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I am reasonably happy with the team I drafted despite being near the arse end of the draft. I sacrificed offense for the sake of shoring up my goalies and may have overdone it in net, but my modus operandi has always been Peripherals and goalies lol. Time will tell if it was a good decision or not. I would rather have 1 too many than to have to spot start the Coyotes goalie just to make my weekly minimum. My best guess is workhorse goalies will easily be the hardest commodity to acquire a month into the season. 16 teams mean 32 goalies just to have 2 per team. A single injury is devastating. Supply and demand will be like the Halifax Housing market. My house doubled in value in the last 3 years because of how crazy low our housing stock has gotten and because of population growth.

Wait, is that DeAngelo lying on the ice? LOL If they made a Netflix miniseries out of this, I would watch it

I was oping to see **** like this after Tortz took over LOL

When did he "take less"? His contract previous was signed when he was a 50 point player lol. It was comparable to scheifele at the time. He got so good that he was criminally underpaid In any case, good for him. He deserves this contract.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34604714/evander-kane-san-jose-sharks-settle-contract-grievance An NHL source tells ESPN that the settlement is expected to bridge the gap between the money owed Kane by the Sharks and the money he's making on his new deal with the Oilers. Kane was due $19 million in salary for the last three years of his San Jose contract. The first three years of his new deal with the Oilers pay him a combined $16.5 million in salary. An NHL source believed the settlement will generate a cap hit that will be retroactively applied to the 2021-22 Sharks' salary cap. They finished last season with around $4.9 million in cap space. Pinterest Email print The San Jose Sharks and former forward Evander Kane have settled a grievance over his contract termination last season before the matter would have gone to arbitration. The NHLPA filed a grievance on behalf of Kane in January after the Sharks terminated his deal, citing a breach of his contract and a violation AHL COVID-19 protocols. Kane was in the fourth year of a seven-year, $49 million contract that paid him $7 million on average annually. Kane signed a free agent contract with the Edmonton Oilers last season and then signed a four-year extension with the Oilers this summer. An NHL source tells ESPN that the settlement is expected to bridge the gap between the money owed Kane by the Sharks and the money he's making on his new deal with the Oilers. Kane was due $19 million in salary for the last three years of his San Jose contract. The first three years of his new deal with the Oilers pay him a combined $16.5 million in salary. An NHL source believed the settlement will generate a cap hit that will be retroactively applied to the 2021-22 Sharks' salary cap. They finished last season with around $4.9 million in cap space. "The agreement has been approved by the NHL and the NHL Players' Association," the Sharks said in a statement. "We are satisfied that its terms will not adversely impact the team, either financially or competitively, in this or future seasons."

Its not exactly a secret that locker room wasn't the best and Wheeler/Scheifele kinda ruled it and excluded a few people and even had fist fights with some. Wheeler actually half heartedly apologizing for how he dealt with Laine tells me where there is smoke there is fire. But we knew that when Wheeler got ejected from practice for dropping the gloves and going to fight Chiariot after Scheifele cross checked Chiariot at practice and he shoved back. hell, Paul Maurice resigned as coach and walked away from the team saying he's taken them as far as he can and they need a new voice to take control.

Im ok with giving a former 1st round pick in the deepest draft of all time a shot. Most jets fans say he was better than his numbers last year and wanted him back

The look of shock on the guy who thought he scored a goal's face

That was sick. I was sure it was in and amazed when i saw the replay that he saved that

Calgary deserves a media just for making summer interesting lol

So johnny hockey, Tkachuk out, Kadri, Huberdeau and Weegar in. Calgary came out of losing Gaudreau to UFA and T%kachuk not resigning quite well I must say.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34419289/nazem-kadri-finalizing-deal-calgary-flames-sources-say

Thompson was outplayed Lehner by seasons end last year. My guess is they knock on the sharks door and ask for an Adin Hill or James Reimer?

Yeah its a good read. Makes Bertuzzi hitting Moore and the tragedy after seem like something that could have happened to Lemieux that night for the exact same type of reason. McCarty sucker punched him with his glove on, just like Bertuzzi did to Moore, and then beat the crap out of him until he was concussed and then waited till the ref wasn't looking and kneed him in the head as hard as he could crushing his head between the knee and boards, and sounds proud of it lol As Iconic as this brawl is, it could have turned out very very badly just as easily as the Bertuzzi/Moore incident did

We should take bets on what age he is at when the decline begins. Im going with 31 or 32 lol

Lol. Why would he WANT to extend Monahan? The guy has been nothing but downhill for 3 years. He's a 4th liner production who was playing with superstars

More stuff coming out about the 2003 tournament here in Halifax. Also doesn't sound pretty

I'm not terribly worried about Florida’s draft picks yet. Their core is still of age where you don't fret too much about draft pickd. Most age 24 to 26. Exception to lundell and knight, who are 20 and 22. They do need to secure a defenseman though

Florida’s options were try to fit in extending one or two guys long term that will be in their 30s for most of the deal or extending a 24 year old who will be in his prime for about all of it. They made a smart move that people aren’t ready to wrap their head around yet because we are used to seeing contracts handed out that end with players being a broken down drain on the cap…which is why many teams don’t have money right now. Tkachuk scoring over 100 points this past season might be an outlier. But I had high hopes for him for a long time in fantasy and always hoped he would develop into an 85 point multicat guy. He's 24 years old and now cost controlled for years. By all reports Weegar wants 7 to 8 million and Huberdeau wants 11 million + Typically when you pay 29 year olds that kind of money over 8 years, you accept you are getting 2-3 more elite years and then praying they don't decline too badly in years 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and you are looking to trade with 50% retention near the end of the deal. I.e Brent Burns, although sharks only retained 30%

Im in for all stars as usual.

Didn't we say that about tavares?

What's next is apparently Tkachuk won't resign long term and is up for trade. https://mobile.twitter.com/realnoahadler99/status/1549289043124436992?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1549289043124436992|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=

Comrie was once expected to be a great starting goalie. This is a good move for Buffalo. He's been stuck behind Hellebuyck, who is elite and never really given a shot

Canada also had some abominable covid rules for travellers until recently so he probably didn't want to risk ever going through that again

Torts is going to eat this kid alive unless he learns to block shots and play defense lol. Torts usually doesn't give an f how good you are offensively if you don't do certain things on the ice.