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Have to be open to the possibilities. Very likely if he makes the jump next season.

Both he and Lenni Hameenaho seem like both great picks. Frankly I can't wait to see these two in action..

Holy sh!t. What crazy hockey news to wake up to. RIP Johnny Hockey.

I would bet it was a lot of Dubas wouldn't stop calling. I didn't expect Pittsburgh to stay in on him. Seems like a kid Minnesota, NYI, or Boston would make a move for. Imagine they can throw him on a line with Sid and he'll put together a Hischier like rookie season.

Wow. Not a bad move. Different players and maybe McGroarty can spark their top 6 a little bit.

The rumor on the street is that they will match the offer for Holloway and they will be letting Broberg walk to STL. Absolute GM larceny from Armstrong.

I miswrote. No, you can't. I still bet you that's what they do with Kane for right now. It will free up some space if you match on Broberg at least. Problem for EDM still stands, who do you match on between Holloway and Broberg and who do you move out to afford those new deals. I didn't know this, but when a player signs an offer sheet contract, they have trade protection for a full year. I don't know if that's an actual rule or if that's just the taboo of don't trade or move players that you just signed in the last 6 months.

Heard Tony DeAngelo talk on DailyFaceoff show Morning Cuppa Hockey. He cleared up a lot of the disdain I had for him as a player. Explained himself with the Georgiev situation. Came away liking the guy. Doesn't seem to deserve the rep he has.

It's fvcking brilliant. This kind of a deal is going to wake up the league to this kind of a thing. This is a middling team with good cap space looking to poach two younger players off a very strong team with little to no cap space. Think about how this may change how the top teams think cap space about going into the offseason. This is fvcking diabolical. When I heard about the teams involved I was like, "I betcha EDM has zero cap space right now." Key word being right now. Even a well-planned out team doesn't plan ahead for something like this. This takes TIME that the Oilers thought they had and now they have to move quickly. Why wouldn't middling/decent teams weaponize their cap space like this? Just excellent asset/cap management by Armstrong and now the ball is in EDM's court. It's a win-win for Armstrong. He either keeps his draft picks and compensation or he gets two decent young players for WAY under their value like Broberg. This is kind of sh!t that separates great GMs from just good GMs. Also you gotta consider this as something some people want to see sh!t thrown in Bowman's face. Kind of a "Oh so you thought you come back into the NHL and you'd pick a contender-winner and sail your way to another cup on a team that's roster has already been constructed. Good luck with that. Here are two offer sheets you can't afford to match." Very well could have left a bad taste in some GMs mouths in his hiring even though nothing was said publicly. What a kick in the dick by STL to EDM. Like I stated, a middling team with cap space is now a huge threat to a team that is right up against the cap. I don't even know if I view this as a dirty offer sheet move. It's just looking at a top teams salary cap situation and taking advantage of the fact that they can't pay them right now (but they planned for being able to pay them in about a year). I don't see how EDM keeps both Holloway and Broberg without LTIRing Kane AND maybe moving another roster player off. Steve Dangle said on his video that they need to clear 6-6.5M of cap space if they want to keep both Holloway and Broberg now. I'd match for Broberg and let Holloway walk.

https://www.nhl.com/news/ryan-lindgren-ready-for-another-deep-run-with-new-york-rangers-after-signing-contract I bet he didn't get much term because they need to figure out Shesterkin before they can throw any more term or salary at Lindgren.

Oof. That's who we need to find. Where is Ondrei Palat and how is his off-season going.

Um, fvckING YES? AND WHY THE fvck NOT? Good fanpost.

Not as good as other McLeod imo. Production wise maybe. I like his speed and seems to know how to play, but they gave up too much if that was the player they wanted. Not as good of a faceoff man either. I think the Oilers chose other players to climb the lineup when they needed them from their bottom 6. Oilers get a top young player for a depth player and an AHLer. It's the Holtz trade basically. Yeah, they get something they can use out of it, but the idea that R.McLeod is a top 6 player seems to be less likely. Just don't see him getting better than what he is. Savoie gives them a really young center who is small, but he's pretty fast, fairly high skilled. Point per game in the AHL in very limited time. Gives them an injection of youth with the loss of Foegle. He's going to push for a roster spot this year. That has to be the only reason Buffalo wants to move off him because they have a lot of potential centers who aren't as undersized. They lost Peterka to the DEL, which is wild. They still have an abundance of youth players. Buffalo is baffling right now. They can't squander all the young talent.

I would agree there. It's a possiblity. If you were going to move him down the line anyway. Hindsights 20/20 though.

Protect this man at all costs. Happy Birthday to him!

Zetterlund and Sher, if we had one of those two, our right side wouldn't feel so weak. So it's too early to tell on Muk, but Zetterlund is a pesty feisty player that I do miss personally. He's looked good in SJ's top six and I think he's fast enough to give a Hughes-Bratt combo a player that will go into the corners and win a lot of battles, muck it up and give us a top 6 guy in him and Meier that really gives other teams headaches. Ideal guy that can fall down the lineup and if he plays the same way, he's still a problem for other teams. If he's potting 24 goals on a bad team and had a decent showing here, I can only imagine if we held on to him a little tighter as an asset. That one does burn a little. He's going to be part of the solution in SJ, not the problem, that's for sure imho playing with Will Smith or Celebrini. Sher in CGY is a more of toss up. He might get 30 again playing with Huberdeau even if the rest of the team is trash. I would take either of them or Toffs back over Tatar as far as depth on the right side. We got the right players out of these assets at least, so I guess all I'm saying is Z is more of a regret than Sher as far as missing them. Z would be cost controlled still before some team pays him 5m/year as a solid top9 RW. I don't think either of these two were more than complementary players, but it's in the past now. You give up Z, and then a season later say we need more grit, and that player sticks out in all that we gave up as far is fitting in very nicely now. Sher doesn't do much there, but Z would. Just my personal armchair GM two cents too. Don't like the idea of giving up more assets for that RW. I've heard Ehlers might be avail in Winnipeg. Quite the player imo. Will watch his career with great interest. Sharks will suck again, but Vanny will likely bounceback (somewhat) and Blackwood staying healthy they at least have bodies. Have to in order to face all the rubber that goalies in SJ face. Z could end up being the gritty board play guy for a guy like Celebrini or Smith. Celebrini is already kind of that player too so you never know in a few years how they will look. It's just sellers remorse really looking at our right side. Not saying it's a failure but it's a glaring spot and teams like to make you pay for glaring spots in your lineup like that. Any GM you pick up the phone and ask about a right shooting forward will be licking their chops. Really depends on how he plays this year. If it's more of the same, then yeah might be looking at a buyout, but if he plays to what he's capable of and is playoff Palat, you never know. I can't imagine another contender or Tampa possibly might take him back at half retained or something, too early to tell yet and need to see how he looks at camp. They are desperate for deals like that to fill out their bottom six.

Barring some offseason training miracle. I can't imagine Palat ends up on Hughes wing. It's one of the "IFs" that CR76 was talking about. IF Palat can return to some kind of form this season. Fitz's answer has been Tatar. Barring some young player grabbing a spot and surprising, we are looking at 1 of Palat or Tatar in the top 6. It's a nonzero probability that there will be a surprise at training camp.

It's not like he won't have an abundance of young players to play this year. Maybe he'll get their defense figured out. Never know.

I don't get this move. This is a Holtz for Cotter, but taken to 11. Savoie hasn't even played an NHL game yet and was ready to break in this next year. Other than simple roster space and EDM saving on the cap, this move makes no sense for Buffalo. I can't believe that they have so many prospects that they couldn't figure out a way to keep Savoie. Other possibility is that Savoie asked for a trade, but this is a weird one. Ryan McLeod is so meh it hurts and this Tullio guy....Buffalo have better have done their scouting on this player that he's a solid defensive forward who will actually add something to their main roster. I know I haven't.

1) They are both LHD. I don't see why you would keep Casey over big boi. Silayev's timeline for the NHL lines up nearly perfectly with Dillion's 4 year contract and to (hopefully) come to the NHL by then. I like where you're thinking with Haula, but I think he has earned the right to play out this contract and we have to ask him to move by the end, that's okay too. 2) Yes, he can play wing, but that would ultimate move Palat on that line if you brought in a new 3C. I guess all I'm saying is that making the move right now would force one or both of Palat and Haula into the top six. Ideally, we want to push players down, not up the lineup. It definitely should be something to consider and look at maybe 2 years down the line depending on where Casey is at. Fitz is right that the AHL is a tough league. He can take a year to get settled in, but needs to start dominating it fairly quickly to maintain most of his value. That all being said, you could move Haula and Casey at that time with reduced value that player too. If Casey is the player we think he is, he'll establish himself as a minute muncher and learn the defensive speed of the game. 3) Fraser Minten comes to mind and Krebs would be interesting. They've almost exclusively have been fourth liners so far in their careers but probably top out as 3Cs somewhere. I think Toronto envisions Minten as their future 3C. Doesn't top out as much, but that's the point, you can get a cheap 3C out of development. Oh man....he's gonna bring back such Whitey vibes. I'm sure Pesce will win me over with a few solid defensive stops within the first 10 games. Needs to look like Marino 2022-23. I need to be wow'ed. lol

Maybe this is the Seamus Casey move? You pick up Tkachuk with Casey and picks? Maybe offload Palat at with the same trade? I just don't see how it happens. Would be ecstatic if it somehow did happen without moving anything currently on roster such as Mercer. OTT can't move Tkachuk for anything less than Mercer and Casey plus picks coming the other way. Like talking high round picks. If I'm Ottawa though, I'm doubtful on Casey as a return instead of Nemec or a bigger fish. The size question is becoming more and more relevant for defensemen. Forwards can clearly get away with it, but look at recent Devils history with guys like Ty Smith, then Butcher before him. It's really hard to be an undersized defenseman in this league.

I would take the over.

I think this move might mean Noesen in the top 6 or maybe a rookie getting tried out there. Might try Tuna with Hischier-Bratt too. Tuna/Noesen(RW)-Nico-Bratter Meier-Hughes-Mercdawg Palat-Haula-Noesen/Tuna Cotter-Lazar-Bastian You can also go with Tuna-Nico-Mercdawg and you'd still have Meier-Hughes-Bratt With the cap the way it is, might have to bank on a new young player who will surprise us in camp. The possibilities are there. Maybe they give Hameenaho a hard look early. This is a better problem to have than the defense just doesn't work/gives up/is as porous like last season. Or having to find a good available goalie. The real difficult puzzlework is over at least. Maybe Fitz will cook up another trade. Maybe there's some prime aged RW he's looking at. I've heard the rumors about Nick Robertson now giving the Leafs a hard time and saying he won't extend. I have a feeling you could fleece them if you dangled a NHL forward and RHD at them. I wasn't thinking about Necas too much, but maybe there's an answer there. Some of the top teams I don't know if they'll be the same moving forward. I'm looking at the Golden Knights, FLA, and Carolina. They've just had a lot of turnover and you never know what that will do come training camp. There's gotta be a top 9 RW we can poach from somewhere or a player who is maybe a bit younger/less value and maybe you trade for him and he's not fully ready for top 6 minutes, but in a year or two. This is partially why you don't move young players for 4th liners, even if you're getting tougher/checkier. Would you rather have Holtz or Tatar in the top 6? I think I would have preferred to run it back with Holtz for another year (who would have been just a cheap for the time period). Sometimes it's just one more year and I know people don't want to hear it, but sometimes it's just how player development goes.

Guess this is our cheap option for an extra winger. It's okay. He plays the right.

They got Janmark at under 2M AAV too. Some sweetheart team friendly deals if you ask me.