Around the League 44: The Three Thousand Mile Final

[Brock Anton]

They’re definitely trading Askarov for a forward now.

 

[DaveG]

Saros extending with Nashville

Edit: 8 x 7.74

Big oof

thank god that crap is off the table for us. Not that the rumor was anything but total bullshit to begin with.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

There’s a segment of teams making moves to compete for a Stanley Cup now or in the near term.

There’s a segment of teams making moves to compete for the Stanley Cup down the line.

And then there’s a segment of teams doing neither. Nashville is stuck in the mid.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Florida moving Ekblad to make room for Montour

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

There’s a segment of teams making moves to compete for a Stanley Cup now or in the near term.

There’s a segment of teams making moves to compete for the Stanley Cup down the line.

And then there’s a segment of teams doing neither. Nashville is stuck in the mid.

Nashville is at least drafting in high quantities. That's the positive in what they're doing. They're crossing their fingers for a Dallas moment where a bunch of young guys trickle their way in and the team becomes a near-equal mixture of young and experienced within the next 5 years.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Florida moving Ekblad to make room for Montour

Ekblad was not really that good this year, like he fell off worse than Pesce looks like he might do soon

 

[chaz4hockey]

Ekblad was not really that good this year, like he fell off worse than Pesce looks like he might do soon

Smart management to move him now though.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Ekblad was not really that good this year, like he fell off worse than Pesce looks like he might do soon

Yeah. He may be able to bounce back as he gets further away from those devestating injuries he suffered, but he wasn't good this year.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Nashville is at least drafting in high quantities. That's the positive in what they're doing. They're crossing their fingers for a Dallas moment where a bunch of young guys trickle their way in and the team becomes a near-equal mixture of young and experienced within the next 5 years.

Good luck to them. They’re going to need it.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Good luck to them. They’re going to need it.

In a way, it's the Dundon/Tulsky/Yorke strategy of "endless contention" and high-quantity drafts, except they're doing it right away. We will see.

 

[chaz4hockey]

NFL just lost the Sunday Ticket case with a huge award pending appeal.

This could have implications for other Professional Leagues with individual teams having more control/power over rights distributions/revenues. That would assist big market teams at the expense of smaller markets. An excerpt from WSJ article:

"Jones testified that while the Cowboys would make more money if they could sell their own TV rights, owing to their popularity, such a dynamic would ultimately hurt the league overall".

 

[cptjeff]

NFL just lost the Sunday Ticket case with a huge award pending appeal.

This could have implications for other Professional Leagues with individual teams having more control/power over rights distributions/revenues. That would assist big market teams at the expense of smaller markets. An excerpt from WSJ article:

"Jones testified that while the Cowboys would make more money if they could sell their own TV rights, owing to their popularity, such a dynamic would ultimately hurt the league overall".

I think there's about zero percent chance that one will withstand appeal.

 

[hangman005]

Rags fans think they can get a + value asset out of an un-retained Trouba?

They'll just send Trouba into the head office to elbow legitimate hockey play their GM in the head if they don't

 

[Highest Boss]

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess it was one of Luke DeCock, Chip Alexander or Justin Pelletier.

PHWA reveals 2024 NHL Awards ballots – Professional Hockey Writers Association

www.thephwa.com

Tommi Koivunen, Ilta-Sanomat

 

[Lempo]

So there's a rumor that NYR and Red Wings are working on trading Trouba.

 

[Brock Anton]

Rangers getting bailed out for Goodrow and Trouba is really f***ing annoying.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Rangers getting bailed out for Goodrow and Trouba is *really* f***ing annoying.

Smart management, moving out high paid, older players past their prime.

Canes could do that too but rather trade down and accumulate loads of lottery picks.

 

[Highest Boss]

Smart management, moving out high paid, older players past their prime.

Canes could do that too but rather trade down and accumulate loads of lottery picks.

Everyone would do that if they could. NYR is a destination team for a lot of FAs/College players so they can spare the assets

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Rangers are going to be paying 2.4 to 2.6 million to not have their captain play for them for 2 years. Im not sure if thats quite being bailed out.
At least we don’t have to worry about his elbows taking Jarvis out

 

[Brock Anton]

Rangers are going to be paying 2.4 to 2.6 million to not have their captain play for them for 2 years. Im not sure if thats quite being bailed out.

It's better than watching him whiff on elbows and allowing odd man rushes at $8M.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Smart management, moving out high paid, older players past their prime.

Canes could do that too but rather trade down and accumulate loads of lottery picks.

Canes don't have that, period. Their one player who's currently overpaid is an under-26 guy, which explains their patience with him.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Canes don't have that, period. Their one player who's currently overpaid is an under-26 guy, which explains their patience with him.

Of course but they are not taking the risk of later years in contract and thus often passing on great players.

 

[bleedgreen]

It would help us to have Trouba no longer with a rival. Mock him as a player all you like, he took us out of our game more than once. Detroit is doing us a favor if they get him, and helping themselves at the same time if they get significant retention.

 

[cptjeff]

It would help us to have Trouba no longer with a rival. Mock him as a player all you like, he took us out of our game more than once. Detroit is doing us a favor if they get him, and helping themselves at the same time if they get significant retention.

I am breathing a sigh of relief that he'll have less opportunities to injure our players.

Doesn't change the fact that he's a dirty ass POS who should be sitting out large chunks of seasons for the crap that he pulls. I don't care if it's effective at getting into other teams' heads or not, it shouldn't be part of the sport.

 

[Svechhammer]

Well ok then