Eh, they are going to get him for a literal bag of pucks. I think they clearly below Boston, Carolina, Toronto, Tampa and maybe New Jersey (especially if one of the later 2 land Meier) but in this particular situation, you make it happen.
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On the Bruins website he has been the Bruins “leader” in GAA since his one and only game. It bothered me a little, so maybe they will update it.
Very small world problem solved?
For a 2nd rounder. Niederreiter is signed next year as well at $4m.
Seems like a light return for Nashville, but I guess they did just sign him as a UFA
All moot if their best goalie in the league goalie can't figure out how to play again.
Sounds like the Timo Meier sweepstakes are nearing a conclusion.
View: https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/1629857369126580226?s=61&t=v50Iw_twaq9KTOFvmt7h8g
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Have to imagine that pulls from them the Meier sweepstakes, which is too bad. I'd much rather Meier end up in VGS than NJ.
They still have the cap space to do Meier. Not sure about the picks and prospects. NJ would appear to have the upper hand there.
Zach Dean is the prospect going to STL for Barbashev. Vegas’ 1st round pick from 2021.
Vegas has now traded 5 of their 6 first round picks in their franchise history.
View: https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/1629895292341346309?s=46&t=oTnTXx34zTGSU2Vo66RbaQ
Vegas has now traded 5 of their 6 first round picks in their franchise history.
View: https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/1629895292341346309?s=46&t=oTnTXx34zTGSU2Vo66RbaQ
Don’t know if this is gonna fuck up the math for Kane, but Lindgren got hurt for NYR yesterday. That forced them to recall a defenseman today. Apparently you can’t play short handed if you have the cap space. Gallant said the Lindgren injury wasn’t serious so LTIR doesn’t appear to be an option.
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And the team I fear the most - Canes - have yet to spend that LTIR money….surprising
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Looks like it'll be as a costly rental.
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That sucks. Hopefully Meier and Pastrnak aren’t tight.
edit: for some reason I thought Meier was Czech.
He’s technically not a rental as an RFA but has a $10 million qualifying offer to retain his rights.
Scott Harrington going to the Devils too
View: https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1629976710711062528?s=46&t=-n8jY6lvERkUtxNDKxYCpw
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While we wait on the Meier details, the Preds are scratching Tanner Jeannot for TRR. A Hathaway type.
View: https://twitter.com/predsnhl/status/1629996597789749250?s=46&t=-n8jY6lvERkUtxNDKxYCpw
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Someone in the Meier deal is injured which is the holdup
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The trade is the Devils send 8,000 players/picks to the Sharks for 8,000 people and one of them is named Timo Meier.
View: https://twitter.com/capfriendly/status/1630032729990393856?s=46&t=-n8jY6lvERkUtxNDKxYCpw
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At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, this is one of the biggest overpays I've ever seen. The value of a near-ELC contributor (they hope?) in a cap world.
The Bolts are at least consistent. They do have a type:
2020: 1st and Nolan Foote for Blake Coleman ($1.8 million cap hit for an extra year)
2020: 1st for Barclay Goodrow and a 3rd (Goodrow signed $925,000 for an additional year)
2021: 1st, 3rd, 4th for David Savard (this one is the outlier of the group, a pending UFA)
2022: 1st, 1st, 2 players for Branden Hagel, 4th, 4th (2+ years of control at $1.5 million AAV)
2023: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Cal Foote for Tanner Jeannot ($800,000 cap hit; RFA)
4 of their 5 big deadline adds have been these bottom 6, cheap, controlled players. They pay a premium for them but hard to argue with the results.
2020: 1st and Nolan Foote for Blake Coleman ($1.8 million cap hit for an extra year)
2020: 1st for Barclay Goodrow and a 3rd (Goodrow signed $925,000 for an additional year)
2021: 1st, 3rd, 4th for David Savard (this one is the outlier of the group, a pending UFA)
2022: 1st, 1st, 2 players for Branden Hagel, 4th, 4th (2+ years of control at $1.5 million AAV)
2023: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Cal Foote for Tanner Jeannot ($800,000 cap hit; RFA)
4 of their 5 big deadline adds have been these bottom 6, cheap, controlled players. They pay a premium for them but hard to argue with the results.
The Leafs continue to load up. They acquire Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty 2024 and 2025 4th round picks from Chicago for a 2025 conditional 1st (top 10 protected), 2026 2nd, Joey Anderson and Pavel Gogolev. Chicago is retaining 50% of McCabe.
View: https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/1630273180245041152?s=20
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That graphic seems to indicate that the 1st going to Chicago isn't a conditional pick.
Maybe it isn't? I got the protected part from the "insiders"
View: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1630274729075515393?s=20
I also find it a little weird that the "CHI receives" part of the graphic is under the Tornoto player picture, and the "TOR receives" is under the Chicago player picture.
It was cute that Winnipeg picked up Nino and Vegas grabbed Barbashev, but mother of god, the East arms race is unreal. Feel like we haven't seen anything like this before:
Boston: Orlov, Hathaway
Tornto, Ryan O'Reilly, Noel Acciari, Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty
Tampa Bay: Tanner Jeannot
Carolina: LOL
New Jersey: Timo Meier, Scott Harrington
New York Rangers: Vlad Tarasenko, Tyler Motte, and in all liklihood Patrick Kane
New York Islanders: Bo Horvat
And there's still like 5 days left!
Boston: Orlov, Hathaway
Tornto, Ryan O'Reilly, Noel Acciari, Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty
Tampa Bay: Tanner Jeannot
Carolina: LOL
New Jersey: Timo Meier, Scott Harrington
New York Rangers: Vlad Tarasenko, Tyler Motte, and in all liklihood Patrick Kane
New York Islanders: Bo Horvat
And there's still like 5 days left!
Definitely. Right now the B's road to the SCF would be Penguins, Tampa or Toronto, and then one of Carolina/NJ/NYR. It's a gauntlet.
Just for comparison's sake, here's the point values of the 8 East playoff teams vs. the 8 West playoff teams. The top team in the West would be fighting for a wild card spot in the East.
East
95, 86, 83, 82, 78, 77, 69, 67
West
76, 74, 74, 72, 72, 71, 71, 70
Yep. Beefed up the bottom 6, which was their biggest weakness, and added what amounts to a Muzzin replacement on defense to bump everyone down a notch. They are formidible.
They are also over the cap unless Matt Murray is going to be out for the rest of the regular season.
Dubas is throwing all his chips in the pot. Makes sense. Either it works in which case he's the hero or it fails and he's sent packing in which case his successor (and not him) will be left with no draft capital.
Erik Karlsson isn't too enthused about San Jose's futue. There have been rumblings about the Sharks trying to move him but it seems like that won't happen ($11.5 million AAV for 4 more years being the main problem).
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That’s an off-season trade if they move him. Too much left on the deal to be done without the 10% off-season cap overage.
This is getting ridiculous. You can make a good argument that the top 6 teams in the league are in the East, and with the trade deadline raiding of the west done by all of the top eastern teams it is entirely likely that whoever emerges into the East finals will be so worn down from the first two rounds that they have nothing left. I know these things are cyclical, but still... Note that, as a somewhat casual Leafs fan (I'm a baseball guy mostly), I stlll think the Bruins probably made the best move and look the most juggernaut-y. One hell of a team. I can't help but cheer for them, always have (Bobby Orr played juniors in my hometown and I grew up with a Cheevers "stitches" mask hanging on my bedroom wall...)