We also do not have 14-16mil in dead cap space after this season and only have this season as our window. Crazy that people cant see this! Outside of MAF who didn't want to play for a Canadian team what goalie was an up grade over what we have? Bring in MAF and Soup out plays him and they both walk this summer. making a move to make a move isn't always the best path forward
Should have but what if they go on a run and Sterkin gets injured? Having Georgiev is probably worth more than the 2nd or 3rd rounder they would have gotten in return.
I give us a B+ simply for the fact we are now out of LTIR for the next few years, giving us lots of flexibility and cap space moving into the offseason. I would have gave us an A if stats was traded for a 2nd plus. We also got rid of boo.
Should have used a sarcastic emoji. Last year one of the players made a comment about losing a cup to a team way over the cap.
I won't speak for the Leafs, but for the Oilers, the only goalie that was traded that was an upgrade on what we have is Fleury, and rumour is that he didn't want to go to Canada. Not much point in throwing a 1st at a guy who would be our new backup.
There's no rush here. Trading cap on contracts with term isn't easy to do during the season. That said, it appears they did come close with Weber and perhaps Petry. Hughes has been rather candid in that Petry is available, but he's not giving him away. These will likely be sorted out by the draft.For the East :
Don't hesitate to give me your thoughts :
The idea is for a contender : have I improved, if so was it cost efficient ?
The idea for a rebuilder : did I manage to sell enough ?
C is average, A great, E really bad
Atlantic :
MTL : A (great start to the rebuild but failed to trade some cap out)
Poor NJD... Gone, reduce to atomsFor the East :
Don't hesitate to give me your thoughts :
The idea is for a contender : have I improved, if so was it cost efficient ?
The idea for a rebuilder : did I manage to sell enough ?
C is average, A great, E really bad
Atlantic :
FLA : A+ (they go all in but they are stacked Defensively with a good mix of PMDs an physical guys, best offensive depth in the NHL I'd say)
TBL : A+ (while your window is open, why close it ? they are stacked again with Hagel and Paul being added to their bottom 6, may be weaker w/o Palat next year but TBL always finds a way)
TOR : B (adding for a relatively low cost Giordano will make them better defensively and Blackwell is a great two way guy that should improve their PK and give them flexibility. However, they did not address the area of need : goaltending, also another scoring winger would have been nice for offensive depth)
BOS : B (great adding and signing Lindholm, however C depth still seem weaker than other contenders)
DET : C (not much to work with, got a 2nd back for Leddy, which they acquired for a 2nd, maybe they can make something out of Sundqvist and sell him at next TDL / make him part of their LT team)
BUF : D (did not manage to advertise their UFAs for mid picks)
OTT : D (puzzling moves and paying assets for Hamonic, I like Joseph though, hoped for more depth moves out)
MTL : A (great start to the rebuild but failed to trade some cap out)
Metro :
CAR : B+ (hard to see what they could improve, maybe defensive depth for the playoffs, maybe add another scoring forward or a center to put Staal on te 4th line, but adding Domi at a bargain cost was already a good cheap gamble, potential steal with KK next contract)
NYR : A- (Copp for 3C, Motte for 4th line grit, Vatrano are all great moves, I would have preferred somebody better than Braun as D reinforcements but eh their window just opened and maybe they trust Schneider enough but I am not convinced by Nemeth!)
PIT : C+ (Rakell is a nice add but this team should go all in, I would have loved a move for a scoring winger / a top 4D)
WSH : D (the trades don't make them better and they may have overpaid slightly, same as PIT I believe they should have gone all in)
CBJ : C (not much to say, maybe not much to sell in the second season of this rebuild, but disappointed by the Domi trade for CBJ)
NYI : E (no sell, despite not being able to contend and having so many middle six wingers, maybe the term prevented some moves but still...)
PHI : B+ (don't really like the Ristolainen deal, don't see where this team will go in the future but they're not contending and they managed to get a 1st for Giroux in spite of his NTC and managed to sell 2 other UFAs for picks, surprised Jones /yandle found no sellers)
Jeff Gorton really knows what he's doing too. Put together half the Bruins core in less than 1 season and set the Rangers up with a nice, relatively short rebuild. Habs will be a good team in a few years.
I’d argue patience is possibly the correct move here. Especially if this rib injury has been bothering him for an extended period of time. He’s never had a stretch like this in his career. I’d put more importance into the first 100 games of his career vs the last 20. I think he’s better than how he has been the last 20 games, but not as good as the first 2 months of this year. And the leafs only need league average goaltending to win. They’ve gone 19-10-3 since Jan 1 with the worst goaltending in the league since that point
Thats right for the regular season, not for the playoffs. You rarely see teams succeed in playoffs with average goaltending.
