Roster/Rumors/Speculation/Trade Talk - 2023-24: Hotel California

[mm11]

LAK just waived two players, what is Rob Blake cooking?

Imagine Lou acquires Pierre-Loser Dubum and the Quebec Whisperer Roy turns water into wine.

funny. Hey never know! It's not my dinero.

 

[seafoam]

funny. Hey never know! It's not my dinero.

I'd much rather pay through the nose to get Buchnevich for the next two years at 50%.

 

[PK Cronin]

Johansen and Torts are going to get along great.

Is this the sequel? I feel like we've seen them before but maybe they just missed each other.

Five game winning streak, and Philly starting to sell off.

Just when I thought I was out…

That's been the rumbling about Philadelphia for a while, they don't want to this season's success to influence how they approach rebuilding that team so they were always going to sell.

 

[seafoam]

Is this the sequel? I feel like we've seen them before but maybe they just missed each other.




That's been the rumbling about Philadelphia for a while, they don't want to this season's success to influence how they approach rebuilding that team so they were always going to sell.

Not that it really affects the situation currently, but they have TONS of dead/buried cap. They are playing the long game here.

 

[Throttle]

Kinda sounds like a Dubas move to me

Looking at Guentzel, seems like there’s only LAK and VAN as the options out West, so Dubas may be trading him in the conference, which is absurd.

Rutherford is a bit of nut, why he keeps messing with a team on a hot streak, is not too bright.

I think Dubas (shockingly) is backed into a corner on getting a high return for Guentzel.

 

[The Wahligator]

To me this quote says it might be a quiet end to the week for the Isles.

 

[JJ18Sniper]

Ducks used up their retention slots for the year. Vatrano will require more cap space in any deal.

 

[Throttle]

Would be funny if the Isles stand pat, make the playoffs, play the rangers in first round, and win that series.

 

[The Wahligator]

Ducks used up their retention slots for the year. Vatrano will require more cap space in any deal.

FWIW Isles could make that move right now with no retention if Wahlstrom goes back.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

LAK just waived two players, what is Rob Blake cooking?

They're trying to line up their injured players returning with recalls for after the deadline. Waive them now rather than later.

 

[Konk]

To me this quote says it might be a quiet end to the week for the Isles.

I'm getting that as well.

 

[SI90]

Byram is overrated and one big hit away from retirement, no thanks.

I followed him since Junior I didn’t think we would get them just a guy that I really love his game and if he can stay healthy, it’s low risk high reward

Rags get Wennberg from Seattle

 

[boredmale]

To me this quote says it might be a quiet end to the week for the Isles.

I wish we had Viv Savage for GM, he has a much better philosophy

 

[BrockLobster]

Sounds like wennberg to the rags

 

[PK Cronin]

Seeler is actually staying put (maybe).

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Can't believe there hasn't been a 404 Error yet

 

[PJGooch]

That's been the rumbling about Philadelphia for a while, they don't want to this season's success to influence how they approach rebuilding that team so they were always going to sell.

Sounds like HF Fantasy Camp.

 

[PK Cronin]

Still waiting for that Shane Pinto deal IB mentioned.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

I'll take a depth defenseman.

 

[Zeeker]

Still waiting for that Shane Pinto deal IB mentioned.

As far as I’m aware, he never mentioned anything, just retweeted a random tweet from Pinto.

Someone else said that’s IB’s MO, but I’ve seen him in the past explicitly say that something’s cooking.

This Pinto RT seems very tenuous in comparison.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

That's been the rumbling about Philadelphia for a while, they don't want to this season's success to influence how they approach rebuilding that team so they were always going to sell.

Strange. It feels like they got Torts just as a bridge but he's somehow got them playing competitively. Won't last.

 

[SI90]

Still waiting for that Shane Pinto deal IB mentioned.

What did he say?

 

[PK Cronin]

As far as I’m aware, he never mentioned anything, just retweeted a random tweet from Pinto.

Someone else said that’s IB’s MO, but I’ve seen him in the past explicitly say that something’s cooking.

This Pinto RT seems very tenuous in comparison.

I was just joking about it because IB always does that shit and is never explicit. I'm not holding my breath about anything he says or hints at.

Strange. It feels like they got Torts just as a bridge but he's somehow got them playing competitively. Won't last.

I thought Tortorella was the wrong hire because he'd make that team too good to rebuild well. My guess is that they wanted him for the culture change aspect of things and that has probably worked out pretty well. They're a scrappy group that plays hard and that might translate well for when they're trying to actually compete.

 

[PK Cronin]

What did he say?

Apparently he just made vague references but nothing concrete. I'm not an IB fan so I didn't follow too closely but some people here were excited about whatever he was posting a few days back.

 

[The Wahligator]

What did he say?

A couple days ago IB retweeted a clip of Pinto scoring against the Isles followed by a tweet he had in like 2013 saying the Rangers suck. As others have said that’s kind of his shtick and moves he’s hinted at have come to fruition in the past, hence the speculation.