News from Around the AHL/NHL/KHL 2024-25

[Glorydays22]

Including this season, Trouba has 2 years left at $8M/yr. He’s a liability.

Anders Lee has 2 years left at $7M/year. He’s a leader and producing at a decent clip.

Who here thinks that we could unload Lee without any retention and get a fourth round pick and a player whose salary we could bury?

It’s a rhetorical question. Somehow the league and other teams bend over backwards to accommodate the Rags. F’n ridiculous.

This statement is so true. It also tell you how little the league respects the Isles to be honest. Always been this way. The Rangers and Isles could want the same player and the other team will ask for double from us what they want or ask for from the Rags. It's so disheartening.

 

[Big L]

Isn’t the player Anaheim sent to the rags not very good, and also on IR?

 

[The Real JT]

I still can’t get my head around the Rags not having to send assets or retention back to the Ducks on the Trouba trade. I’ll say the following assuming that Anaheim was on his no trade list and the player could have just blocked the trade.

It appears that Drury played hardball with Trouba threatening that he would waive him. As an Isles fan, I wish Trouba would have called his bluff. As much as he sucks, he’s still one of the Rags best 6D men and the team would be worse off if he were in the AHL.

 

[leeroggy]

I still can’t get my head around the Rags not having to send assets or retention back to the Ducks on the Trouba trade. I’ll say the following assuming that Anaheim was on his no trade list and the player could have just blocked the trade.

It appears that Drury played hardball with Trouba threatening that he would waive him. As an Isles fan, I wish Trouba would have called his bluff. As much as he sucks, he’s still one of the Rags best 6D men and the team would be worse off if he were in the AHL.

And we could have offered Mayfield to them for a 1st . . .

 

[Glorydays22]

And we could have offered Mayfield to them for a 1st . . .

if we offered Mayfield to the Ducks...The Ducks demand a 1st from us, no questions asked.

 

[Throttle]

Mayfield ain’t going anywhere and he’s a dirt cheap contract.

The Ducks literally paid Gudas $4M per year to sign away from a SC contender that eventually won a Cup. That’s what teams in Anaheim’s position have to do. Gudas chose money and ice time over anything else. Good for him.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

Somehow the league and other teams bend over backwards to accommodate the Rags. F’n ridiculous.

Yes, that's exactly what other teams are doing.

 

[Crashsunday]

Might be old news and hadn’t seen this anywhere - just turned on the Candiens/Ducks game and Hickey is doing color. Didn’t know he was getting national opportunities. It is the Amazon Prime game. Good for him.

 

[Zeeker]

Might be old news and hadn’t seen this anywhere - just turned on the Candiens/Ducks game and Hickey is doing color. Didn’t know he was getting national opportunities. It is the Amazon Prime game. Good for him.

If our actual prospect pipeline had 1/100th the talent of our ridiculous broadcaster pipeline

 

[Zeeker]

Rangers have more regulation losses than we do now lol

 

[The Real JT]

If our actual prospect pipeline had 1/100th the talent of our ridiculous broadcaster pipeline

You can rest easily. Butchie isn’t going anywhere.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

Brady tkachuk

That seems to be the rumor, sparked in no small fashion by Brooks.

Ottawa has a right to be upset. The Rags 100% did this to leverage their competitive advantage.

 

[Throttle]

It is funny how desperate Drury is that he’s become a leak machine the last 6-9 months. Dolan must be riding him real good bc the basic out for a GM is firing the coach, yet he’s holding onto Lavy (not saying he should be fired, but Drury is swimming alone on this one, a situation he created).

 

[leeroggy]

Holy smokes

 

[bromanagro]

Rangers going to have to make Shitsterin the highest paid goalie ever.

 

[doublechili]

Holy smokes

Wait, deception is allowed in SOs? Someone tell the Isles that.

 

[MarsTBOW]

Holy smokes

Absolutely Fantastic Move or should I say "Anti-Move"

 

[mm11]

Kings doing a number on the rags.

 

[Arsenalogist24]

Lehner really spiraling. Sad to see those tweets

 

[The Real JT]

Kings doing a number on the rags.

I was just driving home and turned on the NHL network radio on Sirius. They had the Rags announcers. It was 4-0 and LA then scores to make it 5-0.

The announcers say that “none of this is Shesterkin’s fault” and then they go on to say that the Rags miss Trouba.

In an Isles season with few bright spots thus far, this put a big smile on my face.

Never change Raggie supporters. Never change.

 

[Big L]

Lehner really spiraling. Sad to see those tweets

Yikes. Hope everything works out alright for him

 

[MJF]

Did the Rags quit on Lavy?

 

[PolishPrince21]

Did the Rags quit on Lavy?

good thing they gave Igor 11.5. no goalie is worth that much even if you are hasek in your prime.

 

[Lek]

Did the Rags quit on Lavy?

Don't most teams?...

 

[NYI365]

President's Trophy to.... whatever they call that over at MSG. Sheesh. I don't know if I've ever seen that before from a team where they won the President's Trophy and then absolutely cratered the next season.

They're gonna run into the Lundqvist 2.0 Era by locking in Igor.