Lanny

I think usage is his issue, he plays the most minutes against the toughest competition with the lowest offensive zone deployment on the team.

That was their own doing, they decided not to pick up his option.

They drafted 25 guys over the 3 years GMTM was here. I don't think i'd trade O'Reilly for that entire lot

I'd like to know the extent of these "dumb offensive zone penalties." My gut tells me it's overblown. He had 38 PIMs the entire season/playoffs last year, and 12 of them were in the first 3 games.

I don't think it's that tight. With the amounts you used I've got 9 forwards, 6 D and a goalie (Ullmark) signed with around $13M of cap space left, assuming cap doesn't go up. With that they'll have to make decisions on Kane and Lehner.

2013 post season presser. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/darcy-regier-returns-buffalo-sabres-gm-rebuild-may-174038124.html

Headed to KHL

I don't think you'd be able to do that with him in the backup role. Playing more often in Rochester will be better for his development and give a better indication of his future.

Makes him the 27th highest paid Goalie in the league, by cap hit.

I think it's one of those things where the school has never had a guy until they have a guy. Michigan and Tennessee's QB history isn't all that great until they had perhaps the two greatest QBs ever.

If Moulson plays a role it's likely bottom line guy, 11 mins a night and 2nd PP - what he did the past two seasons.

Jones wasn't signed as an RFA

They have to compare using players with similar free agent status. I don't think Jones compares because he's not an RFA and wouldn't be at the end of his prior deal.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=63ApK-RKqdc Real quick shot, but at :07 mark Benning and Botterill discuss Sabres moving up, Bennjng unwilling to move down due to Rangers being in 7 spot after Stephan trade.

"Benoit Pouliot It’s important to acknowledge that Pouliot was not a good player for the Oilers in 2016-17. It’s also important to note what an aberration that was. Pouliot has long been pigeonholed as a bottom-six player, and thus limited in terms of how much he played. But on a per-minute basis, he’s always been a highly effective scorer, which can be a sign of a player who has been underappreciated. Over the seven seasons between 2009 and 2016, Pouliot scored 2.0 points/hour in 5-on-5 situations. That ranks 56th in the NHL over that span, a number a little better than Mats Zuccarello and a little bit worse than Alex Steen. It’s possible Pouliot’s scoring rate would have dipped with more ice-time, but that’s not what happened in his first two years in Edmonton, the first time in his career he got that opportunity. He scored 1.9 and 2.1 points/hour, respectively, in 2014-15 and 2015-16. He was also on-pace to easily top 20 goals both years when injury made that impossible. That’s not all. Prior to 2016-17, Pouliot’s on-ice shot metrics were superior to his team’s average for seven consecutive seasons. His on-ice goal numbers were superior to the team average in six of those seven seasons. His teams do a better job of outshooting and outscoring their opponents when he’s out there. In short, Pouliot delivers genuine offensive punch and has been part of effective two-way lines for virtually his entire NHL career. He definitely deserves a chance to show that last season was a bump in the road, and the team that bets on him could get a very good player for pennies on the dollar." http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/2017-ufa-bargain-bin-four-players-analytics-identify-value-adds/

Likely 4th line center, 11/21 in shootouts in career

Link to his write up: http://www.1500espn.com/wild-2/2017/06/instant-analysis-success-scandella-deal-depends-bounce-back-ennis/

Wasn't Ennis buddies with Spurgeon?

Per Russo: Scandella and Pominville for Ennis Foligno and draft pick My first instinct is that I hate this.

Per Russo Pominville could be in the mix

Done per Bob McKenzie

July 1

Do bonuses affect the cap this year, or the year after they are earned?

What site do these graphs come from?

I expect like $6.5M, slightly more than Yandle's deal from last year