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If he wants to retire maybe he’d like a player development job. We could always more savvy vet developers

Well that puts tonight in serious jeopardy and tomorrow sound like a war crime.

Colin Miller to me is a must trade if healthy for this deadline. No reason to keep him unless everyone only low balls you. Laundering MAF’s eventual trade would also be a good way to pick up an asset. Perhaps Giroux as well

2nd for Vanecek, I'm guessing Seattle had intended to send him back if they got Grubauer. He may of never been even on "the market" Vladar, I can't see Boston trading him in the division. 3rd + Bernier for Nedjelkovic is the only legitimate question mark. Perhaps it was as simple as Yzerman happened to ask and Carolina just said sure; and no actual shopping occurred. I also feel the COVID situation with Seattle's existence has further strained the goalie market. Players with spotty play history are going to want to cash in/secure their future and we have no reason to tie ourselves to mediocre goalies for multi-year contracts. To be honest I think the term was a bigger deal than the overall money.

Didn't he just play against Ottawa?

Not much to pick from in the UFA market to begin with. Husso and Kuemper are likely the only interesting candidates Campbell has had 1 good year and will be looking for a payday, Fleury is likely to retire and there isn't anyone else worth bothering with.

He had already asked to be traded prior to the injury; so how I see it is that the Pegulas didn't deem his injury treatment preference as worth the risk for a guy who wanted out regardless. Essentially in my mind, had Eichel not requested a trade the year prior; barring concerns by team doctors, the Pegulas would of gave Eichel the surgery he wanted with little trouble. In my opinion when Eichel requested out, he effectively removed himself from the "family" and thus was no longer given benefit of the doubt and/or carte blanche on his recovery. (He had given up his personhood and became merely an asset)

Just a bad game a since Skinner's no goal

Sometimes, long German words are all we have. Like Backpfeifengesicht or Kuddelmuddel .

I’ll be honest, I think the Oilers have it worse than us. We have little expectations and feel generally disappointed most seasons with lingering hope for the future. Oilers fans are convinced they are Cup contenders every year only to end up being inept and scrambling. I guess it more of a continuous gut punch in the dark versus Buffalo’s staring down of the punch.

We know you lurk here John Wawrow, could you please tell the team on behalf of the fans to redo their medical/training staff. Use the Bills medical staff overhaul as an example and figure out how to help lessen this incredibly injury prone team. Please

Plus refs will always give vets more leeway on plays.

Worst part is not only did we have a lead blown twice but the refs seemed keen on calling anything close against us but nothing for us. Prior to the winner PP attempt, a Star slew foot Dell in the crease. Thompson got tripped with 1:45 left and Skinner was hooked to hell and back at least 3 times. Yet none of those were worthy of calls. I call BS

Vinnie out 3 weeks Miller had surgery and is out 6 weeks Subban had surgery and is out for the year Okposo is out with a non-concussion related injury

MILKY WHITE

The whole reason Klingberg is leaving is due to him wanting a huge contract. He's just too old for the term he'd want. Don't mind the Braun idea. In my mind you either need to get a younger core piece or pay 8 to 9 mil for 2 years to a high end vet. 2 years because that's effectively when most of our bridges/ELCs end. Don't really want Scandella back, Orlov would be great depending on the price.

Supposedly it will only effect the time it take for the cap to move up more than 1mil per year. So next year the cap will go up 1mil, and barring a miracle; will go up 1mil the following year and so on until the league reaches it's intended target.

https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/free-agents/2023/points/all/defense/ufa/desc/right Here's all the UFA right-handed defensemen. Aside Letang who'd I would give 2x9mil to come here; there isn't much in terms of useful Top 4 Dmen who aren't what we already have or literally who we already have/had. https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/active/2022/points/all/defense/ufa/desc/right?limits=age-20-35 Here's all active Righty Dmen There are very few that would be useful and could potentially shake loose. For instance Barrie wouldn't be a good fit because he's a turn style defensively. Klingberg is too old to throw money at. Etc

Last I checked, teams buy rentals to go to the playoffs and sell off players when they aren't. Trading our "extra assets" to acquire quick fixes will only repeat what TM did during his tenure. I'm not trading a late 1st to get a somewhat better goalie; goalies are one of the least consistent positions in the league and you can just as easily find the next star as you can the next piece of Swiss Cheese. There isn't a team in the league that will offer us a good enough RHD to be worth the risk.

I just want to add that 102 goalies have started in the NHL this year. That means on average every team is using 3+ goalies. Most teams, due to COVID, are hording their goalies since any team can easily go down 2 goalies in a day thanks to a COVID event. So all of the teams are carrying/protecting any goalie even worth a look at this time. Just look at a few of the other teams who are looking for goaltending help. Edmonton didn't do much to address the problem aside sign their own 40 year old to a 2 year deal. Colorado traded a 1st to get Kuemper after losing Grubauer in a similar way to how we lost Ullmark. And they still are looking for more depth due to Francois’s health concerns and Johansson not being all that good either. NJ has gone through 6 goalies like us. Presently almost every playoff team is scouring to find a means to getting 3 NHL caliber goalies which means anything past there is effectively ranked 96th or lower

Houser played great. Tuch is back to being PPG Dahlin played alright

Yup, first Ottawa push on the PK he grinder the guy off the puck on the boards. Then he made a great poke check which magically returned to Batherson to which forced Dahlin to take a penalty to prevent a goal.

Moronic Whales

I'd say his peak would be akin to a more dynamic scoring-wise Mark Stone. From the Sam Reinhart comparison I would say, that's fair assessment only he'd be Reinhart with a better shot and a definite snarl to his game. One thing he certainly has far more than Reinhart is snarl and grit. Reinhart could take a lot, but rarely gave it back. Quinn seems to take a lot but be very willing to return the favor.

Literally our best hypothetical OT Center is Mitts who has been injured almost the entire season.