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NHL Off-season Thread 2019 |OT| You'd still be playing if you had Ryan Reaves
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This was my first thought. Struggling to understand what happened here and wondering if Labanc OK'd this himself to help make the Sharks more competitive since the cap is so tight this season.
Watch them now sign someone like Ferland who will eat his minutes.
Good guy Labanc just making sure there's enough room to bring back Jumbo.
Apparently this was one of the final hurdles the Islanders needed to start building the arena.
As well as this:
As well as this:
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Kevin Hays had 54 points lel.
I wonder if he agreed to this without his agent or something. Huuuuge risk.
To be fair, Fletcher handed out a terrible contract. A gross overpayment. Hayes and Labanc are probably $4.5m-6m players.
But even then is that risk worth it? One bad injury scuttles that whole plan.
not even that, what if one of the young guys (or FA's) takes over his spot and he is relegated to 3rd/4th line minutes.
he is not the type of players to be guaranteed to put up those numbers again.
Cherry could do Coach's Corner in his garage for all we care. It'll be retired alongside him.
Also Domi is a cunt.
YA KNOW [MISPRONOUNCES PLAYER NAME] IS A GOOD ONTARIO BOY, THE KIND THE LEAFS SHOULD BUILD THEIR ROSTER AROUND. NOT LIKE THESE SOFT EUROPEANS WHO CELEBRATE AFTER EVERY GOAL AND RUN UP THE SCORE. HAVE SOME CLASS YOU BUNCH OF JERKS. YOU CAN'T WIN WITH PLAYERS LIKE [MESSES UP EUROPEAN PLAYER'S NAME THAT'S EASIER TO PRONOUNCE THAN THE CANADIAN ONE].
Why would they trade a right-shot dman (seemingly an organizational need) for a top6 forward? I know that Boqvist is coming but they still seem super thin
Sharks will have 9 mill in cap without a cap increase next year. With Dillion being the only one worth resigning.
Dell and Melker off the books as well as Paul Martins buyout
Dell and Melker off the books as well as Paul Martins buyout
Teravainen is the only one on that list that stings, but Bickell's cap hit had to go. Too early to tell how the Jokiharju/Nylander swap will pan out. Neither have had enough time in the NHL to really make a judgement.
He's also traded for seven other 1st round picks from that span (Koekkoek, Maatta, Perlini, Quenneville, Strome, Nylander), plus Marko Dano who was traded to Winnipeg.
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I like the Hawks strategy in picking up highly talented prospects (or former) in bad situations or with a stranded development. One of the few viable ways to try to rebuild while still having high caliber players on the roster.
Giving up Jokiharju sucks but I still really like the upside of Nylander.
Giving up Jokiharju sucks but I still really like the upside of Nylander.
If Benning can somehow unload any combination of Eriksson/Sutter/Schaller I'd be a happy man. Ferland will provide more value than all those guys combined.
Losing Jokiharju does suck a bit, but there's several other defensive prospects coming up.
Jokiharju looked good the first 2 weeks or so last season but was pretty awful after that. He seemed pretty pissed about getting sent to Rockford, plus with Maata and De Haan coming in, I wonder if he asked for a trade or if something else went on that we don't know about.
Like Strome last year, I hope Nylander is just in need of a change of scenery. The talent is there but for whatever reason, he hasn't done anything with it.
Chicago has to be moving a forward or two at some point though. They're pretty packed up front.
Over/Under on Games Played for Ferland this year in the regular season is 64.5. Who takes the over?