Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXVI

[Fitzy]

The difference is no one is talking about locking up Strome long term.

And the fact that Montreal gave 40 million to a third liner is their problem.

 

[NYR]

Yeah but Strome isn't a gritboi

Perimeter players aren't winning shit come playoff time.
That's the point..

 

[Machinehead]

Perimeter players aren't winning shit come playoff time.
That's the point..

Neither are guys who score 1 goal.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

At less than 1.25 I’ve take a flyer on Gauthier . Big kid , good on face offs and he and AL can reminisce about Rimouski.

Two Gauthiers on the 4th line would cause Sam's head to explode.

 

[NYR]

If Strome asks for that much you just don't sign him. Nobody is holding a gun to our heads.

Strome will end up walking away for nothing..

 

[Machinehead]

Strome will end up walking away for nothing..

That's preferable to giving him a terrible contract

 

[duhmetreE]

I dont know if this was brought up... but from Brooks' article from last night..

General manager Jeff Gorton said there’d already been discussions about moving one of the righties to the off-side, where there is a vacancy created by the trade of Marc Staal to Detroit. DeAngelo played a fair amount on the left side through his junior career

“We have talked about moving Tony and we’ve talked about our right side and who is the best person to move over there,” Gorton said. “I don’t think it’s going to be [Trouba], so we’ve talked about [Fox] and Tony in these ongoing conversations, trying to get them more ice time. We have a very talented right side that can move the puck and we do have two guys we think are very capable.
“Actually our organization thinks we have a young player in Sweden [Lundkvist] that can play on the off-side, too. We’re pretty comfortable they can do it and we’ve had a lot of conversations about that, moving forward for next year.”

 

[NYR]

Neither are guys who score 1 goal.

True.. They need someone who can put up points when Stome is gone

 

[Kovalev27]

Vince’s podcast today talked specifically about Tony moving to the left and him feeling more and more like that will be the case. I don’t think Brooks brought it up coincidentally. I think these guys have been hearing this recently.

by the way again on Fast I believe from Gorton’s message the Rangers have made an offer it’s just not a great one and it’s up to Fast what he wants to do

 

[Tob]

we could have got Ryan Murray for a 5th? Gordon where the hell were you?

$4.6M for a 3rd pairing D isn't good value on the cap even if it's only one year. Tons of cheap FA Ds that can bring similar value for a fraction of the cap.

 

[NYR]

That's preferable to giving him a terrible contract

You gotta move him for something or just keep him for another year depending on his arb award

 

[SA16]

$4.6M for a 3rd pairing D isn't good value on the cap even if it's only one year. Tons of cheap FA Ds that can bring similar value for a fraction of the cap.

He's not really a third pairing D. He's a good player. The problem is you can't rely on him he's always injured.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Vince’s podcast today talked specifically about Tony moving to the left and him feeling more and more like that will be the case. I don’t think Brooks brought it up coincidentally. I think these guys have been hearing this recently.

Brooks brought it up because Gorton mentioned it yesterday...

I said last night, Gorton is not going to publicly come out and say “we aren’t going to play DeAngelo on the left” because it takes leverage away from them in trade talks

And Vince I got nothing, he’s not plugged in at all

 

[Machinehead]

True.. They need someone who can put up points when Stome is gone

Give me a stick. I'll center Panarin.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

What’s Columbus clearing cap for?

Back to back trades today where they dump salary for nothing

 

[Kovalev27]

Brooks brought it up because Gorton mentioned it yesterday...

I said last night, Gorton is not going to publicly come out and say “we aren’t going to play DeAngelo on the left” because it takes leverage away from them in trade talks

And Vince I got nothing, he’s not plugged in at all

no brooks asked the question and Gorton answered him. Gorton didn’t bring it up randomly before that did he?

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Vince’s podcast today talked specifically about Tony moving to the left and him feeling more and more like that will be the case. I don’t think Brooks brought it up coincidentally. I think these guys have been hearing this recently.

by the way again on Fast I believe from Gorton’s message the Rangers have made an offer it’s just not a great one and it’s up to Fast what he wants to do

I'm sure it will be tried. I'm also reasonably confident this is only coming out so explicitly now because they didn't get satisfactory trade offers.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

What’s Columbus clearing cap for?

Back to back trades today where they dump salary for nothing

Think theyre gonna go in on Hall

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

What’s Columbus clearing cap for?

Back to back trades today where they dump salary for nothing

Could be they want to save real $. Saved $7.2M in payroll this year.

 

[Machinehead]

What’s Columbus clearing cap for?

Back to back trades today where they dump salary for nothing

Murray pretty decent too.

 

[duhmetreE]

Think theyre gonna go in on Hall

Its dumbfounding teams are willing to commit long term to him. He has a good and healthy year, every 4 years.

 

[bobbop]

What’s Columbus clearing cap for?

Back to back trades today where they dump salary for nothing

Taylor Hall

Dubois new contract

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Its dumbfounding teams are willing to commit long term to him. He has a good and healthy year, every 4 years.

supposedly hes willing to take a short term deal so well see

 

[Kovalev27]

Columbus makes the most sense for Hall. They can actually give him a long term contract

 

[Savant]

Koivu would be a romantic signing but the harsh reality is that he was a healthy scratch for part of the season and stuck on the fourth line of a bad hockey team. I don't think there's much left in the tank.

Borowiecki seems like a good target to me. Wallmark too.

I do get the feeling there's not going to be a huge, lucrative market for Jesper Fast and he may also find his way back to us.

Wallmark is a guy I have seen a lot of. The Hurricanes trusted him in every situation and was effective across the board. Only was moved because he was in the Trocheck deal.