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Just noticed that McCann is STILL the team's leading scorer despite having been invisible since early November.

I know we threw around the descriptor "bubble team" a lot back in September and October, but if you had told me it would be this bad I don't think I would have believed you.
 
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Fuhrious said:
Just noticed that McCann is STILL the team's leading scorer despite having been invisible since early November.

I know we threw around the descriptor "bubble team" a lot back in September and October, but if you had told me it would be this bad I don't think I would have believed you.
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I think that’s the problem. They are far from meeting expectations. That’s bad. When we expect a team to be bad and they are is one thing. If you expect a bubble team, and they are bad, it’s entirely another and this is NOT a bubble team. .433 is not a bubble team when .600 is pretty well required for nearly all the playoff spots.
 
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Fuhrious said:
Just noticed that McCann is STILL the team's leading scorer despite having been invisible since early November.

I know we threw around the descriptor "bubble team" a lot back in September and October, but if you had told me it would be this bad I don't think I would have believed you.
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Yeah. I buy that we are lacking with elite talent but the team is underperforming given what we had. No doubt about that.
 
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RainyCityHockey said:
www.prohockeyrumors.com

Kraken Listening To Offers On Oliver Bjorkstrand, Andre Burakovsky

The Seattle Kraken are reportedly listening to trade offers on a pair of forwards. Visit Pro Hockey Rumors for all the details.
www.prohockeyrumors.com www.prohockeyrumors.com

Man, I'd listen the heck out of proposals for Burakovsky as well.
Though, it probably includes a few assets going the other way as well...
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I think Bura at 50% may appeal enough to some teams to take a chance with us adding a minimal sweetener. The fact that our forwards have sucked as a whole may lead other GMs to believe that he could be a better fit with their team. A lot of this wishful thinking but I have seen stranger things happen.

If Bura can get moved, and we buy out Gru this off-season, it could be a massive addition by subtraction as far as the locker room goes. I am not expecting the team to get "better" next season, rather than just set them up for success starting in 2026-27. If Catton + this years draft pick are both ready by 2026/27, we would likely have enough cap space to add some FA as well.

McCann-Beniers-Kakko
?-Wright-?
?-Stephenson-?

I am not a fan of Stephenson as 3C but we may not have much of an option. The "?", I am hoping are filled in by prospects.

Catton
Martone/Misa/Eklund - whoever we pick this season
Nyman
Firkus
Sale
Roed
Morrison
Winterton

I can definitely see atleast 3 of the group being ready by the start of the 2026/27 season. Now whether they are ready for a top-6 role full time, that remains to be seen.
 
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Has there been a player in recent memory who signed a lucrative UFA deal and was the very next season already getting thrown around as a buyout? Dubois maybe but his extension hadn’t kicked in yet? Anyone else or just Stephenson?
 
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Has there been a player in recent memory who signed a lucrative UFA deal and was the very next season already getting thrown around as a buyout? Dubois maybe but his extension hadn’t kicked in yet? Anyone else or just Stephenson?
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Clarkson, for one. Stamkos maybe?

OEL was an RFA I think at the time but he dropped off hard after his signing. Progressively got to buyout ready.
 
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Out of curiosity, do we generally agree that the Mahura signing was a fluke success by GMRF and not some analytical masterstroke? He’s been great but none of us…to include RF…saw that coming…right?
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Total surprise to me. One of those minor transactions to which I never give a second thought usually.
 
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