In the interview that Dubas did last week, he straight up said that offer sheets will be something they will look at. I think it will be a priority this summer to steal a young player from a cap strapped team
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He would have been happy with a '26 1st IF he liked the prospect offered. He just didn't like Clarke. Moore is a solid roster player and a couple years younger than Rakell. I think he wanted a different prospect. One the Kings wouldn't offer.
We're talking Rakell here! Not some world beater!
Just for context, we got Rakell for a 2hd rounder, he's soon to be 32 yrs old. We shoulda made that deal.
Hell if it were two 1sts that'd be great relative to what we gave up to get him. Again, THAT was a mistake! I think it's insane KD had that level of a ridiculous ask. So much so that no GM in their right mind would meet it.
Problem is the cap is going up, which is why not trading Rakell was so stupid. Other teams will have more money to retain their players as a result.
I have a strong feeling that Mavrik Bourque will be a target of a couple of teams this off-season. I hope the Penguins are one of those teams in on him.
Offer up one of their late 2nds for him at the draft and then throw an offersheet at him if Dallas won't trade him here. Have him at 3C for next year and plan on him sliding up to the 2C spot eventually.
Offer up one of their late 2nds for him at the draft and then throw an offersheet at him if Dallas won't trade him here. Have him at 3C for next year and plan on him sliding up to the 2C spot eventually.
Rakell was gotten with a 2nd rounder because he was UFA (Edit) in a capped cap league, but like the Pens now, the Ducks were not letting him go cheap when he had term. The Pens tried for years to get him. Rakell is a very good player when he's with top players. Which is what he'll be with. Age is not a factor here, but his term and super low cap hit in a cap going up league is very attractive when you're talking a 25/30 goal scorer.
Two very late firsts do not help this team more than already seasoned prospects.
The ask isn't so ridiculous. You want to pry Rakell away considering all his positives it's.....
Moore, and 2 of Clarke/Turcotte/Spence/Helenius
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What’s going on with Tommy Novak, is he done for the season? Looks like he is not skating, bummer, I was looking forward to seeing what he could do
Agree to disagree that's a ridiculous ask for a player who's had a history of an up and down career. Two late 1sts for a soon to be 32 yr old would have been fantastic on a team going nowhere! And we were getting Moore who's a solid player in his own right. It was a bad decision. And they weren't necessarily gonna be that late in the draft. Not if it's LA. Besides, we could have had Clarke, Moore AND a '26 1st. You take that and run!
Also, if he weren't here it would have made it harder to go on this win streak, which hurts us in the lottery. Him helping us win now is destroying our ability to get a difference maker in the draft.
Talk to Blake when they get romped by the Oilers again, and all he did is Kuzmenko for a 3rd. The major point is the Pens don't have to trade him. They will be fine either way. They are essentially a 1-line team. They are making Crosby happy while they accrue assets and try to retool.
The plan is the plan.... No matter how much we all like/hate it.
No, we don't have to trade Rakell, you're right. We can suck in perpetuity. We can finish just out of the playoffs year after year and not garner a single blue chipper as a result, fantastic!
We agree they wanna make Crosby happy. I just think it's foolish to put a cheap knock off of Mario ahead of the long term viability of the team, wonderful!
edit: The only way it makes sense to keep Rakell is if they land guys like Marner and Chychrun in free agency. I don't see that happening but at least that makes some sense.
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Seravalli said it in his podcast. Another guys that reports on the Devils said "basically a 1st, a conditional 1st, and a prospect." Someone that reports on the Habs said the same as Seravalli.
Maybe they are making it up. Or maybe where there's smoke, there's fire.
The problem is, there aren't many cap-strapped teams come this off-season. As I said before, I think the better route is to offer the Stars what the offer sheet price tag is.
Some maybes:
Samoskevich from Florida as they work on Bennett, Ekblad, etc
Bourque as discussed
Bouchard even though I don't think it's a good idea.
Luke Hughes - would be wild but the Devils have a ton of guys to sign and only $14mil in space.
Marco Rossi - which I would be okay with if we pick outside of the top 5.
Kakko - seems unlikely and would be more based on Seattle not wanting him.
Rangers are prime for the picking if they burn out
Knies - obvious target
Hague and Holtz from VGK even though i don't think we need either.
