In The Buff

Yeah i dont think any of us would think that Linus was worth more than $5-6mil per or would even want to sign him to a long term deal. Its more imo the total lack of addressing the position at all. After needing to address it last year as well. And since we appear to be tanking next year & starting fresh, if we don't add in some veteran help & solid goaltending, we would be repeating the same mistakes of the past & haven't learned anything... Probably destined to be in this exact same position again years from now too. Thats the infuriating part for me. Not learning from our mistakes... mistakes that we've all suffered thru.

After Linus left, KA should've offered Seattle this. Is he afraid we'll win too many games if we have a decent goalie here? It doesn't make any sense for what his plan is with our goaltending situation. I don't want UPL or Tokarski up here to get rekt every night. We could've had Vanacek for a bag of pucks it looks like. Anyone have any idea on what the "plan" could be? Holding out for a potential G coming back in an Eichel trade? I don't get it

good pickup... Will be interesting to see what the "future considerations" will be

Yep, that was my 1st thought too. This is what good teams do... Boston that is

dont know if this has been posted

that would be something haha... Tbh there shouldnt be any pressure on the team to succeed or win, so the only place we can go is up right? right? 😁

done deal

is he 5'9? If so you might've picked a winner lol

we got our guy!

btw idk if you guys are watching any streams for this free agent frenzy, but im watching this guy on youtube. Pretty fast updates

why? I think Seattle would just keep him for a good #2. We seem to wanna tank anyways

McCabe signed with Chicago

Seeing your comment here made me think of how i feel with trading cryptocurrencies 24/7. Now that is exhausting lol... This Jack stuff is entertainment for me. Plus there's also only like a handful of teams to even consider with Jack... makes it easier. All this losing for years & caring game in and game out... thats exhausting lol

Yep... Minnesota did sign Goligoski to a $5 million deal tho. Idk how that makes their cap situation look

i bet they are! Jack views himself amongst the very best in the league & apparently the league disagrees. I know its more nuanced than that but i haven't heard of any offers for an "elite" center in his prime til this point.

i get what youre saying but he's holding in large part because other teams are concerned with Jacks injury & are hesitant to give up anything 'good' for him. So its also just the hand KA was dealt as well, and not just KA HOLDING THE LINE imho

so far this thread is a real winner lol

i tried playing the video & the sound is barely audible. Turns out its in mono i guess? Since it only comes out on the right channel? Man this organization cant even get a live stream broadcast correct. What a freakin sh!!show

If this is hockey heaven, can you imagine what hell is like? At this rate i say we're 5 years out from possibly contending for a playoff spot. 2 more years of Kevyn Adams until we fire him & then 3 years of a new GM that hopefully knows what he's doing. Everyone was all giddy about the return for Risto... i bit my tongue. Because that pick in return is only worth something depending on what we did with it & who he becomes. But if we wanted a goalie, we could've gotten Cossa or Wallstedt there & gotten a better (different) prospect in return for Sam from Florida. But instead we reached a little for Rosen & got back a 7th rd G prospect in Levi. When we already have UPL & Portillo & the 2 we could've drafted are better prospects anyways imho. Theres really way too much we could say & criticize but where we are today reminds me of when we tanked in the 1st place. Its like we've suffered thru all these years, just to end up at the same place where we started. Its just that back then we had no idea what our future held, whereas now we know its hopeless lol. hockey heaven guys, hockey heaven

I wouldnt think so either but i wouldnt have expected how this past season played out either. Jacks not getting the surgery he wants, does that mean the injury wont fully heal? His souring attitude &/or injury concerns aside, but IF he plays for us next year & it doesnt go well, it would absolutely hurt his value more than right now. If 1 season has hurt his value, going 2 seasons removed from being a "generational talent" would do nothing but hurt his value more. Tbh idk how anyone could disagree with that bolded. It'd be 2 seasons lol

That makes sense... but it also works both ways. Jack could play next season here & suffer another injury or have a poor year by his standards, and his value would tank even more.