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Mike_V
Jul 31, 2004

3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/880155636591456256

Why? Don't they have a number of decent young goalies?

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El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

Mike_V posted:

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/880155636591456256

Why? Don't they have a number of decent young goalies?

It's not a bad idea to add a vet like Mason to be the starter while those youngins get ready. Comrie's struggled a bit in the AHL, Helleybuck was inconsistent last year, and Pavelec is a UFA who sucks 20 dicks in net.

i am the bird
Mar 2, 2005

I SUPPORT ALL THE PREDATORS

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Pavelec is a UFA who sucks 20 dicks in net.

All that and he still hasn't learned how to use his body to take a shot

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

What happened to Hutchinson? Is he bad now?

Henrik Zetterberg
Dec 7, 2007

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Pavelec is a UFA who sucks 20 dicks in net.

In a row?

A Typical Goon
Feb 25, 2011

yellowcar posted:

What happened to Hutchinson? Is he bad now?

Yeah he might be an ok backup but probably not

a false
Mar 5, 2009

I DECIDE
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Matt Zerella posted:

Mirtle apparently saying Holden is on the move. Between that and Klein possibly retiring, I'm feeling even better about the Smith contract.

that would be good but we still really need to stop having marc staal before i can be happy

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

a false posted:

that would be good but we still really need to stop having marc staal before i can be happy

I've got some bad news for you buddy...

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/880160418999808001

This sounds like a bad idea.

Mike Works
Feb 26, 2003
I laughed so hard at the Emelin -> Habs rumor this morning. gently caress that would be hilarious.

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)


:lol:

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/880176044199858176

So with Winnipeg added to the list Alzner has been linked to every Canadian team except Calgary I think. That owns because it's so unsurprising that Canadian teams love that type of player.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

I don't get why so many free agents end up in Montreal.

Are full contact lap dances that important to them?

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
PLANT MORE TREES
CLEAN THE SEAS
KISS TITTIESS




El Gallinero Gros posted:

Pavelec is a UFA who sucks 20 dicks in net.

Is that total his net or gross?

a false
Mar 5, 2009

I DECIDE
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Matt Zerella posted:

I've got some bad news for you buddy...

well i've never been happy before, so at least i'm used to it

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky

i hope they gave them a nice tour of penn station

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME
Jim Cerny, the old Rangers media guy who still writes about NHL stuff, says he's heard from a source that Bonino is "very interested" in the Rangers

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

Aphrodite posted:

I don't get why so many free agents end up in Montreal.

Are full contact lap dances that important to them?

We actually lose out on a shitload of fa's because of taxes


So grinders it is

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Levitate posted:

Jim Cerny, the old Rangers media guy who still writes about NHL stuff, says he's heard from a source that Bonino is "very interested" in the Rangers

Bonino's going to get paid a lot of money to severely disappoint somebody thinking he's a top six center.

Levitate
Sep 30, 2005

randy newman voice

YOU'VE GOT A LAFRENIÈRE IN ME

Pornographic Memory posted:

Bonino's going to get paid a lot of money to severely disappoint somebody thinking he's a top six center.

He seems like a good 3rd line center but yeah the money he's going to want for that is likely to be higher than it's worth.

Rangers are basically checking out all the available centers anyways it sounds like (Thornton, Marleau, Bonino). Not sure if they sign any of them depending on what the asking price is

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.

Pornographic Memory posted:

Bonino's going to get paid a lot of money to severely disappoint somebody thinking he's a top six center.

Also see: Jordan Staal

OldSenileGuy
Mar 13, 2001

Levitate posted:

He seems like a good 3rd line center but yeah the money he's going to want for that is likely to be higher than it's worth.

Rangers are basically checking out all the available centers anyways it sounds like (Thornton, Marleau, Bonino). Not sure if they sign any of them depending on what the asking price is

I really hope we get Marleau because that's my dog's name (though spelled differently)

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Krime posted:

Also see: Jordan Staal

Hey now, Jordan is a perfectly acceptable 2nd line center, and in fact is still one of the best shutdown centers in the league.

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Hey now, Jordan is a perfectly acceptable 2nd line center, and in fact is still one of the best shutdown centers in the league.

6 mil

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
Jordan Staal is really good.

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Spring Break My Heart posted:

Jordan Staal is really good.

Yeah he's worth 6 million. He's a possession beast.

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
I'd sure as poo poo take Jordan over Eric or Marc.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Ginette Reno posted:

Yeah he's worth 6 million. He's a possession beast.

Yeah it's only $2m more than what you'd pay for Couturier, Soderberg, etc. (probably Bonino too) and he brings much, much more to the table than those guys.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
The Jets really need to just let Hellebuyck play

Teemu Pokemon
Jun 19, 2004

To sign them is my real test

With full no movement clause

I loving knew it. I loving know you Holland you loving jackass. Can't wait until he ups the offer

pseudodragon
Jun 16, 2007


There needs to be a term to distinguish between players who are poo poo on because they are really bad and you wouldn't want at an price and players who are salary cap bad who are decent or even good players but get poo poo on because they are hurting their team by making dumb money.

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)

pseudodragon posted:

There needs to be a term to distinguish between players who are poo poo on because they are really bad and you wouldn't want at an price and players who are salary cap bad who are decent or even good players but get poo poo on because they are hurting their team by making dumb money.

Rick Nash comes to mind for the latter group. Dude is a goddamn defensive force, incredible on the forecheck and PK, but he just doesn't seem to consistently score enough to be worth his cap hit.

He'd be incredible around 5.5mil per.

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

Pornographic Memory posted:

Bonino's going to get paid a lot of money to severely disappoint somebody thinking he's a top six center.

You say bonino



I say beleskey

Teemu Pokemon
Jun 19, 2004

To sign them is my real test

With full no movement clause
Helm and Nielsen are the latter :smith: Abdelkader, Kronwall, and Ericsson are the former but they also makes way too much money so they are just bad in every way

Sharks Eat Bear
Dec 25, 2004

i'll probably eat my words, but i'm not so sure bonino is going to get a huge payday. maybe if HBK had been a thing again, but he had a pretty mediocre regular season this year and wasn't as clutch in the playoffs as he seemed last year. he doesn't score a lot and he doesn't hit a lot, so i'm not sure he's the type of player that GMs will go crazy for

on the flip side, the irrationality of NHL GMs knows no bounds, so i also won't be at all surprised if he gets a big dumb contract

DO YALL WANT A BOXC
Jul 20, 2010

HAHA! WOOOOOOO WOOO!
Fun Shoe
good on us signing smith at that contract. i like it.

now i want thornton and shattenkirk

Krime
Jul 30, 2003

Somebody has to do the scoring around here.
Ok point taken... I guess I really haven't paid attention to Staal since he left the Pens other than knowing hes been hurt a few times.

I need to brush up on my fancy stats

Oswald Kesselpot
Jan 14, 2008

HONK HONK HONK
I think Bonino's will end up making somewhere close to 4 million a year for 3 years. Unless he stays with the pens and give some a discount.

Also, let's bring Jordan Staal back to Pittsburgh, just so I can scream "Staal face spotted" every time he scores in te playoffs.

Rumors today were that the Pens were interested in Duchesn again. The talk was a Prospect (or maybe 2, or some draft pick/prospect combination) and Maatta for him.

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Ya I'm sure the Avs are going to trade him for a pick and Olli Maata when they turned down Hamonic and a first.

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a false
Mar 5, 2009

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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:

good on us signing smith at that contract. i like it.

now i want thornton and shattenkirk

i want shattenkirk and i'd be happy with thornton on a short contract for relatively cheap, but i want neither of them as much as i want marc staal to be gone

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