NHL Around the NHL - Offseason moves and rumblings

[KnightofBoston]

Fun to watch all these teams commit big dollars, assets, and go for it all

Because inevitably, 30 teams will go home empty handed

Love what the bruins are doing with the farm system. It’s the only way to have
A shot consistently without blowing up your team every 3 years

If Tampa gets Karlsson, they’ll have to mortgage part of their future, despite what some Tampa fans try to twist the actual value will be, so they better win the cup if they do! Something tells me they’re already expected to win by some

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

Hopefully Colorado doesn't do what we did with a gifted top pick.

I've seen somewhere that they're one of the teams with interest in Karlsson. If they really want him I think it would be pretty smart to use Ottawa's own pick to try and land EK. With that said, if I'm the Avs I'd seriously have to wonder if I value the pick more than landing Karlsson. He's got a lot of miles on him and I don't think he's the piece that makes them a contender.

 

[LouJersey]

Fun to watch all these teams commit big dollars, assets, and go for it all

Because inevitably, 30 teams will go home empty handed

Love what the bruins are doing with the farm system. It’s the only way to have
A shot consistently without blowing up your team every 3 years

If Tampa gets Karlsson, they’ll have to mortgage part of their future, despite what some Tampa fans try to twist the actual value will be, so they better win the cup if they do! Something tells me they’re already expected to win but some

Plus they need to re up Kucherov. I doubt he takes a sweet discount again this time.

 

[LouJersey]

I've seen somewhere that they're one of the teams with interest in Karlsson. If they really want him I think it would be pretty smart to use Ottawa's own pick to try and land EK. With that said, if I'm the Avs I'd seriously have to wonder if I value the pick more than landing Karlsson. He's got a lot of miles on him and I don't think he's the piece that makes them a contender.

If you look at the Ottawa roster, there is no way that they aren't in the bottom 3 next season.

 

[alg363636]

Can Toronto and Tampa chill the f*** out?

Jesus

 

[JOKER 192]

Fun to watch all these teams commit big dollars, assets, and go for it all

Because inevitably, 30 teams will go home empty handed

Love what the bruins are doing with the farm system. It’s the only way to have
A shot consistently without blowing up your team every 3 years

If Tampa gets Karlsson, they’ll have to mortgage part of their future, despite what some Tampa fans try to twist the actual value will be, so they better win the cup if they do! Something tells me they’re already expected to win but some

Then a couple of key injuries at the wrong time and it all goes to the dogs.

 

[Absurdity]

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Why would any team help facilitate a trade like this that makes another team demonstrably better? Unless they get something back that makes them also demonstrably better. That means one team (Ottawa) gets demonstrably worse. Are things so badly run in Ottawa that they'll trade their best player just to say they got something and didn't let him walk for nothing? If I'm Ottawa, I wait til the trade deadline, when the haul for EK is likely to be higher.

 

[FrankerC]

So crazy, I was reading about this earlier at work and didn't believe it. Tampa are the clear favorites to win the SC. They're going to be so good next year. I can't wait to see the return.

 

[Absurdity]

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

So I imagine TB finds a team to eat some salary this year. That means TB is going all in this year. Then they will be moving out salary next offseason to re-sign EK.

Give me AD @ 650 over Nordstrom @ 1X2 years

 

[Chief Nine]

Why would any team help facilitate a trade like this that makes another team demonstrably better? Unless they get something back that makes them also demonstrably better. That means one team (Ottawa) gets demonstrably worse. Are things so badly run in Ottawa that they'll trade their best player just to say they got something and didn't let him walk for nothing? If I'm Ottawa, I wait til the trade deadline, when the haul for EK is likely to be higher.

Sounds to like EK is not going to be on Ottawa’s opening night roster and it’s not their choice

 

[Absurdity]

 

[Absurdity]

 

[alg363636]

Why would any team help facilitate a trade like this that makes another team demonstrably better? Unless they get something back that makes them also demonstrably better. That means one team (Ottawa) gets demonstrably worse. Are things so badly run in Ottawa that they'll trade their best player just to say they got something and didn't let him walk for nothing? If I'm Ottawa, I wait til the trade deadline, when the haul for EK is likely to be higher.

Could be NYR. They get Tampas first rounder if they win the cup I think.

Or Colorado. They want Ottawa to be as bad as possible.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

So I imagine TB finds a team to eat some salary this year. That means TB is going all in this year. Then they will be moving out salary next offseason to re-sign EK.



Give me AD @ 650 over Nordstrom @ 1X2 years

Apples and oranges.

Unless the Bruins thought Duclair was a better option than their young Top 6 candidates (Bjork, Heinen, Donato, etc) there was literally zero point in offering him a contract.

He’s not a good defensive player, doesn’t work on the PK, and would not be effective playing in a Bottom 6 role. He would be yet another left shot LW, only worse because he doesn’t play the right side.

I’m good with the B’s passing.

 

[Fenway]

Just drives home you can have the best doctors available and things get missed


Shea Weber's knee surgery raises questions about Canadiens

The Canadiens followed up on their new promise of transparency by making Dr. David Mulder — the club’s head physician who has been with the team since 1963 — available to speak with the media Thursday afternoon in Brossard about Weber’s injury.

When asked what he would say to people questioning the medical staff’s handling of the veteran defenceman, Mulder responded: “First of all, it’s a very unusual (foot) injury. No one has had a great deal of experience with it. I think if I was criticizing myself, I think we were a little bit slow to recognize the seriousness of the tendon injury. And then once we recognized it, we sought a second opinion in Canada and the second opinion didn’t have any experience operating. They referred us to Green Bay, to Dr. (Robert) Anderson. He’s done more (foot surgeries) than anybody in North America.”
Mulder was also asked why Weber’s meniscus damage to his knee hadn’t been spotted on earlier MRIs.

“We had three different radiologists read the MRI and I looked at it myself and I didn’t detect it,” he said. “It’s just that we’re all human beings and radiology isn’t a perfect science. I wish it was, but it’s not.”

The Canadiens decided to wait two weeks after Weber’s knee surgery — after the NHL Draft and the July 1 free-agent period had started — before making the news public. Mulder was asked if that was a hockey-operations decision so Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin wouldn’t show his hand to other teams.

“I think that’s certainly one aspect,” Mulder said. “But you can imagine that this was a shock to Shea, it was a shock to me, it was a shock to the whole organization and we needed a little time for everybody to recognize it and grasp the seriousness and the timeline.”

 

[Bruinaura]

Dr. David Mulder — the club’s head physician who has been with the team since 1963

That's quite a long medical career

 

[FrankerC]

 

[LouJersey]

I called it earlier Callahan and cernak for A 4th

 

[LouJersey]

Changing gears a bit....super impressed with the Blues off season plan

O'reilly, Bozak and Perron.

Fantastic

 

[Jaguar God]

Hopefully Colorado doesn't do what we did with a gifted top pick.

So much venom towards the Bruins. Do you ever commend them when they make a good move, or do you secretly cry because you can't make a veiled insult?

 

[BB88]

Damm if Tampa can get rid of Callahan while adding Karlsson.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

So much venom towards the Bruins. Do you ever commend them when they make a good move, or do you secretly cry because you can't make a veiled insult?

The second option, definitely.

And what was veiled about what I said? Pretty obvious what I'm talking about.

 

[Emerz]

Tampa is obviously going to be giving up a ton in this scenario, wonder how it all goes down... cant wait to see, wish we were in on it obviously but oh well