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Around the League 2018-2019 Part 3

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kilowatt said:
I’ve thought about this a lot. When he was with James Neal in Dallas, I was so jealous of their production. Then Dallas traded Neal to Pittsburgh and Eriksson to Boston and Neal trended up while Eriksson trended down. Now they’re both on terrible contracts.

Eriksson is a guy I would take on if we could get a first or a prospect coming back. $6 million for three more years, but only a no trade clause, so he wouldn’t need draft protection.
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The goal of every NHL player agent? To have his client be known for being on a terrible contract in the player's waning years.
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
You know, out of all those guys, the one that weirds me out the most is Loui Eriksson.

Guy went from a perennial 70 point winger and even still had 30 goals 3 years ago....but came to Vancouver and completely fell apart. Visually, too, not just artificial production drop from a bad team or something.

The other 4, well, they're physical players in their 30s, to some degree, its' expected. Still yuck, but you can get it. Eriksson? What happened?
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Eriksson was never as good as how numbers in Dallas showed. He was a fluke and a passenger at the same time, anybody who watches him play knew that.
 
NHLpls said:
Eriksson was never as good as how numbers in Dallas showed. He was a fluke and a passenger at the same time, anybody who watches him play knew that.
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Really weird how he fluked himself into another 30 goal season in Boston, then.

Don't get me wrong, he's certainly always been more complementary winger than singular play-driver but he was always smart about going to the right spots and was appropriately dangerous. Fluke is not a word I'd use for a guy who did that several seasons in a row until injuries hit.
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
Really weird how he fluked himself into another 30 goal season in Boston, then.

Don't get me wrong, he's certainly always been more complementary winger than singular play-driver but he was always smart about going to the right spots and was appropriately dangerous. Fluke is not a word I'd use for a guy who did that several seasons in a row until injuries hit.
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I'd say he fluked in Boston too tbh. I was never ever impressed by his play, but he did put up points. I thought his first year in Boston was absolutely disgusting overall.
 
Bandit said:
F-. All of them. NHL gms are dumb.
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that offseason was just silly. I was driving to Edmonton as the deals were breaking on the ol AM radio. Couldn't beleive the crap flying around.

I think that may have been the offseason Engelland signed in Calgary. When thye first report the deal they the calgary station thought his annual salary was the total salary over the length of the deal. When they found out it was per year the radio host was talking about how much of an overpay it was and they had Engelland on the phone. He heard what the host was saying and then they did an interview.
Was hilariously awkward.
 
Axl Rhoadz said:
Pretty interesting article in the Athletic today regarding cup contending windows of the last 10 years:

How long does the Stanley Cup window stay open for the top...

Looks like the Kings were the most efficient in that they won 2 cups out of the 3 they were contenders.
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The theme throughout the article was the teams who have the most years in contention have made tough decisions. Imagine if:

1. Mike Richards is bought out using the compliance buyout (no cap penalty) after the 2014 Stanley Cup championship season.

2. Greene isn't re-signed, but instead allowed to move on.

3. Jeff Carter is traded when he still had value.

This is just a few of the tough decisions which should have been made. I am sure others can substitute something, or add something to the list. The one unfortunate thing that was unavoidable was the Voynov situation. Not much any GM could have done about that one.
 
KINGS17 said:
The theme throughout the article was the teams who have the most years in contention have made tough decisions. Imagine if:

1. Mike Richards is bought out using the compliance buyout (no cap penalty) after the 2014 Stanley Cup championship season.

2. Greene isn't re-signed, but instead allowed to move on.

3. Jeff Carter is traded when he still had value.

This is just a few of the tough decisions which should have been made. I am sure others can substitute something, or add something to the list. The one unfortunate thing that was unavoidable was the Voynov situation. Not much any GM could have done about that one.
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the first 2 there were a lot of noise for and could have been done at that the time however 3 is hard. When should Carter have been dealt?
-after 14-15 when the kings set a record for points by team that misses the playoffs and only 1 year removed from the cup? Doubtful his contract looked like a steal for LA at that time and LA still looked very much like a competitive squad. I don't remember anyone calling for a rebuild then
-after 15-16? LA was a playoff team and still looks pretty deep.
-after 16-17? This is maybe the spot that trading him makes the most sense
-after 17-18? Team made the playoffs and Carter only played 27 games. Thought was healthy Carter would equal a better LA team (even if Kopitar regressed). Many thought if LA could find more offense (bring in Kovalchuk) the team would still be able to compete with Quick, Kopitar, Doughty all locked in as their core
-after 18-19? He holds no value now
This is not directed at you I just honestly do not know when LA's executives (reguardelss of who was in charge) would have looked at dealing Carter when he still would have had value. Maybe mid year last year when LA was looking bad there may have been interest in him. At this point I think we should all hope for Carter to have a bit of a rebound and then moved out...just like Toffoli.
 
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I haven't gone out of my way to watch too many Blackhawks games in the last few years, but I didn't realize Anisimov had deteriorated that badly. Ottawa manages to save a little money out of the deal assuming Anisimov's bonus was paid in full on July 1st. He has 5 million in real money on the remaining two years of the deal. Zach Smith has 6.5 million remaining. Ottawa sheds payroll, artificially raises its cap hit to get closer to the floor, and possibly gets the better player. Chicago frees up 1.3 mil in cap space for the next two seasons.
 
YP44 said:
Francis has proved to be a good GM. Hopefully he will have better access to $$ in Seattle.

Can Blake trade himself for Francis?
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Why? So far he's put together a top 5 prospect pipeline in 3 years, hasnt signed anyone to a really bad contract( Kovy can still play) and hired a coach who will instill a structured game that will benefit our young guys that are going to trickle in over the next 3 seasons...
 
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One of my memories from the 2010 Draft in LA was the crowd giving Steve Yzerman a loud ovation when he made Tampa's pick at #6. Then when Ron Francis took the podium to announce Carolina's pick at #7, I started clapping, then sheepishly stopped when I saw I was the only person clapping.
 
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Am I the only one that thinks Carter will be fine and back to normal next year and he shouldn’t be dealt ? His contract is cheap and cap friendly regardless . He can be a great bottom 6 center for us throughout the duration of the contract . He makes us deeper . Kids nowadays are making the NHL by 21 and need top 6 time to develop and perform . Let the kids transition into top 6 roles and if Carter is remotely close back to his normal self we’ll be better for it . The players that need to be moved most are Quick , Martinez , Lewis and Clifford because kids can bring what they do and make us faster and younger .

Lewis should have been moved at the draft. Also watch out for Moverare one thing Blake does differently from Lombardi that I like is let the kids develop overseas and I believe Moverare is going to be a solid bottom pairing dman for us .
 
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