#freejame

Isn’t he Samson’s Flow now?

The lesson here should be to not get into business with Russian Oligarchs and their associates

Those gaps needed to be filled with middle six talent and instead it was a mix between AAAA players and and fourth liners. Yes, we poorly rebuilt, but I was more speaking of where we need to be moving forward and Ligers point of how a draft should turn out year after year.

That B’s roster only had 5 with the youngest being 23.1

I just looked at Boston’s roster from last year—12 drafted players, 5 free agents, 3 acquired in trade. 8 contacts above $5m, 6 RFA all below 1.5m, 7 contracts between 650k and 2.75m. I think that lines up pretty well with my ideal breakdown. But again, this can’t work for a rebuild, there needs to be foundation.

How many teams have 10 players under 25 though? I would think it isn’t too many. I agree you can’t build a team based off of that drafting but that’s about where most playoff teams probably have their roster configured.

I think the target should be around 1.5 per draft or 3 every 2. Should be able to draft another AHL player each year as well. That should be enough to refresh the pipeline, replace ELC on the big club, and allow the new ELC to age into big kid contracts while the elders retire/leave the team. 6 players with the potential to reach the big club every three years is a great deal of competition as no real team should have that much youth. I would think the ideal roster make-up would be something like 2-3 ELCs (approx $3m), 2-3 bridge deals (approx $11m), 5-6 long term deals (approx $50m), and then fill out the rest in FA with 2-4 year deals (approx $20). That would put right at ~$85m for next seasons cap with 2/3s being drafted. You’ll lose a long term deal every year or two being replaced by an ELC or bridge and the cycle just continues. in no particular configuration: Long term deal - Long term deal - bridge ELC - long term deal - FA ELC- Bridge - FA ELC - FA - FA long term deal - bridge long term deal - FA ELC - FA long term ELC/bridge

Ron Meyer is Toby MacGuires former father in law. Or so I just learned.

If they aren’t wearing the goathead I won’t be watching. It was the only reason for me to tune in for the first time since November.

Yeah I don’t know what he’s talking about. Montreal is a top five city in North America.

That’s where we finished last season too, which is the problem.

A lot of hockey players like chew, I never got why this is brought up over and over

Sam Reinhart is not the problem. If he were available, every team in the league would call on him. Literally nothing you described about him is true. He’s had the occasional off game, but he’s been very consistent. Your trade would have all the makings of a ROR part two. Let’s not forget there were plenty calling for him to be traded around here.

i thought the same as you until I looked at Brawndo’s profile and Casey’s birthday

No, but Mitts just 21 around Thanksgiving and I would be really impressed if Brawndo has been posting since he was 12

I think he means Mitts.

Perhaps you had her once in an airplane bathroom?

The numbers say pull the goalie early, especially on the power play.

Top five in the Atlantic is pretty easy: 1. Matthews 2. Tavares 3. Marner 4. Reilly 5. Mats Sundin not sure where Eichel would fit in there

I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure he’ll still be making the rookie max down in Rochester.

Yes!

Conspiracy: Kyle told the entire team that he’s retiring after the season due to his concussions. The team all rallied for a KO swan song, with his line mates doing so most.

I wasn’t even thinking of Lehner, but he’s been good as a UFA signing, though he’s lacked term. I had thought of Bob as well, but then I thought he was having a lot of trouble in FLA this season. And I couldn’t remember what kind of term he was under in CBJ when he got traded there. Now backups on the other hand I feel like it matters much less.

As long as the Leafs are above the Sabres I can sleep easy

I could be way off here, but isn’t the track record for UFA goalie signings pretty poor throughout the last 15 years or so? I feel like goalie is probably the most important position to develop within just because it can be such a fluky position.