Around the NHL 2024-2025

[SoupNazi]

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NO FLAMING OR TROLLING EACH OTHER. PERIOD.

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[Bye Bye Blueston]

i don't understand why stars gave so much money to lyubuskhin when they still have to sign harley? @ChicagoBlues you've been following them- does it make more sense to you?

 

[mk80]

Now this is just gross

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807846690642133400

 

[ChicagoBlues]

i don't understand why stars gave so much money to lyubuskhin when they still have to sign harley? @ChicagoBlues you've been following them- does it make more sense to you?

The main idea since their playoffs ended was for Nill to bridge Harley. Not so much to prove it, but to give Nill cap flexibility as they enter a period of raises to key forwards; Robertson, Johnston & Stankoven.

Then Suter was bought out and Tanev exited. Nils is gone, Jani gone. All that was left was Harley, Miro and Esa. That is gut wrenching. They missed out on Matt Roy, Pesce and Skjei. And then Dumba, Smith and Lybushkin happened. WTF!?

This is gonna sound crazy, but me thinks Harley is second guessing his future with the Dallas Stars. Nill needs to bridge him and he can, but will Harley take a bridge? A cheap bridge? Without other moves, the Stars are forced to offer Harley a bridge. And I'm not the only one who thinks Harley's camp is souring on his future there.

I'm calling a Harley holdout.

Their D is a mess. After today, it's still a mess and Harley remains unsigned. I saw this coming after I fell down the stairs and hit my head.

After next season, Benn's 9.5 comes off, which will provide the raise for Wyatt. I still think Daddy is available, but they are stuck with Faksa this season. Of course, the cap will creep up.

CDS was a target for backup to Jake, so there's that.

f*** the Stars.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

If the Blues trade Buchnevich for a 1st or something else worthwhile at the deadline, I think this could be a good year to be another lottery/non-playoff team and get a solid draft pick.

I really like Buchnevich. If he wanted to re-sign here, as a manager I'd have a hard time saying no. I won't be mad if he stays through the rebuild. But its harder to make sense of it.

Armstrong has talked about trying to gauge Buchnevich's interest "sell him on the vision". But now that he saw a trade deadline pass with no reinforcements coming, maybe he will get the message he's meant to get, "Good luck at your next stop."

 

[BadgersandBlues]

Honestly after seeing a bunch of the contracts given out today, I think Faulk might have real value in another year when his NTC modifies. 6.5M for a top 4 RHD with 1-2 years of term is going to look mighty attractive when teams look at the type of silly money given out to some players in the last 24 hours.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Honestly after seeing a bunch of the contracts given out today, I think Faulk might have real value in another year when his NTC modifies. 6.5M for a top 4 RHD with 1-2 years of term is going to look mighty attractive when teams look at the type of silly money given out to some players in the last 24 hours.

Yes. Doesn't solve any problems, but relieves some of the relative sting.

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What is Boston doing with their goaltending position? I'm confused. Anyone here up to date in Bean Town?

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Yes. Doesn't solve any problems, but relieves some of the relative sting.

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What is Boston doing with their goaltending position? I'm confused. Anyone here up to date in Bean Town?

I just had a bizarre vision of Binnington playing for Boston. Now I want to see it...would be so crazy.

 

[tfriede2]

I just had a bizarre vision of Binnington playing for Boston. Now I want to see it...would be so crazy.

I could definitely see Binnington in Vegas. And what do you know, they have no goalies signed beyond next year!

 

[SirPaste]

Well there goes Henrique back to EDM for 2 years

 

[Blanick]

Well there goes Henrique back to EDM for 2 years

How they have no cap space?

Speaking of cap space colorado might be f***ed, Seravelli says they they are at 11F, 5D, 2G and only have about 300k of space left and they are not the only ones in a situation like this. I have a feeling there is about to be a lot of movement to clear space after a day of reckless spending. Hopefully Army can take advantage, take on some bad expiring contracts and rake in additional assets.

 

[BlueDream]

How they have no cap space?

Speaking of cap space colorado might be f***ed, Seravelli says they they are at 11F, 5D, 2G and only have about 300k of space left and they are not the only ones in a situation like this. I have a feeling there is about to be a lot of movement to clear space after a day of reckless spending. Hopefully Army can take advantage, take on some bad expiring contracts and rake in additional assets.

I wouldn’t mind picking up Ross Colton. I had interest in him a year ago, and he is a decent player that would give us a middle 6 center option. Plus he’s still 27 so even though I don’t think there’s a lot of untapped potential left, he would fit decently into our core moving forward.

Not sure if Colorado would trade him in the division, but due to their Cap concerns, they might if we gave them a decent offer and he would clear a good chunk of Cap for them.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

How they have no cap space?

Speaking of cap space colorado might be f***ed, Seravelli says they they are at 11F, 5D, 2G and only have about 300k of space left and they are not the only ones in a situation like this. I have a feeling there is about to be a lot of movement to clear space after a day of reckless spending. Hopefully Army can take advantage, take on some bad expiring contracts and rake in additional assets.

And 2 of those 11F are Landeskog and Nichushkin

 

[ChicagoBlues]

OMG! Nils resigned in Dallas. barforama

This makes their D even worse. LMFAO

 

[SirPaste]

How they have no cap space?

Speaking of cap space colorado might be f***ed, Seravelli says they they are at 11F, 5D, 2G and only have about 300k of space left and they are not the only ones in a situation like this. I have a feeling there is about to be a lot of movement to clear space after a day of reckless spending. Hopefully Army can take advantage, take on some bad expiring contracts and rake in additional assets.

That is a good question, I have seen reports they are trying to unload Kane, not sure if they will be able to though. They definitely will have to shed some salary because I believe they have some RFA's needing contracts as well such as Broberg, Holloway, etc.

As for Colorado, I have no idea what they plan on doing. I assume Landeskog will be on LTIR though and I am not sure how Nichushkin's contract works with his suspension, does it count against the cap? Either way they will have to make some moves, especially with Raantanen needing a new contact after this season they will certainly be a team to watch.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Well there goes Henrique back to EDM for 2 years

Damn. Pretty cheap deal. $3M AAV for 2 years. I would’ve easily matched or beaten that…

…and sounds like numerous other GMs did as it was reported he turned down better offers to return to the Oilers. If a guy really wants to play for a particular team, there’s not much you can do about it unfortunately.

 

[SirPaste]

Damn. Pretty cheap deal. $3M AAV for 2 years. I would’ve easily matched or beaten that…

…and sounds like numerous other GMs did as it was reported he turned down better offers to return to the Oilers. If a guy really wants to play for a particular team, there’s not much you can do about it unfortunately.

nevermind, should have read the second sentence before replying lol

 

[mk80]

Damn. Pretty cheap deal. $3M AAV for 2 years. I would’ve easily matched or beaten that…

…and sounds like numerous other GMs did as it was reported he turned down better offers to return to the Oilers. If a guy really wants to play for a particular team, there’s not much you can do about it unfortunately.

From his POV coming off the Stanley Cup Finals appearance, he is in that stage of his career where he likely values being on a contender, over taking a matching offer with a team like us.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

If you're Adam Henrique, do you want another season of losing hockey? I sure wouldn't. Who can blame him.

I am curious how some of these teams address their cap crunch.

 

[SirPaste]

If you're Adam Henrique, do you want another season of losing hockey? I sure wouldn't. Who can blame him.

I am curious how some of these teams address their cap crunch.

I hope this is what Army was waiting for and can take advantage of some of these teams needing to shed salary

 

[STL fan in MN]

I hope this is what Army was waiting for and can take advantage of some of these teams needing to shed salary

Agreed. We’ll likely add a low hanging fruit UFA or two sometime in the next couple days and then look to weaponize the cap space with teams that went overboard with UFA signings and now need to shed contracts.

On a secondary note, is Tarasenko making the same mistake 2 seasons in a row? IMO, he clearly overvalued himself a year ago, waited too long and found himself without a team and had to eventually accept a 1 year deal with a fairly undesirable team. Now, obviously it worked out pretty good for him in the end but I’m a little surprised he’s still out there.

Then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised as he’s always seemed like someone whose self confidence outmeasured his actual market value.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Agreed. We’ll likely add a low hanging fruit UFA or two sometime in the next couple days and then look to weaponize the cap space with teams that went overboard with UFA signings and now need to shed contracts.

On a secondary note, is Tarasenko making the same mistake 2 seasons in a row? IMO, he clearly overvalued himself a year ago, waited too long and found himself without a team and had to eventually accept a 1 year deal with a fairly undesirable team. Now, obviously it worked out pretty good for him in the end but I’m a little surprised he’s still out there.

Then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised as he’s always seemed like someone whose self confidence outmeasured his actual market value.

I think in addition to that, he’s not solely looking to maximize $. Tank apparently wants to stay in Florida. His family was apparently there at beginning of last year and he steered trade there. Panthers aren’t likely to pay big and it’s not clear that he wants to go somewhere that will. So he waits.

 

[Spektre]

Agreed. We’ll likely add a low hanging fruit UFA or two sometime in the next couple days and then look to weaponize the cap space with teams that went overboard with UFA signings and now need to shed contracts.

On a secondary note, is Tarasenko making the same mistake 2 seasons in a row? IMO, he clearly overvalued himself a year ago, waited too long and found himself without a team and had to eventually accept a 1 year deal with a fairly undesirable team. Now, obviously it worked out pretty good for him in the end but I’m a little surprised he’s still out there.

Then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised as he’s always seemed like someone whose self confidence outmeasured his actual market value.

Tarasenko will just get another agent.. again

 

[SirPaste]

I think in addition to that, he’s not solely looking to maximize $. Tank apparently wants to stay in Florida. His family was apparently there at beginning of last year and he steered trade there. Panthers aren’t likely to pay big and it’s not clear that he wants to go somewhere that will. So he waits.

Yea it has been reported he has offers on the table but is taking his time, I know Penguins were one team, but I agree he likely wants to stay in FL

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Agreed. We’ll likely add a low hanging fruit UFA or two sometime in the next couple days and then look to weaponize the cap space with teams that went overboard with UFA signings and now need to shed contracts.

On a secondary note, is Tarasenko making the same mistake 2 seasons in a row? IMO, he clearly overvalued himself a year ago, waited too long and found himself without a team and had to eventually accept a 1 year deal with a fairly undesirable team. Now, obviously it worked out pretty good for him in the end but I’m a little surprised he’s still out there.

Then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised as he’s always seemed like someone whose self confidence outmeasured his actual market value.

I’m not sure what he prioritizes now. He’s got his name on the Cup again. Is he trying to maximize earnings, or have a stable home base? Trying for another Cup? (If so maybe going to a non playoff team in short term and traded at the deadline is the best strategy.)

I’ll root for him wherever he ends up, but it looks like it was the right move to let him go.