Confirmed with Link: VAN/COL Poolman (20% retained) + 2025 4th for Erik Brannstrom(Waived)

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

And he’s on waivers -

Stop using VCR Friedman.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Team needs more puck movers on the defence, a smart trade to get one before the wavier wire while getting rid of their LTIR problem.

Brannstrom sucks. I don’t expect him to be anything meaningful.

 

[wonton15]

so essentially podkolzin for Brannstrom and $2MM in cap space. that's not a bad swap IMO.

Yep, this was one of two widely popular predictions before the season started here. Lankinen signing for sub-$1M, and flipping that Podkolzin 4th for a Poolman dump.

Hire us cowards

 

[dez]

Hope Brannstrom doesn't take any playing time away from DPetey or Kuds.

 

[JT Milker]

I remember when Brannstrom was considered a top end prospect...

He was one of this poster’s favourite prospects back in the day:

brannstrom is just money/a contract. if he plays here the team is in trouble

getting rid of poolman is nice but a 4th is pretty steep for 2m in cap relief

 

[Bgav]

I love this front office

 

[Kryten]

What is the total net cap we end up saving from this? Net of retention and Brannstrom send down?

And what does this allow us to accrue and acquire at the deadline?

We eat 500k of Poolmans 2.5 so 2m savings. Brannstrom is 900k so 1.1 if he stayed on the roster but the full 2m with him waived. He doesnt make enough for retention to apply

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Tidy piece of business. No matter how tiny Allvin just continues to check off wins.

 

[arttk]

Brannstrom sucks. I don’t expect him to be anything meaningful.

Good AHl depth.

 

[sting101]

I feel bad for Poolman and his concussion issues. I wish him well. That being said I still can't believe Benning signed him to that contract.

Were you not around for his first 5 yrs?

 

[StickShift]

Is that officially the last Benning mistake to be cleaned up?

 

[arttk]

We eat 500k of Poolmans 2.5 so 2m savings. Brannstrom is 900k so 1.1 if he stayed on the roster but the full 2m with him waived. He doesnt make enough for retention to apply

We should be 1.5M under the cap right now. Probably 2ish if we send another guy down?

 

[Kryten]

Is that officially the last Benning mistake to be cleaned up?

No Myers is still here

 

[arttk]

Is that officially the last Benning mistake to be cleaned up?

I think so, finally.

 

[Canucker]

Shrewd move...gets some borderline NHL depth at a reasonable deal while dumping some LTIR flotsam for a 4th. Well done.

 

[VibinCanuck]

Brannstrom sucks. I don’t expect him to be anything meaningful.

He was *fine* last year on a bad Ottawa team (bad goaltending causing more goals against).

He had 20 points with no PP time which would be 4th in dman points on this team and was positive in +/- on a -26 goal differential for the Sens. It's a fine flyer to take and adds depth to an important position.

 

[Hoglander]

Is that officially the last Benning mistake to be cleaned up?

nope. Still prospects in the system that are taking up contract slots...

 

[arttk]

No Myers is still here

PA extended Myers so if Myers goes bad, that’s on PA.

He was *fine* last year on a bad Ottawa team (bad goaltending causing more goals against).

He had 20 points with no PP time which would be 4th in dman points on this team and was positive in +/- on a -26 goal differential for the Sens. It's a fine flyer to take and adds depth to an important position.

If we can get him down to the A, maybe we can fix him and use him as a call up.

 

[TruGr1t]

No Myers is still here

Not that it needs to be said, but Allvin extended Myers.

 

[krutovsdonut]

so the price to dump poolman was ultimately podkholzin but, as always with this group, they get some kind of lottery ticket back in the form of brannstrom as the stillman. i would have been pretty upset if they had done this as a trade early and in a direct swap, but i can live with it after slow immersion (and watching podz be a non-factor in the oilers preseason, although maybe figuring out how to pk is his ticket to being a regular).

hopefully brannstrom can be the baby hughes in abby, which means that both teams can play virtually the same system. he's also got some motivation to be ready as a big minute callup if hughes gets hurt.

 

[Flik]

The chef is always cookin'

Unreal how he always seems to pull moves like this off.

 

[timw33]

Is that officially the last Benning mistake to be cleaned up?

We're essentially waiting on the Klimovich contract to lapse (two more ****ing years) and then we're free and clear other than the several years of OEL penalty.

 

[krutovsdonut]

vcr is already taken as shorthand for video cassete recorder for olds like me. i prefer yvr or van.

 

[EpochLink]

I feel bad for Poolman and his concussion issues. I wish him well. That being said I still can't believe Benning signed him to that contract.

Benning is the epitome of ass water

 

[krutovsdonut]

We're essentially waiting on the Klimovich contract to lapse (two more ****ing years) and then we're free and clear other than the several years of OEL penalty.

other than that, how was the play mrs lincoln?