Confirmed Trade: [VGK/SJS] Tomas Hertl (17.05% retained), 2025 and 2027 3rd round picks for David Edstrom, 2025 1st round pick

[6ix]

Oilers better pray kings hold on to 3rd in the pacific, but probably unlikely.

 

[CupofOil]

What's the problem? Nothing Vegas has done is outside of the rules.
The owners do not care about the cap creating parity. They only care about cost control.

For the fans that don't understand this, it's on them. No reason to get worked up about it.

Did you read where I said I'm blaming the league, not Vegas.
Vegas is definitely manipulating the rules as Tampa did with Kucherov but I fault the league for allowing this nonsense.

 

[The Merchant]

What the heck dude?

You never heard of a dunce cap before?

 

[GKJ]

thinking that mike grier ain't gonna make it

 

[BertCorbeau]

6 years of retention LOL

 

[Maraz]

All this just to miss the playoffs

 

[Icarium]

For the fans that don't understand this, it's on them. No reason to get worked up about it.

Fans should be complaining why their team doesn't do it (assuming it can afford it), not concoct some grand conspiracy where the other 30 teams allow Vegas and whoever to do it but decide not to out of the goodness of their hearts or something.

 

[zar]

I think the owners prefer the extra home playoff games in a city with 1 major sports team

Sure… but as a fan, with the current state of our team, I could care less if we get knocked out in round one, if inevitably we get knocked out in round two. It won’t give me any more “pleasure”.
Conference finals or Cup finals would be an accomplishment but 2nd round AT THIS POINT is meh.
Not sure how any team will have much of a chance against Vegas now.
Oh well, the NHL will NHL. They are focused on growing the game in the US and are doing a great job in their quest. They will soon have a couple more stars in Draisaitl and McDavid joining them south of the border and a few less fans north of the border.

 

[McJedi]

Greer is so bad at this job.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

I hope Vegas doesn't make the playoffs.

To think that MN is paying one gazillion bucks in cap penalties for obeying the rule, but not the spirit, of the salary cap rules, while this shit goes on in just absurd.

MIN is paying dividends for the signing those contracts mid CBA negotiations where they were adding the 8 years max rule. Were those signings legal at the time? Yes, but it pissed a lot of other teams off

 

[Sasha Orlov]

So has many other teams. They're DoA if they're getting the Adin Hill of late instead of the one from the playoffs last year. Not saying it's not possible, but they're still in a group of 5 or 6 teams contenders that have just as good a shot.

This is reading like cope, Vegas clearly won the deadline and are also by far the best team on paper

 

[Jared Dunn]

I'd fire Grier today. That is not good value especially with retention, I don't care if Hertl wanted out, you gotta do better than that

There's a zero percent chance this gets done without full sign off from the owner imo. I think he's just a cheap bastard that wants to tear this down to the bones while they're bad

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

3rds the other way? Jesus that makes this look way worse

 

[Peltz]

Easy fix is that player must be activated by game 82 in order to be eligible for the play offs.

How is that an easy fix? Players get injured in the reg season should be able to play if they get healthy in the playoffs.

 

[Muffin]

Logically, this is a good move for the Sharks.

Emotionally, I’m despondent. Just kill me now.

No it’s not lmao. They just traded a Hertl with 6 years retention and two 3rds for a late 1st and a guy drafted in the late first

 

[Jannik Hansen]

This obviously helps the Knights in the short term but man, is this bad in the long run. For as much praise as their management is getting for giving zero fks, this whole organization is extremely mortgaged. They are bereft of picks, prospects, and hold a lot of contracts that will age like potato salad in the sun. I’ll tip my hat for being relentless, but I’m going to be super happy to watch them languish in the basement in about four years. And itll be a looong climb out. And here’s hoping they miss the playoffs this year by one point.

The name of the game is winning the Cup. They won last year and might win again this year. Who cares about picks and prospects if you're winning?

 

[Sanderson]

Seriously. I bet if the Ducks did this there would be an emergency NHL meeting and the Ducks would be banned from the NHL.

More likely the Senators would have to forfeit another 1st round pick

 

[who_me?]

Now that Jarmo has been fired, Mike Grier is truly the worst GM in the league.

 

[Turin]

Why would retain for that long bro

 

[therocket9]

Hertl 3 knee surgeries so far in his career good luck with that.

 

[DavidpauseReinbacher]

Congrats Vegas. Let the tears of fanbases fuel you. Makes me happy.

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Seriously. I bet if the Ducks did this there would be an emergency NHL meeting and the Ducks would be banned from the NHL.

not to mention that when this eventually catches up to vegas they'll just get a couple 1OAs, which we will never get

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

So much salt. Sodium levels rising in this thread.

 

[Juxtaposer]

No it’s not lmao. They just traded a Hertl with 6 years retention and two 3rds for a late 1st and a guy drafted in the late first

And Hertl is going to be an albatross of a contract within two years. Getting out from that contract right now is great.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

6 years of retention LOL

That's the worst part of it. What the heck is San Jose thinking?