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2 hours ago, flyercanuck said:

 

See the difference between this call and where he eventually went is it actually sounds like he's talking about hockey here.

Yup.

2 minutes ago, Howie58 said:

Wow--a few weeks back, I pegged this at 2 years at about a million AAV.  This is not a vote of confidence in the guy's future.  Fletcher can chirp all he wants, this isn't much more than Pulliot's recent contract...for a career AHLer with an occasional cup of coffee. Yikes.

I actually see this as a good thing. If Patrick was worried about whether he'd play this coming season, he'd be more apt to go for maybe a two year deal. By just signing his QO, it tells me he thinks he'll play and play well enough to earn a bigger contract after next season.

Patrick signed his QO. Just leaves Myers.

https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-center-nolan-patrick-accepts-qualifying-offer/c-319470032

1 hour ago, CoachX said:

maybe this move puts some truth to the rumors of a bigger deal. maybe ghost is being packaged to move in a guy in a multiplayer move. rumors were Laine

 

who knows?

If Winnipeg turned down Pesce and Necas plus #13 this year like @OccamsRazor mentioned, I'm not sure the Flyers can match that with Ghost as part of the deal. While I like Ghost almost as much as Pesce, I doubt other GMs are going to let Fletcher get the same value, even if they feel the same. So that means you have to offer a better forward than Necas. With Patrick's future uncertain and Frost an unproven commodity, that leaves Konecny or Lindblom, and neither helps Winnipeg at center where they really need it.

And that's good, because I want nothing to do with Laine.

I got nothing. If you hate Ghost, you just signed a worse version of him. If you like him, where does this guy fit?

On 10/7/2020 at 11:07 AM, Podein25 said:

 

Gawd I hope not. I've heard from a credible source that Wpg was offered Necas, Pesce and Carolina's first round pick (13th) for Laine and they turned it down.

Winnipeg should have taken that and ran. 

2 minutes ago, yave1964 said:

@Hockey Junkie must have driven off the road when he heard this one.

 

  Taylor Hall has signed a one year deal with the Sabres for 8 million dollars. 

 

Buffalo is banking on Hall/Eichel forming a lasting chemistry and Hall choosing to stick around. Kudos to both Hall betting on himself and on the Sabres for risking a one year deal.

They could just be going for the #1OA too.

1 hour ago, OccamsRazor said:

 

Maybe the Flyers can help the Knights out by taking Shea Theodore off their hands.

 

His 5.2 will fit nicely where Niskanen's sat.

 

And then they can sign AP and give him his old number which Shea was wearing.

 

Works out for both sides.

Theodore is a lefty though, which doesn't really fit the mold of what AV seems to really want, LH/RH on each pair. Otherwise you can just move Sanheim, Ghost, or Hagg to the right side without making a trade. Plus, I'd expect Vegas wants no salary coming back, which would make things dicey on the cap in this direction.

And for those that worry about these things (I don't), Theodore's contract extends past next season, so that means you now have Provorov/Sanheim/Myers/Ghost/Theodore that you need to decide amongst for expansion.

I'd be interested to see if St. Louis is open to dealing Parayko in order to get under the cap. Had a bit of a down year last year, but is a righty, makes $5.5 million for the next two years. But St. Louis could take some money back, so if you send them a Hagg/Raffl/Laughton the other way to make the money work on this end it will work for them too.

If we're looking at 4C, I'd strongly consider Linus Wallmark. Florida didn't qualify him, but he's got consistently good defensive numbers. You could deploy him like Thompson but actually expect him to be effective. 

Wennberg is interesting, as well. Generally good possession metrics, not a big goal scorer, but put up some really good point totals early in his career. 

Koivu's not terrible as a 1 year defensive guy, either, but there's no potential for upside there anymore.

Manson from Anaheim is a guy I'd like to kick the tires on, see if they'd make him available.

@flyercanuck Watch Foerster a lot? Thoughts?

1 minute ago, RonJeremy said:

I don’t want another tiny 165 lb player on this team. We need a big skating power winger . I would rather keep Jake and Ghost than make this trade.

The other part of this trade that gets ignored is the fact that it leaves Calgary with $10 million to sign four forwards, two defensemen, and a goalie. In order to balance it out, the rumor has been that Lucic would be attached as a cap dump. Ha has three more years at 5.25 million remaining.

Man, Svechnikov leaves with an ankle injury that looked BAD. 

Pastrnak out again today.

3 minutes ago, pilldoc said:

I think there is something more to the story.  Just being with his family sounds to generic.  If there was some type of medical emergency then that is a totally different story.  I also understand  without knowing the full story or all the facts that there will be varying opinions and judgments.

Apparently he'd always been ambivalent about the whole thing. The other day he said it didn't feel like the playoffs to him. It just seems like he doesn't have the mentality for the bubble. And that's perfectly fine. 

I find it hard to blame Rask. If anything, he tried to put his concerns aside to help his teammates, and it just got to be too much. Not everyone is built for the life the players are leading right now. 100% ok with this choice.

6 minutes ago, Podein25 said:

 

I did not. You'd be surprised at what I don't know.

Trust. The. Bourbon.

8 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said:

 

How is this NOT a penalty???

 

 

Boston.

19 minutes ago, pilldoc said:

I guess the 5 OT game really did not affect the Blue Jackets.... just turned on the game. 3-1 Jackets...

 

Barring a miraculous comeback game 3 should be a dandy....

 

Well, the Leafs series should give some idea of how the Jackets approach things. That game 4 collapse would have killed a lot of teams. Jackets only came out and pitched a shutout. It wasn't what you would call an exclamation point win, but it was still a pretty impressive effort. I expected them to bounce back well in this one.

Jake to the 3rd line with Grant and NAK, Farabee stays on L1.

Ghost stays in. 

As optimal as you can make the lineup without moving Laughton off the wing IMO.

1 hour ago, jammer2 said:

No one will ever score 60 again. If they do...God helped them cheat...thats my new stance...lol

What about if you pro-rate Mathews' season?

2 hours ago, jammer2 said:

Gotta agree, 90 pt forwards under 25 yrs old dont grow on trees. Projecting a lot...but Marner for Moritz Seider and the Wings 1st next year? Detroit has the cap space and TO needs D...although experienced D is probably preferred. Dont see Stevie Y biting on this though. 

Will he score 60 goals though?

1 minute ago, BobbyClarkeFan16 said:

 

Someone will pick up Marner if he's on the market. Say what you want about the cap hit, but he's a 90 point forward. He's got Giroux-like qualities to him. Move him from the wing to center and Marner will be better off for it. If there's anyone in Toronto that should be moved, it's that dog Austin Matthews.

Let me rephrase: 

There's no way the Leafs can make a trade that makes sense. There are three teams that can absorb Marner's hit next year: New Jersey, LA, and Ottawa. None of those have pieces that should interest the Leafs in exchange for Marner. That means that they're going to have to take back salary, and that makes their life much more difficult.