thewookie1
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You could be right. My belief is based on:
1.) Botts calling Risto "just a top 4D" instead of a top-pairing D BEFORE it was cool, last offseason (He's likely a 2-3, so that makes sense)
2.) Botts not mentioning him in a recent interview when talking about his core (GMs rarely mention every player, remember the time before that he mentioned Risto and forgot ROR which had people up in arms)
3.) Botts' general need to shake up the core and acknowledgement that he needs to do so, coupled with reaffirming his desire to keep ROR and mentioning Reinhart in his core. (I actually doubt he does with the Dahlin pick, before he was likely prepping us for trading ROR/Reinhart to get another Dman)
4.) Rumors that Risto is a locker room/coaching problem (Aside from Paul Hamilton, has anyone else actually said meep about this?)
And again, if he trades Risto; Botterill better get a king's ransom and then some. Not prospects or picks but Taylor Hall-esc, so not RNH.
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Oh, I'm separating my view of Risto from Botterill's there. I think that HE wants to trade Risto, and I think Edmonton wants to trade for Risto.
I don't see that, he'd be rather dumb to do so and I just don't see Botts being that stupid barring Chia handing over the equivalent of his 1st born
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I'm not trading any of our core unless the trade makes us blatantly better.
I'm not trading Risto for anything short of Draisital on EDM. I'm not taking pieces or cap dumps or picks, they either give us a player of similar importance or I'm keeping our young defenseman.
So I think Risto is going to be the guy. And I think Edmonton might be a target.
I know you dislike Risto, but that doesn't mean we need to trade him.
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Attempt two:
Trade Risto for Kadri and ROR, Dahlin for Tarasenko, Parayko, and Kyrou.
(ducks)
Throws lower....
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Unless we trade 32 for a young NHL player, I'm not trading it.
I wonder if they'd be interested in Nylander for Skinner in some manner.
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I want Vanek back for a year. He may not be real speedy but the guy can still score. I’d just put him on the 3rd line with Middelstadt and the 2nd PP
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Just some food for thought. I thought this was an interesting read. Sounds like Svechnikov is this year's Eichel. Curious to all your thoughts on this...
Even if he's Eichel we seem slated to get the McDavid of the draft.....
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Buffalo broke Rinne in our 2nd game against Nashville; remember he hadn't been pulled for almost a year and a half until that game. In the playoffs he was pulled 5 or 6 times. :)
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OK -- as I posted in the playoffs thread, I'm ready to commit to Braden Holtby as my #1 offseason target for the Sabres, with Grubauer as my fallback.
It looks like the Caps have enough cap space to keep both, but they also have a good goalie prospect in their system -- Ilya Samsonov, their #1 pick in 2015 -- and the plan reportedly is for them to bring Samsonov over from the KHL for next season. So it's fairly likely that they trade either Holtby (if they want to free up more cap space) or Grubauer.
Holtby is under contract for 2 more years at a $6.1MM cap hit. His numbers declined this year -- he was 7th in the NHL in wins, but had fairly pedestrian GAA and SV%. But over the last 3 years, he's #1 in wins, #7 in GAA and #13 in SV%. And the 2 years left on his contract means that it's not an Okposo-like enormous commitment that goes on forever.
Grubauer played 35 games this year and had better GAA and SV% than Holtby. Grubauer is cheaper and is trending up, while Holtby is expensive and trending down (although he's had a great playoffs). If Holtby is put on the market, a number of teams will be interested.
Could the Sabres get him for Nylander and their #2 pick this year? Who says no?
As good as Holtby might be he’s not worth a recent Top 10 1st rounder and the 32nd Pick to me.
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Apologies! I think it's a good one.
No reason not to be creative to get our goalie, rather than just sending over asset x for goalie y.
No problem, I had thought on a similar train of thought in order to acquire Grubauer
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Orpik only has one year left on his deal. Would anyone be interested in taking him with Grubauer to reduce the price of getting a goalie? Is it worth the risk that Housley actually uses him and relies on him, not recognizing the reason he was brought in, to the detriment of our defense day in and day out?
I mentioned this idea about 2 weeks ago :)
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Hasek, I grew up watching him steal games in the late 90's
Drury/Briere Loved both of them as this two headed beast who destroyed all in their wake
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Solid effort, but I just can't live with those wingers
The problem is there aren't many wingers out there...... either they'd require to many assets or they are one dimensional.
I liked my McCabe for Yamamoto deal seeing as I could really see Edmonton biting on that and he's a solid winger prospect.
Vanek is a 1 year guy who has spurts of speed and still scores
Wilson is a solid bottom 6 winger
ERod I really want to see with Eichel
as for RW
Okposo should bounce back this year to some degree
Reinhart (2nd Half) would be our best winger
Baptiste, speedy who has scoring potential
Pominville & Hendricks, vet presence who sit on the bottom line or in the suites
Bailey, extra fast guy
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I think that's the consensus around the league. Keith and Seabrooke are pretty toast at this point. Might have another surprising year, maybe 2, but they're no longer top pairing guys.
Another example of why the league has started to pay for potential and not past performance
5 more years at 5.5M cap hit. He'll be 39 by the time that contract ends
To be honest while Seabrook is cooked, I think Keith may still have a little left in the tank due to how he plays the game. Place him next to Dahlin and I'd bet he'll look like he did a couple years ago. Not to mention his resume is worth the contract, 2 Norris, a Conn Smythe and 3 Cups where he had an instrumental part of winning them. He's reliable health wise and aside from this year he was still a solid Dman. And this year he was playing the Ristolainen role on a defense that has been stripped of most of its overall talent.
What about
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Would any of you be interested in
Nylander
McCabe
Fasching
2019 2nd
2018 4th
For
Duncan Keith
Vinny Hinostroza
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Can't believe so many people want to keep players we've been losing with.
Because it is both unrealistic and idiotic to attempt and completely wipe this team down to the studs without making us wait 4 more years
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First we had toddkazz. He then passed the torch to the Wookiee. That torch has been passed once again
Finally I can stop carrying this damn torch
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Here's another idea
I tried to find a nice mix of vets and speed, and as for the high cap dumps
2019 Contracts that end of not:
Pominville 5.6mil
Orpik 5.5mil
Moulson 5mil (Granted 1mil was saved during the season)
Hagelin 4 mil
Vanek 3.25mil
Kruger 3.08mil (Granted 1mil was saved during the season)
Hendricks 2mil
I'm attempting to maximize our cap space while we have the opportunity to use it to gain further assets.
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Still leaves, Risto, McCabe, Scandella, Nelson, Pilut, Dahlin, Guhle.
Nelson is technically a UFA
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I think ppl are underestimating how crowded are blueline has become
Nobody’s counting on Pilut, Antipin, Nelson and Bogosian playing and Dahlin still feels like a mirage.
I would trade Beaulieu and Antipin (rights) and buyout Bogosian
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The cap will be at 80mil
And based off this other team I made earlier we'd still have 10 mil in cap space.
Remember we shed Gorges contract and a Bogosian buyout would give us nearly 3.5 mil.
Plus I'm ridding us of Beaulieu
Orpik's is 5.5mil x 1 year
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I'd see if I could get Grubauer and Orpik (cap dump) a 3rd in 2019 and Johan Larsson & our 2nd in 2019
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What is a fair value trade for one of Washington's goalies?
IMO goalie has just become priority #1.
Probably picks and prospects. The Caps don't really need much as far as roster players go. They have plenty of cap space to lock down their D free agents which is their only area of need. I could even see them qualifying Grubauer and then trading him during the season if they end up having a need somewhere. But I don't think they have to trade either of their goalies, which makes them a tough trade partner.
Would you be willing to take on Orpik's salary to get Grubauer?
Beaulieu for Hagelin straight up?
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Technically we can trade a defender, so basically any young winger could be in play.
I'm unwilling to trade Risto
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The bare minimum for Risto to EDM for me would be
Yamamoto, Klefbom, and #10 for Risto and our 4th.
The biggest problem wit trading Risto is the lack of grit and ice munching we'd have on the back end.