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Lets Go Baby
Vegas did that literally 2 years ago lol
Before the last 2 years, Florida hadn't won a playoff SERIES since 1996.
This type of thing happens a fair amount.
Thomas Harley is a defenseman......................
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Vegas did that literally 2 years ago lol
Before the last 2 years, Florida hadn't won a playoff SERIES since 1996.
This type of thing happens a fair amount.
Thomas Harley is a defenseman......................
Better Call Sal
Salnalysis
He's their #2 d-man. Part of their top pairing with Heiskanen.
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I'd rather have Paul Cotter for what he's making (close to league minimum, isn't it?) than Miles Wood for 5 more years at over $2.5 million.
I'd also rather have Pesce's contract than Severson's current one. Pesce's is actually cheaper.
I'd also rather have Pesce's contract than Severson's current one. Pesce's is actually cheaper.
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Cotter is interesting though because he was a trade...he is definitely a better value than Wood...not even a question about it.
But the real comparable is probably Noesen and Wood....UFA to UFA
It sort double whammys....
Wood and Holtz vs Cotter and Noesen...
I think that's a truer vs
Edit: one other thing I'm not too high on the potential of Holtz at all but I do think we cut him loose a little too soon. I think we could've taken a wait and see approach with Holtz a little while longer.
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Close? We didn't get out of the conference (f*** Craig Janney) and Edmonton was waiting... glorious year but I'm not sure we were closeWe came pretty damned close in 88
Have another doughnut, you fat pig
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Not the oldest here, but certainly among the "elder statesmen", 55 next month.Meh.
Vegas still had 94 points when they missed and they made the playoffs 4 straight seasons prior.
Florida had still made the playoffs every season since the 2020 playoffs. They won 1 round in the 2022 playoffs when they beat Washington before their back to back trips to the final.
Forge
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Cotter is 775K for this year and next year. Pretty huge when you consider what guys like Miles and Jeannot got who I think would be reasonable comps. I think people didn't appreciate that value when the trade went down
I would have been interested to see what cotter cost as a draft pick trade.
I think it would have been more than people think.
2 years at league minimum+RFA control on a 24 year old.
Given Beck Malenstyn went for an early 2nd for just his RFA rights, and Yakov Trenin cost 3.5 mill in UFA (my other personal targets to fill the role cotter likely fills for us).
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Lets Go Baby
but that isn't what the original point was. "teams don't go from missing the playoffs to winning the Cup"
Vegas literally did it, and did it recently. If you want to add a caveat to that thats fine, but that was the original point.
the Devils had 81 points last year and were "in the mix" for the playoffs right up until like the last week or two....which quite frankly, given the injuries they had, is kind of amazing. I know the bottom of the East sucked, but still. It isnt like they bottomed out with 60 points or something.
My word you are old. I cannot imagine being in my middle to late 50s. That's like almost 100. Next you are going to tell me that you can remember when the mullet first hit as a hairstyle. Do you have that "help I've fallen and I can't get up" thing yet?
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Jeannot somehow finagled a 2nd and 4th this offseason, and that's two years of him being an offensive pumpkin and one year left at > 2.5 million.
I think on his own, the value of his contract I'd probably be asking 2 seconds from a competitive team
I tried looking it up seems like these are the only teams that have done it, kinda crazy there's a huge stretch from 47-91 that it only happened 1x
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1925-26|MTM
1933-34|CHI
1935-36|DET
1937-38|CHI
1946-47|TOR
1970-71|MTL
1990-91|PIT
1993-94|NYR
2005-06|CAR
2017-18lSTL
2022-23lVGK
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Better Call Sal
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I miss being a kid and talking smack at that age. Back then, I assume my card of choice for Ranger fan friends was that Messier was a bald idiot.
Whaddagoal
The Sheldon Keefe Era Begins
Not enough updates from today. Me. Disappointed.
It's 2024. Where's the interviews, 1 min clips, coach, players, greetings....
It's 2024. Where's the interviews, 1 min clips, coach, players, greetings....
Whaddagoal
The Sheldon Keefe Era Begins
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I saw ‘Pesce content dropped’ and assumed it was an interview somewhere, didn’t realize he just announced his number lol
Whaddagoal
The Sheldon Keefe Era Begins
The new staff alone should be an easy PR reason to get some content out.
Yeah me too. But then I thought Pesce had even decided his number in the summer ...
But I guess that wasn't confirmed via NJD until today?
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