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Really? Seems like when he is able to play, he is still excellent, no?

They have 6 defenseman and 21 total players signed. Doughty and Walker are listed as on LTIR right now. They also have defensive prospects Clarke and Grans, and several forward prospects who may get a shot to make the team. They have space.

Per Friedman in his most recent 32 thoughts podcast, he’s been told that the Kings aren’t looking to move Quick. They like running a tandem and they have the cap space.

The insurance company doesn’t care about NHL cap space rules. There is insurance on Bishop’s health. Bishop isn’t able to play. The insurance company is going to pay out.

Why would we want Kane to sign an extension? Because if you are going to trade assets for Kane, you would want to have him for more than one season. He is a UFA in 12 months. Also, if you thinking that signing an extension would change his contract for this coming season, that’s not how it works. An extension would only kick in after his current contract ends. The contract renegotiation stuff is only a thing in the NFL. NHL, NBA, and MLB don’t do that because they have fully guaranteed contracts.

Yeah, but Murray actually was dumb, drunk or both. Yeah, I absolutely buy that Adams has been very disciplined about not paying over what he sets as the value of a player. Looking at it from the outside, it is kind of reminding me of the way that Carolina operates. I could see that hamstringing the team occasionally but benefiting in the long run. I don’t know, the whole Husso to Detroit still kind of reeks of a sweetheart deal where it was always going to be Detroit. He didn’t even get that much. I think he would have gotten more on the open market.

Come on man, these guys aren’t dumb, especially Yzerman. He isn’t trading assets for a guy who is about to be a UFA 2 weeks later unless he knows he can sign him. That’s why Husso signed less than 24 hours after the trade. You really believe that these GMs and agents don’t get deals worked out ahead of time? I think it’s pretty clear that Husso and his agent were at least making it known to teams what it would take to sign him. It’s possible that if Adams had offered as much Husso would have signed with Buffalo just as he did with Detroit (you have a point there), but I think it’s also possible that Husso was more interested in Detroit for whatever reason. The abnormal speed and unusual way that this UFA got signed makes me think it was Detroit all the way though. Can’t prove it obviously.

I’m sorry. I was being sarcastic. Looking back at it now, it probably wasn’t obvious enough.

Buffalo totally got fleeced here.

Sure, you can disagree with the model based on statistical grounds, but it certainly is not influenced by negative opinions of pundits or fans toward Buffalo.

That’s not from a pundit making predictions off hand though. The point predictions are from a computer model. The computer doesn’t care that the team name is Buffalo.

First of all, I doubt Thorny is saying this to make himself feel better. I doubt he feels good about it at all. Secondly, Adams has obviously explored many goaltending options. It seems he, by design, is not willing to pay the prices that have been required so far. Third, I’ve seen this said on here regarding Husso, and I don’t think it makes sense. Ville Husso obviously had a real desire to be in Detroit for whatever reason. He was a UFA who made a back door deal to sign there before he even hit the UFA market. He probably cost himself money by not testing UFA. I don’t know exactly why Detroit, but I think it’s in reasonable to think that Buffalo could have just done the same thing with Husso.

Looks to me like the Sabres gave up too much.

Welcome to SabreSpace. You are a big Jake Richard fan?

The core of their D has been Pesce and Slavonic for a long time. They added Skjei to them a couple years ago. They did lose Hamilton and replaced him on the PP with DeAngelo, who they also are going to let go. Looks like they have decided that it’s not worth it to give a defenseman big money based on points that they piled up on the PP. They will find another defenseman who they can use on their power play. Probably at a good value too.

And at the job interview, no one asks what your grades were.

I’m in no position to evaluate a goalie prospect, honestly. My grade there is just based on the general consensus that he was not rated as the 41st best prospect, and that I didn’t love the choice of a goalie there. I’m ok with it, but I didn’t love it. C+ isn’t that bad. Hope he lives up to the selection.

9 - Savoie - A 16 - Östlund - B 28 - Kulich - A 41 - Leinonen - C+ 74 - Neuchev - A 106 - Lindgren - B 134 - Komarov - B+ 170 - Richard B+ 187 - Karlsson B+ 202 - Ratkovic-Berndtsson B 211 - Sjodin C+ OVERALL GRADE - B+

If he is 6’2” and looks like that, I would guess that he has put on muscle since that 165 was recorded.

Yes, in this case drafting a goalie because their pipeline needs goalies.

This guy seems really fun. I hope he can come over and be fun in the CHL next season. He scored 40 goals and 67 pts in the MHL, and no one else on his team scored more than 16 goals or 40 points. Very impressive.

I think anyone who looks at Kulich as another small player is mistaken. He plays strong, he looks strong, and his demeanor is pretty serious. Chris Drury vibes.

Noah Östlund’s English is very good.

Most important thing for Savoie will be to grow back that mustache. It would be a true crime to deprive the world of something so beautiful.

Do AHL teams generally carry 3 goalies? How do you get 5? I’d say 4.