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This guy is defense, he takes the title of Defenseman to the orthodox extreme.

I think we have a slightly higher chance of actually doing ok in net. Not world beating but at very least not an Achilles heel with a giant sign pointing to it.

Woot woot

Well things are certainly going weird with contracts already. Nick Leddy for 4 years Trocheck for 7 years

Since I wasn’t high on his play; I’m not angry

Buffalo arguably did the best

I’m starting to feel doomed… and Adams can’t really do anything about it. 1. Multiple Western Conference big name players are coming east. 2. Our peers in Detroit, Ottawa, and NJD are improving drastically. 3. Our division is a death trap If Copp ends up in Detroit, Gaudreau in NJ and Giroux ends up in Ottawa we are in more trouble. Not to mention even when our GM makes good trade proposals; the deal is blown up by a player or circumstance. Even if Adams were to be aggressive, I’m pessimistic it would make any difference. Our only option may end up being hoping the vibes and brotherhood of our inferior roster to drive it well above their pay grade.

Malkin re signs with Pittsburgh, 4x6.1

Well Friedman said Buffalo is definitely a leading candidate

Well if he does we may get one hell of deal in eating JVR

While we didn’t improve, we certainly kept even overall. Plus he’s a handy extra forward at minimum

Any interest in Weegar?

5x6.25mil 31 years of age coming off a pelvis injury

C+ The 1st rounder is like an anchor B+ Technically "hitting" on 50% of the picks is rather impressive A- Top D pairing, nothing else though

To be honest the main reason the 3v3 Tourney isn't free is due to its popularity. (Obviously the money doesn't hurt) I remember the year it was free and how utterly chaotic it was inside the building. But the bigger issue was the elevator was a nightmare for anyone who legitimately needed it.

Adams will probably be at the Development Camp, but not in a seat. He'll likely be in the upper part of the box with the built in table with his phone and laptop for the duration of the on ice part of the camp tomorrow. Or in theory, he could have one of the scouts set up a livestream for him so he can watch from his office.

Why? He's coming off a major injury, older and has a terrible contract

Isn’t Jack Lafontaine a good young goalie? Nevermind he gave up 7 goals to NJ

It’s truly interesting seeing as Gibson’s idol was Miller and he would of watched him play for Buffalo. I’d guess it’s more of a lifestyle thing than anything else

Well my question is rather the supposed sources still work for the team or were let go during the whole purge in 2019.

I’d say 30/60pts He’s a Panarin-lite who likewise blew up next to Kane. Ottawa also lacks centers besides Stuzle

Zero interest in Jones, he’s a literal sieve in net. Ullmark’s issue was availability versus on ice play. You can’t throw money at a “starter” who averages 30 games a year. Trading a 1st is out of the question. I’d offer VGK’s 2nd for Talbot and a 4th then extend him 1 more year at 5 mil. I’d make the same offer for Reimer The issue with trading for UFA rights is if they don’t sign then you waste an asset. Plus you are effectively at a disadvantage in negotiations due to that hanging over your head. VGK’s 2nd straight up, then pray Petry bounces into his old form

I guess Contempt is to KA what PA is to the Pegulas

I doubt we even bother with Copp based on his ask of 5/6 years 5.5+mil (plus he likely wants to go to a contender) Philly would need to give us their 1st next year to get us to take Ellis's contract. As for goalie; I think the league as a whole is in a bind right now with a lack of quality goalies (or perhaps skill has grown so much it has eclipsed most average goalies) We need a goalie but the supply isn't exactly great. Our best, and most likely, targets would be Comrie and Adin Hill. I'd rather have Reimer but I can't see SJS offering him. Talbot and Allen's availability are a question marks. To be honest, I'm starting to think Adams isn't going cheap as much as doing the best he can without making a trade out of desperation. (Colorado traded a 1st to get Kuemper; if they hadn't won the Cup it would of been a complete waste) KA may honestly want Campbell, Husso, Kuemper, etc but even at 2x7mil they may just want contenders or contract lengths in the 4+ range which isn't worth it. Goalies are such a difficult player type to get a semblance of consistency from. A 1x1.5mil goalie is just as likely to outperform a 6x6mil goalie. The consistent goalies are so rare that only Vasy in TB can be relied on to be good next year. (All the youngsters like Shesterkin and Sorokin have 1 great year and are going into Year 2, Price is broken, Bob is a wildly swinging pendulum, etc) The league seems to lack many "Anderson" types (when he was younger) which are rarely Vezina worthy level goalies but are incredibly consistent at an above average level. The vast number of starting goalies in the league now only play 40 to 50 games, and are consistently inconsistent. For instance Markstrom was great; unless he was playing Edmonton in which he turned into Dell. Hell, just 3 or 4 years ago Dell was a solid goalie who actually helped make Jones get bought out by SJS.

Any interest in Ivan Provorov to be our bottom LHD? Might end up cheap due to his cap being high; theoretically we could also choose to flip him to LAK for Roy and Iaffalo