Around the League - 2024-2025

LiseL

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Trade proposal - selfish resident of Calgary

Andlauer to Calgary
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Edwards, Libin, Markin, McCaig

Ottawa has to send a stick person in to balance the deal.

As a Sens fan, I agree...he's a keeper, especially after Melnyk horror show.
 

LiseL

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Yeah seems like a messy situation. Nice to not be on the receiving end of one of those. As Whitney said bruins really played their hand horribly. they knew this summer they would have to commit to one goalie. When they traded ullmark you showed that swayman is your choice. But now it seems like they dont want to commit to him long term but he wants that? How would you not have known this going into the situation and deciding on which one to keep. Seems like they probably could have gotten ullmark to sign the type of deal they are looking for. I wonder what a Swayman trade would have looked like this summer.
It's been supposedly reported that both sides want long-term so money + possibly other perks (lockout protection, NTC/NMC once eligible, signing bonuses) would seem to be the stumblng blocks.
 
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TMLBlueandWhite

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I'm picking the Rangers and Vancouver to be finalists this year with New York winning the cup.

Carolina and Edmonton will be the other two conference finalists. Edmonton's goaltending will let them down. Carolina is good but not better than a Rangers team stacked at every position.

Calgary stinks.

There's organized chaos. And then there's a discombobulated mess. The Flames are the latter.

They'd be best off trading anyone with value for picks.

It won't be easy with those long term high paying contracts to guys like Weegar, Huberdeau, and Kadri. The GM who gave those deals out is a chump. But where there's a will there's a way and besides...

Even if they don't deliberately tank they should still stink enough to finish bottom of the league anyways.
 

Peasy

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I'm picking the Rangers and Vancouver to be finalists this year with New York winning the cup.

Carolina and Edmonton will be the other two conference finalists. Edmonton's goaltending will let them down. Carolina is good but not better than a Rangers team stacked at every position.

Calgary stinks.

There's organized chaos. And then there's a discombobulated mess. The Flames are the latter.

They'd be best off trading anyone with value for picks.

It won't be easy with those long term high paying contracts to guys like Weegar, Huberdeau, and Kadri. The GM who gave those deals out is a chump. But where there's a will there's a way and besides...

Even if they don't deliberately tank they should still stink enough to finish bottom of the league anyways.
Even with demko being injured last year and still being injured today with some mystery injury no hockey player has ever had before?
 

TMLBlueandWhite

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Even with demko being injured last year and still being injured today with some mystery injury no hockey player has ever had before?

Still better goaltending than Edmonton lol.

But yeah, I'm baking a return of Demko, and in good form too, into these guesses. I specifically picked the two teams I think have the best combination of 1C, 1D, and 1G. Those are the three most important positions in the game and my guess is a team with those specific qualities will take it again this year.

The Leafs four forward experiment will continue to prove a massive and costly boondoggle on the world's largest hockey stage for the umpteenth time in a row.
 

Sypher04

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Rangers maybe. Vancouver, no chance.

Also Carolina was decimated this summer. I think they take a sizable step back

I’m also willing to bet Edmonton doesn’t come close to repeating last season
 
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Metroid

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I'm picking the Rangers and Vancouver to be finalists this year with New York winning the cup.

Carolina and Edmonton will be the other two conference finalists. Edmonton's goaltending will let them down. Carolina is good but not better than a Rangers team stacked at every position.

Calgary stinks.

There's organized chaos. And then there's a discombobulated mess. The Flames are the latter.

They'd be best off trading anyone with value for picks.

It won't be easy with those long term high paying contracts to guys like Weegar, Huberdeau, and Kadri. The GM who gave those deals out is a chump. But where there's a will there's a way and besides...

Even if they don't deliberately tank they should still stink enough to finish bottom of the league anyways.
Dallas from the west for me. East, no friggin clue.
After next year tho, 2 leafs cup wins in 5 years ;-)
 

Evilhomer

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I'm picking the Rangers and Vancouver to be finalists this year with New York winning the cup.

Carolina and Edmonton will be the other two conference finalists. Edmonton's goaltending will let them down. Carolina is good but not better than a Rangers team stacked at every position.

Calgary stinks.

There's organized chaos. And then there's a discombobulated mess. The Flames are the latter.

They'd be best off trading anyone with value for picks.

It won't be easy with those long term high paying contracts to guys like Weegar, Huberdeau, and Kadri. The GM who gave those deals out is a chump. But where there's a will there's a way and besides...

Even if they don't deliberately tank they should still stink enough to finish bottom of the league anyways.
I don't think Carolina will get out of the first round.
 

BertCorbeau

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I’ll say Edmonton gets back to the final because of their weak division, they have an easier path

Plus they have Perry still and he always makes the finals
 

TMLBlueandWhite

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Dallas from the west for me. East, no friggin clue.
After next year tho, 2 leafs cup wins in 5 years ;-)

Dallas is a good choice too.

They're strong at all positions and I really like their goalie. They did a fantastic job of marrying the old core to the new core and are in good position to contend right now. Just a solid team all round built properly from the net out.

You might be on to something.
 
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Al14

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Rielly gets 5 games and Jackeye gets a fine, funny stuff :laugh:
Typical NHL BULLSHIT !!! If it's Reaves doing to Hab what Jackass did to a Leaf, it's an automatic 2 games minimum. These f***ERS at the NHL DoPS are complete and utter Leaf haters !!!

And Bettman allows this to continue to happen because it's the Leafs !!!
 

HolyCrap

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Typical NHL BULLSHIT !!! If it's Reaves doing to Hab what Jackass did to a Leaf, it's an automatic 2 games minimum. These f***ERS at the NHL DoPS are complete and utter Leaf haters !!!

And Bettman allows this to continue to happen because it's the Leafs !!!
100 percent. It’s a proven fact the DoPS are incompetent and bias. I really hate Bettman too. Hopefully he retires or is canned sooner than later. He’s a pos.
 
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Menzinger

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Typical NHL BULLSHIT !!! If it's Reaves doing to Hab what Jackass did to a Leaf, it's an automatic 2 games minimum. These f***ERS at the NHL DoPS are complete and utter Leaf haters !!!

And Bettman allows this to continue to happen because it's the Leafs !!!

It's still wild to me that the league sees zero issues with having a recent former player head dpos.

There's no real transparency in the process either, just making it all up as they go along
 

Fogelhund

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Ottawa vs. Pittsburgh game... that might have been the worst National Anthem singer of all time.
 

Legion34

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It's still wild to me that the league sees zero issues with having a recent former player head dpos.

There's no real transparency in the process either, just making it all up as they go along

I’m pretty sure they let pronger. One of the dirtiest players ever. Work for them while literally getting paid by another team
 

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