucks, but FO didn't want to give Petro money and NMC at the end of the deal when he's 37 and up. Can't say I blame them, but he and Steen have been around forever. Tough to basically tell the guy who was captain of a Cup team to leave, but I can't say I blame them for not wanting a contract that likely would have aged badly. Petro knew the Blues don't do signing bonus and the Full NMC, and Petro's team wouldn't move off of either of them. Blues did offer the full 8 and yesterday the 7, with 8 Million. Which the other offer that came out was 8.2 from Vegas. If he really wanted to stay as he claimed, he would signed the deal. But Petro still didn't move off on either. The Blues did the smart thing with Krug because the longer they waited the last likely he would been available. Thinking what the situation would have been if Petro and Krug both signed else where, the Blues would been in a bad situation. Losing Petro which is likely now, it stings. But with Krug it not nearly as bad, and the team can still be a winner. The Blues couldn't wait forever on this. Petro seemed to cared more and more about the money then being team friendly and the legacy. Yes he was the first Captain to win the Cup for the team. Not taking away from that and yeah he should get paid for that but lets be clear he didn't do it alone. Many times we have seen ROR step up as a leader himself (IMO a runner for the C) The only way I see Petro staying with the "Door still not fully close" If out of nowhere the Blues dump cap in a trade. That all of sudden Bozak and I don't know another D-Man gets traded. I don't see that likely. I'm saying 90% Petro is gone regardless what is being said. I hate saying that and I really like Petro but I don't blame the Blues for not getting it done because clearly the flat cap and ext means nothing to Petro. We could talk about the Faulk move which now yeah is a factor. But they also thought they had more cap space at that time.
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Post by sfvega on Oct 10, 2020 9:39:48 GMT -5
It is. Sucks, but FO didn't want to give Petro money and NMC at the end of the deal when he's 37 and up. Can't say I blame them, but he and Steen have been around forever. Tough to basically tell the guy who was captain of a Cup team to leave, but I can't say I blame them for not wanting a contract that likely would have aged badly. Petro knew the Blues don't do signing bonus and the Full NMC, and Petro's team wouldn't move off of either of them. Blues did offer the full 8 and yesterday the 7, with 8 Million. Which the other offer that came out was 8.2 from Vegas. If he really wanted to stay as he claimed, he would signed the deal. But Petro still didn't move off on either. The Blues did the smart thing with Krug because the longer they waited the last likely he would been available. Thinking what the situation would have been if Petro and Krug both signed else where, the Blues would been in a bad situation. Losing Petro which is likely now, it stings. But with Krug it not nearly as bad, and the team can still be a winner. The Blues couldn't wait forever on this. Petro seemed to cared more and more about the money then being team friendly and the legacy. Yes he was the first Captain to win the Cup for the team. Not taking away from that and yeah he should get paid for that but lets be clear he didn't do it alone. Many times we have seen ROR step up as a leader himself (IMO a runner for the C) The only way I see Petro staying with the "Door still not fully close" If out of nowhere the Blues dump cap in a trade. That all of sudden Bozak and I don't know another D-Man gets traded. I don't see that likely. I'm saying 90% Petro is gone regardless what is being said. I hate saying that and I really like Petro but I don't blame the Blues for not getting it done because clearly the flat cap and ext means nothing to Petro. We could talk about the Faulk move which now yeah is a factor. But they also thought they had more cap space at that time. Again, I don't blame anyone for getting what they think they're worth. It was just a difference in value to both sides. I still like Petro but after that god awful Faulk deal, the writing was on the wall. I'll cheer Petro when he returns. He's a good guy trying to get one last big deal before he becomes an afterthought in the league and retires. He's got a whole big family to take care of. I get it, get yours bud. No ill will, it's just business. ROR has led by example since basically the down first 2 months when he arrived and we were terrible. He's been our best player since then, our only real constant, gives 110% every game in every zone, works his tail off training. It could be argued that, if not for it being taboo, that ROR should have taken the C last year. Krug definitely helps. Our LD has been a disaster for a while, save Bouwmeester. I'm still 200% not sold on Scandella. I was reading an article yesterday morning that was saying trade Parayko to keep Petro bc Petro does more and plays against elite lines. But Parayko has been our shutdown pairing the last 2 years. Petro has constantly been stepping up in the O zone and leaving guys to cover back for him. Krug can do that too, and probably has a better shot tbh. Petro is way better defensively, but not 2.5 mil for 8 years better. Now we just have to balance pairings. We've kept Dunn a little sheltered until now, but with Faulk and Krug, he better step up defensively because we cannot have 3 guys who are below average defensively and can't play together.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Oct 11, 2020 5:15:53 GMT -5
Petro knew the Blues don't do signing bonus and the Full NMC, and Petro's team wouldn't move off of either of them. Blues did offer the full 8 and yesterday the 7, with 8 Million. Which the other offer that came out was 8.2 from Vegas. If he really wanted to stay as he claimed, he would signed the deal. But Petro still didn't move off on either. The Blues did the smart thing with Krug because the longer they waited the last likely he would been available. Thinking what the situation would have been if Petro and Krug both signed else where, the Blues would been in a bad situation. Losing Petro which is likely now, it stings. But with Krug it not nearly as bad, and the team can still be a winner. The Blues couldn't wait forever on this. Petro seemed to cared more and more about the money then being team friendly and the legacy. Yes he was the first Captain to win the Cup for the team. Not taking away from that and yeah he should get paid for that but lets be clear he didn't do it alone. Many times we have seen ROR step up as a leader himself (IMO a runner for the C) The only way I see Petro staying with the "Door still not fully close" If out of nowhere the Blues dump cap in a trade. That all of sudden Bozak and I don't know another D-Man gets traded. I don't see that likely. I'm saying 90% Petro is gone regardless what is being said. I hate saying that and I really like Petro but I don't blame the Blues for not getting it done because clearly the flat cap and ext means nothing to Petro. We could talk about the Faulk move which now yeah is a factor. But they also thought they had more cap space at that time. Again, I don't blame anyone for getting what they think they're worth. It was just a difference in value to both sides. I still like Petro but after that god awful Faulk deal, the writing was on the wall. I'll cheer Petro when he returns. He's a good guy trying to get one last big deal before he becomes an afterthought in the league and retires. He's got a whole big family to take care of. I get it, get yours bud. No ill will, it's just business. ROR has led by example since basically the down first 2 months when he arrived and we were terrible. He's been our best player since then, our only real constant, gives 110% every game in every zone, works his tail off training. It could be argued that, if not for it being taboo, that ROR should have taken the C last year. Krug definitely helps. Our LD has been a disaster for a while, save Bouwmeester. I'm still 200% not sold on Scandella. I was reading an article yesterday morning that was saying trade Parayko to keep Petro bc Petro does more and plays against elite lines. But Parayko has been our shutdown pairing the last 2 years. Petro has constantly been stepping up in the O zone and leaving guys to cover back for him. Krug can do that too, and probably has a better shot tbh. Petro is way better defensively, but not 2.5 mil for 8 years better. Now we just have to balance pairings. We've kept Dunn a little sheltered until now, but with Faulk and Krug, he better step up defensively because we cannot have 3 guys who are below average defensively and can't play together. The insane thing about Paryako is that his name keeps coming up on trade rumors ever off season. Even the next off season that followed his contract extension which I never understood. Now more than ever they need to keep him because IMO he is the best 2 way D-man on the team. Nobody covers more range than he does. I mean I get Petro but it also bad luck that his turn came up in a pandemic and while others would say signing Faulk didn't play a part, I call BS on them. Of course it did, money went to him and it was more than Joel, and coming off a championship, did we really NEED Faulk? No. Scandalla really just took Jay-Bo's contract and he was playing very good for us until the playoffs. Can't blame it on the Schenn deal who was another core peace who was younger. 3 years with us and was a key guy every single year, made sense. If ROR isn't the cap, Schenn would be the logical choice. He likely getting it or the A that Steen will likely be leaving after the coming year.
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Post by sfvega on Oct 11, 2020 5:34:28 GMT -5
Again, I don't blame anyone for getting what they think they're worth. It was just a difference in value to both sides. I still like Petro but after that god awful Faulk deal, the writing was on the wall. I'll cheer Petro when he returns. He's a good guy trying to get one last big deal before he becomes an afterthought in the league and retires. He's got a whole big family to take care of. I get it, get yours bud. No ill will, it's just business. ROR has led by example since basically the down first 2 months when he arrived and we were terrible. He's been our best player since then, our only real constant, gives 110% every game in every zone, works his tail off training. It could be argued that, if not for it being taboo, that ROR should have taken the C last year. Krug definitely helps. Our LD has been a disaster for a while, save Bouwmeester. I'm still 200% not sold on Scandella. I was reading an article yesterday morning that was saying trade Parayko to keep Petro bc Petro does more and plays against elite lines. But Parayko has been our shutdown pairing the last 2 years. Petro has constantly been stepping up in the O zone and leaving guys to cover back for him. Krug can do that too, and probably has a better shot tbh. Petro is way better defensively, but not 2.5 mil for 8 years better. Now we just have to balance pairings. We've kept Dunn a little sheltered until now, but with Faulk and Krug, he better step up defensively because we cannot have 3 guys who are below average defensively and can't play together. The insane thing about Paryako is that his name keeps coming up on trade rumors ever off season. Even the next off season that followed his contract extension which I never understood. Now more than ever they need to keep him because IMO he is the best 2 way D-man on the team. Nobody covers more range than he does. I mean I get Petro but it also bad luck that his turn came up in a pandemic and while others would say signing Faulk didn't play a part, I call BS on them. Of course it did, money went to him and it was more than Joel, and coming off a championship, did we really NEED Faulk? No. Scandalla really just took Jay-Bo's contract and he was playing very good for us until the playoffs. Can't blame it on the Schenn deal who was another core peace who was younger. 3 years with us and was a key guy every single year, made sense. If ROR isn't the cap, Schenn would be the logical choice. He likely getting it or the A that Steen will likely be leaving after the coming year. DA seems to be f***in losing it. He had the Midas touch for a while and the Schenn and ROR deals went a long way to getting us a Cup. But it seems like after that, he started signing only aggressive deals. We didn't need to offer Faulk that deal while having never seen him play. Schenn to 8 years. Scandella to 4 years after playing 11 games. And now Krug to 7 years. None of them are core pieces. I feel like Parayko rumors are heavily influenced by outside sources. Toronto FO has loved him and I believe he's from the Edmonton area so they've always wanted him. I feel like teams inquiring about him is sold as the Blues listening on him, which I don't think they ever consider. But he may price himself out if he wants a huge deal as well. Gonna be hard to lock him, Thomas, Binnington, etc up when we keep giving out these heavy deals. I'd be shocked if ROR wasn't the captain, but I could see them giving the C to Steen for a year on his way out. I think the pairings break down to Krug/Parayko, Scandella/Faulk, and Dunn/Perunovich with Mikkola and Bortuzzo spelling Peru bc Chief is notoriously hard on youngins.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Oct 11, 2020 17:09:59 GMT -5
The insane thing about Paryako is that his name keeps coming up on trade rumors ever off season. Even the next off season that followed his contract extension which I never understood. Now more than ever they need to keep him because IMO he is the best 2 way D-man on the team. Nobody covers more range than he does. I mean I get Petro but it also bad luck that his turn came up in a pandemic and while others would say signing Faulk didn't play a part, I call BS on them. Of course it did, money went to him and it was more than Joel, and coming off a championship, did we really NEED Faulk? No. Scandalla really just took Jay-Bo's contract and he was playing very good for us until the playoffs. Can't blame it on the Schenn deal who was another core peace who was younger. 3 years with us and was a key guy every single year, made sense. If ROR isn't the cap, Schenn would be the logical choice. He likely getting it or the A that Steen will likely be leaving after the coming year. DA seems to be f***in losing it. He had the Midas touch for a while and the Schenn and ROR deals went a long way to getting us a Cup. But it seems like after that, he started signing only aggressive deals. We didn't need to offer Faulk that deal while having never seen him play. Schenn to 8 years. Scandella to 4 years after playing 11 games. And now Krug to 7 years. None of them are core pieces. I feel like Parayko rumors are heavily influenced by outside sources. Toronto FO has loved him and I believe he's from the Edmonton area so they've always wanted him. I feel like teams inquiring about him is sold as the Blues listening on him, which I don't think they ever consider. But he may price himself out if he wants a huge deal as well. Gonna be hard to lock him, Thomas, Binnington, etc up when we keep giving out these heavy deals. I'd be shocked if ROR wasn't the captain, but I could see them giving the C to Steen for a year on his way out. I think the pairings break down to Krug/Parayko, Scandella/Faulk, and Dunn/Perunovich with Mikkola and Bortuzzo spelling Peru bc Chief is notoriously hard on youngins. Steen may not even play. Doug said whatever kept him out of the payoffs is still not getting better. Your getting they still have Gunnarson under contract for a year.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 18:59:57 GMT -5
Taylor Hall to Buffalo on a 1 year, 8 million dollar deal.
Vegas looks like their closing in on Pietrangelo. They just traded Nate Schmidt to Florida to clear up cap space. Fleury next?
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Post by sfvega on Oct 12, 2020 0:04:07 GMT -5
Hall is a huge get for Eichel. There was buzz about Eichel moving, which everyone knew was a possibility going forward with that franchise. But I feel like it was more about teams asking about him than it was Buffalo ever considering moving him. He would have to force his way out, which may not be out of the question after a couple more lottery seasons. But Eichel must be appeased by getting a running mate like Hall. Could be a fun PP next year with Eichel, Hall, Skinner, and another year of development for Dahlin.
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