July 2018 NHL News

Murby

New Member
Mar 16, 2006
1,790
Boston Metro

Chris Stevenson of the Athletic for Ottawa tweeted a few minutes ago: "Dallas, Tampa and Vegas are the teams to watch in Karlsson pursuit. Tampa pushing after losing out on Tavares."
 

Salem's Lot

Andy Moog! Andy God Damn Moog!
SoSH Member
Jul 15, 2005
14,464
Gallows Hill
So the GM wasn’t allowed to trade Hoffman in the division, but Karlsson to Tampa is cool? I don’t buy it.
 

cshea

Member
SoSH Member
Nov 15, 2006
36,047
306, row 14
That report was always a load of shit. They were negotiating with Florida before trading him to San Jose. That trade was all about getting a $4 milllion cap hit back and only paying out $3 million in actual cash. They chose to take that contract to get them to the cap floor instead of draft picks. Florida doesn’t have a Boedker type contract on their books. They used the “no trades in the division” to deflect from the money component.

As for Karlsson to TB, has to be JT Miller to Ottawa plus futures/ELC guys. I’ll guess Miller, Koekkoek, Cal Foote and draft picks. The TB 1st is tied up in 2019 based on the McDonagh trade, but they’ll figure something out. It’ll be an underwhelming return.
 

cshea

Member
SoSH Member
Nov 15, 2006
36,047
306, row 14
Meanwhile, the Habs just announce Shea Weber had knee surgery and is expected to be out 5-6 months. That puts him back around New Year’s it things go well. He missed 56 games last year with a foot injury, now this.

8 years, $7.8 AAV left on that puppy. He’s 32, coming off both foot and knee surgeries. Good luck with that!
 

Murby

New Member
Mar 16, 2006
1,790
Boston Metro
Meanwhile, the Habs just announce Shea Weber had knee surgery and is expected to be out 5-6 months. That puts him back around New Year’s it things go well. He missed 56 games last year with a foot injury, now this.

8 years, $7.8 AAV left on that puppy. He’s 32, coming off both foot and knee surgeries. Good luck with that!
OMG. Not good for him, but that made me laugh. That trade keeps getting better.
 

RedOctober3829

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 19, 2005
55,298
deep inside Guido territory
Meanwhile, the Habs just announce Shea Weber had knee surgery and is expected to be out 5-6 months. That puts him back around New Year’s it things go well. He missed 56 games last year with a foot injury, now this.

8 years, $7.8 AAV left on that puppy. He’s 32, coming off both foot and knee surgeries. Good luck with that!
Outstanding trade by Bergevin.
 

cshea

Member
SoSH Member
Nov 15, 2006
36,047
306, row 14
Guessing the main problem is the players TB would like and need to move for salary purposes have NMC/NTC’s and won’t waive for Ottawa. Callahan, Palat, Johnson, Killorn, Stralman, Colburn, Girardi all have some kind of no trade protection. JT Miller is really the only realistic trade option without an NMC.
 

BoSoxFink

Stripes
SoSH Member
Jul 31, 2006
7,646
South Park
Tampa is going to be fucking stacked. Especially on the blue line. Hedman, Karlsson, McDonagh and Sergachev is a ridiculis top 4 and they still have Girardi and Coburn as their 3rd pair. It’s nuts
 

Salem's Lot

Andy Moog! Andy God Damn Moog!
SoSH Member
Jul 15, 2005
14,464
Gallows Hill
Tampa is going to be fucking stacked. Especially on the blue line. Hedman, Karlsson, McDonagh and Sergachev is a ridiculis top 4 and they still have Girardi and Coburn as their 3rd pair. It’s nuts
Sergachev would have to be going the other way in that deal I would assume. If not than it wouldn’t cost the Bruins McAvoy so why aren’t they involved?
 

Salem's Lot

Andy Moog! Andy God Damn Moog!
SoSH Member
Jul 15, 2005
14,464
Gallows Hill
If this goes through, the Bruins will be buried in their own division by TB and Toronto with no major moves on the horizon from Sweeney.
If they stick with the draft and development strategy that has been working for them they should remain competitive. The young players will get better. The last thing that they need to do is force a move to keep up with the Jones’s.
 

RedOctober3829

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 19, 2005
55,298
deep inside Guido territory
If they stick with the draft and development strategy that has been working for them they should remain competitive. The young players will get better. The last thing that they need to do is force a move to keep up with the Jones’s.
They can and should be competitive, but they'll clearly be the 3rd best team in their own division which means they'll have a very, very tough road in the playoffs with the strong possibility of no home-ice. Tough place to be in.
 

MuzzyField

Well-Known Member
Gold Supporter
SoSH Member
They can and should be competitive, but they'll clearly be the 3rd best team in their own division which means they'll have a very, very tough road in the playoffs with the strong possibility of no home-ice. Tough place to be in.
Tough place for the B's to be in if the Bolts get him, but the Bruins drove this car, post Peter, and looked to be enjoying the ride.

Is this a situation where the calculus is changing and Cam and company are now behind? Is the current plan one to keep following?

In my view Sweeney is a pawn not a player. He's just a guy.

Third in the division equates to what position in the conference?

The prospects upside needs to exceed upside. Is this the plan?
 

veritas

Member
SoSH Member
Jan 13, 2009
3,151
Somerville, MA
I'd like to see the Bruins not overreact here. It sucks but they're still a top 6-7 team in the league. Don't sign Pat Maroon or trade for Simmonds.

We saw this year with Vegas and Washington that you don't have to be one of the best teams to make it to the cup. Focus on the long term and build a team that will be in the playoffs with a decent chance every year for the next 10 years.

Tavares and Karlsson are great players who make Toronto and Tampa much better in the short term. But both teams are going to have a lot of difficulty extending some of their young players next year, and I think both of these contracts are not going to look great in 4 years
 

FL4WL3SS

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 31, 2006
14,913
Andy Brickley's potty mouth
I don't understand the question.

Sure Toronto added Tavares, but they haven't done much else. They lost JVR. They lost Bozak. Their defense still sucks.

They're basically the same team the Bruins took care of just a few months ago. I'm not convinced they really got that much better.
 

cshea

Member
SoSH Member
Nov 15, 2006
36,047
306, row 14
Tampa becomes the closest thing to a super team in the NHL if the Karlsson thing goes through. Toronto is not there yet, I’d say they are about even with the Bruins now. They still have Rob Hainsey playing a top 4 role.

veritas has it right. Don’t over react, stick to the plan. The Bruins are still a top 5 team in the league. You just need a ticket to the dance, a lot can happen in a 7 game series.
 

Haunted

The Man in the Box
SoSH Member
Aug 23, 2006
6,196
I don't understand the question.

Sure Toronto added Tavares, but they haven't done much else. They lost JVR. They lost Bozak. Their defense still sucks.

They're basically the same team the Bruins took care of just a few months ago. I'm not convinced they really got that much better.
I agree with this. Toronto’s Achilles heel was defense primarily and goaltending secondarily. They’ve done nothing to improve that.

I do think they’re better now (I’ve always been super high on Tavares) but a fatal flaw is still a fatal flaw.
 

OrrWeCan

New Member
Jun 20, 2018
16
Looks like the Karlsson to Tampa trade hit a major detour, so let’s not go giving up the division just yet. Dallas seems to be alive, and Shawn Simpson of TSN has issued an apology for yesterday’s tweet.

I agree with the Fl4w, let’s not go giving up the division just yet. The Bruins are still one of the better teams in hockey and have elite young talent competing for their open slots. They should be a playoff team barring injuries, and should compete overall for a cup. It’s important to remember where things were at last year. Washington was going into a quasi rebuilding year and won it all, and they beat an expansion team expected to miss the playoffs to do it.

I’m fine with where they are at, and don’t think they need to force anything to react to Tavares.
 

veritas

Member
SoSH Member
Jan 13, 2009
3,151
Somerville, MA
I've always been a Colin Miller stan, but what the hell is everyone talking about here? If this is a great value deal, then letting him go in the expansion draft is a worse decision than the Rinaldo trade. Because he was the same player last year that he was in 2016-17
 

burstnbloom

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 12, 2005
2,761
They just got a 25 year old, 40 pt possession dominant until he's 30 for less than $4 mil per. How is that not a great deal?
 

veritas

Member
SoSH Member
Jan 13, 2009
3,151
Somerville, MA
They just got a 25 year old, 40 pt possession dominant until he's 30 for less than $4 mil per. How is that not a great deal?
It’s definitly not a bad deal. He was an RFA though, so it’s kinda market value for that situation. I agree he is a very good hockey player. I guess my point was more, the Bruins really fucked up here. They let him go for free while he clearly had a ton of value.
 

burstnbloom

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 12, 2005
2,761
It’s definitly not a bad deal. He was an RFA though, so it’s kinda market value for that situation. I agree he is a very good hockey player. I guess my point was more, the Bruins really fucked up here. They let him go for free while he clearly had a ton of value.
Ok, sorry misunderstood your point. Yes, they definitely fucked that call up.
 

cshea

Member
SoSH Member
Nov 15, 2006
36,047
306, row 14
I would’ve protected Colin over Kevan, but ultimately I think the problem was that an acquiring team for Colin would’ve needed a protection spot open for him. He’s a fringe 3-4 in my opinion, I don’t know how many teams had spots open to trade for him and also be able to protect him.
 

burstnbloom

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 12, 2005
2,761
I would’ve protected Colin over Kevan, but ultimately I think the problem was that an acquiring team for Colin would’ve needed a protection spot open for him. He’s a fringe 3-4 in my opinion, I don’t know how many teams had spots open to trade for him and also be able to protect him.
I agree. That was the conundrum. They weren't going to be able to trade him. They chose Kevan and I get why, i just thought it was the wrong call then and now.
 

veritas

Member
SoSH Member
Jan 13, 2009
3,151
Somerville, MA
Ok, sorry misunderstood your point. Yes, they definitely fucked that call up.
That's because my post sucked, not your fault. I think at the end of the day, based on letting him go, and the guys they constantly played over him, they just drastically underrated his game
 

PedroSpecialK

Comes at you like a tornado of hair and the NHL sa
SoSH Member
Dec 12, 2004
27,164
Cambridge, MA
Assuming the Lightning get Karlsson in on a $12m AAV extension, with Miller and Foote / picks heading out to OTT and Callahan to NYR respectively (among I'm sure a bunch of other pieces), they are absolutely stacked up.

RFA salary assumptions:
Brayden Point: $5.3m AAV, 4 years
Cédric Paquette: $1.75m AAV, 2 years
Slater Koekkoek: $1.4m AAV, 2 years
Jake Dotchin: $1m AAV, 2 years
Adam Erne: $800k AAV, 2 years

$1.83m for the Matt Carle buyout

Palat - Johnson - Kucherov
Killorn - Stamkos - Point
Paquette - Cirelli - Stephens
XX - Erne - XX

Hedman - Karlsson
Sergachev - McDonagh
Koekkoek - Dotchin

Vasilevsky
Domingue

That puts them at $78.55m with enough room to add 2 fourth-line JAGs, a 13th forward, and a 7th defenseman, assuming the cap goes up $1-2m again. The silver lining is Sergachev is up after next year but they'll likely just move Killorn to fit him. Fuck.
 
Last edited:

jk333

Member
SoSH Member
Feb 26, 2009
4,323
Boston
That has to be the best top 4D since Neidemeyer and Pronger were both on Anaheim. It could be one of the best defenses ever, depending on how well Karlsson meshes with Hedman. In an ideal world, he’d play with McDonagh.
 

PedroSpecialK

Comes at you like a tornado of hair and the NHL sa
SoSH Member
Dec 12, 2004
27,164
Cambridge, MA
I bet they get Karlsson for less than $12mm.
With no state income tax you're probably right.

Radical salary cap idea that would never happen: normalize the salary cap per team by combined the state / provincial income taxes for the median NHL salary per year.

I.e. if Florida is 15% below the mean for total income taxes, multiply the lower and upper cap limits for the Lightning & Panthers by 0.85. Conversely, for a team like Toronto / NYR - on second thought...
 

Haunted

The Man in the Box
SoSH Member
Aug 23, 2006
6,196
With no state income tax you're probably right.

Radical salary cap idea that would never happen: normalize the salary cap per team by combined the state / provincial income taxes for the median NHL salary per year.

I.e. if Florida is 15% below the mean for total income taxes, multiply the lower and upper cap limits for the Lightning & Panthers by 0.85. Conversely, for a team like Toronto / NYR - on second thought...
It's a non-zero amount, but aren't they taxed at the rate in which they play the game? So they'd only play half their games at home, and are taxed at whatever rate the state/province where the other 41 games are played?
 

Auger34

used to be tbb
SoSH Member
Apr 23, 2010
9,275
FWIW, I live in Tampa and most people down heee think Sergachev is gone in any potential karlsson deal