Around the NHL - 2023 offseason edition

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ZachaFlockaFlame

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I couldn't care less about Thompson. I'd bet whatever he gets traded for (when it happens) is overpayment and I don't think he's even better than Vitek.

I can totally see him falling flat on his face in Buffalo or Ottawa or somewhere like that.

I mean a .915 goalie making 770k would be insanely helpful for this roster. Imagine if they went with 2 ELC's in net for next year and at the worst, they'd have to shell 7-8M for their goalie duo in the contending years. The issue is his injury history is pretty shoddy so not sure it would make sense in that regard. And I think both stay in Vegas, Lehner is going to be the odd man out.
 

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We got serious movement on the Krug situation.
 

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The cap didn’t matter at the time but NJ was bad and needed pucks more than Subban. On a good team that needed his skill set it would have been different.

What we needed was a devils homer media guy

Mission accomplished

What the Devils needed wanted was to put fannies in the seats. Let's bring in a big name, regardless of having a bad back and being washed up.
 

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Based on those pesky NTCs, I'm gonna guess something like Jeremy Swayman + Mike Reilly for a 2nd round draft pick? That'd be along the lines of Colorado giving up a 2nd rounder to Washington for Philipp Grubauer and Brooks Orpik.
 
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Brodeur

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I doubt they'll move Swayman. Goalie's are too valuable. Especially young ones on economical contracts.

It's a tough cap crunch for Boston, unless Charlie Coyle didn't have Chicago on his no trade list I'm not sure what else would make sense as a cap dump.

I wonder if Boston is genuinely worried about Swayman as an offer sheet candidate (Florida was with Spencer Knight)? There's logistical reasons that make it tough, but a team could offer sheet Swayman for ~4.2 mil AAV and the compensation would only be a 2024 2nd rounder.
 
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ZachaFlockaFlame

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These guys are all professional athletes who know the deal, but still: I would feel so bad for anybody getting traded from Boston to Chicago right now.

Imagine coming off the best season in NHL history, and then getting unceremoniously shipped off to a franchise that nobody likes, entering a deep rebuild.

Might be a hot take but if the player is young enough, I rather be on Chicago than Boston. Chicago's gonna get the next generational star where Boston legit might go into next year with Pavel Zacha as their 1C
 

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Chicago is adding a solid running mate for Bedard next season.

Honestly if this ends up being something like Hall for a depth pick, I really would not have minded Fitz trying to acquire Hall.

Hall at the full 6 mil is a bit much
 
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Oneiro

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Sucks for Hall...unless they flip him.

At 50% retained, plus another year of control, you can get a nice return for that.

They've got McCabe in retention slot 1 so two more.
 
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