Confirmed Trade: [CBJ/ARI] Jon Gillies for 2023 6th round pick and Jakub Voracek

[rt]

The franchise as a whole. If the new owners and front office are using the same strategy as the old owners and front office...does it matter if they are new?

It matters if they stick to the plan. The other groups panicked and trade top ten picks for Stepan and Hall.

 

[PainForShane]

Weren't you saying that everyone was wrong when that you didn't believe Arizona would have trouble taking on money like three days ago? Coping hard.



For some yes, but that's not all it is. The franchise has essentially ceased functioning.

Nah. We have a plan and are sticking to it. We're playing in a 5000 seat arena, obviously that means we're not making much gate revenue so the owner wants to save some money. It's like... ok maybe you don't agree but how is that not a rational thing to do.

Anyway "essentially ceasing to function" seems a bit extreme doesn't it? Seems to me like you're one of the haters. Keep on hating it'll keep you strong, strength in numbers and all that

 

[Some Other Flame]

Jon Gillies is still around? Neat

 

[ViD]

Houston Aeros

Let’s do it

 

[scallionjj11]

Is this irony? It seems like stupidity but maybe it’s irony.

Let’s talk on May 17th.

How does that crow taste?

 

[King 88]

Are the Yotes going to plan on having 70 million in dead cap, and then roll out a few ECHLers and a bunch of pylons with Draft Year and Draft Round written onto them? I get it, the Yotes are a "rebuilding team", but they've also been doing the same thing for close to a decade at this point.

How they have been drafting they gonna be rebuilding next 10 years.

 

[BAdvocate]

This is awful, they should move the team.

Not fair we all have to put up with this nonsense. Gotta be a sucker to be a Coyote fan.

~Derp

 

[Oddbob]

What other team would take on 8.25 of dead cap and only get a 6th to do so? Every other team taking on dead cap would want a 1st at least to do this.

 

[Bfan14]

They literally won a playoff round a few years ago. Lol

No, they won a gimmick play in round and were then stomped in 4 games out of the playoffs.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Nah. We have a plan and are sticking to it. We're playing in a 5000 seat arena, obviously that means we're not making much gate revenue so the owner wants to save some money. It's like... ok maybe you don't agree but how is that not a rational thing to do.

"Essentially ceasing to function" seems a bit extreme doesn't it? Seems to me like you're one of the haters. Keep on hating it'll keep you strong, strength in numbers and all that

It's a rational thing to do when you're broke, yeah. And oo, I don't think it's extreme at all. Their primary motivations in deals isn't getting better, it's not spending money. That's not functioning in a competitive league.

 

[LeafsandSharksfan]

I feel like getting drafted to the Yotes is just signing up for like five more years of developmental.

 

[CupofOil]

Poverty Franchise Poverty Franchise
It's just sad at this point

 

[TheBeard]

Leave Arizona where they are until SJ can find a way to get Vlasic on their roster.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Maybe the league needs to allow compliance buyouts every few years to stop this embarrassment.

 

[Extra Texture]

If I were a prospect with any sort of hype, I'd politely ask not to be drafted. They're a a travesty of a mockery of a sham.

And unlike in the old Lindros or Mario days, it would/should be completely understandable to to everyone observing from the outside.

 

[EXTRAS]

I honestly wish vancouver would go super intense rebuild the way it seems arizona is doing. Better than the subpar forever hashtag the Canucks are marketing with right now

 

[JKG33]

I wonder if Columbus acquiring a warm body in net means they've got something done to trade Quick

 

[Shane Diesel]

It's still possible for Arizona to win a cup before a Canadian team wins another one.

I want this to happen, if for nothing else than the entertainment value of watching the inevitable years long meltdown from Canadian fans.

The insecurity of Canadian hockey fans is truly a thing to behold.

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Watch Bedard go to Arizona what a joke the draft will be rigged by bettman I guarantee it and I’d put money on it.

 

[bandwagonesque]

Come get Ellis, too.

Ellis has 4 years left and bizarrely, Arizona is actually reaching a point where;
- another long-term LTIR anchor might handcuff them when they are finally competitive, and;
- they won't have enough contract slots to sign every promising player they draft to an ELC.

 

[Mike Jones]

Only a sixth round pick for taking on that contract? Wow. That does not seem like a lot.

 

[xECK29x]

What other team would take on 8.25 of dead cap and only get a 6th to do so? Every other team taking on dead cap would want a 1st at least to do this.

Because its doing Arizona a favor more than Columbus

 

[Peasy]

Why do they need Voracek’s contract? Why can’t Columbus just keep him on LTIR for the duration of his contract?

What benefit does Arizona get taking on an LTIR? Your owner doesn’t even have money

Because the owner can use the caphit to reach the floor but the insurance company will cover the cost.

This guy is literally the cheapest owner ever.

 

[drew5580]

It’s called a dispersal draft.

Dibs on Datsyuk

 

[PainForShane]

It's a rational thing to do when you're broke, yeah. And oo, I don't think it's extreme at all. Their primary motivations in deals isn't getting better, it's not spending money. That's not functioning in a competitive league.

Not functioning is that right.

Last I checked... (just now), we're ahead of SJ, ANA, CBJ and oooh Chicago in the standings. I guess those franchises aren't functioning either in this competitive league, they're not even as competitive as the Yotes. Should we fold Chicago too? Looks like they're in the middle of trading all their players as well.

Keep hating if you want, imo this conversation says more about you than it ever will about the Yotes