Around the NHL 2023-24 - offseason part II

[My3Sons]

If there is expansion anytime soon, we would lose a good player or 2.

Assuming you get to protect six forwards not on ELCs it's pretty easy. J. Hughes, J. Bratt. T. Meier, N. Hischier, D. Mercer, and Cotter (at that price he is a steal). I don't see any team taking Palat, Haula (despite the drink stirring), or anyone else with a contract lasting longer than this season. On defense assuming you can protect three in addition to ELCs you'd have L. Hughes, D. Hamilton, and B. Pesce. I guess you lose one of Siegenthaler or Dillon? My guess would be a team would take Siegenthaler since he isn't expensive and has some term left.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Assuming you get to protect six forwards not on ELCs it's pretty easy. J. Hughes, J. Bratt. T. Meier, N. Hischier, D. Mercer, and Cotter (at that price he is a steal). I don't see any team taking Palat, Haula (despite the drink stirring), or anyone else with a contract lasting longer than this season. On defense assuming you can protect three in addition to ELCs you'd have L. Hughes, D. Hamilton, and B. Pesce. I guess you lose one of Siegenthaler or Dillon? My guess would be a team would take Siegenthaler since he isn't expensive and has some term left.

Sure just jettison Bastian to the sun again (jk).

Have they given a legit timeframe on what year they would want to bring in a team?

 

[My3Sons]

Sure just jettison Bastian to the sun again (jk).

Have they given a legit timeframe on what year they would want to bring in a team?

Not that I've seen but I'm not a social media guy. I think I saw something posted here about upcoming meetings between the league and Houston and Atlanta potential ownership? If the ownerships really want in and each have the billion in cash burning a hole in their pocket I guess we could see expansion in the summer of 2026?

 

[Omar Little]

I am liking all these comps in Power, Sanderson, Seider, Faber, etc. for Luke and Nemec.

Hopefully something around $8m - $8.5m for Luke and something like $6m - $7m for Nemec (assuming he doesn't get meaningful PP time)

 

[Goptor]

I am liking all these comps in Power, Sanderson, Seider, Faber, etc. for Luke and Nemec.

Hopefully something around $8m - $8.5m for Luke and something like $6m - $7m for Nemec (assuming he doesn't get meaningful PP time)

It will be interesting how it all falls together. Seider and Faber have been better than Power and Sanderson if you only consider past play. Power got his contract mostly on potential.

Luke may fall to pp2 if he starts off slow due to his injury. He may end up comparable to Power's season last year, in which Power failed to live up to expectations. None of the other guys have players remotely close to Hamilton and Dahlin offensively to take the top PP spot though.

Nemec won't have the pp time but he is RD so will bring in a premium. He'll probably have a season like Faber's last year, with the exception of the big PP minutes in the 2nd half of the season. How much of Faber's contract was because he got moved to the top PP midway through the season?

 

[MadDevil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836502381044908322

 

[My3Sons]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836502381044908322

I wish him well. Whatever demons he battled I hope he has conquered them.

 

[MadDevil]

I wish him well. Whatever demons he battled I hope he has conquered them.

Agreed. It's a shame how his career has gone because he really could have been a superstar with his ability and personality. But that's all secondary compared to him being in a good place both mentally and physically.

I still can't believe he's only 26. Feels like he's been around for a decade already.

 

[My3Sons]

Agreed. It's a shame how his career has gone because he really could have been a superstar with his ability and personality. But that's all secondary compared to him being in a good place both mentally and physically.

I still can't believe he's only 26. Feels like he's been around for a decade already.

I am surpsied that only Montreal wanted to trade for him. Sure he’s expensive but the acquisition cost was minimal

 

[MadDevil]

I am surpsied that only Montreal wanted to trade for him. Sure he’s expensive but the acquisition cost was minimal

I think that second year scared a lot of teams off. If he only had a year left I think teams would have been more willing to take a chance.

 

[guitarguyvic]

Expansion beyond 32 teams? That’s so watered down and stupid. And now we go to the polar opposite extreme of the original six days, there’s gonna be how many teams that don’t win any cups for decades?

Everything now is a f***ing money grab for the filthy rich, there’s no consideration for anything else.

 

[JrFischer54]

Expansion beyond 32 teams? That’s so watered down and stupid. And now we go to the polar opposite extreme of the original six days, there’s gonna be how many teams that don’t win any cups for decades?

Everything now is a f***ing money grab for the filthy rich, there’s no consideration for anything else.

more ads on jerseys baby!

Assuming you get to protect six forwards not on ELCs it's pretty easy. J. Hughes, J. Bratt. T. Meier, N. Hischier, D. Mercer, and Cotter (at that price he is a steal). I don't see any team taking Palat, Haula (despite the drink stirring), or anyone else with a contract lasting longer than this season. On defense assuming you can protect three in addition to ELCs you'd have L. Hughes, D. Hamilton, and B. Pesce. I guess you lose one of Siegenthaler or Dillon? My guess would be a team would take Siegenthaler since he isn't expensive and has some term left.

i dont know what the rules would be but i wouldn't be protecting hamilton no one would be taking that cap hit at that age and if they did even better

 

[JK3]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836502381044908322

I don’t know what that guy is going on about but that’s Robert Duvall for sure.

 

[MadDevil]

I don’t know what that guy is going on about but that’s Robert Duvall for sure.

 

[NJDevs26]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837186264228900898

 

[The Wumpus]

Yeah no thanks to European Expansion ever. Id rather expand to like Mexico city ect

If Canada comes up a lot for NTCs imagine Mexico.

 

[Forge]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837211582713188668

 

[Ripshot 43]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837211582713188668

Career high 35 points last season (45 games). They are banking on signing him up before he explodes like Hughes.

 

[Satans Hockey]

So 36 teams = four nine-team divisions? Everyone plays each other four times in the division (32 games) and twice outside of the division (54 games)...how bland. Yes I know that adds up to 86, so we might play three division games with some teams lol

I would do 6 divisions of 6 teams...
6 games vs our division(30 games)
3 games vs the other 12 eastern conference teams(36 games)

That gives you 66 games.

There will be 18 western conference opponents so 8 will visit the Devils and the Devils will visit 8 on the road in say 2024-25 and the next season 2025-26 the teams alternate visiting/hosting.

84 games total but reduce the pre-season.

That way you get to play everyone at least 1x a season and you will never go longer than 2 seasons without a team visiting you.

This format also increases the importance of divisional games and other eastern conference games. For the other eastern conference games you also have the Devils host 2 times and visit 1x and then switches the next season as well.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

that Guenther contract seems insane to me

 

[Darkauron]

that Guenther contract seems insane to me

Yeah that is an INSANE contract but. Probably gotta overpay to keep players long term too

 

[glenwo2]

But this is falling on blind eyes, as I know I'm invisible to this particular poster.

*looks around in confusion* "Is someone there?"

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

that Guenther contract seems insane to me

Contracts like that are just gonna keep getting signed until one or two completely blows up in a team's face.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Contracts like that are just gonna keep getting signed until one or two completely blows up in a team's face.

Darnell Nurse’s contract is almost there already

 

[Triumph]

Darnell Nurse’s contract is almost there already

Darnell Nurse deal was signed after they had already bridged him, it isn't one of these.

Anyway we've already had deals like this blow up - the Panthers signed Rosti Olesz to a 6 year deal coming off his meh ELC, thinking he had big things in store, and he wasn't any good and the world economy started to collapse a month later. Different circumstances, but I wouldn't be concerned about Guenther. $7M just isn't a whole lot of money on a $93M cap, and if the cap is $105M by the middle of that deal, it's even less.