Speculation: 2024-2025 General Lightning Discussion II: now accepting backup goaltenders

[aylib]

I get to see a fair amount of Rantanen out here. Guy is a big, solid, stud. That line would be puck murder. Wonder what he would cost..?

In Mitch Marner ballpark, I’d say

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Felonious Python]

Actually on sale for $250

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Saw this on Reddit:

Gdafo​

This is also referred to as srs by some sites albeit they don't do it for offense and defense. It takes a teams standard ga and gf and adjusts them for opponent difficulty(scoring 3 goals vs nj or dallas is a lot more impressive than 3 vs the penguins). You have gaafo(goals against adjusted for opponent) and gfafo(goals for adjusted for opponent).

Deviation​

I've used this stat before. It basically compares basic stats for offensive or defensive production like shooting %, shots against, pk%, etc and relates them to league average for offense and defense.

xgf/ga adjusted​

This is a slightly flawed stat, it uses moneypucks xgf/ga model and adjusts that for a teams pdo, aka shooting and save %. Obviously the issue is if a team takes more higher or low danger shots, that have a less or mote likely chance to go in, it should hurt or boost their xgf/ga.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Is the McD/NYY trade the last time we traded for one of the top names available?

I feel like we never get involved with the big TDL names. I could be wrong...

 

[Rschmitz]

Is the McD/NYY trade the last time we traded for one of the top names available?

I feel like we never get involved with the big TDL names. I could be wrong...

Didn't we just get involved with Hanifin last year?

If Coleman, Savard, and Hagel do not count then yeah, that is the last big one we made.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Didn't we just get involved with Hanifin last year?

If Coleman, Savard, and Hagel do not count then yeah, that is the last big one we landed.

Yeah, that's true with Hanifin. I meant more big name players.

 

[DFC]

We rarely have the money. But we do tend to look for deals, like Hagel. He certainly paid off.

 

[Stammertime91]

We rarely have the money. But we do tend to look for deals, like Hagel. He certainly paid off.

That ended up being a hell of a trade. I didn't expect him to be this good. I expected maybe 25/25 guy that could PK but he's getting better and better. He's like 2018 Point imo.

 

[DFC]

That ended up being a hell of a trade. I didn't expect him to be this good. I expected maybe 25/25 guy that could PK but he's getting better and better. He's like 2018 Point imo.

I think the Paul acquisition was good too.

 

[RDTBay4]

I watch this way too often.



I'll never why we signed f***ing Pejorative Slurs instead of Johnson for bottom 6.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Yeah, that's true with Hanifin. I meant more big name players.

Hanifin was the big fish last time and apparently we were in until the very end though.

With the way this team was/is structured (Kuch, Point, Vas, Hedman, Stamkos/Guentzel taking up half of our cap space) we will likely never go for a top-3 name at the TDL: We don’t have the quality pieces (prospects and picks) required to make a three-team-deal for cap retention work and no cap space and not enough quality pieces to make a straight-up trade happen.

Unless we want to move on from one of the big five or say Hagel which I doubt.