Speculation: Roster Building/Rumor Thread XV

[wolfgaze]

I’m still not sure how a 37 yr old Western Canada guys fits in East

Seems they would be in the market for a veteran LD with leadership qualities on a short term contract to play the 3rd pairing with Lundkvist, no?

 

[egelband]

Someone do a wellness check on Brooks

Well… there was no news to report. Can’t really blame Brooks. Keeping quiet was the most accurate reporting out there

 

[Fvital92]

Was he drafting scrubs and then expecting to negotiate compensation?

Probably.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

When it comes to eichel, it’s pretty known around that he would like to play for the rangers, don’t know if that helps us but hey who knows

I didn't know that, thats pretty interesting.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

I mean if we take that rumor as true then it's probably just the Rangers offer, not a deal that 100% would get made

Right but I would be relieved if thats their offer. Was afraid they'd get crazy.

 

[Tob]

I'd be soooooo happy if we just didn't do anything for the rest of July and waited until mid August to pick up some cheap roster depth.

 

[IDvsEGO]

If that's it for Eichel, I can live with it. And for the record I am very anti-Eichel, but thats a great deal.

My problem is that if we're moving strome, and Chytil, our center depth actually just got worse not better. And we're tighter on the cap.
I am very high on Chytil and would 100% rather include kratsov or lundkvist in that deal.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Not sure it ifs close

Thanks.

I can personally live with that if Eichel's neck will be ok. I'm not as big a fan of Chytil as his underlying numbers suggest. I'm sure he'll grow out of it eventually, but he still makes some really, really dumb plays. Buchnevich is the top 6 forward that needs to be sacrificed. Jones and the 15th overall are whatever.

If Nils, Kravtsov, Kakko are safe, I'm cool. Any retention on Buffalo's end is gravy.

 

[Rangers in 7]

Thanks.

I can personally live with that if Eichel's neck will be ok. I'm not as big a fan of Chytil as his underlying numbers suggest. I'm sure he'll grow out of it eventually, but he still makes some really, really dumb plays. Buchnevich is the top 6 forward that needs to be sacrificed. Jones and the 15th overall are whatever.

If Nils, Kravtsov, Kakko are safe, I'm cool. Any retention on Buffalo's end is gravy.

I doubt that deal gets any retention

 

[Fvital92]

This keeps getting better and better.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

My problem is that if we're moving strome, and Chytil, our center depth actually just got worse not better. And we're tighter on the cap.
I am very high on Chytil and would 100% rather include kratsov or lundkvist in that deal.

Eichel, Zibanejad (at least for next year), Goodrow, Rooney, Barron, is bad depth? hell they can even pick up someone like Bellemare as a cheap FA center too

Now the following year maybe but if Zib is gone that gives the Rangers some money to find another 2C.

I'd rather keep Chytil too, but I dont think Rangers trade 2 RWs in the same deal.

 

[Avery16]

Well… there was no news to report. Can’t really blame Brooks. Keeping quiet was the most accurate reporting out there

He hasn’t written anything since we hired assistant coaches

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Even if they weren’t there, the whole show was talking up each selection. Why bother talking up Soucy or McCann, for example, if they’re getting flipped? It should have been: “From the Toronto Maple Leafs the Seattle Kraken have selected ____. We also have a trade to announce, ____ has been traded to Philadelphia for ____ and ___.” And then talk about the assets the Kraken are ACTUALLY getting instead of someone who will be with them for 18 hours total. That is if there are actual trades waiting to be announced.

agree 100%. I will say it again. Hockey is a great sport but the NHL is a dumb league.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Seems they would be in the market for a veteran LD with leadership qualities on a short term contract to play the 3rd pairing with Lundkvist, no?

one from the West for his entire career coming east?

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Someone do a wellness check on Brooks

Nah, leave him be

 

[Rangers in 7]

My problem is that if we're moving strome, and Chytil, our center depth actually just got worse not better. And we're tighter on the cap.
I am very high on Chytil and would 100% rather include kratsov or lundkvist in that deal.

I mean if eichel is healthy this is completely wrong, eichel is 24, chytil is 20? I mean if chytil becomes half the player eichel is we’d be happy

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

I doubt that deal gets any retention

How does Eichel affect Zibanejad after next year?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

This keeps getting better and better.

That’s the thing, they have like no one to trade.

All the decent players they took they need to hang onto if they want to ice an NHL team and not an AHL squad

 

[Tob]

So Francis couldn't get a single side deal done because he set the price sky high like Vegas did. GMs learned and Francis didn't adjust. In the end, he avoided drafting the players he was asking for picks from teams for Seattle to take off their hands, out of spite, out of leverage in the future, out of holding onto max cap space and flexibility. He drafted the players he liked, period. Next will be doing the same thing every other team does, turning cap space into assets by taking on contracts and flipping them.

 

[Avery16]

I heard today the following:

buch, chytil, Jones and 15 overall for eichel

strome for gio but this seems unlikely now after Seattle had him come on stage

also heard landeskog to the isles which I don’t see how in the world it works

I wouldn’t trade any one of those pieces straight up for Eichel, in his current state.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

If Giordano lands here he won't be on the 3rd pair imo that will be Miller.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

If Giordano lands here he won't be on the 3rd pair imo that will be Miller.

I think so too.

 

[Whoot Whoot]

When do we find out the long term fitness of Eichel?

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

When do we find out the long term fitness of Eichel?

I assume when someone makes a trade offer and gets his medicals lol

 

[Tob]

When do we find out the long term fitness of Eichel?

This fall when Sabres release a statement on Eichel's LTIR status and recovery time.