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CLW said:
It's not only the neck issue, he seems to break down a lot.
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He's averaged 12 games missed per season prior to this year.

He basically listed off a thanksgiving dinner sized grocery list of all the shit he's dealing with now during his breakup day interview.

I'm staying the f*** away from that unless we can get him for real cheap.
 
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If Coleman can play RW I wouldn’t be opposed to him. Buchnevich will not be here next year so you’re looking at Kakko and Kravstov at RW.

I wouldn’t offer him more than a year or two though.
 
bleedblue94 said:
These guys are all available?? Haha
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Flames are gonna blow things up
Sharks should blow things up
Detriot has stated that larkin may or may not be part of their rebuld since they traded mantha and he is basicallty the same age.
Tampa has cap issues and who knows if they can afford his next contract
 
So

Strome does not have a clause, is going to be a pending UFA...

Buch pending last year of RFA, can not have a clause for that last RFA year...

Geo if he has trade value, if they are moving him.

Beyond them, the youth, who to keep who not to, picks too.

And keep in mind about 5M in buyouts once ADA is factored in, and somewhere about 3M in bonus cushion overage which can not be spent for next year, assuming they keep Laff, Kakko, Kravtsov, Fox, Barron, Miller.
 
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Machinehead said:
Why can't he be 30?

We have the youngest team in the league. Is the world going to stop turning if one player who is a great fit is 30?

You sign him to a reasonable deal and then Cuylle or whoever takes over.
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I couldnt agree more.

as long as we dont sign him to a 7 year contract. Anything under 4 years is fine.

preferably 2-3 years, but if they went 4 it wouldnt be the end of the world

people act like once a player hits 30 they cant play anymore.
 
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I've been see-sawing between Mika and Strome. It's a tough decision if it came down to keeping one of them.

I think I lean Mika, just because of this teams make up. We desperately need shooters/goal scorers.
 
Machinehead said:
It is arbitrary. The idea is that he's going to decline soon because he's 30.

Every player is different and every contract is different.
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There's no vacuum sure but playing the odds on it it's way more likely to happen than to not. The idea is he is going to decline because he's thrown his body around the league for years and he's outside of his prime playing days. Not rolling the dice on a multi-year contract for that, sorry.
 
Buchnevich, Kakko, Strome for Tkachuk, Lindholm, and Lucic at 50%
 
Off Sides said:
So

Strome does not have a clause, is going to be a pending UFA...

Buch pending last year of RFA, can not have a clause for that last RFA year...

Geo if he has trade value, if they are moving him.

Beyond them, the youth, who to keep who not to, picks too.

And keep in mind about 5M in buyouts once ADA is factored in, and somewhere about 3M in bonus cushion overage which can not be spent for next year, assuming they keep Laff, Kakko, Kravtsov, Fox, Barron, Miller.
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Can’t forget about Nils, and maybe Schneider if he makes the team out of camp. Glad they got Lindgren signed for 3 more yrs.
 
According to Gary Lawless (VGK broadcast tonight), these are names he's heard as filling current/potential coaching vacancies around the league:

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He said while Quinn hasn't been fired by the Rangers, the rumour mill is hot that something might happen.
 
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bleedblue94 said:
If eichel is a ufa you guys are throwing well over 10mil a year at him just as we did with panarin. He's younger and playing a premium position. Yes we will have to move assets BUT so long as it's going to exclude the obvious off limit guys (and Schneider bc his mix is incredibly unique) I have no issues taking a swing to add him. We won't have room for all the players in our system. Cash some of that stash in for an elite investment and let's try to get somewhere while panarin is an elite player.

I'm not blindly thinking eichel is a golden boy, I know there will be challenges, but this is a swing to make...
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We actually did throw a ton of money at Brad Richards who also was a center, top 10 in league scoring, had won the Conn Smyth and so forth and so forth.

When you go out and get a really big name like this, it just has to be the perfect name. And honestly, Jack Eichel isn’t even close. He is the type of gives you a few goals most other teams can’t score, but he doesn’t match up well against the perfection line, against Barzal, against Aho, and so forth.
 
I think that it’s super important that whomever is in charge of our team can keep the priorities straight.

There are a few indisputable facts in hockey right now.

(a) Nothing is more important than speed. AINEC. Even with a team like the Islanders, most of the time they have guys looking like Barzal, Eberle, Bailey, JPG, Beuvillier and the likes on the ice.

The ones that are able to provide this type of speed and quickness, are most of the time guys around 5’10–6’1. Laws of physics, these guys will be quicker.

And speed and quickness at center is what has by far the biggest impact. By far. No way around that.

(b) In hockey, a tremendously important factor will always be about winning puck battles. In front of the net. In the corners. When defending. Just after you lost the puck. People talk about face-offs, but these are face-off like situations that happens maybe like 5x as often as actual FOs.

As a derivative of this, it’s important to have the right mentality. Hockey players are experts at winning these battles. Being on your toes, being prepared, being fired up, only tells half of it. Here is an area we really have failed, period.

These indisputable pointers cannot be mixed up or lost sight of. Who helps us here, who fits this mold? That is who we should go after.
 
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Esa 10 said:
Good news. I'd rather resign Zib than trade multiple high-value assets for a potentially broken Eichel.
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Tbh, I’m not in a rush to do either right now. I don’t want to trade for jack until I know the injury hasn’t effected him and I don’t want to give Mika 10 mill a year til he’s 35 and if his game takes a nosedive we have Kreids and Zibby playing paddy cake together on the 3rd line counting their fortunes. I wait at least a half season explore any and all options and re-evaluate then...
 
Chalfdiggity3 said:
Flames are gonna blow things up
Sharks should blow things up
Detriot has stated that larkin may or may not be part of their rebuld since they traded mantha and he is basicallty the same age.
Tampa has cap issues and who knows if they can afford his next contract
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So all speculation while we do know eichel is available.
 
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