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[Vector]

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Some Important Off-Season Dates

Buyout Period: June 27th, evening; players without NMCs must be placed on unconditional waivers 24 hours prior (another buyout period opens if a team has a player file for arbitration). This buyout period ends June 30th. 8:00pm.
Team-Elected Arbitration: June 26th, evening
NHL Awards: June 27th
Draft Day 01: June 28th
Draft Day 02: June 29th
Qualifying Offer Date: June 30th
Free Agency Opens: July 1st, 9am PST
Summer Development Camp: July 1st-4th
Player-Elected Arbitration: July 5th
Young Stars Classic Tournament: Sep. 13th-16th

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[Hodgy]

until ten days ago, reinhart was the guy i most wanted. now i don’t want him at all, although he might now have made himself actually gettable financially.

You should probably not change your mind on 7 year contracts based on a ten day period.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Michkov coming over early and doing well is going to make every team but Chicago look stupid in the Top 6 of that Draft.

 

[Vector]

Michkov coming over early and doing well is going to make every team but Chicago look stupid in the Top 6 of that Draft.

Word going around during pre-draft interviews was that he was not meeting with some teams, ones he did meet with he said he had to play out his full contract before he thinks about coming over, and a select few teams he told he’d be over in a couple of years.

He essentially chose who would draft him.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Word going around during pre-draft interviews was that he was not meeting with some teams, ones he did meet with he said he had to play out his full contract before he thinks about coming over, and a select few teams he told he’d be over in a couple of years.

He essentially chose who would draft him.

smrt kid

 

[ziploc]

Word going around during pre-draft interviews was that he was not meeting with some teams, ones he did meet with he said he had to play out his full contract before he thinks about coming over, and a select few teams he told he’d be over in a couple of years.

He essentially chose who would draft him.

And he still chose the Flyers??

 

[Vector]

And he still chose the Flyers??

That’s the part that seems strange about the whole thing. No one seems to have any idea why he preferred Philly.

 

[TruGr1t]

i’ll say, it was certainly weird after the gretzky trade to see the team change from lakers jerseys to raiders

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just didn’t look quite right on him

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It was the best of times.

 

[ziploc]

That’s the part that seems strange about the whole thing. No one seems to have any idea why he preferred Philly.

I've been to Philly. The smell of chemical cat piss still sometimes haunts me.

 

[Donuts]

Mikheyev for Michkov

 

[Killer Orcas]

Word going around during pre-draft interviews was that he was not meeting with some teams, ones he did meet with he said he had to play out his full contract before he thinks about coming over, and a select few teams he told he’d be over in a couple of years.

He essentially chose who would draft him.

He pulled a Jagr I see. Flyers really lucked out here wonder why he picked them myself.

 

[wonton15]

Guentzel Pettersson Michkov

keep going I’m almost there

 

[ziploc]

Guentzel Pettersson Michkov

keep going I’m almost there

Joshua McGroarty Garland

 

[Wisp]

did he pick the Flyers? or did the Flyers say "eff it we're taking the best player and we'll figure out the rest after"?

because if they're calling a player's bluff its very different.

 

[Vector]

did he pick the Flyers? or did the Flyers say "eff it we're taking the best player and we'll figure out the rest after"?

because if they're calling a player's bluff its very different.

The reports afterward were that he specifically told them he wanted to play in Philly and would be done with Russia early.

 

[ameselare]

That’s the part that seems strange about the whole thing. No one seems to have any idea why he preferred Philly.

The only theory I've read that makes some sense is that he wanted to play in one of the big hockey markets. In the top 10 there was Chicago at 1 (who were always going to pick Bedard), Montreal (in Canada, French-speaking, cold) at 5, Philly at 7, and Detroit at 9. Honourable mentions I guess to Washington at 8 and St. Louis at 10.

If he wanted to go somewhere where he was a) the star of the show, b) in America, and c) not living in anyone else's shadow (Ovi in Washington) - it makes sense that he decided Philly was the place for him and conducted himself in his draft interviews accordingly.

It was quite funny when even Briere seemed outwardly confused at why Michkov was so passionate about being a Flyer lol.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Word going around during pre-draft interviews was that he was not meeting with some teams, ones he did meet with he said he had to play out his full contract before he thinks about coming over, and a select few teams he told he’d be over in a couple of years.

He essentially chose who would draft him.

jagr move

 

[ziploc]

The only theory I've read that makes some sense is that he wanted to play in one of the big hockey markets. In the top 10 there was Chicago at 1 (who were always going to pick Bedard), Montreal (in Canada, French-speaking, cold) at 5, Philly at 7, and Detroit at 9. Honourable mentions I guess to Washington at 8 and St. Louis at 10.

If he wanted to go somewhere where he was a) the star of the show, b) in America, and c) not living in anyone else's shadow (Ovi in Washington) - it makes sense that he decided Philly was the place for him and conducted himself in his draft interviews accordingly.

It was quite funny when even Briere seemed outwardly confused at why Michkov was so passionate about being a Flyer lol.

Did a quick check to see if he was born in Siberia, or spent a lot of time in Siberia. He did not. This continues to make no sense.

 

[wonton15]

Joshua McGroarty Garland

Zucker Pettersson Mikheyev

 

[ziploc]

Zucker Pettersson Mikheyev

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Joshua McGroarty Garland

Does not play center he is winger. If you don't play center before you get to the NHL you ain't playing center in the NHL. He does not have the foot speed to play center.

 

[ameselare]

Does not play center he is winger. If you don't play center before you get to the NHL you ain't playing center in the NHL. He does not have the foot speed to play center.

Yeah he is a slower winger. He'll end up somewhere like Anaheim, Chicago, Seattle, Detroit, Columbus, or Utah. Maybe NJ but idk how well he'd fit with them, they're a fast team.

 

[Wisp]

The reports afterward were that he specifically told them he wanted to play in Philly and would be done with Russia early.

i kind of don't believe it, feels like a 'feel good story' made up after the fact.

 

[ziploc]

i kind of don't believe it, feels like a 'feel good story' made up after the fact.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Word going around during pre-draft interviews was that he was not meeting with some teams, ones he did meet with he said he had to play out his full contract before he thinks about coming over, and a select few teams he told he’d be over in a couple of years.

He essentially chose who would draft him.

I get there was some terrible teams but Philly?

Montreal should have drafted him regardless.

 

[Vector]

Thought this Bruce Garrioch article was interesting.

League executives say the Senators are also scouring the market to see if there’s any interest in defencemen Erik Brannstrom and Jacob Bernard-Docker.

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Veteran Travis Hamonic has a full no-move clause and likely will have his $1 million deal bought out once the Stanley Cup final ends Monday. The club would carry a $366,000 cap hit for the next two seasons if that takes place.

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The Ottawa Senators have a decision to make on defenceman Erik Brannstrom.Brannstrom, a restricted free agent, requires a $2-million qualifying offer to retain his rights for free agency and the Senators are torn on whether they want to go that route.

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As Postmedia has reported, the Senators have spoken to teams regarding winger Mathieu Joseph. He has two years left at $2.95 million and they would like to get his contract off the books to try to help propel a deal to acquire Seattle Kraken winger Brandon Tanev.

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The club would also like to upgrade its fourth line, and if they could find any takers for centre Mark Kastelic they would make that move as well.

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Plus stuff about their goalie situation, minor league players, and Chychrun.