Speculation: Roster/Trade Discussion Thread: Draft and FA addition

[ThePeoplesPeople]

Anyyyyyyy minute

 

[GoAwayRempe]

I think McTavish explodes post trade.

I have nothing to base this on other than a gut feeling. He's been way worse as a pro than I was expecting to this point because he was awesome as an amateur.

 

[ThePeoplesPeople]

@ThePeoplesPeople Give me something.

 

[GoAwayRempe]

Anyyyyyyy minute

Bruh

 

[bernmeister]

I'd gamble on McTavish for 26 and Berard, but I may be in the minority.

ducks get more and Berard has no value
maybe a 4th + Berard for a chicago 3rd b'c Bedard wants help + both have speed -- but obv not equal talent

 

[McRanger92]

Anyyyyyyy minute

Edging

 

[GoAwayRempe]

WHERE ARE WE PARTYING?!?

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

If this is a dumb Brett berard trade for a 6th round pick. Nobody is going to care lol.

 

[Sam Rosen]

Edging

I was about to say - it's time for my yearly bat signal to @Edge!

 

[GoAwayRempe]

If this is a dumb Brett berard trade for a 6th round pick. Nobody is going to care lol.

Would be a hilarious troll job while still keeping the undefeated streak in tact.

I support it.

 

[duhmetreE]

Anyyyyyyy minute

Is it Columbus?

 

[ThePeoplesPeople]

Pre-season schedule is here!!

 

[McRanger92]

I was about to say - it's time for my yearly bat signal to @Edge!

One of @Edge 's last posts was a reply to me. Message board equivalent of never washing that hand again.

 

[Guyute]

Pre-season schedule is here!!

Boo this man

 

[ThePeoplesPeople]

Would be a hilarious troll job while still keeping the undefeated streak in tact.

I support it.

I vow to not do this again. The people needed to feel something.

But I actually feel bad now.

 

[bernmeister]

replying to post in earlier thread now closed...


EB, you have long been a friend to us all, and a contributor of many wonderful posts. That is why it pains me to have to respond so to the one above, which suggests you have gone to the dark side.

I expect threats from others, not from you.
And bern submits only to the Lord God, whether that is here on hfb or elsewhere. I may punt if circumstances suggest in a vacuum for the moment that is the greater good/lesser evil, but I never surrender. Never.

Your ultimatum that I change my conduct/position or risk you blocking me cannot go unchalleged. Do what you must. But I do ask you to CAREFULLY REFLECT on the within first.

You complain that I disregard that there is a cap floor, and that is the vehicle that undoes my design. Respectfully, again, as I have said, but you have ignored and are wrong on the merits.

Is there a cap floor every club has to meet? Yes.
If Rs do not take additional measures, going on trade alone and no follow up, could Rs be in ballpark of $36m UNDER? Yes.
But the reason I am correct here and you are not IS BECAUSE THERE ARE additional measures post trades! These include:
• signing unsigned players
• extending existing players with bridges, etc.
• weaponizing cap by taking on dumps for assets (futures)
• weaponizing cap by serving as 3rd party to facilitate trades

All of these can fully make up even an ample 36-ish m gap this season, which can be reworked and phased out over a couple of seasons while we add our own legit young stars – which we must first acquire doing as I said, dealing vets for youth now.

Shedding cap is difficult and can cost.
Adding cap is easier and usually doable and can be manipulated to be short term.

Have an open mind.


I look forward to future shares with you
peace out
bern

 

[Filip Chytil]

For one, we don’t know what Werenski and agent Judd Moldaver are going to say to Waddell when they meet. He has a full no-move clause, and he and his wife just had a baby, the couple’s first. Maybe now isn’t the time to move.

And, even if Werenski does say he won’t extend, there’s a chance Waddell could punt such a difficult trade to next summer, or perhaps next season’s trade deadline, if the Blue Jackets aren’t in the mix.

On Kirill Marchenko…
Marchenko, who has led the Blue Jackets in scoring for three straight seasons, has one of the most lethal shots in the NHL. Most scouts think he has 40-goal potential with the right linemates.

Of course the 25-year-old right winger is a name that comes up in trade talks when other GMs call.

The Blue Jackets are listening to a wide array of offers, both big and small, all across their roster. If the deal is big enough, the Blue Jackets would have to part with something significant, right?

It only makes sense that Marchenko’s name would be part of the “ask” in a substantial deal that has a forward heading to Columbus. But I’ve been assured that the Blue Jackets aren’t calling around, trying to trade Marchenko.

They don’t want to trade Marchenko. The fact that he’s being mentioned should give you an idea of the scale and magnitude of some of the trades that have been discussed by Waddell and his counterparts across the league.

Seems like their 1st is available:

On the No. 14 draft pick…
The Blue Jackets are so motivated to add a significant roster piece that this first-round pick seems like it’s in the crosshairs. But at that point in this draft — unless the right player drops — it would likely need to be a sweetener, not the focal point, in a big trade.

If you recall, the Blue Jackets owned the No. 14 pick last season, too. The Blue Jackets were enamored with defenseman Jackson Smith, who they had much higher on their boards, and they didn’t get any offers that even made Waddell consider a trade. Thus, they kept the pick.

It feels like the NHL is a different landscape just one year later, like a once-inactive volcano that’s just starting to smoke. Let’s see what Friday brings.

Kent Johnson is not available:

You can’t blame rival GMs for trying to snap up Johnson after a down season, but the Blue Jackets have no interest in trading him. Waddell has seen what he can do — not just his own offensive production, but the life his playmaking skills can breathe into a line.

 

[nyrage]

I’m not downplaying the Knicks performance.
I’m downplaying that Dolan had absolutely anything to do with it.
Very different thing.
Dolan signs the checks for the Knicks.
Dolan signs the checks for the rangers.

Everything else is not Dolan.

Not to mention that it only took 27 years and multiple bad GMs. While I'm happy that the Knicks finally won, I think their record is like almost 250 wins below .500 since Dolan took over. It's hard to credit that hump with anything.

 

[GoAwayRempe]

I vow to not do this again. The people needed to feel something.

But I actually feel bad now.

Should have cashed this chip on Brett Berard haha

 

[ThePeoplesPeople]

One of @Edge 's last posts was a reply to me. Message board equivalent of never washing that hand again.

I haven't been on here as much lately. He's gone?? What happened?

 

[McRanger92]

I haven't been on here as much lately. He's gone?? What happened?

Ran off the board by whippersnappers who doubted his credentials. A cautionary tale maybe. Thats at least the speculation. Hopefully it wasnt any kind of healthy problem. He was more knowledgeable than any of our beat writers.

 

[duhmetreE]

I haven't been on here as much lately. He's gone?? What happened?

Haven't seen you or @Edge in the same place at the same time.... interesting

 

[Levitate]

I think McTavish explodes post trade.

I have nothing to base this on other than a gut feeling. He's been way worse as a pro than I was expecting to this point because he was awesome as an amateur.

I feel like a couple of years ago he was looked at as a skilled young player on a good young team

then he's kinda been overtaken by guys who are more skilled and getting pushed down the depth chart some and his game is lagging a bit so he's being called garbage

at 23 and a decent producer for his icetime (albiet with power play time) it's possible he has some room to grow and improve

everyone thought zegras was trash and then he had a pretty decent bounceback season after being traded and it's not like he went to a powerhouse team he could hide behind

 

[duhmetreE]

I think McTavish explodes post trade.

I have nothing to base this on other than a gut feeling. He's been way worse as a pro than I was expecting to this point because he was awesome as an amateur.

I do not think he's a fit for Quennville.

but I have a similar feeling

 

[IDvsEGO]

Nets fan eh?

Nope. Knicks fan. Just a realist.