Around the NHL 2023-2024

[ChicagoBlues]

Duchene deal is done. 1@3

 

[Linkens Mastery]

OEL deal makes me vomit in my mouth a little bit. How he still gets signed to a 4 year deal is insane to me

 

[SirPaste]

NJ made significant improvements to their D with Pesce and Dillon. Reasonable contracts too. IMO.

Yea I think Pesce looks like the best contact signed today, at least it does now, no saying how it will age.

 

[mk80]

Appears we got an AHL defenseman

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807856006204215388

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Finally the Stars do something. They got Dumba. So now they have a whopping FOUR NHL defensemen.

Sounds like Stars fans are not too keen on Dumba. I haven't kept up with the Wild these last couple seasons. Has his play dropped off that much?

He has fallen off a cliff, the Wild didn’t re-sign him after the 22-23 season, and he ended up in Arizona on a 1 year deal.


Maroon on Chicago made me throw up in my mouth.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807857867824812272

You hate to see it.

 

[BlueDream]

I think you 2 start drinking early lol

You can say all day long that he "can" block any trade etc.. but while this is technically true.. "if" he winds up getting traded,, that derails the entire theory, point, argument, etc.. that Pietro lobbied for so hard in having the NMC in the first place.

You're also fine to say he won't be traded to any team that he doesn't accept a trade to.

Who cares?

A trade is a trade.

Pietro's argument, or side when he refused to sign with the Blues, was a NMC guaranteed he would be with the same club and live at the same location for the duration of the contract.

This is the entire crux of the situation. You want to sweep that under the rug of semantics I guess, but it doesn't make any sense.


One last time and I hope we can all follow along in class lol

Pietro demanded a NMC for the sake of staying in one place for the duration of his contract.
If he's traded, that demand becomes a moot point.

“A trade is a trade.” No, it isn’t. There’s a big difference between a trade that goes through, and a trade that gets blocked by the player. The Vegas GM can negotiate and agree to 100 different Pietrangelo trades. It literally doesn’t matter if none of them goes through. You are doing a hell of a job trying to argue a point that you don’t have.

 

[Spektre]

“A trade is a trade.” No, it isn’t. There’s a big difference between a trade that goes through, and a trade that gets blocked by the player. The Vegas GM can negotiate and agree to 100 different Pietrangelo trades. It literally doesn’t matter if none of them goes through. You are doing a hell of a job trying to argue a point that you don’t have.

lol what are you talking about???

A trade is one that happens. If a GM agrees with another GM on trade terms and the player blocks it due to a NTC or NMC, then a trade doesn't happen. It's not a... say it with me... "a trade"... lol

Am I in the Twilight Zone at this point???

You want to continue arguing with me because "a trade is a trade" except when "a trade" doesn't happen??? what in the wide wide world of sports is going on here??

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Wennberg 2X5M to SJ

 

[Majorityof1]

Wennberg 2X5M to SJ

Way too high on AAV, but good term. I would have done that to insulate kids for a year and a half before flipping him at next years deadline

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Wennberg 2X5M to SJ

Probably one of like four deals I would have been fine with today.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807868038823166382

Rumors are that Bowman is taking a job with Edmonton.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Wennberg 2X5M to SJ

This is the one deal that I'm slightly disappointed in. A bit of a premium on AAV IMO, but that's the price for keeping it at 2 years. Without knowing our full plans or budget, I would've done this deal.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Slaf signs 8 years 7.6mil. Seems rich for someone coming off his ELC at 21. I would have rathered a Bridge deal.

 

[Stealth JD]

Today marks the start of a new hockey season! Yippee!

Should probably close all the ‘23-‘24 threads and open anew for ‘24-‘25.

 

[Ranksu]

Even chi is adding. We could finally be central bottom team. #1 prospect hunt.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Even chi is adding. We could finally be central bottom team. #1 prospect hunt.

unless Binnington and Hofer collapse, it won’t happen.

 

[Em etah Eh]

lol what are you talking about???

A trade is one that happens. If a GM agrees with another GM on trade terms and the player blocks it due to a NTC or NMC, then a trade doesn't happen. It's not a... say it with me... "a trade"... lol

Am I in the Twilight Zone at this point???

You want to continue arguing with me because "a trade is a trade" except when "a trade" doesn't happen??? what in the wide wide world of sports is going on here??

If Vegas can still move him with the NMC doesn’t that also make Army’s point for holding firm on the no NMC moot as well?

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Slaf signs 8 years 7.6mil. Seems rich for someone coming off his ELC at 21. I would have rathered a Bridge deal.

If they believe he is going to be a Rantaanan type player, and he might well be, this deal will age well. I think it's a much smarter bet than pretty much any of the UFA deals today. Young stars don't get cheaper if you wait.

 

[SirPaste]

Even chi is adding. We could finally be central bottom team. #1 prospect hunt.

Unless Bedard and some of their other kids take a giant leap forward over the summer we are still a much better team than Chicago

 

[Spektre]

If Vegas can still move him with the NMC doesn’t that also make Army’s point for holding firm on the no NMC moot as well?

To some extent yes, which is why many didn't buy the NMC as the only reason Pietrangelo decided to leave.

None of us are part of the inner circle of negotiations so we may never know all of the details. My personal opinion is that Pietrangelo really thought Army and the Blues would meet almost all of his contract demands/asks. Pie watched as not only did Army not back up the Brinks truck and grant the NMC, he signed Faulk. Just my opinion that Pie left because of hurt feelings as much as anything.. but who knows??

 

[AjaxManifesto]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807857867824812272

You hate to see it.

Love it.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

Saros resigned. Holy crap I think Nashville spent 200M in a single day.

I am so glad we haven't made a deal - the GMs saw the cap going up and lost their damn minds again.

Stamkos getting 8M a year is f***ing hilarious to me, the dude is a PP merchant getting buoyed by one of the best passers in the entire league. There's going to be some serious regret pretty quick on that contract.

I knew it was going to be ugly when Dak Joshua signed for like 3.5M or some absurd number. Yea, he did well this year, but I watched him for two years here and you can't develop hands - that dude had the worst hands of any player I've ever seen.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

marco and vrana still unsigned. hmm.. we may not be done!

 

[tfriede2]

We need retro DA - trade for both McGroarty and Pinto!