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Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1765535392722247896

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Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Ginette Reno posted:

Mark Stone just gets injured on demand for them whenever they need cap space to overload their roster for the playoffs

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

1st team all star
+
2nd degree manslaughter
=
3rd world clothing line
https://x.com/frank_seravalli/status/1765452978914287853?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

https://x.com/lakingspr/status/1765543465054818314?s=46&t=2hVb1vPytx9OUpdE0UPz6Q

Giving someone a 2-year extension the day you put him on waivers owns

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010


lol

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
I know people like to complain about Vegas but I think it rules that there's a franchise that consistently says "gently caress it" and tries to get the best player on the market every year. I wish more teams would do it.

Mind_Taker
May 7, 2007



Jamwad Hilder posted:

I know people like to complain about Vegas but I think it rules that there's a franchise that consistently says "gently caress it" and tries to get the best player on the market every year. I wish more teams would do it.

Yeah agreed. I'd be ecstatic if the Capitals were ruthless and positioned themselves as contenders every year even if it meant bending the rules.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

It's moreso that they seem to always get LTIR lucky

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Jamwad Hilder posted:

I know people like to complain about Vegas but I think it rules that there's a franchise that consistently says "gently caress it" and tries to get the best player on the market every year. I wish more teams would do it.

I dig a bold GM
too many of Crosby+Malkin's best years spent with trade deadline conferences full of "the market just wasn't right this year" and first round picks wasted on Derrick Pouliot or Simon Despres caliber players

Vegas knows the clock is always ticking, and next year is no goddamned guarantee. Take the swing and you may even end up getting steals like Stephenson for 5th round picks

Twin Cinema
Jun 1, 2006



Playoffs are no big deal,
don't have a crap attack.

Jamwad Hilder posted:

I know people like to complain about Vegas but I think it rules that there's a franchise that consistently says "gently caress it" and tries to get the best player on the market every year. I wish more teams would do it.

It's so much more exciting. This league feels in a permanent stasis, so it's nice to see one team continually go for it.

Jhet
Jun 3, 2013

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

I dig a bold GM
too many of Crosby+Malkin's best years spent with trade deadline conferences full of "the market just wasn't right this year" and first round picks wasted on Derrick Pouliot or Simon Despres caliber players

Vegas knows the clock is always ticking, and next year is no goddamned guarantee. Take the swing and you may even end up getting steals like Stephenson for 5th round picks

They went out and got Jason Zucker one…. Hahaha, I can’t even finish that sentence.

Nybble
Jun 28, 2008

praise chuck, raise heck
https://x.com/Chelles116/status/1765469028632474103?s=20

Carver
Jan 14, 2003

I honestly didn't expect anything to happen today when i posted this morning, ty GM's for all the trades.

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa

fawning deference posted:

It's moreso that they seem to always get LTIR lucky

I understand why people think it's unfair, but at the same time I think they'd much rather prefer it if their captain was healthy and not on LTIR all the time. His injuries were/are legitimately bad injuries - with the back surgeries there was even speculation that his playing career might have been over. What are they supposed to do, say "aww shucks, I guess we won't improve the team or try to replace Stone because that wouldn't be fair to the rest of the league" ?

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
Also sounds like Penguins are asking too much for Guentzel and they're going to end up with nothing

https://twitter.com/JoshYohe_PGH/status/1765559164225339745

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Dubas has never been a seller before, makes a certain kind of sense

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Jamwad Hilder posted:

Also sounds like Penguins are asking too much for Guentzel and they're going to end up with nothing

https://twitter.com/JoshYohe_PGH/status/1765559164225339745

Lol

:munch:

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

eh, all of this is just 2 sides playing hardball through the media. We've all seen this before.

worst case is they re-sign Guentzel for too much money, big woop
he'd be LTIR'd by the end of it anyway with how fragile his shoulders are

Fire Sullivan and trade anyone you can over the summer, start fresh and go from there.
Honestly, even if the last few years of Crosby's career are him tooling around the rink with his friends, I don't really care that much
if anyone had earned a few years of his arbitrary demands getting met it's that guy
he's probably got permanent brain damage from his early concussions and he still brought the team 2 more cups afterward

mennoknight
Nov 24, 2003

I WILL JUST EAT ONE MORE SANDWICH
OH MY HEAD EXPLORDED I'M JAY FATSTER
ANNOUNCE THE loving HANIFIN RETURN JESUS

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




mennoknight posted:

ANNOUNCE THE loving HANIFIN RETURN JESUS

Fifth rounder and a ham sandwich

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Does Vegas even have an LD roster spot
why Hanifin

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1765563568018067573?t=x8J-ZKbgQ3zai5PrlD2dkQ&s=19

You're saying someone needs to be injured in Las Vegas? I'm sure they can find a guy.

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Does Vegas even have an LD roster spot
why Hanifin

They are fulfilling every team's dream of having All The Guys.

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa

mennoknight posted:

ANNOUNCE THE loving HANIFIN RETURN JESUS

https://twitter.com/Fan960Steinberg/status/1765565594253062336

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Gonna guess 2nd+prospect for Hanifin and a 4th to the other team retaining

Bard Maddox
Feb 15, 2012

I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.
somehow one of these days Vegas is going to convince a team to sign someone to a max-term 8 year deal and retain half on it

Precambrian Video Games
Aug 19, 2002



Good Soldier Svejk posted:

Does Vegas even have an LD roster spot
why Hanifin

I thiught the same when TB got Sergachev and McDonagh on top of Hedman. It turns out you can just get all the players and it will work out.

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

It's a first, third that can be a second and Miromanov

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Well the first and second being gone means they'll need to give up some drat good prospects if they want Jake I guess

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


https://x.com/DarrenDreger/status/1765582750482883052?s=20

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
A 1st and a 2nd for Hanifin :lol::lol::lol:

Hanifin is a thoroughly mediocre player. But he's Big and he was Highly Drafted so he must be good!!

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa

Eric the Mauve posted:

A 1st and a 2nd for Hanifin :lol::lol::lol:

Hanifin is a thoroughly mediocre player. But he's Big and he was Highly Drafted so he must be good!!

That was true of the first few years of his career, when he wasn't living up to that draft pedigree, but at this point in his career pretty much every advanced stats model and the old fashioned eye test agree that he's a legit top pairing guy. A 1st and a 2nd doesn't seem like much to give up for a player like that.

sedative
Mar 20, 2003

‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ :allears:
BROKERS BABY WOO

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1765589049555755215

Conditions

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
Lol at the condition on that first rounder

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Ya not sure why Calgary would agree to that.

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

Jamwad Hilder posted:

That was true of the first few years of his career, when he wasn't living up to that draft pedigree, but at this point in his career pretty much every advanced stats model and the old fashioned eye test agree that he's a legit top pairing guy. A 1st and a 2nd doesn't seem like much to give up for a player like that.

I don't see it at all. You know how Marchand and Bergeron were not super amazingly skilled but are hall of famers anyway because they're like loving precogs that are somehow always a half step ahead of the play? Hanifin is the opposite. He's big and fast and perpetually a half step behind the play. He always looks good and his teams always somehow underperform when he's on the ice.

Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Mar 7, 2024

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Ya Hanifin is Elias Lindholm but a dman

mennoknight
Nov 24, 2003

I WILL JUST EAT ONE MORE SANDWICH
OH MY HEAD EXPLORDED I'M JAY FATSTER
that return fuckin sucks

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

mennoknight posted:

that return fuckin sucks

Don't worry the 2026 first will make the Flames in 2030

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

https://twitter.com/EricFrancis/status/1765591013530140739

Lmao he's 26!!!

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grack
Jan 10, 2012

COACH TOTORO SAY REFEREE CAN BANISH WHISTLE TO LAND OF WIND AND GHOSTS!
Why in the hell would Calgary want Miromanov? He's an AHL-tweener at best.

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