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Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/897918138767028225
https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/897918356631584768

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Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Jamwad Hilder posted:

I think he gets something like 6 years/42M personally.

I also think it will be around that $7 mil AAV mark. Looking below, Pastrnak and Draisaitl have been almost even in their career P/G, and were close in points this season. I think the 15-16 season, where Draisaitl doubled the production of Pastrnak (albeit in 21 more GP) comes back to haunt Pastrnak and drives his price down.

2014-15: Draisaitl 37 GP, 9 points | Pastrnak 46 GP, 27 points
2015-16: Draisaitl 72 GP, 51 points | Pastrnak 51 GP, 26 points
2016-17: Draisaitl 82 GP, 77 points | Pastrnak 75 GP, 70 points
Career: Draisaitl 191 GP, 137 points (0.717 P/G) | Pastrnak 172 GP, 123 points (0.715 P/G)

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/897971440099655681
https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/897972449408671744

More details about the Draisaitl contract.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

If Jagr signs with the Flames he is officially dead to me.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/900411581263118336
https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/900412337689174018

Easiest path to the NHL.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Jordan7hm posted:

Aren't PTCs mostly for camp bodies and preseason gp requirements?

For the most part, yeah. Looking at CapFriendly for last season, you can see there's a few players who had PTOs and ended up signing deals. Most prominent one last year was Kris Versteeg.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Matt Hendricks is a very good character guy and a shootout specalist, "excellent leader" as Dreger puts it. Just ignore the non-shootout hockey playing part.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

I also forgot that Matt Hendricks has balls of steel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf9CLuf0_cE

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

I too would like Pastrnak to get the exact same contract Draisaitl got since that'd make me feel better about Draisaitl's contract.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

corn on the cop posted:

the offseason is boring so i'll leave you guys with another really bad arbitrary ranking list to complain about :



On top of this, their 21-25 ranked defensemen include Rasmus Ristolainen who is definitely not the 23rd best d-man in the league. It's a really bad list.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

If Matthews doesn't improve over last season and get 5 goals in the season opener I think Leafs fans will start labeling him a bust.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/902554508852686849

Sad thing is that Cowen has a good chance at getting a contract based on the simple fact the Avs don't have enough defensemen.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/902603641122643968

So an update on Canadian NHL team arena names:
Vancouver: Rogers Arena
Edmonton: Rogers Place
Calgary: Scotiabank Saddledome
Toronto: Scotiabank Arena
Winnipeg: Bell MTS Place
Montreal: Bell Centre
Ottawa: Canadian Tire Centre

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/902935131412873216

Vegas with an 87 and a 97.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Vegas will be worse than Vancouver but better than Colorado and will end up dropping down 3 spots in the draft lottery. That is my prediction.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Infidel Castro posted:

Man, so many joyless Pens fans. Can't even take a joke.

But you gotta feel for them! First that punk rear end kid Ho-Sang steals Lemieux's number, now some floaty Russian Shipachyov is stealing Crosby's number?!? Won't somebody please think of the Pens fans??? Haven't they suffered enough?!?

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Hand Knit posted:

It's September. When do we want to bury the offseason thread?

Really, that depends on whether or not you want the pre-season to get its own thread for the two weeks it's happening. Although I guess the prospect tournaments could get lumped in there too and extend it to 3 weeks.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/903732152151494656

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

yellowcar posted:

AKA Karl Alzner

AKA Kris Russell

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

clean ayers act posted:

AA is probably not worth $3 mil a year yet but when you have Riley Sheahan about to make 2.25 a year....

Well by that logic, since Abdelkader makes $4.25 mil AAV and Athanasiou is better than him, he really should be making $5+ mil AAV on his next contract.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Abolish the Coach's Challenge. NHL can't even get those reviews right half the time, so why even bother having them.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

MononcQc posted:

* a finger belatedly curls on the monkey paw *

Michel Therrien is now a scout for the Canadiens.

This will never end.

https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/906261631973384192
https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/906262203430576135

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013


Somebody please give Pastrnak an offer sheet.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Hey, it's only bad, not really bad, alright? :mad:

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

ThinkTank posted:

The Nuge is gonna look so good playing alongside Hischier and Hall.

No, Nuge will go to the Rangers for (insert cheap lovely player here) to balance out the Rangers, Devils and Isles on current good ex-Oiler players.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/EricFrancis/status/907737049452572672

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013


I'm glad the Oilers didn't draft Alex DeBrincat and instead went for Tyler Benson. What's that? Benson's made of glass? Oh dear.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Ginette Reno posted:

Isn't Debrincat like four feet tall? Well I guess it works for Gaudreau

He's small, yeah, but I don't think you can go wrong with somebody who put up 197 goals and 405 points in 246 OHL games (regular season + playoffs).

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Actually the new draft lottery rules and teams I don't like getting hurt by it owns.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

It's okay, I have mastered my emotions and set my expectations so low that the Oilers (and NHL) cannot anger me during the playoffs again.

...Wait, I have the Oilers winning the Cup.

poo poo

:fork:

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Remember when the Canucks retired #7 for their fans, and then quietly unretired it and pretended that they never retired it in the first place? Good times.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013


The Pastrnak deal was supposed to make me feel better about the Draisaitl deal, not worse.

Good deal for Boston/whoever trades for David "character issues" Pastrnak.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

flakeloaf posted:

As did Clarke MacArthur :smith:

I took him in the SAS fantasy draft thinking "Well he played the final 4 regular season games + all 19 playoff games, surely he'll be good to go for next season".

:rip:

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

I can't wait for the hot takes to start coming out if the Leafs miss the playoffs this season.

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/908520170292781056

:rip:

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Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

With pre-season games commencing soon, I think this is very relevant:
https://twitter.com/JayAndDan/status/909085697520349185

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