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[foshizzle]

Ryan on waivers. Josh Brown to AHL

With those two moves- I think they should be out of LTIR and back to accruing space again.

 

[FlameChampion]

Rumour is Nemec and Mercer for JT Miller

I would be surprised that Quinn Hughes would give his endorsement to his brothers to pick up Miller.

I thought Hughes and Petterson were closer but who honestly knows. That dressing room is a mess:

 

[FlameChampion]

Waiving Ryan is just a sign that Bowman/Keith convinced Toews to come here.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Oil are now in full deadline test mode with the Klingberg and Philp adds and making the waiver decision on Derek Ryan. Klingberg is essentially a Dollarama Erik Karlsson type who will test a cheap, low risk option to add a high octane puck mover. They couldn't burn up all of their cap and trade assets on one player and this puck moving type is most expensive to acquire. Philp gets a decent runway to evaluate as a
4th C option though I expect they might look for veteran coverage with a hard game.

Still expect a top 4 D add which will burn the bigger trade assets. Though the player type, two-way or shutdown cycle breaker, hard ice and PKer is easier and cheaper to find than elite puck mover. So wonder more about mid-range term guys like Connor Murphy or ... even Ristlainnen and a 3/4 C option with a heavy, playoff style game. Might even be a pure shutdown guy like David Savard who has a career 60.7% defensive zone starts with deep established coaching trust with hard, goal suppression situational play

Operation Test Drive is in effect.

Post Deadline/Playoffs Game 1:
- Top 4 Dpuck mover or shutdown
- #6 D puck mover Klingberg
- 3 or 4C with hard ice, grind game
- Evander Kane

 

[McDoused]

Josh Brown was waived?

 

[foshizzle]

Josh Brown was waived?

Technically loaned to Bakersfield- although I have no idea what the difference is. Either way- he was sent down.

 

[UpHere]

Technically loaned to Bakersfield- although I have no idea what the difference is. Either way- he was sent down.

it's just contract jargon - he's sent down

 

[soothsayer]

Waiving Ryan is just a sign that Bowman/Keith convinced Toews to come here.

I've been wondering about another ex-Blackhawk: Patrick Kane.

 

[McDoused]

Technically loaned to Bakersfield- although I have no idea what the difference is. Either way- he was sent down.

Yeah I know, im just being funny (or at least thought I was lol).

 

[Zerotonine]

Lolol people still not talking about arec true need... actually fking #1 goalie.

Comical we are litterally top end of the league on defense statistically yet bottom tier on goaltending and people still insist on D being the problem

 

[McDoused]

Just playing around with the math for next year, assuming the cap does in fact go up to 97M. That would be enough money to acquire another center AND a top 4 defenceman. We would have about 7.6M to spend on those two positions, with only losing J.Skinner, Perry, Klingberg, Kapanen as UFAs.

I wonder if this impacts who they target at the deadline. We could in theory add a 6M player that is signed long term like a Pulock or even a Byram.

 

[North]

Lolol people still not talking about arec true need... actually fking #1 goalie.

Comical we are litterally top end of the league on defense statistically yet bottom tier on goaltending and people still insist on D being the problem

If you think people don’t know goaltending is a problem, you haven’t been paying attention.

 

[Cloned]

Just playing around with the math for next year, assuming the cap does in fact go up to 97M. That would be enough money to acquire another center AND a top 4 defenceman. We would have about 7.6M to spend on those two positions, with only losing J.Skinner, Perry, Klingberg, Kapanen as UFAs.

I wonder if this impacts who they target at the deadline. We could in theory add a 6M player that is signed long term like a Pulock or even a Byram.

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Bouch could be anywhere between what you guessed and much higher depending on how his playoffs go.

 

[McDNicks17]

Technically loaned to Bakersfield- although I have no idea what the difference is. Either way- he was sent down.

He's able to be sent down without waivers because he cleared waivers back at the beginning of the season.

10 games played or 30 calendar days on the roster until he needs waived again.