Derrico

Ya to be honest I kind of hate Peterson too. Ok maybe hate is too strong.

5 years left at $6 per. So if Nashville retained $2 then $4 mil per season for 6 years. Even at $4 mil I'm not touching him and his 7 goals last year and 16 the season before.

Turris turns 30 next month. I'm not interested in ignoring last year's fancy stats. Obviously not crazy old but this is the beginning of looking exclusively at what he has done lately and not 5 or even 3 years ago.

This is a pretty standard response from anyone who is being sued. Lawyer will always counter with anything that could be a contributing factor or put the blame elsewhere.

Oh man the trade Cody Hodgson which ended up with all the different names has to be top 10.

They must of believed this is all it would have taken to get it done. Still shocking they didn't go a bit higher. In this offer Carolina would barely get any assets back. You're right in that I bet if it was a deal that involved 4 1st the thinking would have changed. Question is: did Montreal try calling their bluff and got it wrong? Why wouldn't they have made this more difficult to match with more dollars/higher cap hit? Worried about their own cap situation too I guess.

Ya I had to double check also.

Oh for sure. But if ownership pays out a big chunk of this contract in dollars over the next two weeks, I could see them wanting to wait until atleast year 5 before considering a trade.

Right. But again, why would you not dictate the terms? If he doesn't want to pay $11 mil in the next two weeks then he should have negotiated the deal. If he's prepared to match anything then I don't understand the logic of allowing another GM to set the max price and most uncomfortable conditions possible.

This doesn’t make any sense at all though. Why would you let another team do the ‘dirty work’ and dicatate the terms of a massive agreement you will have to honour? Even if you’re an inexperienced and frankly dumb owner nobody would do this.

Yep Wilcox is ufa and johansson is young but looking more and more like a bust everyday.

They're trying to save face. It's becoming obvious around the league the owner is a cheap ass. Your point is spot on. If that's the case, why didn't they just do it on their own. I wish Carolina was in our division. They have a decent core but their owner seems like a complete cheapskate. If he's so concerned about money why is he trying to run an NHL franchise in Carolina?? Sell it to someone else who has the pockets. Another topic but why is the NHL trying to expand the league when they have existing owners like this.

Here is what you said lol

Sure. But that wasn't your point.

Except it's not because Vesey is a one dimensional player and those comparables play a much more rounded game (plus they score at a better pace).

To your first point that is depressing. I’m glad we have the cap relief but he would rather retire than play for the sabres and he has no interest in retiring. That’s not good. Ya the leafs got some breaks in the past but this summer wasn’t crazy. Carolina made them pay a first round pick for ONE YEAR of Marleau. The second trade doesn’t look as lopsided as I initially thought when looking at the contracts.

Absolutely. They gave up kadri to take another run at this thing. On paper they look very strong again. Can’t blame dubas. But like last year; if they don’t win this coming season there will be another wave of cap crunch next summer.

‘Best way to reestablish himself.’ Sounds like he wants to be back in the nhl at some point.

There has to be a bit of both. Some of it is legit trolling which I don’t even seem to mind. He’s a sabres fan and usually not aggressive or venomous with other posters so whatever. If you engage you know what you’re getting into with Pi ?

Let’s hope it’s the former.

Oh I know.

He never played an nhl game. Last year he played one and year before he played 6. Since that big playoff push with Ottawa he’s barely even played in the nhl. Why on earth would signing have any inpact on nhl starts. Heck upl once healthy will start in roch over him.

Yes and he will have memorized and be citing each players TRpm.

In terms of the Barrie component he only has one year left and is than a UFA. I would be surprised they can afford the extension. Looks like a one year rental to me.