Around The League 56: Edmonton Babs A Real ****

[Big Daddy Cane]

Florida has a crazy roster on paper. Can’t sugarcoat it.

If there’s a Part III, Florida is all in on trying to pound the Canes into submission.

 

[Borsig]

Florida has a crazy roster on paper. Can’t sugarcoat it.

If there’s a Part III, Florida is all in on trying to pound the Canes into submission.

I TOLD you guys he'd end up in FLA.
TOLD you.

Nastiest intent to injure team int he NHL now.

 

[OG]

I TOLD you guys he'd end up in FLA.
TOLD you.

Nastiest intent to injure team int he NHL now.

Which team was it prior to this?

 

[cptjeff]

Which team was it prior to this?

Still Florida, but they're nastier now.

 

[Penaltykiller17]

I don’t know if I love this for Florida. I’m sure the scenery will do him better but he just got completely shutout by the team’s biggest threat. And that back end is getting old, and they have no goalie, nor assets, roster space, or salary cap to improve their roster in the future. They’ll be tough im sure but 4 rounds with what they have is going to be tough

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Let's be real here: Florida is doing this now because they want to have the last laugh on an emerging Carolina team that has far more of a second wave of talent coming up (Nikishin, Miller, Stankoven, Blake), all of their draft picks, and massive cap space for their own blockbuster addition. Florida very much lacks the first two things, but it doesn't mean they are not dangerous. As a result, they want to go all in for ~3 years before their core rots out of contention. This is about as good a play as they possibly can make to hold off the Carolina machine.

 

[Brock Anton]

Let's be real here: Florida is doing this now because they want to have the last laugh on an emerging Carolina team that has far more of a second wave of talent coming up (Nikishin, Miller, Stankoven, Blake), all of their draft picks, and massive cap space for their own blockbuster addition. Florida very much lacks the first two things, but it doesn't mean they are not dangerous. As a result, they want to go all in for ~3 years before their core rots out of contention. This is about as good a play as they possibly can make to hold off the Carolina machine.

Florida was making a big move regardless if we won or not. That was obvious the moment their pick landed in the top 10.

Them getting Brady has nothing to do with us.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Florida was making a big move regardless of we won or not. That was obvious the moment their pick landed in the top 10.

Them getting Brady has nothing to do with us.

Certain teams would've kept that pick and started making moves to extend their window beyond their current group. Their group is elite but also aging together as a bloc. Carolina winning the Cup upped the pressure for Florida to double-down.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Let's be real here: Florida is doing this now because they want to have the last laugh on an emerging Carolina team that has far more of a second wave of talent coming up (Nikishin, Miller, Stankoven, Blake), all of their draft picks, and massive cap space for their own blockbuster addition. Florida very much lacks the first two things, but it doesn't mean they are not dangerous. As a result, they want to go all in for ~3 years before their core rots out of contention. This is about as good a play as they possibly can make to hold off the Carolina machine.

Wut? Florida is doing like many aging cup contenders do and trying to squeeze out every win/cup they can. They already mortgaged their future so they aren't in a position to extend their window. They are like what JR did with the Pens, trying to win as much now.

Carolina had little to do with that.

 

[Brock Anton]

Certain teams would've kept that pick and started making moves to extend their window beyond their current group. Their group is elite but also aging together as a bloc. Carolina winning the Cup upped the pressure for Florida to double-down.

No, it didn’t. Carolina winning changed nothing for them. Brady Tkachuk is still a Panther today if Vegas won.

They need to maximize this current window with their aging roster, not worry about 3-4 years from now. We’re on two completely different timelines.

 

[Stanky and Janky]

Florida was making a big move regardless if we won or not. That was obvious the moment their pick landed in the top 10.

Them getting Brady has nothing to do with us.

Seriously. LA could have had a miracle run to win the Cup and they still make this move or some other big move. They are a team swinging big while they hope their window is open. Assemble the best team you can to win the Cup. Period.

 

[User13452]

Outside of Marchand who is 38 everyone else in their top 9 is 30 or younger. They’ve got a good window here for the next 4-5 years.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Wut? Florida is doing like many aging cup contenders do and trying to squeeze out every win/cup they can. They already mortgaged their future so they aren't in a position to extend their window. They are like what JR did with the Pens, trying to win as much now.

Carolina had little to do with that.

You get that a 9th overall pick is quite high, though, right? Make the right selection, and they could've had a future building block past the Barkov/Tkachuk/Reinhart years. They actively chose not to do that.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

You get that a 9th overall pick is quite high, though, right? Make the right selection, and they could've had a future building block past the Barkov/Tkachuk/Reinhart years. They actively chose not to do that.

1 building block isn't much of a foundation when they traded away everything else.

Either way, my point is that the Canes had nothing to do with it. They did what they thought was best for their team. Adding to their core that they wanted to try and squeeze more cups out of, similar to the Pens.

 

[sabremike]

 

[DaveG]

Apparently Minnesota was the 4th.

I do wonder how much tampering there's been from the fallout of Team USA. Friedman hinted as much a few weeks back

Probably a decent bit. You can shut down contact between teams and agents of players that are on other teams but you absolutely can't stop players from being in contact with each other. And those would be the 4 good teams that key USA guys are all part of, so makes all the sense in the world that those would be the 4 destinations.

How things play out with Matthews in Toronto will be interesting. It's clear that he wants out if things keep trending the way they are, but he also seems much more like a "I want the spotlight" type of guy which... Yeah Carolina and Minnesota straight up aren't that.

 

[MyLuckyPuck]

Get DLo on the RBA diet so he can play some actual minutes, over the summer. Problem solved.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

 

[SvechneJerk]

Florida has a crazy roster on paper. Can’t sugarcoat it.

If there’s a Part III, Florida is all in on trying to pound the Canes into submission.

A deadly PP that made them pay every time they got stupid would be a BIT of a deterrent. That's something Tulsky can add to this summer.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I mean look it’s a double-edged sword.

They are beefing up the present at the expense of the upcoming cliff being even steeper. Cliff was always coming anyway. They look really really good on paper.

They’re the team to beat. We’ll see how they bounce back. I think they’re fantastic, but I do think everyone (including their own fans) have let them off a little too easy for missing the playoffs last year. If the East was really as bad as everyone says… they should’ve been able to make it even with the injuries.

Wonder how this affects the roster. I feel like we little brother’d Brady the way Matthew little brother’d us twice. Maybe he learns the ways of Florida. Or maybe this is who he is and it’s something exploitable.

 

[Stickpucker]

Is there a limit to how far in the future you can trade picks in the cba?

 

[Penaltykiller17]

Another thing to note is while there is still the whole offseason to go, the Atlantic is going to be kinda sad. I think Buffalo and Ottawa are going to take steps backwards, MTL’s kinda blah, and none of the other teams besides Tampa are anything worth writing home about.

 

[Brock Anton]

In other news, Seattle continues to want to have middle 6 forwards and nothing else.

The f*** do they need McMann for 6 years for?

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

In other news, Seattle continues to want to have middle 6 forwards and nothing else.

The f*** do they need McMann for 6 years for?

McMann's an underrated player who absolutely is a great fit for a contender's middle-6. I'm not sure if Seattle's the right team to make an investment on that.

 

[bleedgreen]

I TOLD you guys he'd end up in FLA.
TOLD you.

Nastiest intent to injure team int he NHL now.

Well….they let go of Greer. As bad as Brady can be I don’t think he off sets how bad Greer was.