Around The League 2018-19 Offseason edition

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

 

[Better Call Sal]

Bernier has really done a solid job in his last 2 stops and shown he's at least capable of being a part of a strong tandem. Think that would actually be a decent move for Detroit.

The other two I'm skeptical about. Is Hutton really as good as he's been in St. Louis? Is Ward going to fair any better in Chicago than he did in Carolina? I know they tend to give up a lot of shots, but he was a sub .910 goalie last year.

 

[OmNomNom]

not even remotely interested in that.

wait what's wrong w nurse

 

[Darkauron]

wait what's wrong w nurse

Lucic is still sooooo ooo horrible to trade for even if we do get nurse for it.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

wait what's wrong w nurse

nothing is wrong with Nurse

Lucic's contract is so horrendous that it is going to take a lot more than a slight upgrade from Severson to Nurse to get me to take on the rest of that contract

 

[Darkauron]

For me to even listen to the oilers they would have to start with eating half of lucic's contract and give nurse.

 

[Darkauron]

As previously rumored



Sucks for nash. May hang it up

 

[Davegarri]

Why doesn't Nash want to play anymore? That's pretty weird

 

[Darkauron]

Why doesn't Nash want to play anymore? That's pretty weird

Injuries and concussions. He is almost at clowe territory at this point I hear.

 

[Davegarri]

Injuries and concussions. He is almost at clowe territory at this point I hear.

Really? I never knew he had that many concussions. Poor guy, hopefully he can stay involved in the game like Clowe and become a coach or something.

 

[Devils Dominion]

As previously rumored



Sucks for nash. May hang it up

Rags suckered Boston big time.

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

wait what's wrong w nurse

Uh what's wrong is swapping players that aren't all that different and taking on 5 years and 30 million of Lucic for no reason

 

[goonybird]

I'd rather dip my foot in hot lava than Lucic being our highest paid player when we will be re-signing Hall, Hischier, Vatanen, and Butcher

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I'd rather dip my foot in hot lava than Lucic being our highest paid player when we will be re-signing Hall, Hischier, Vatanen, and Butcher

It depends how desperate they are to get rid of him and who else we want to sign.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Edmonton isn’t prepared to give up what it would take to absorb Lucic’s contract at full value.

I would need Nurse and Puljujarvi... minimum.

 

[Devilsfan118]

Why doesn't Nash want to play anymore? That's pretty weird

I think he's got some serious CTE concerns in his future, guy's had a bunch of concussions.

He's made his money, if I were him I'd just walk away.

Easy for me to say though, sitting behind my computer screen.

 

[JrFischer54]

I think he's got some serious CTE concerns in his future, guy's had a bunch of concussions.

He's made his money, if I were him I'd just walk away.

Easy for me to say though, sitting behind my computer screen.

this is exactly what i meant before when we talked about dan carcillo. just walk away! your head has taken a beating why continue to play? if he does have issues with his brain its all on him.

 

[Stephen Gionta]

The only way I would take Lucic contract is if it comes with Klefbom/Nurse + RNH/Puljujarvi

 

[Stephen Gionta]

I think he's got some serious CTE concerns in his future, guy's had a bunch of concussions.

He's made his money, if I were him I'd just walk away.

Easy for me to say though, sitting behind my computer screen.

Agreed. The guy is set for life after having a 7.8 million salary the last 8 years. Hang em up, get a part time job doing something you love, and spend time with the family. Thats what I would do if I was Rick

 

[SETHROLLINS]

If Nash decides not to retire I hope Shero makes a play for a one year deal. It would probably be a late July signing kind of like what we did with Jagr but I think he could help our team.

 

[Darkauron]

If Nash decides not to retire I hope Shero makes a play for a one year deal. It would probably be a late July signing kind of like what we did with Jagr but I think he could help our team.

Nope. He is done. I dont want him on my team at all.

 

[NJDevs26]

Agreed. The guy is set for life after having a 7.8 million salary the last 8 years. Hang em up, get a part time job doing something you love, and spend time with the family. Thats what I would do if I was Rick

The only thing (besides the ambiguous love of the game) that might keep him around is the fact he hasn't won a Cup yet. If he does come back I'd expect it on a short-term deal with one of the upper-tier contenders.

 

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[Darkauron]

Ill take Hossa. And he only makes 1mil in salary

 

[Bleedred]

Bernier has really done a solid job in his last 2 stops and shown he's at least capable of being a part of a strong tandem. Think that would actually be a decent move for Detroit.

The other two I'm skeptical about. Is Hutton really as good as he's been in St. Louis? Is Ward going to fair any better in Chicago than he did in Carolina? I know they tend to give up a lot of shots, but he was a sub .910 goalie last year.

They actually gave up the least amount of shots in the league (or bottom 2-3) last year in Carolina and they’re usually near the top of the league in fewest shots against. Ward hasn’t been better than .910% since 2011-2012. I think Chicago is probably done competing. They might still make the playoffs, but I don’t see them doing any real damage anymore.

And I agree on Hutton. He seems to always fail the eye test for me, so I can see him moving on to Buffalo and being a .902% goalie again or something like that. Lehner is better than him, but he seems to have fallen out of favor with their current management and staff.