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Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXVIII

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TheBPA said:
Ok, Mike. We can go through the entire league if you'd like. The bolded are the only possibilities:

1. Boston - Rask and Halak
2. Tampa - Vasilevsky
3. Toronto - Freddie Anderson at $5m already; no cap space
4. Florida - Bobrovsky
5. Montreal - Carey Price
6. Buffalo - Tire Fire
7. Ottawa - Tire Fire
8. Detroit - Tire Fire
9. Washington - Holtby and Samsonov
10. Philadelphia - Carter Hart
11. Pittsburgh - Murray and Jarry
12. Carolina - Mrazek and Reimer; only an option if we take a goalie back / attach an asset as their owner does not want to spend on goaltending
13. Islanders - lol no
14. Columbus - 2 young quality goalies that allowed them to let Bobrovsky walk
15. Devils - lol no
16. St. Louis - Binnington just won a cup, Allen was doing well as a backup
17. Colorado - Grubauer and Francouz; maybe an option if we retained 50%
18. Dallas - Bishop and Khudobin
19. Nashville - Rinne and Saros
20. Winnipeg - Hellybuyck
21. Minnesota - Dubnyk and Stalock; possibly could work but not a contender
22. Chicago - Crawford and Lehner and not a contender
23. Vegas - Fleury and Subban and no cap space
24. Edmonton -Mike Smyth and Koskinen, and no cap space
25. Vancouver - Markstrom and Demko
26. Calgary - Talbot and Rittich and no cap space
25. Arizona - Kuemper and Raanta
26. Anaheim - Gibson
27. LA - Tire Fire
28. San Jose - Tire Fire

So, basically Colorado or nothing. Selfish Henrik maybe possibly refused to waive his NTC for 1 potential location to a team that maybe was ok with their goaltending anyway, and unless they were willing to play goalie musical chairs themselves, would have 3 NHL goalies on their roster for this season.
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may have been easier if you listed only Carolina and the Avs from this past year. How about a year back? The whole roster didn’t turn over this year. It started turning over before the letter to the fans and the Stepan trade. Funny how we have two sides. One thinks he should have been moved, the other wants to keep him forever, now you think nobody wanted him.

So Happy the page has turned



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NYSPORTS said:
may have been easier if you listed only Carolina and the Avs from this past year. How about a year back? The whole roster didn’t turn over this year. It started turning over before the letter to the fans and the Stepan trade. Funny how we have two sides. One thinks he should have been moved, the other wants to keep him forever, now you think nobody wanted him.

So Happy the page has turned



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Fitting starting goalies under the cap is hard. That doesn't mean no one wanted him. It's not like playing forward where there are 372 spots league-wide to be filled.

It was time for him to move on so I think most are glad that "the page has turned".
 
I had a dream the Rangers traded their 1st, Kravtsov, and Miller for Eichel (maybe also Buchnevich?)
It was weird
 
TheBPA said:
Ok so you have no answer. No contenders were taking on $8.5m (or $4.25m) in cap space for another goalie, mostly because if they're a contender, they already have a goalie.
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Lets just forget about Colorado right? We don't know if Sakic would have taken Lundqvist at 50% retained but it seems pretty likely a couple of years ago they would have when they've been searching for consistent goaltending.
 
TheBPA said:
Ok, Mike. We can go through the entire league if you'd like. The bolded are the only possibilities:

1. Boston - Rask and Halak
2. Tampa - Vasilevsky
3. Toronto - Freddie Anderson at $5m already; no cap space
4. Florida - Bobrovsky
5. Montreal - Carey Price
6. Buffalo - Tire Fire
7. Ottawa - Tire Fire
8. Detroit - Tire Fire
9. Washington - Holtby and Samsonov
10. Philadelphia - Carter Hart
11. Pittsburgh - Murray and Jarry
12. Carolina - Mrazek and Reimer; only an option if we take a goalie back / attach an asset as their owner does not want to spend on goaltending
13. Islanders - lol no
14. Columbus - 2 young quality goalies that allowed them to let Bobrovsky walk
15. Devils - lol no
16. St. Louis - Binnington just won a cup, Allen was doing well as a backup
17. Colorado - Grubauer and Francouz; maybe an option if we retained 50%
18. Dallas - Bishop and Khudobin
19. Nashville - Rinne and Saros
20. Winnipeg - Hellybuyck
21. Minnesota - Dubnyk and Stalock; possibly could work but not a contender
22. Chicago - Crawford and Lehner and not a contender
23. Vegas - Fleury and Subban and no cap space
24. Edmonton -Mike Smyth and Koskinen, and no cap space
25. Vancouver - Markstrom and Demko
26. Calgary - Talbot and Rittich and no cap space
25. Arizona - Kuemper and Raanta
26. Anaheim - Gibson
27. LA - Tire Fire
28. San Jose - Tire Fire

So, basically Colorado or nothing. Selfish Henrik maybe possibly refused to waive his NTC for 1 potential location to a team that maybe was ok with their goaltending anyway, and unless they were willing to play goalie musical chairs themselves, would have 3 NHL goalies on their roster for this season.
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His whole argument is that he didn't waive when the Rangers sent "the letter" telling him they would not be contending, not that he did not waive this offseason or even last offseason.
 
I was reading the PK Subban interview on ESPN,
P.K. Subban on NHL social change, 'The Last Dance,' nearly being a Penguin and more
really interesting quote

I remember around the 40th pick, the New York Rangers' head scout came over to me and said, "We're going to take you at 46." I was pretty excited about it -- I mean, New York. But at 43rd, Montreal announced that they had drafted me.
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Dang, it was 48. And that pick was Antoine Lafleur. What a difference that would have made back then.
 
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True Blue said:
Being able to handle the NHL and earning your spot are two entirely different things. It seems to me it's pretty simply. If he can outplay Kreider by a wide margin, he gets to skate on Zbad's left. If he cannot, then he goes to the third line where he probably belongs at this point.
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I'm not sure why he needs to outplay Kreider "by a wide margin." If the kid is as good as an eight year vet right out of camp, sign me up. Put him with Mika and lets roll 3 good lines, with a vet leader on each.
 
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