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Things I want to happen this off-season: 1) McDavid and Draisaitl get signed to under $20 mil combined 2) Peter Chiarelli and Kris Russell get shot into the sun 3) The Flames relocate and leave Calgary with no NHL team
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Mage_Boy posted:I want someone to offersheet McDavid a maximum salary contract for the hilarity. Too bad he can't even be offer sheeted this offseason, since he's still on his ELC.
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Jun 25, 2017 02:14
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zegermans posted:so why'd the Knights grab Fleury instead of Mrazek The fact Vegas and Pittsburgh agreed to a deal March 1 where the Knights would pick Fleury and get a 2020 2nd in return. I doubt McPhee wanted to break a deal he had in place for over 3 months.
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Jun 25, 2017 05:15
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Detroit Red Wing Martin Hanzal has a nice ring to it.
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Jun 25, 2017 05:48
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Breaking up Hall of Fame chat for a second: https://twitter.com/MikeHeika/status/879367857221578753 
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Jun 26, 2017 17:02
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Lehtonen's largely considered the better of the 2, right? Yes. From this latest season: Kari Lehtonen: 59 GP, 22-25-7, 2.85 GAA, 0.902 Sv% Antti Niemi: 37 GP, 12-12-4, 3.30 GAA, 0.892 Sv% Although in the end it really doesn't matter, I'm sure both of them will be gone from the Stars after next season.
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Jun 26, 2017 17:11
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Everybody knows Dan Girardi is going to Detroit, all other fanbases can settle down.
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Jun 26, 2017 17:57
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https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/879397804661256197 Happy for Kassian, he deserves it. 
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Jun 26, 2017 18:57
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https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/879414766158139393
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Jun 26, 2017 20:04
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With Yakupov, he has the skills to be at least a top 6 RW, even a 1st line RW. The problem is that he does not have the hockey IQ necessary to think the game as a top 6 RW and use his skills efficiently, which has really limited his ability as a player. But if you pair him with a center (or linemates) that can make use of his skills like McDavid then he's actually fine. Looking at his season with St. Louis, he only had 9 points in 40 games but his problem there was that Hitchcock then Yeo didn't make use of him. 4th line minutes, limited PP usage, healthy scratch multiple times during the season. His lack of production there shouldn't be surprising. So the fact that somebody suggested he play for the Pens 4th line just makes me laugh, because I could already see PAS complaining about him not producing despite the fact he wouldn't be put in a position to succeed in that scenario. I do think he'll be a good cheap pick-up for some team, a "reclamation" type player. The only question is whether or not the team he signs with will actually use him efficiently. Say something like sheltered middle 6 minutes and on one of the PP units. I hope they do since I still like Yakupov and want him to succeed.
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Jun 26, 2017 23:52
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https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/879496549402914816 Gotta stockpile those 2020 2nds.
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Jun 27, 2017 01:34
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A Typical Goon posted:This type of attitude leads to RNH third line grinder and Yakupov king of the busts Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 2011-12: 62 GP, 18-34-52, got a shoulder injury, robbed of the Calder Nail Yakupov, 2012-13: 48 GP, 17-14-31, 5th in Calder voting You could at least look at their first year stats, which are both respectable for rookies, before going "nah look at these 1st overall picks they both suck!!!". Both Hischier and Patrick will be fine. There's no need for either of them to be in junior any longer.
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Jun 27, 2017 03:38
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https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/879768177395290114 Chiarelli, after the Oilers get eliminated: Our defense isn't good enough to make it to the conference finals Also Chiarelli: *doesn't improve the defense that he said wasn't good enough*
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Jun 27, 2017 19:35
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https://twitter.com/TSNRyanRishaug/status/879803476737314816 https://twitter.com/NHLnumbers/status/879809065362141185 That honestly seems reasonable to me when it is put like that.
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Jun 27, 2017 22:48
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fits posted:https://twitter.com/TSC_Hockey/status/879833198443642884 Well, if he makes the Flames roster, poor kid's gonna get booed hard during the Oilers-Flames season opener.
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Jun 27, 2017 23:50
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https://twitter.com/TSNRyanRishaug/status/879835652644192256 So Chiarelli's only move thus far has been trading Eberle for Strome, which is a downgrade in RW. Otherwise he's going to go into the season with almost the exact same roster as last year and approximately $9 mil in cap space after Draisaitl signs his new contract. Sekera is still hurt, there's no replacement for him other than going "okay just let Nurse/Benning play on the 2nd pair and hope for the best". The Oilers lack of scoring depth still hasn't been addressed, in fact it's been hurt by trading Eberle for a lesser player. And rather than using any cap space they're just going to let it go to waste, even though this is the last year of McDavid's ELC and they could easily fit in a couple of pieces on one year deals. Not to mention that last year was a case of everything that could have gone right did (right up until the Ducks series), and you're literally banking on that happening yet again. This is going to end in one of two ways. The Oilers stay healthy, McDavid has the greatest season ever and they win the Stanley Cup, or they miss the playoffs. No matter what happens, fire Chiarelli.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:12
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bewbies posted:Rumors that McDavid extension is 8/106? That's...actually pretty reasonable. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/880055907513757696 Including the final year of his ELC, 9 more years of McDavid guaranteed at a cap hit % similar to Crosby's when he came out of his ELC, but with more term. I'm fine with that.  Now don't forget about Drai.
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Jun 28, 2017 16:51
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https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/880124215646724098 Looks like Brendan Smith is getting the Kris Russell Special.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:03
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corn on the cop posted:4 years, $4.35 AAV on Smith. https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/880125366819540992 A bit more than the Kris Russell Special!
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Jun 28, 2017 19:09
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For reference, here's LeBrun saying that only players traded before the expansion draft can't be traded back to their original team until January 1: https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/879349501353439232 https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/879349670295764992 https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/879349814726725633
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Jun 28, 2017 20:51
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https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/880160418999808001 This sounds like a bad idea.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:57
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https://twitter.com/JSportsnet/status/880424311823224832 Yikes. 
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Jun 29, 2017 16:40
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https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/880456560849416193 Well this is highly unexpected.
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Jun 29, 2017 17:04
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Another buyout: https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/880478830951092225
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Jun 29, 2017 18:32
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Ya it really doesn't make sense unless they're about to pay someone 5 million a year. Nope, seems like their plan is to do nothing with the added cap space right now. https://twitter.com/Bob_Stauffer/status/880464806649581568 Which makes this buyout more dumb.
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hifi posted:yeah but the ducks with 5MM in current cap space have 25MM in deadline cap space. short of being the hawks you are going to be able to add whatever you want at the deadline, capwise. Because buying out Fayne when we have the cap space this upcoming season and likely won't have cap space the season after is absolutely stupid, seeing as how that'd be even more dead cap going into 2018-19.
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Jun 29, 2017 19:12
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Levitate posted:Benny-Poo is pretty dang good I don't know why the Oilers poo poo themselves over him, I guess they just see him as the most expendable forward when they're trying to get cap space He was bad this season, but rather than keeping him to see if he bounced back (which I'd bet on) and trading him if he did, or at worst buying him out, just like with anybody that has a down year with the Oilers they went "OH poo poo HE'S USELESS NOW BETTER GET RID OF HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!"
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Friedman wrote something involving the UFAs, and:quote:Two that seem close — if not done — are Trevor Daley (Detroit) and Dan Girardi (Tampa Bay). Girardi is headed to Tampa? Not Detroit? What is this?
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Jun 29, 2017 21:11
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https://twitter.com/NicholsOnHockey/status/880551469182615552 Price is gonna get paid.
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Jun 29, 2017 23:27
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https://twitter.com/68Jagr/status/880553421736161283 https://twitter.com/68Jagr/status/880561778068930560 Somebody sign Jagr.
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whatis posted:Murray deserves some blame for never putting together a solid defense, but the Pysyk/Kulikov trade only became an issue because of an unfortunate injury to Kulikov. Pysyk isn't exactly good  Seems pretty drat good to me.  I'd gladly take Pysyk on the Oilers if he were available.
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Jun 30, 2017 00:33
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https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/880580105126514693 Calgary's got their back-up.
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Jun 30, 2017 01:14
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https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/880606690072244225 I'm sure this'll make FAS happy.
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ThinkTank posted:I am really impressed by Jim Benning's complete inability to lure Vancouver born players to the Canucks even with the ability to offer more money and ice time than anyone else. He is a supremely horrible general manager. Hey, Jim Benning hasn't even done anything bad lately! You can't impose the label "supremely horrible general manager" on him when there's a lot of other qualified GMs out there that fit that label!
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JawKnee posted:huh. Wonder why the Devils are buying out Cammaleri https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/880822127796080640 Guess they couldn't find someone to trade him to and just went "gently caress it".
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Jun 30, 2017 17:17
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https://twitter.com/TSNRyanRishaug/status/880828999278120960 6-7 teams, huh.
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Jun 30, 2017 17:52
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https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/880837336501813248 I hope the return for Duchene is hilariously bad.
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https://twitter.com/TSNRyanRishaug/status/880868002442477569 Not surprising. Pitlick's good, but he just can't avoid getting injured. He'd be a really good pick-up for a team if he somehow managed to stay healthy for an entire season.
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