Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season
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Devils731
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MY GOD, do you ever stop whining
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Blues waive Kapanen. Right shot wing. Unfortunately not a center. But, still a possible Bastian replacement?
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Agree on the 4C, but there's not one on waivers. And, Kapanen is a cheap replacement level fourth line player - which is something the Devils don't have right now.
Kapanen would slot at right wing, Tatar can play left wing. Cotter and Mercer can play center. I know neither are great at it. But, you at least have some additional options with Kapanen in the fold.
Yeah - that is the issue. But, he had some promise at one point. Keefe had him in Toronto. Maybe he'll have an opinion.
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Kapanen atleast used to be great skater but has no work ethic unfortunately. I was surprised he got another contract.
Nah bro, Panthers fans told me it's only November.
I put him in more or less the same category as a Roslovic. You never know where a player like that might find chemistry. If Keefe likes him for the minimal cap hit it wouldn't be a catastrophe. They can always waive him and send him down once guys start returning or if a 4C does become available. If they had a bit center to put in the middle Tatar and Kapanen on the wings would not be terrible if they would hold their own defensively.
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I just hope they don’t have the coaching bump. They were a bad team last year, but it just didn’t show up in their record. And no one knew about it. It was the best kept secret in the league last year.Boston
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Nailed it. It was a one line team, now with Marchand instantly aging out, they are a one player team.
The ownership and GM/President are the problem there.
Assuming they will go the cheap/redemption route again and get Quenneville or some other damaged goods so they can save a buck.
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They’re probably done with Sweeney after this year too if I had to guess.
Not sure about Seabass.
Sweeney has been there 10 years this summer. It’s been a decent run. One finals trip, but I don’t think there’s any reason to keep him around.
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I don't see why the Bruins would fire Sweeney unless they are committed to a full rebuild and I do not know why they would commit to that. They should keep him around until they are willing to do that, otherwise you end up in the spot the Penguins are in now.
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Can we get Taylor Hall back and plug him in the 3rd or 4th line?
I know his body has been injured goods, but maybe he will find some happiness here again...
Some say he still has some speed left.
I assume his cap hit would make it practically not feasible without moving someone useful here to make it happen.
I remember how he left and didn't forget, but maybe he will look back at NJ and have a different opinion the 2nd time around.
I know his body has been injured goods, but maybe he will find some happiness here again...
Some say he still has some speed left.
I assume his cap hit would make it practically not feasible without moving someone useful here to make it happen.
I remember how he left and didn't forget, but maybe he will look back at NJ and have a different opinion the 2nd time around.
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Whaddagoal
The Sheldon Keefe Era Begins
I remember how he left, he was unhappy with the fan booing, because he couldn't bury a breakaway for shit, and we lost games because he couldn't generate that year. Although I don't know if he was unhappy before that. Yeah shero had to coax him a bit in the beginning. The roster was shit, but then we put Nico and bratt on roster and he had a good year
But, that was years ago. we have a good spot for him on a winning roster, we need depth scoring 3rd and 4th line....
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Nevermind, I looked at our projected cap space and I think it would be literally impossible without losing someone we care about.
We have like $8000 in free cap space projected.
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Gee, who knew signing Zadorov and Elias Lindholm to big deals wasn't gonna work out for them?Boston
They're extremely screwed. They can't just find random guys to plug in the holes that established players like Bergeron, Marchand, Chara, etc. fill. And I'm here for it.
