Around the NHL 2023-24 - offseason part II

[longislanddevil]

This article made me think of @StevenToddIves who lauded this kid. He would have been a great pick for us with our lack of organizational depth at center.

Morrison fueled by doubters in battle for roster spot with Kraken | NHL.com

Undrafted forward excels at prospect event after impressing Seattle organization in AHL last season

www.nhl.com

 

[HBK27]

According to LeBrun, it doesn't look like the Devils were seriously in the mix for Askarov.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5766868/2024/09/16/predators-sharks-yaroslav-askarov-trade/

 

[MasterofGrond]

Yeah we already found a goalie and spent good assets on him. If askarov actively wanted out 6 months ago, different situation maybe

 

[None Shall Pass]

I'm thinking that Askarov was never a serious target of ours at any point. He hasn't proven anything at the NHL level. We were looking for guys who have. I'm sure we kicked the tires at all points, but I'm guessing he was never considered as a serious solution to our goaltending problems.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

Yeah I was attracted to the idea of Spencer Knight and Askarov, but they had too much risk for a FO looking for stability first and foremost. The goal was always to close on a Markstrom trade this offseason.

 

[HBK27]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1835702713012621383

Damn, great deal for the Pens.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Habs writers comparing Hutson to Barry Sanders lol never change, Montreal

 

[MartyOwns]

i've always liked sid, glad to see him stay in pittsburgh.

 

[My3Sons]

Habs writers comparing Hutson to Barry Sanders lol never change, Montreal

They expect him to quit on the team because it is so bad?

 

[MasterofGrond]

Habs writers comparing Hutson to Barry Sanders lol never change, Montreal

guy's gonna be gotisbehere (compliment) and thats gonna be massively disappointing to everybody at this point

 

[StevenToddIves]

This article made me think of @StevenToddIves who lauded this kid. He would have been a great pick for us with our lack of organizational depth at center.

Morrison fueled by doubters in battle for roster spot with Kraken | NHL.com

Undrafted forward excels at prospect event after impressing Seattle organization in AHL last season

www.nhl.com

Logan Morrison will be a good NHLer for a long time and a lot of GMs and scouts will have a lot of explaining to do.

 

[Bleedred]

I remember there being talk that Crosby's next deal would be 2 or 3 years at $10-$11 million per.

I was skeptical it wasn't gonna be $8.7 like all of his deals, other than his ELC.

 

[My3Sons]

I remember there being talk that Crosby's next deal would be 2 or 3 years at $10-$11 million per.

I was skeptical it wasn't gonna be $8.7 like all of his deals, other than his ELC.

Is it time to update the Travis Green message under your avatar since it is a new season about to begin?

 

[Bleedred]

Is it time to update the Travis Green message under your avatar since it is a new season about to begin?

I've been asked that already, but I'm too lazy to do it. Or more specifically I can't think of anything to replace it with at the moment.

Then again, I may have already secretly switched allegiances to the Sens, so in that case no change is required!

It will definitely be changed before opening night. Even if it's something completely ridiculous like ''Chorizo tacos arrrrrrr GRRRREEEAAAATTTTT!!!''.

 

[My3Sons]

I've been asked that already, but I'm too lazy to do it. Or more specifically I can't think of anything to replace it with at the moment.

Then again, I may have already secretly switched allegiances to the Sens, so in that case no change is required!

It will definitely be changed before opening night. Even if it's something completely ridiculous like ''Chorizo tacos arrrrrrr GRRRREEEAAAATTTTT!!!''.

You should go with something Rogalski themed.

 

[NJDevs26]

I'm thinking that Askarov was never a serious target of ours at any point. He hasn't proven anything at the NHL level. We were looking for guys who have. I'm sure we kicked the tires at all points, but I'm guessing he was never considered as a serious solution to our goaltending problems.

Yeah the timeline never added up for me. Especially with all the younger guys we had/have who've played more in the NHL at this point, granted none of them were first-round picks but if goaltender's shown you anything it's that you don't really need a first-round pick there to pop.

 

[Brodeur]

According to LeBrun, it doesn't look like the Devils were seriously in the mix for Askarov.

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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5766868/2024/09/16/predators-sharks-yaroslav-askarov-trade/

I'm sure we kicked the tires, but it sounded like Nashville was looking for a center prospect which we're kinda light with. Nashville has their own Seamus Casey-ish prospect in Ryan Ufko, so we probably just didn't match up.

 

[Devs3cups]

Raymond extends in Detroit. 8 years, 8,075 mil per. Very good deal imo.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Fitz deserves his fair share of shit, but he has done well getting our big guns locked in for good contracts

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Fitz deserves his fair share of shit, but he has done well getting our big guns locked in for good contracts

Beginning next season, both Timo Meier and Dougie Hamilton will be making more money than Sidney Crosby.

Good contracts?

 

[NJDevs26]

Too bad Timo and Dougie don’t have a number superstition to the degree Crosby does

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

Beginning next season, both Timo Meier and Dougie Hamilton will be making more money than Sidney Crosby.

Good contracts?

Crosby is still on an old deal from like 8 years ago and he took a discount for his extension.

Hamilton and Meier essentially got their prime pay day here. Other teams would shell out similar contracts to what we gave them. We were the highest bidder for Hamilton. Our D core prior to signing Dougie consisted of Severson, Murray, Ty Smith, Subban, Kulikov, Vatanen, Butcher, Tennyson, Carrick, Siegenthaler (only 8 games), Bahl & Colton White. Half of those guys aren't even in the NHL anymore...Siegenthaler & Bahl atleast had better days ahead while Smith has struggled to improve and is looking like a bust. Hamilton was badly needed back then and was worth going out to sign. Marino , Graves , Luke , Nemec , Casey , Silayev , etc all came after. It's not even worth shittint on his contract right now...

 

[MasterofGrond]

Beginning next season, both Timo Meier and Dougie Hamilton will be making more money than Sidney Crosby.

Good contracts?

Are you f***ing serious lmao

His current 8.7 contract was signed in 2012 when the cap was 60M. The extension starts when’s he’s 38. He’s SIDNEY CROSBY extending with the PENGUINS.

 

[MadDevil]

Beginning next season, both Timo Meier and Dougie Hamilton will be making more money than Sidney Crosby.

Good contracts?

I do appreciate the preemptive warning of who will be on your shitlist this year, although I personally would have at least waited until preseason games started before giving it away.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Honestly maybe I'm not the first to consider this but, have we ever thought about my good friend Jersey Fan 12's actual allegiance?

It's easy to look at the name and think "He's a fan of Jersey, the hockey team." I always have. However, given that he has never said a single nice thing about a Devils player, and spends half his time pumping Flyers success, culture, and (especially) prospect pool, maybe he's actually just a ockey fan from Jersey, perhaps, say, the Philadelphia suburbs?