NHL Thread

[King]

Avs are crushing this offseason. Nice work by Sakic.

[King]

Vegas signs Pieterangelo to a potential landmine deal while dumping an almost as good, cheaper option to a division rival for pennies on the dollar

 

Good asset management here for sure

[wilko]

Vegas signs Pieterangelo to a potential landmine deal while dumping an almost as good, cheaper option to a division rival for pennies on the dollar

 

Good asset management here for sure

 

That contract is going to suck in a few years. I'm glad the Blues didn't pull the trigger on that deal.

[Spanky99]

Holy crap, lol. Just read through the transaction news on nhl.com, now I see what you guys are talking about, Dahlstrom any good, lol. And Nate Schmidt for a 3rd, f*** me, Leafs would've been in on that if they hadn't signed Brodie, one would think.

[Spanky99]

That contract is going to suck in a few years. I'm glad the Blues didn't pull the trigger on that deal.

 

Blues signed a way better contract with Krug.

[P2F]

Now Ottawa gives up a 5th round pick for known shitbag and pending UFA Eric Gudbranson. Gudbranson is worse than Duclair, and makes about what Duclair was going to make in arb (3M)?

 

Why would they give up a pick for an overpaid player with no upside while letting a skilled player with the same salary walk for nothing? They're going to be straddling the cap floor and Gudbranson has a 3M salary and 4M cap hit.

 

Ottawa is like the Tampa Bay Rays if their front office consisted of Ruben Amaro overseeing a couple of high school interns.

 

Now the Sens sign an actually pretty good player in Big Daddy. What the f*** is even going through Pierre Dorian's head on the best of days? Why would you not tender Duclair if you planned to add a guy like Dadonov? As you said, it's even more curious that he traded an actual asset to acquire a huge bag of s*** in Gudbranson, who is inferior to Duclair and gets paid the same/more and the team has cap room for days.

[King]

 

The incompetence never ends

[jays4life19]

God, i love the Sens. I might need to switch fav teams again.

[BTS]

 

The incompetence never ends

 

The Senators board on HF loves the offseason moves and believes Pierre Dorion is a genius.

[Laika]

 

The incompetence never ends

 

Refs hate this one trick

[Pendleton]

Don't really get the hate for the Gudbranson move. By most accounts he was awful in Vancouver but this past season I thought he was just fine as a physical 4/5 type. Local guy for the Sens, can play 18-20 mins per and provide some grit to compliment their young puck movers. A 5th round pick is pretty much nothing to a team with a bounty of young depth, and if they only spend to the cap floor, he makes 1M less than his cap hit (savings for Melnyk).

[King]

Don't really get the hate for the Gudbranson move. By most accounts he was awful in Vancouver but this past season I thought he was just fine as a physical 4/5 type. Local guy for the Sens, can play 18-20 mins per and provide some grit to compliment their young puck movers. A 5th round pick is pretty much nothing to a team with a bounty of young depth, and if they only spend to the cap floor, he makes 1M less than his cap hit (savings for Melnyk).

Well, you would be wrong sir

 

Gudbranson is the kind of player who makes your team worse. Not much more to say

[Krylian]

Jumbo Joe to Toronto. 1 year. League minimum ($700K).

[Pendleton]

Well, you would be wrong sir

 

Gudbranson is the kind of player who makes your team worse. Not much more to say

 

You're typically not going to get a player who improves your blueline in return for a late round pick. It's a 5th round pick for an NHL Dman, I just don't see why it's getting much attention.

 

Plus we both know that hockey GMs care way more about intangible factors than their counterparts in these other sports. The Sens aren't really built to compete yet and are set to have a pretty young blueline group. They brought Gudbranson in to be a veteran presence on the ice and in the community, plus add some physicality to insulate those young puck movers. He saves uncle Eugene 1M assuming they only spend to the floor, I don't doubt at all that added to the appeal.

[Spanky99]

Wait... what???

 

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2020/10/ohl-will-not-allow-body-checking-in-2020-21.html

[wilko]

Wait... what???

 

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2020/10/ohl-will-not-allow-body-checking-in-2020-21.html

 

 

[Krylian]

Wait... what???

 

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2020/10/ohl-will-not-allow-body-checking-in-2020-21.html

 

How do these guys develop if they're just playing shinny? I'm guessing you see players go play in other leagues this season...especially draft eligible ones that need to show what they can do. This is the biggest season of their lives professionally speaking.

[The Cats Ass]

How do these guys develop if they're just playing shinny? I'm guessing you see players go play in other leagues this season...especially draft eligible ones that need to show what they can do. This is the biggest season of their lives professionally speaking.

 

Record breaking scoring numbers

[King]

How do these guys develop if they're just playing shinny? I'm guessing you see players go play in other leagues this season...especially draft eligible ones that need to show what they can do. This is the biggest season of their lives professionally speaking.

Europe is the only option for most of them.

 

There is a limit to the number of Canadians in the USHL, so very few can go there.

[Spanky99]

How our guys like Duclair and Hoffman not been signed yet?

[Pendleton]

How our guys like Duclair and Hoffman not been signed yet?

 

Might be a reason that Duclair has played for five teams in six seasons.

[wilko]

Might be a reason that Duclair has played for five teams in six seasons.

 

Racist.

[Pendleton]

Racist.

 

I think they were all aware of his race before they acquired him so that seems unlikely.

[Laika]

I think they were all aware of his race before they acquired him so that seems unlikely.

 

first day of camp

 

"ah s***, this guy's black?"

[wilko]

I think they were all aware of his race before they acquired him so that seems unlikely.

 

I'm calling you a racist for saying "Might be a reason that Duclair has played for five teams in six seasons.".

[Krylian]

How our guys like Duclair and Hoffman not been signed yet?

 

My guess is that they already have 'for sure' deals they can sign, but there may be other teams that have interest and could make better offers but need to move some cash around first. Hoffman especially, is a good offensive player. Unless he's completely misread this market and his demands are ridiculous, there is no reason that he should be signed. Duclair should also have a deal...but he's not as much of a slam dunk as Hoff.

[Krylian]

I'm calling you a racist for saying "Might be a reason that Duclair has played for five teams in six seasons.".

 

Everyone knows the best hockey players are white.

[wilko]

Everyone knows the best hockey players are white.

[Krylian]

 

[Spanky99]

With Raptors getting stifled, the Canadian bubble division is out. What a shitshow. Even the Jays are looking iffy now. This covid s*** suxxxxx.