Around the NHL: PTO Season Becomes Waiver Season
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They are going to be REALLY good for a while. It's going to be a battle for the next decade.
With Levi we might get them on the goaltending if we get some defensive structure.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
EichHart
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Boston makes no sense to me. Berg is 38 in July and Krejci is 37 in 3 weeks. Those are their top 2 centers.
The Blunder Years
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On paper, I feel like their d core isn’t anything crazy special. McAvoy and Lindholm are superb defenders but after that it’s nothing mind blowing.
Actually their forward core is the same way. Pastrnak, Bergeron, and Marchand followed by a lot of guys that aren’t really anything too special.
Fezzy126
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Fantastic coach and staff, everyone has bought in and plays a terrific team game, Pasta is having a stupid season, and almost all of their most important pieces cost pennies on the dollar:
- Marchand - $6.1M AAV through his prime years
- Krejci - $1M
- Zacha - $3.5M this year and only cost them Eric Haula to acquire. The dude had zero offensive instincts in Jersey and couldn't find the back of the net with a roadmap and suddenly he's a legit top 6 piece scoring 40+ ES points this year...
- Bergeron - $2.5M for this:
Even with the bargain contracts, I have no idea how they were able to bring Hall back before the playoffs. I maintain that the cap isn't actually a real thing that anyone needs to worry about...
There's also the fact that their defense group is great; guys like Lindholm and Carlo, that have had some injury issues in the past, have been remarkably healthy this year. Orlov was a great pickup near the deadline as well.
Freezing Cold Takes be damned, I'm stubbornly sticking to my guns that they're not as good as their record, and the sum of the parts is much better than the actual individual pieces. But everyone else in the east seems to be stumbling lately so there probably isn't anyone that can take them down.
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The hug shows off just how much bigger Luke is than his brother.
SundherDome
I'm tired, Boss.
Jim Bob
RIP RJ
Sutter roles out Nick Ritchie as his third shooter with the Flames season in the balance.
Their fans are still losing their mind over it
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Zman5778
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Something I'm going to have half an eye on all day:
What the hell are the Leafs going to do in net? Murray is predictably hurt. Samsonov played last night and has been on record saying he wants to play Thursday. Because they signed Knies and he's waiver exempt.........the league is denying them an emergency exemption to bring Woll up. So they've had an ATO backup the last 2 games.
They going to roll with Samsonov 3 games in 4 nights, right before the playoffs? They going to start an ATO goalie?
What the hell are the Leafs going to do in net? Murray is predictably hurt. Samsonov played last night and has been on record saying he wants to play Thursday. Because they signed Knies and he's waiver exempt.........the league is denying them an emergency exemption to bring Woll up. So they've had an ATO backup the last 2 games.
They going to roll with Samsonov 3 games in 4 nights, right before the playoffs? They going to start an ATO goalie?
I can't see Treliving and Sutter making it out of all of this mess with jobs. At least Treliving won't cost them anything since his contract has expired.
Edit - ...IS expiring. I out-typed my ability to reason.
@Der Jaeger should be flying up there RIGHT NOW to get his chance.
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WhereAreTheCookies
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Yet another Harvard grad doing this. It seems like nearly half of the players who do this went there.
In my experience, Ivy League schools do wonders for people's assessment of their own importance.
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