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He should keep that chip on the good shoulder just in case.

Yeah count me among those who were going to watch tonight...until it became completely pointless to do so.

And yeah these leaks are terrible. Typical NHL that they’re gonna sabotage their own event tonight with this sh!t.

Of course it is very NHL-like for them to shoot themselves in their own foot with all these leaks, especially from the NHL SiriusXM radio network account. At this point there is no use to even tune into the first televised NHL event on ESPN in over 15 years. I bet ESPN is thrilled with this start.

He will be fine. He's from Sweden; the world capital of angst

With the shakeup that Poile is trying in Nashville, if they lose Johansen tomorrow, it might be full rebuild time down there. I know everyone lumps him in with Duchene, but RyJo is a 60 point center under anyone but Hynes that looks lazier than he is and always turns into a true 1C in the playoffs, but I digress. If he's gone in addition to Ellis and Arvidsson a rebuild has to be in the works. I would love to target Filip Forsberg for next summer when he's UFA. Ideally, we pay up for a 1D this summer, get Jack signed long term during the year and then spend big on bringing in the top line winger we are missing next year.

That’s the only reason to be upset, which is more for them personally than for us. Guys like that are a dime a dozen and I’m not going to pretend we can’t find another guy like Bastian.

You answered your own question- you take away their pass and give it to someone else. You can fine agents and teams who leak this sh!t too, but there has to be some accountability for essentially ruining the first major TV event with your new broadcast partner.

Personally I would have been irritated watching it for an hour when I know they already made all of the picks. What they should do is gather all of the exposed players like they do on entry draft night, and they have to walk up, turn in their old jersey, and get their Kraken jersey. You’d be able to see on their faces who was happy and who was pissed. That would have been funny as hell.

He should be. It’s completely ruined the event. There is literally no reason to watch now.

It’ll be straight picks tonight probably. The NHL loves being boring. There should’ve been a missive sent out that NO LEAKS will be permitted. Because tonight is now ruined, and there’s basically no point. Same. fvck the league for allowing leaks to happen.

It's pretty telling when an NHL GM thinks Bastian, a 2nd year fourth liner who is 5 years removed from his draft year, is considered a more useful hockey player than Andreas Johnsson and Will Butcher.

This is why a few weeks back that I was going on and on about help or "weaponizing cap space" not coming from a top-tier UFA but from a major trade. These top tier UFA are more likely to be willing to take a small pay cut to go to the team they want than going to the highest bidder (see Panarin and Tavares). If the Devils walk away from UFA with Coleman at 5 x $5M then I would consider that a win at this point. I still think Hamilton is pie in the sky thinking.

Yeah I am not exactly sure why fans are treating Bastian as some major loss. I see it as pretty telling when a good amount of fans consider losing Bastian, a 2nd year fourth liner who is 5 years removed from his draft year, is considered the worst possible outcome.

Well his is almost 30 and has kids to feed… Wait, what are we talking about again??

This could surely make things exciting.

Devils retain Subban and bring in Carey Price, @SterioDesignquits being a hockey fan to focus on movie memorabilia.

Maybe they’ll throw nets instead of chairs…

We don’t play in the playoffs so we didn’t consider that.

Especially if we can sign Coleman. With Coleman it was making either Bastian or Johnson expandable on the right side to some extent already so. I'm just bummed cause McLeod and him were special together and were super buddies, to play together in the NHL was something.

Except most of those moves you didn't like are quite easily fixed cause replacacing these players through trades or free agency wouldn't cost much. There's a lot of those guys out there When you're building a team from scratch basically you gotta build your core and main position first. Then you fill the rest of your roster with those players. Having too many of those but no core players is not much better, thats basically what we had not long ago

I would do the same. Let’s be honest we ain’t getting any of them.

Dougie Hamilton and Gabriel Landeskog are two I wouldn’t mind having, and Blake Coleman and Linus Ullmark. All of them. I would put some money down that we get zero of them.

It's still a problem that within that industry that they are pushed to go around principle's just for hits. So yeah, that's a problem.

It really is a huge shame - like if I was running the league I'd be really pissed off about all these leaks. First major televised NHL event on ESPN in ages and it's going to be essentially meaningless to anyone who cares enough to pay attention.

I don't hate, I thought it was hysterical.

Of fvcking COURSE. I swear, I hate this fvcking league.

Fvcking guy lol.

Post of the day for sure.

Yeah, like many have said, not going to make or break the Devils, but for me anyone else being taken would've been the better outcome. Oh well.

fvck off Seattle

Could be some big cap moves in their near future. Bastian on pretty much league min looks way better than those other two.

Ha, my phone auto corrected presumably based on my Ryan Johansen comment last night

Agreed I was tempted to stay up, but knowing the list there is no point. The NHL once again drops the ball.

I wanted Johnsson gone. I was just saying I would have preferred to keep Bastian over McLeod who we protected. in other words, I would have used the last protection slot differently

I am genuinely surprised any UFA's would just take Seattle's offer without seeing what the market was like.

Now more than ever, I think the "weaponizing" will come in the form of being able to keep whoever they want to without having to trade any assets to make room. And yeah, the ability to shop in the mid-tier range without having to worry about cap implications. Still don't know if there's enough value among the youth to swing a deal for higher-end player. The funny thing is that I think Fitz WOULD spend big on a high-priced UFA, but it just doesn't feel like it's an option for the Devils. I could see him making Hamilton a "We want YOU" offer and Hamilton saying "Nah".

#Almost30

Yeah, Hall had one "He's the man" season, but that is not who Hall really is or ever truly was. He can be a really good complementary player in the right situation. Boston is 100% the right situation for him. Sure, he could've made plenty more if he signed here before the 2018-19 season, but I doubt it would've worked out...for one, he would've forever been compared against his career-year MVP season...he would've been a vastly overpaid 60-65 point guy (assuming he wouldn't ever miss significant time, which we can't possibly do). He would've been a lightning rod for any Devils failures, due to his contract and the fact that he wouldn't be able to come close to 2017-18...he would've received a lot of blame, even if it wasn't fair...guys like him can become convenient whipping boys very quickly. He's now part of a good team where he's on a very reasonable contract (his AAV his only a little more than Adam Henrique...let THAT sink in) and won't be asked to do too much. It's about as win-win for him and the Bruins as it gets.

IIRC, I was reading that Hall's agent was the one who was mostly driving that negotiation and advised Hall he was worth the $9M+ a season. If that's true, I would be really pissed at that agent if I were him now.

Worst case scenario, he gets LTIR'd, comes back for the playoffs and leads the tournament in scoring, right?

Same here. Trying to stay optimistic about this offseason, but I get the feeling Fitz is going to be sitting on an ever-growing pile of cap space, and we'll be lamenting that with ALL THAT MONEY HOW COULD THE DEVILS NOT MANAGE ONE MAJOR SIGNING?! Not even saying it will be on him...just that "If you build a massive mountain of cap room...they still won't fvcking come..."

That would suck. Also, then Carolina doesn't have to give up Bean or Niederreider in the draft which would have weakened them further.

Seattle signed Larsson. Motherfvckers

Thanks everyone. Wake and bake and coffee made this thread absolutely 🤌.

He should talk to Coleman about how they should both be seeking the most money possible.

What a stupid take.

Ha, their goaltending duo is now "Bob Knight"

I don't often suggest that guys sign somewhere just for the money, but I think that is exactly what Blake should do. He's coming off two consecutive Stanley Cups and arguably his value has never been higher. He should not be worried about going to Dallas, he should be doing it the old fashioned way, whoever is giving the most dollars and the most term. It's easy to forget, but Blake is almost 30. He should max out this deal, because I am not sure what a 36 year old Blake Coleman is going to play like or whether there will be another big deal. The time is now for him, I think.

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