Around the NHL: 2019-20 Part 2

[Ace]

I’m so confused. Doesn’t Tampa know the way to success is one line that the current GM had nothing to do with acquiring and then all defense?

 

[Ace]

Botterill - trades are hard. Better keep my broken team together another year

Interim Gm Tom Fitzgerald - lol

 

[Samsonite23]

Holy sellers market.

 

[old kummelweck]

Hmm. Not sure what to think of this. One year remaining on his contract, so not a rental. I guess a top prospect and first rounder seems a bit high, but Coleman has 20 goals already this season, so...

 

[SundherDome]

Good on NJ to get out ahead of the deadline

 

[WeDislikeEich]

I wonder if him being signed for so cheap next season played a part in what seems like a very steep price.
Tampa has some cap juggling to do this summer.

 

[OkimLom]

Holy sellers market.

silly Devils, should’ve waited until the last hour. That’s when you get the real value!

 

[DJN21]

This is my Botts moment. Make or break. If Coleman can fetch that we better clean up on Sheary, Vesey and Miller...if not then I'll join the anti-Botts wagon full steam. What an atrocious trade for Tampa.

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

This is my Botts moment. Make or break. If Coleman can fetch that we better clean up on Sheary, Vesey and Miller...if not then I'll join the anti-Botts wagon full steam. What an atrocious trade for Tampa.

I was told we were buyers now...

 

[Chainshot]

I wonder if him being signed for so cheap next season played a part in what seems like a very steep price.
Tampa has some cap juggling to do this summer.

They will shuffle out Killorn and one of Johnson or Palat. They won’t have an issue.

 

[Beerz]

Holy sellers market.

Wait... New Jersey didnt have to take back any cap dumps? This is so odd to me.

 

[explore]

Draisaitl should be front-runner for the Hart if he keeps this up. 95 points in 59 games.

 

[Zman5778]

Devils made out like bandits today.


Botts better not be a buyer at these prices.......

 

[darcyRegier]

This is my Botts moment. Make or break. If Coleman can fetch that we better clean up on Sheary, Vesey and Miller...if not then I'll join the anti-Botts wagon full steam. What an atrocious trade for Tampa.

Coleman is a much better player than any of those forwards. Don’t expect Botts to get much(if any) for Sheary/Vesey/etc.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Coleman is a much better player than any of those forwards. Don’t expect Botts to get much(if any) for Sheary/Vesey/etc.

Yeah I was gonna say - one of these things is not like the others.

 

[Jim Bob]

This was a very interesting interview.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

This was a very interesting interview.

I'll buy that reasoning, mostly because i do not have a horse in that race. It's unclear what exaclty about Marcel Aubut turned Lindros off from the franchise. Does someone else know?

Edit - i should add that a google search didn't yield much information, other than Aubut being involved in a sexual assault accusation in 2015.

 

[SundherDome]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Jim Bob]

I'll buy that reasoning, mostly because i do not have a horse in that race. It's unclear what exaclty about Marcel Aubut turned Lindros off from the franchise. Does someone else know?

Edit - i should add that a google search didn't yield much information, other than Aubut being involved in a sexual assault accusation in 2015.

Given how Aubut acted, I'm not surprised.

For instance:

ON PRO HOCKEY; Owner of Nordiques Has His Say -- Plus

But Aubut wanted to say something on the record. He said Eric Lindros never wanted to go to Philadelphia. Never!

"He implored us not to go to Philadelphia," Aubut said. "He said, 'I don't want to be with losers.' Many times, especially at the end."

So why did Lindros accept Philadelphia, and why does he seem so happy now? After the game, Lindros was asked about Aubut's comments. He first made a face, the kind of expression a man might make if there was a strange or unpleasant odor in the room.

"Marcel is in his own little world," Lindros said, "and I really have nothing positive to say about it."

It was also pretty well known that he was going to have to sell or relocate the team soon and the Lindros family obviously didn't trust what Aubut told them about the future of the club.

Also, there is a story that Aubut didn't realize that Lindros' mom Bonny spoke French and he said something insulting in French to a member of his entourage when they visited Lindros at home.

Bonny heard what he said and that spoiled things, as well.

 

[1point21Gigawatts]

Given how Aubut acted, I'm not surprised.

For instance:

ON PRO HOCKEY; Owner of Nordiques Has His Say -- Plus



It was also pretty well known that he was going to have to sell or relocate the team soon and the Lindros family obviously didn't trust what Aubut told them about the future of the club.

Thanks for the context. Absolutely makes sense.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[Zip15]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

It's truly perfect because whiny Bruins fans can't piss and moan about the cross-check given that Marchand did exactly the same cross-check 1.2 seconds before that.

 

[Ehran]

Toffoli to Vancouver