Speculation: All-Purpose Expansion Talk Thread v2.0 (Protected/Exposed List in OP)
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123TripleDoge
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Different position and different purpose. I really wish it would've been Olofsson. He's so injury prone that I'm worried he'll never reach anywhere close to his potential
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Maybe... I just didn't see anything proposed with Scandella that would actually bring some real cap relief. Unless of course its' him and Pommer going to MTL or something somehow
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i wish we didnt lose tuch but did we really have future roster spots for all 6 promising forward prospects? JEE; KUNIN; KAPRIZOV; GREENWAY ; SOKOLOV. all could be 20G scorers. gotta find a way to cap dump pommer & keep our D intact. im sure fletch will try his best to do that.
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So in keeping our top 5 intact it cost us Haula(not part of our future plans), Tuch(redundant) & conditional pick. That is more than decent.
While it does suck losing Tuch(ha!), he's is probably the most expendable of our blue chip prospects. He is the classic power forward. Those players take the longest to develop. We've got our Tuch-like player in Charlie Coyle already developed. Plus Coyle is on a great contract.
Haula is another loss. If JEE shows he is #3C ready, then Haula's absence really shouldn't be noticed. I don't think it is a stretch at all to think Ek is ready.
All thing being equal I think this was the best case scenario that could realistically be expected. Excellent job Fletcher.
While it does suck losing Tuch(ha!), he's is probably the most expendable of our blue chip prospects. He is the classic power forward. Those players take the longest to develop. We've got our Tuch-like player in Charlie Coyle already developed. Plus Coyle is on a great contract.
Haula is another loss. If JEE shows he is #3C ready, then Haula's absence really shouldn't be noticed. I don't think it is a stretch at all to think Ek is ready.
All thing being equal I think this was the best case scenario that could realistically be expected. Excellent job Fletcher.
I have to imagine Fletcher had a good deal for at least one, probably two, defenseman in order to pull off haula+tuch. If not mcphee would've called cf's bluff on trading guys away to prevent anyone other than maybe staal being exposed.
The question is if we can still pull off a a big deal (ie brodin+ for dichene plz) after the draft while still shedding cap or if we have to settle for scandella for futures+ maybe a cheap depth forward. If duchene or galchenyuk come back we'd be desperate to unload poms and would have to take a loss on him.
The question is if we can still pull off a a big deal (ie brodin+ for dichene plz) after the draft while still shedding cap or if we have to settle for scandella for futures+ maybe a cheap depth forward. If duchene or galchenyuk come back we'd be desperate to unload poms and would have to take a loss on him.
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I'm at T-Mobile arena right now for the Awards/Expansion Draft.
First impression of the arena is the seating is fairly similar to the X, but it doesn't look like there's as much seating. The section behind the stage looks like there's pretty limited seating and the seats behind the "goal" that I can see aren't on the glass. The concourse also doesn't wrap all the way around which is weird to me being used to the X. Everything is obviously fancy as hell, but I'm not super impressed at first visit.
Edit: looks like they can add seats on the ends
First impression of the arena is the seating is fairly similar to the X, but it doesn't look like there's as much seating. The section behind the stage looks like there's pretty limited seating and the seats behind the "goal" that I can see aren't on the glass. The concourse also doesn't wrap all the way around which is weird to me being used to the X. Everything is obviously fancy as hell, but I'm not super impressed at first visit.
Edit: looks like they can add seats on the ends
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My favorite place in Vegas to eat is Ellis Island. $10 steak meal and cheap crafted local beers.
Enjoy the show, I got told I couldn't go by the wife.
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Engebretson
Thank you, sweet rabbit
My favorite place in Vegas to eat is Ellis Island. $10 steak meal and cheap crafted local beers.
Enjoy the show, I got told I couldn't go by the wife.
Been there on a previous trip, it's a good deal.
Marlowe Syn
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Yeah I posted that before I knew. Even more bonus. I don't know what McPhee's plan is, but it is looking pretty stupid so far.Actually, WE get the conditional pick!
Remember, on the days leading up to the freeze, the Wild had several quality offers on the table - reportedly for both Brodin and Scandella. It's possible Fletcher had two that he liked well enough to pull the trigger on, before going to GMGM and giving an ultimatum. "Either you deal with us at a discount for a player of our choosing, or we take these two deals and you get less to choose from and less assets from our team from the ED."
Considering how we seem to have gotten away with a steal, that's the only way I can see how!
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