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Bolded- I'm actually good with that too. There are a lot of veteran NHL dmen that get multi year 4-5m contracts for being just that

I think we can all agree the roster construction was poor. These moves help them move in the right direction to alleviate that. All of that said....they NEED a top 6 f or c before mid July....and a decent goalie add. I'm just going to enjoy seeing how this plays out over the next week. This is a fun time of year.

My biggest gripe with this is the average salary should have been 3.365. we always over pay our home grown talent. Smh

Candidly, I've never seen him play outside of the highlights after we drafted him. From what I'm reading regarding his scouting reports - we should all be excited to watch him develop over the next 4 years. A large RHD with two way game? Sign me up.

Lmao...awful

Velcrotonchestervilleson?

Got it...lol. I thought we were playing a game!

Nick bakay

Every year as I get older, I become more certain these kids should not get drafted under the age of 19....at least beyond the first round. They are babies.

Lol...awful

Solid silver lining there

I'm certain they don't hate it

I wouldn't want him to be any other way

Yeah...awkward is a good word for it. In theory the convo between the draft pick and gm should be cool...just feels a lil weak

Feels shallow without the team staff onsite. I don't hate the format....candidly, bettman cracks me up...but I like the prior format better.

Agreed. Although, I know why they are doing it...keeping a 50/50 split in revenue with players and agreeing the aggressively escalate the salary cap over 4 years...the owners wanted something in return to recoup some margin....two games helps with that from game revenue and additional streaming/tv revenue. Watering down an already watered down league. Modern day sports.

This post is dead on. If the forward group remains the same....those three need to do EXACTLY that. It's a tall ask...possible...but it's a bet I'm not eager to take

That actually sounds like a fun line

I would argue that this is one of the few moves KA has made that had true roster building in mind - shoring up the RHD position. That said...I struggle giving up a young 25-30 goal scorer

While not a fan of the entire return, getting a top for RHD in this league is tough. I get KA's thought process in that regard. What I don't get...is how we didn't get a lil more capital in return. A prospect or 2nd/3rd rounder would have been nice...and candidly expected. Losing a 23 yr old 25-30 goal scorer is no joke...let's hope our new RHD solidifies things.

You could argue it's 20+ too many

You're not far off. He's just so damn young still. I'll set his O/U point total at 38.5 next year. I like him....but he's still growing

If I was in Vegas, the easy bet is they make a pick at 9. Trading is hard....and apparently Adams makes it even harder

He comes off a lil unprepared for this part of the job. Some of these questions are easy to anticipate and he should have rehearsed his answers during a few minutes a free time. We do it in business all the time ...

Yeah ....he's trying to punch above his weight class. It's evident