Jerrydevil

Hedging his bet? If he was really concerned, he might have let McLeod walk.

So Boston signs Jesper Boqvist and we sign Tomas Nosek. I like what Boston did better.

As well as he played against the Rangers, I thought Schmid got a little lucky. At times his rebound control is not that much better than Blackwood's. However, I think your idea to give Schmid a real chance is reasonable. I also agree with CR1976 that an extension for Hellebuyck should not be 8 years, it should be half that. I do want him here but not for 8 years guaranteed.

Yeah, he just had the one goal in Game 7 against the Rangers. Disappointing. But he had quite a good regular season for us.

It's one of the bad aspects of the cap. It is bad for the middle-of-the-road forward, especially if you're over 30. Same in baseball, which has a soft cap. Many second-level hitters -- productive hitters -- don't get multi-year contracts.

The Mets seems to spring a new leak every day, but no matter how much money you spend on stars, you can't be really good unless you have a good bullpen, and those guys don't make a lot of money. Lately it's been more than the bullpen though. The hitting has come up way short. Pete Alonso is Dave Kingman this year. The Squirrel can't find a nut.

Wow, it's July 18 and Tomas Tatar still hasn't signed a contract. It's too bad that to get the highest dollar amount, he's probably going to have hook on with a team trying to get to the cap floor. I hope we can bring him back for a year. He was such a good "glue" player for us last season. But it's probably not going to happen.

When Smith made the all rookie team his first season, did you see something that made you believe he was not going to be successful?

He's going to have to battle to make that top 6. More likely that he gets a chance if someone in front of him gets hurt.

I loved the good ol days before the cap when the Rangers would open the wallet with no restrictions!

I guess Pederson's obvious, too, because he was traded for Cam Neely! What a trade that was for Boston.

Me neither.

Even more frustrating when he won two Cups for Pittsburgh.

there was only one obvious answer to this one for me because he's a Bruins legend and he is an executive now.

Plus a goalie that won the Vezina (his only Vezina) and the Calder in the same season. Quite an accomplishment.

Plus there's a certain Vezina winner this year.

There's quite a few for Buffalo-Boston. I went with Randy Burridge of all people.

I aced the one today, but I did the Sharks-Ducks-Blues one and didn't do too well. I'm better at remembering Eastern Conference players because I'm more familiar with them, especially the depth players.

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LOL, I just posted that sentiment in another thread. I am curious, too.

Curious to see where Tomas Tatar ends up.

Since that one good stretch he had a few years ago, he hasn’t seized his chances, whether it was because of injury or subpar play. Vitek and Akira did seize their chances. And that’s the story.

I don't think he's cut out to be a #1. But he could be a competent backup. I wish him well.

Making room for Hellebuyck.

Well, we did have a Hart Trophy winner five years ago in one of the greatest seasons a Devil has ever had. How far Taylor Hall has fallen. From Hart winner to salary dump in 5 years. He's only 31. Thank god we traded him.