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Getting a young, elite 1st pairing d-man for market value:

Cringing while reading this.

Do you really not like Mercer or was that sarcasm haha?

A 2 yr bridge deal after next season to keep Jack in RFA and see his “true worth” is probably what is gonna happen. After that, if he becomes what we know he can, we’ll pay him big time for 8 yrs. Either that, or he’ll get a 8 year deal right out the gate.

Nico Hischier 24 (+1) Pavel Zacha 8 (-3) ELIMINATED Andreas Johnsson Matt Tennyson Colton White Will Butcher P.K. Subban A.J. Greer Jonas Siegenthaler Aaron Dell Nick Merkley Connor Carrick Tyce Thompson Marian Studenic Scott Wedgewood Jesper Boqvist Ryan Murray Mikhail Maltsev Kevin Bahl Damon Severson Nolan Foote Janne Kuokkanen Nathan Bastian Michael McLeod Miles Wood Jack Hughes Jesper Bratt Ty Smith Yegor Sharangovich Mackenzie Blackwood

Altering heavily between Clarke and Hughes at the moment. Good thing is we're pretty much guaranteed to get one of those two imo. Should be interesting.

Depending on the return, I'd consider it. First of all for the right side, he can score a lot of points, but also because I think Ristolainen clearly needs a change of scenery and could probably benefit from it. He's been a whipping boy for quite some time now in Buffalo, and at 2 years left at 5.4 mil per, I'd be curious to see what he could do with a fresh start. I also feel like the return wouldn't be huge, since his value has been lowered a lot these last few years. Maybe Buffalo even take Johnsson or Merkley straight up for him? Anyways, I don't think it would be all that bad. Interesting to think about though.

Yeah, pretty sure Vancouver will pass us. Knock on wood. We're likely drafting 5th. Pretty sure one of Clarke/Hughes will be available by then.

Best bromance moment ever between the roomies. Hughes and Smith are money.

Holtz with his first!!

Here’s a better view of that SNIPE!

2 PP GOALS?!?! I forgot the feeling...

I thought the bet was 28 pts regardless!

Hughes and Pav (ONE POINT LEFT TO REACH THE BET) with the assists!

Great summary! I think the sweet spot for us is 4-5th overall. We're getting a solid player there, that's for sure. Hopefully, at least one of the big 3 defensemen will still be available when we pick.

Great play by Bratt and Nico to Pav!!

At this point, who cares? More odds for 1st. That clearly seems to be the focus right now

I'd really like to see Sal get an assistant coaching job. He seems to understand the game really well. Might help our PK lol

Actually not mad about how they played in the first.

LGD!

Nice pass by Zacha to Hughes, so close.

LGD! Pick it up young ones!

I'm curious to see what he does next season. Young goaltenders tend to be inconsistent, so I'm not worried about him. The talent and potential are there, and he's shown great things in front of a sub-par defence. I think people sometimes don't realize that Mac has less than 100 games played in the NHL and has never actually played a full season (based on circumstances with the 2 COVID seasons but still). I'd like to see him in "normal" circumstances and with a half decent defence before passing judgement on him. With all that in mind, I've been pretty happy with him and his development. I'm not ready to say that next season is the "end all, be all" season for Mac, he's been put in weird situations these last 2 seasons, and he's been affected by COVID in a pretty big way IMO. But the rest of his contract is important.

Side note, I’ve been happy with Foote so far.

This team NEVER gives up. They're unimpressive and impressive at the same time lol. Hats off to the young guys. Goaltending killed them. The future is exciting, no one can convince me otherwise.