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Bobby Orrtuzzo said:
Bettman’s gonna cream his dockers when it’s gonna be the next Crosby-Malkin and it’s gonna be so annoying

(just in terms of importance, not saying stylistically or anything)
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I think McDavid, Draisaitl is closer to Crosby-Malkin than Bedard-Celebrini would be. Crosby/McDavid = best player in world. Malkin/Draisaitl = top 5 player. I don't know if Celerbini hits that level. Bedard has to best out McDavid as well.
 
What sucks is the Lightning are going to gift a pick anywhere around the 11-15 mark to the Hawks
 
PJJJP said:
What sucks is the Lightning are going to gift a pick anywhere around the 11-15 mark to the Hawks
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After already gifting the Hawks the pick that got them Oliver Moore.

I’ll never understand that trade.
Traded • Brandon Hagel • 2022 fourth round pick (#103-Kenny Connors) • 2024 fourth round pick (?-?) to Lightning for • Taylor Raddysh • Boris Katchouk • first round pick (protected top 10 in 2023, else unprotected in 2025) (2023 #19-Oliver Moore) • first round pick (protected top 10 in 2024, else unprotected in 2026) (?-?) on 2022-03-18
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Hagel is pretty good but he shouldn’t have commanded anything close to 2 1st round picks IMO. Honestly, the only explanation really is that TB wanted to get rid of Raddysh and Katchouk at any cost.
 
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STL fan in MN said:
After already gifting the Hawks the pick that got them Oliver Moore.

I’ll never understand that trade.

Hagel is pretty good but he shouldn’t have commanded anything close to 2 1st round picks IMO. Honestly, the only explanation really is that TB wanted to get rid of Raddysh and Katchouk at any cost.
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His contract is what made Tampa value him so highly. 2.5 years at $1.5M for a 20+ goal guy who was still RFA at the end of it. At the time of the trade, they were in a massive cap crunch and still very much in a Cup window (they went back to the Final a few months later).

They decided that 3 year of a cheap Hagel (with team control after) was better than trading a 1st for a rental in 2022 and then another 1st for a different rental in 2023. I think they could have held out for a lower price, but the trade makes sense and he had a 30 goal season for them last year.
 
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jura said:
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed William Nylander to an eight-year deal!

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8 years at 11.5 AAV with a full NMC for the contract... Nylander will be a Leaf until he doesn't want to be, and under contract until he turns 36.

Makes me appreciate the Thomas deal oh so much more. I realize that Nylander went from his ELC to a 6 year deal that was an underpay - but to reward a player with 2 ~PPG seasons producing at an unprecedented 1.5 PPG in their contract year with that kind of cap hit just strikes me as spectacular cap mismanagement... Next year Matthews + Nylander combine for 25m in cap. Add in Marner's 10.9m (and he's going to be asking for 11m+ on his extension with better numbers to use as leverage than Nylander had) and Tavares 11m, that's ~47m in salary for the big 4.

Only saving grace is Marner and Tavares deals expire at the same time, so in theory Marner's extension can be paid with Tavares' money for the 25-26 season, if Marner doesn't decide to hit the market.
 
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Woah, that was out of left field. Honestly though that was pretty good value for a player that wouldn’t sign. That said, how on earth do you pick a player that within two years refuses to sign with you. Where did that disconnect come from?
 
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Well This cam out of nowhere.




And this is why. Wow.
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I'd expect Mintyukov performing well above expectations out of camp made Drysdale expendable from Anaheim's perspective.

A shame for the Philly organization that their recent pick would threaten using the NCAA UFA rule as leverage to pressure a trade (2 more Years at BU to hit college UFA status).

Curious why Gauthier would force his way out of Philly, they've got a pretty good foundation for a team to trend upwards in the next few years (Mitchkov, Farabee, York, Hart/Ersson, Konecny, Frost, Tippett). To be clear I think the NCAA UFA rule is not a bad thing though many may disagree, so long as the player communicates the intent to leave like Gauthier does here, allowing the team to trade him - and Drysdale + a 2nd isn't bad value (2 years older, 1 year lost to injury - meaning he's still got high upside).
 
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