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Not worth it in our situation, especially with the expansion draft incoming.

We would but there are easier ways than trading for a better Dman to expose

I'd love Ekholm too but due to the expansion draft we'd just lose him again.

We could still expose him regardless; only the NMC must be protected. From a money point, its probably wiser to just bury Okposo for the next 3 years and just pretend Cozens is making a hair under 6mil per year. Okposo gives us 1.1mil in cap relief from being buried which is more than any ELC and a larger cap saving than the buyout. A buyout would make his cap 5mil for 1 year, 3mil for 1 year and then 1 mil for 2 additional years. So at very least I would wait until his final year as that gives us a cap hit of 3.3 mil in year 1 and 1.3mil in year 2 If McCabe is out long term I would start fielding some calls to exchange Montour for Mete + or Thompson for a Jacob Larsson type deal.

Colin Millers face was priceless on hearing that

Just the swap of Cozens for Thompson seems to make a huge difference for our team.

If they take Okposo sure. His contract is too painful to pick up but I’d trade Okposo for him straight up. Maybe not, Okposo has 1 fewer year on his contract

Hmm, Ekholm on Nashville may be available due to the expansion draft.

I don't really understand this problem's severity. This idea of there needing to be 10 goals a game is absurd; though I do agree that goalie equipment needs to be further tweaked. Sorry but this is truly the most idiotic take imaginable. 5v5 is how hockey should be played and besides specific circumstances; always played. It provides a solid balance of Forwards and Defense/Goalie. Thankfully the NHLPA would never allow it to happen.

😭 That's all I have to say.

How does our team not change no matter what they do personnel wise? How did Skinner and now Hall seemingly turn into pumpkins? Even Eichel just looks off. At least Dahlin looked pretty good and so did Borgen.

I'm a sucker for awesome logos and alternate versions of them; this was very well done. My favorite part is the swords from Ghana; you can gather quite a bit of info and interest through merely changing out the swords in the logo whether it be like lightsabers for May 4th or historically significant ones like we see here. In theory a similar idea could be used for other non-traditional markets. For instance, how we created the fictional Japanese Tokyo Katanas

Only the Sabres could have the luck that the NHL would force us to play down 4 D men including 3 of our Top 4 along with Hall, Mitts, Rieder, Cozens and Lazar. Especially after being the victim of gross negligence by the league and Devils.

Unsure to be honest but I'm honestly rather curious about that.

Hmm, can one buyout a player mid-season? Deangelo's buyout is only 1/3rd and would be a negligible caphit. I wonder if we could trade them Okposo for him then just either bury or buy him out.

With quite a playoff history; guy really shows up in the playoffs. Bennett, Rittich and Kylington for Montour(1.9mil retention), Thompson and Hutton Pretty much cap neutral, and gives multiple players a chance to get a fresh start.

I just don't understand how no matter what we do as a team we get the same results. Sign stars, draft high, etc etc yet the team never seems to change. They are still a fair-weather team that doesn't play hard every shift and would rather take a nap. We've tried structure based coaches, young inspirational coaches, and now a literal inspirational speaker and no one seems to get these players to play inspired hockey!

I wish we had Miles Wood, I just wish we had a bit more passion.

I have no clue what Mitts or Tage's value is anymore. Same goes with Montour.

It's just a roster spot, is there another cheap dman Calgary has you'd want?

It's more or less a F & a D for a F & a D and the money would be roughly even.

Trade Montour and either Mitts or Tage for Bennett and Kylington Bennett works hard, plays hard, and that is something we sorely lack. (Plus if we ever make the damn playoffs again; he's a great playoff player.)

Horrid game minus Ullmark. Got a point thanks to him. The puck seemed to be like a freaking bouncy ball throughout the game however.

Huh?

My guess would be it would be akin to Miller + our 2nd and maybe a 3rd or 4th in 2022.