2020 Offseason Thread Part IV

[The Madrigal]

Hmmm, need some time to process this. Niskanen was great during the regular season and helped Provorov find his game again. That said, he looked completely spent during the playoffs and that was after having a few months off. That's a lot of cap space to work with though. I don't know, I guess it depends on what they do with it. It certainly makes the offseason a whole lot more interesting.

 

[deadhead]

Friedman mentioned they'd want Braun back for the PK, not for a top 4 role.

 

[FlyerNutter]

It’s fine if they sign Pietrangelo, but losing Niskanen (who should have been moved to a lesser role this year) - to essentially replace him with Braun is a downgrade.

 

[TCTC]

Or........ trade Ghost to StL for AP's rights, sign, and prosper.

Provy/AP
Sanny/Myesy
Hagger/Z
Friedman

Niskanen/Ghost would clear $10M.

I would go all in for Pietrangelo if there wasn't the expansion draft next summer.

 

[Magua]

Ghost will still be traded, don’t worry. They hate Ghost-Braun and wouldn’t dare put a healthy scratch lefty at RD1.

So, we hoping for Hagg-Braun or Provorov-Braun? It’s a win-win.

 

[ponder719]

DISREGARD CURRENCY

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ACQUIRE PIETRANGELO

 

[Starat327]

meh, it's all about the cost/term. RHD don't fall out of trees.

We've got Myers at that spot, and nobody else with any track. Maybe Ghost (who can play RHD) doesn't like it..idk. If Freidman wins a job, great.

If it's 1yr 4m...it's stop gap territory. Not the worst.

O/s cernak
Sign Pietrangelo
Sign tanev.

There are a plethora of better options.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Ghost will still be traded, don’t worry. They hate Ghost-Braun and wouldn’t dare put a healthy scratch lefty at RD1.

So, we hoping for Hagg-Braun or Provorov-Braun? It’s a win-win.

 

[Striiker]

meh, it's all about the cost/term. RHD don't fall out of trees.

We've got Myers at that spot, and nobody else with any track. Maybe Ghost (who can play RHD) doesn't like it..idk. If Freidman wins a job, great.

If it's 1yr 4m...it's stop gap territory. Not the worst.

This isn't defensible. It'd be a horrible signing.

Braun sucks and there's no excuse for re-signing him.

 

[Starat327]

Ghost will still be traded, don’t worry. They hate Ghost-Braun and wouldn’t dare put a healthy scratch lefty at RD1.

So, we hoping for Hagg-Braun or Provorov-Braun? It’s a win-win.

You should take a quick dive over that waterfall for your girl.

<3

 

[Striiker]

Imagine a full year of Hagg-Braun.

I know some people have really short memories but that pair was about as bad as a pair could possibly be. Or, even worse, imagine having one of those two in the top six again...

It wouldn't even matter what the rest of the D looks like. Having those two in the lineup is awful.

 

[deadhead]

Penguins are letting Dominik Simon walk, a pretty solid bottom six center who just turned 26.
They must be in cap hell.

Josh Brown got $2.5M for 2 years, seems the Hagg deal isn't out of line for the market.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hagg-Braun will give up so many f***ing goals.

The other f***ed up thought about this is that they see Braun as a top 4 RD... holy shit no...

Braun is nowhere near Niskanen's level.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Niskanen's bubble play makes a little more sense now, I guess. It's a shame because he really did have as good of a season as he could have possibly hoped up to that point.

Penguins are letting Dominik Simon walk, a pretty solid bottom six center who just turned 26.
They must be in cap hell.

How do you value a guy who was absolutely phenomenal defensively for a season and below average other than that? These are the types of intricate evaluations that can make/break a GM's career.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

The only thing I particularly enjoy about Fletcher being GM is that I think he can be a player for Pietrangelo and I think that would put us over the top next year. Not necessary, but man Top 5-10 D-Men don't come around super often. Thinking of when we had Pronger and Kimmo...a man can dream.

IDK what Laine would command but if they could swing Pietrangelo (assuming Niskanen retires), then trade Ghost + whatever (picks? player? prospect?), then move JvR for something like a cap dump. That is a pretty ridiculous team.

Laine-Coots-The Neck
Farabee-Hayes-Giroux
Lindblom-Frost-Voracek
Raffl-Patrick-NAK

Pietrangelo-Provolone
Myers-Sanheim
Hagg-Friedman/whomever

No idea if those lines or pairings would make sense but dang.

 

[Striiker]

Even these guys know whats up

 

[FLYguy3911]

What does the Minnesotan defense market look like?

 

[ajgoal]

Ghost will still be traded, don’t worry. They hate Ghost-Braun and wouldn’t dare put a healthy scratch lefty at RD1.

So, we hoping for Hagg-Braun or Provorov-Braun? It’s a win-win.

Why must you put my fears to paper?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Even these guys know whats up

Talk about overpayment for a D-man who plays defense like shit.

 

[Cody Webster]

And you know they aren't going to give Braun just a 1 year deal, it's going to be multiple years

 

[BritainStix]

Talk about overpayment for a D-man who plays defense like shit.

What?

 

[deadhead]

Pietrangelo has his Cup, so I think he's probably looking for the big contract, as good as he is, you can cripple a franchise with a decade wide window for a D-man who turns 31 in January.
Figure 4 good seasons left post-peak, after that, le deluge.
He's very good, but is he worth say $10M a year for 7 years?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Even these guys know whats up

Don't even put this thought in my head, please. I don't want to confront the anti-Ristolainen posts/Tweets/whatevers I've put up over the years.

 

[Chinatown88]

Don't even put this thought in my head, please. I don't want to confront the anti-Ristolainen posts/Tweets/whatevers I've put up over the years.

Cernak. It's time Jojo.

 

[landsbergfan]

My excitement for the possibilities on how this could end for the Flyers are overshadowed by the fear of knowing how it will end