Proposal: Free agency edition Trade Rumours/Proposals [MOD - Stay on Topic] 5

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Might be worth hitting up the Kraken about Bjorkstrand or Burakovsky (or both) to play alongside Stu given where they are in the standings

We can't do it unless it is a hockey trade. We don't have the cap flexibility.

Gourde would be the one to look at from Seattle. He is on an expiring contract, which would allow for double-retention. He is a high-compete veteran player, which fits exactly what they want to bring into the room. He also probably won't cost a lot because he is not producing.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Did the new update remove dark mode?

Looks like the update doesn't honour your privacy settings either.

Yeah I was hoping to get the dark screen back, can’t stand the white background.

Use your browser settings for dark mode (working for me on my phone using Brave browser).
The only thing is that it'll make all sites dark mode, not just HF.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Legit question, if Perron retired after this season, how would that affect our cap?

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Legit question, if Perron retired after this season, how would that affect our cap?

It would come off the books completely.

It's very unlikely a beat up player would retire with money owed. He would "LTIRetire", as in, fail the physical and never play another game. In which case, the 4M could hypothetically be re-spent within the limitations of LTI.

 

[Beech]

Minnie is at 102% capacity and has been for years. Brady is not the difference between selling out or not in STL, winning is.

Also, Brock Boeser is about as marketable as new wall paper in the GM's office. Nice player and all, but has never been marketing darling.

In Canada, where he is lost among hockey purists and in Vancouver, where we see him at 10 pm to 1 am.

In a US market, where he can get on talk radio and talk about his team and them wining the State championships in FOOTBALL. He will be a dream.

Montréal is hockey Blue Blood.. yet a French Canadian is seen as gold.

Don't kid yourself, hockey is not the NFL. Brock doing a hit on the Dan Patrick show, on Pat McAfee, on local/regional radio and TV is gold.

Look at Methot and Giroux here!!! In hockey Mecca. Yet we go nuts.
We love Karlsson because he married a local girl. Alfie because he relocated here and his brother is OPS.

Give us our own. Give us someone to relate too. And we go nuts.....

Had Gretzky had a brain in his head, he would have finished off his last 2-3 years in Toronto.. And signed for nothing more than rights to jersey sales. Imagine 10 million Leafs, 99/Gretzky, jerseys at $100 (1997 dollars). And he gets all $1 Billion.

Brock in the MID west is worth 8-10 to a team. In other USA markets 8-9.

I don’t think anyone would think Boeser can add 1-2k extra fans in the seats per game in the Central.

The USA is different. Hockey is curiosity.

they relate to stars.. It is derived form their Basketball culture.

And they relate to a phenomena that French Canadians call "petit gas de chez nous".. The "little guy from around here"...

I added greater explanation above.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Use your browser settings for dark mode (working for me on my phone for Chrome and Brave).
The only thing is that it'll make all sites dark mode, not just HF.

My settings on chrome is always dark mode on my phone.

 

[Micklebot]

Use your browser settings for dark mode (working for me on my phone for Chrome and Brave).
The only thing is that it'll make all sites dark mode, not just HF.

Browser dark mode works for me on opera but not Firefox or Chrome

 

[Golden_Jet]

The USA is different. Hockey is curiosity.

they relate to stars.. It is derived form their Basketball culture.

I added greater explanation above.

Actually you didn’t, Players Ltd pointed out Minnie is at 102% capacity, so they can’t add 1-2k more fans per night, as we have both pointed out.

Browser dark mode works for me on opera but not Firefox or Chrome

I only see “default” as an option under style settings. Do different browsers show different setting options.

 

[Senscore]

I'm sure dark mode will be fixed

 

[Micklebot]

I only see “default” as an option under style settings. Do different browsers show different setting options.

Just to be clear, I'm referring to the browser's dark mode settings, not this site's.

With Opera, I can select dark mode and it will change how this site appears even if the site is set to light mode (currently the default and only theme available on HF), but on Chrome or Firefox, changing the browser's theme only affects the browser's menu I believe.

 

[BankStreetParade]

Legit question, if Perron retired after this season, how would that affect our cap?

I believe there was an amendment to the CBA for 35+ contracts. Since Perron's deal doesn't include signing bonuses beyond the 1st year and he doesn't have a front-loaded contract, if he retired the cap hit would come off the books completely.

Could be something to note for any potential deal to extend Giroux, assuming we go multiyear. Although his current deal doesn't include SBs or front loading and I just can't imagine a scenario where things become so contentious that he decides to suddenly retire and stick the team with the cap hit. I think they would probably work something out and I'm guessing Giroux will probably be interested in some kind of role within the organization in Ops when he's done playing.

 

[Icelevel]

I'm sure dark mode will be fixed

I hope so
Not fun staring at a white screen for more than 20 seconds

 

[Sensatauro]

Did the new update remove dark mode?

Looks like the update doesn't honour your privacy settings either.

The update has been absolutely terrible. The site on mobile is....not good(the nicest way I can word this garbage) and I only use mobile.

I'd like to see the sens make a run at Rasmus Andersson. Not that I think we will but we should. He'd bring an element that would raise our bar an extra gear imo

 

[PlayersLtd]

In Canada, where he is lost among hockey purists and in Vancouver, where we see him at 10 pm to 1 am.

In a US market, where he can get on talk radio and talk about his team and them wining the State championships in FOOTBALL. He will be a dream.

Montréal is hockey Blue Blood.. yet a French Canadian is seen as gold.

Don't kid yourself, hockey is not the NFL. Brock doing a hit on the Dan Patrick show, on Pat McAfee, on local/regional radio and TV is gold.

Look at Methot and Giroux here!!! In hockey Mecca. Yet we go nuts.
We love Karlsson because he married a local girl. Alfie because he relocated here and his brother is OPS.

Give us our own. Give us someone to relate too. And we go nuts.....

Had Gretzky had a brain in his head, he would have finished off his last 2-3 years in Toronto.. And signed for nothing more than rights to jersey sales. Imagine 10 million Leafs, 99/Gretzky, jerseys at $100 (1997 dollars). And he gets all $1 Billion.

Brock in the MID west is worth 8-10 to a team. In other USA markets 8-9.


The USA is different. Hockey is curiosity.

they relate to stars.. It is derived form their Basketball culture.

And they relate to a phenomena that French Canadians call "petit gas de chez nous".. The "little guy from around here"...

I added greater explanation above.

You do you but what you are overestimating (or more accurately, not estimating at all) is how much a Brock Boeser is worth to a team relative to another $8-9M player who isn't from the midwest and doesn't have blonde hair and blue eyes...

The cost benefit model isn't Brock Boeser vs. an empty locker stall. It's Brock Boeser vs a replacement player of equal salary (actually less salary since you're advocating an overpayment for Boeser's blue eyes and midwest origins...). You're not factoring the opportunity cost of Brock Boeser.

So its more like, is Brock Boeser (plus the $1-2M premium Beech is willing to pay for his stunning good looks) THAT much more valuable to a team than say, I don't know, how about Mark Scheiffle?

The answer is no. Any marketing delta between Boeser and Scheiffle does not exceed the importance and value of building the best hockey team possible because winning trumps all.

Would Boeser be a nice story if he played at home in Minnesota? Absolutely. Does it make sense to invest in that over a superior player who gives you a better chance at winning but isn't doing 5 minute call in's on the local sports radio once a month? Absolutely not.

Also, I'm pretty sure Wayne did just fine chasing a last cup with Messier in Manhattan over going to a perennial late 90's cellar dweller in Toronto.

 

[PlayOn]

 

[Golden_Jet]

Just to be clear, I'm referring to the browser's dark mode settings, not this site's.

With Opera, I can select dark mode and it will change how this site appears even if the site is set to light mode (currently the default and only theme available on HF), but on Chrome or Firefox, changing the browser's theme only affects the browser's menu I believe.

Thanks for clearing that up,

 

[Micklebot]

I wouldn't mind the depth he'd add. not sure what he'd want as a contract, or whether he'd even come here if Toronto or Edmonton are actually in the mix.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Browser dark mode works for me on opera but not Firefox or Chrome

I saw someone post yesterday saying it was working fine with their chrome so I just assumed. Tried it myself and you're right, it isn't working for me.

Working fine with Brave though.

 

[Senscore]

I understand why we'd want him but I'm not sure he'd help that much at this point

 

[PlayOn]

I wouldn't mind the depth he'd add. not sure what he'd want as a contract, or whether he'd even come here if Toronto or Edmonton are actually in the mix.

We could use more offense on the backend so I don’t mind the move either.

I have to think he’ll prioritize opportunity above all else though, and honestly it would make sense to go somewhere he can play on the PP, at least on the second unit.

 

[branch]

I know Pagnotta is full of shit but Rasmus Andersson would completely transform this team. He would be expensive to acquire though and unfortunately Dumb Dumb Dorion cost us a first round pick because he didn't know how to read.

 

[Alex1234]

If we sign Brock Boesner as a free agent, I'm not following this team anymore. Allocating that money to a player like him would be awful. He's constantly injured, prone to terrible cold streaks, and doesn't do a lot else other than score goals. Scored 40 once with a 20% shot pct and I can guarantee he'd never get 30 here

Who is your TOP6 RW target?

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Where's the GDT? Looks like Hogberg is starting tonight vs the Isles

 

[Micklebot]

We could use more offense on the backend so I don’t mind the move either.

I have to think he’ll prioritize opportunity above all else though, and honestly it would make sense to go somewhere he can play on the PP, at least on the second unit.

That's a good point, and as a RHD he'd certainly be a fit on our 2nd unit where you have to worry about the end of the PP and don't want 4 forwards.

So I guess there's a chance he sees us as a fit for a launching point for his next deal, as I imagine he's looking for a 1 year deal.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Can’t really play offence anymore, could never play defence. I don’t think Klingberg adds much.