darksabre

Raw stats without context ain't ***** Yes he is.

No it's not. Vesey, based on the info we have, is significantly worse as an all around hockey player. Some have noted that his linemates may factor into it, but I don't think that is the *only* reason he's so bad defensively.

I was actually just giving this some thought. Here's where I'm at. St. Louis - They have a bunch of RFAs they need to qualify. Risto for Schenn and a pick/prospect. Schenn is about the same salary and has one year left on his deal. St. Louis gives us a pick because Risto has term whereas Schenn is basically a rental. He's a good stop-gap 2nd line center. Maybe the return is higher if we also take another cap dump. It could also be Risto for Perron depending on the NTC. Vegas - I'm not sure on this one, mostly because I think Risto is too clumsy for Vegas' style of play. I think they might honestly want someone with more "jump", but they need D and Stastny would be a good return for us. Anaheim - They need D and they have a TON of forwards. They aren't in cap trouble this year, but they will be next year, so they might want to move some money this year so they can handle their RFAs next year.

And Lazar.

Outstanding.

I can't imagine being so attached to the state of Missouri.

Uh, no.

Welcome to the party! ?

Your country didn't elect Donald Trump, so I'll forgive you for this naivete. ?

He'll be back in the NHL before the All Star Break. Pfft, a bunch of other GMs will just step up to help Toronto out.

It's not a good look either way.

It's not trolling if it's genuine.

If I was a Colorado fan I'd be furious

Good for him. I would assume he didn't want to sign with the Islanders then get exposed in the expansion draft with no control over where he ended up. Doing a one year with Chicago gives him more flexibility.

We don't know this at all. Aho has as much responsibility in this process as Carolina.

It really needs to be, right?

The player has to agree to be signed though. It's not entirely the team's fault. You essentially have a player holding an entire team hostage until a richer team can come in and blow up their spot. "playing with the big leagues" is a bit of a misrepresentation of a league with a salary cap and revenue sharing. Right. Down the road is whatever. That huge cash payment RIGHT NOW really really sucks.

I'm honestly a little taken aback that the NHL allows for this kind of man-handling of smaller market teams by large market teams. Not that I have any love for Carolina, but if they were my team, I would be furious that a team with basically unlimited money is able to take my team and bend it over by front loading contracts in a way that my team can't honestly afford to match them. That kinda sucks.

No.

Read the other thread.

You're too quick for me! I deleted because he was talking about the Sabres or Isles, not the Habs.

I'm just happy someone did it.

Of course not. This is typical "creating competition" boilerplate.

"Throughout the summer! BOOO!" -half this forum and twitter, probably.