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Cap now at 58350667 with VO, JJP and Fitz and without Subban.

Anything further on the secret Montreal trade?

Frees up money in 2 years to pay the RFA and opens a slot for Savoie. Fair deal to both sides.

60 seconds ……. And they’re off.

I guess no one wanted Nylander.

According to Elliotte Freidman Campbell to Edm Kuemper to Wash Stl interested in Greiss Sea interested in Jones WGR reporting Samsonov to Tor. If all this happens, not much left for KA to pick from.

Sad but true.

Giving Kuemper or Campbell money is meaningless to whether or not Tage gets big $. We can afford both. However signing 30+ year old goalies to long-term deals is foolish on it’s own merits. However not properly addressing goaltending at all on a young and developing team is also foolish. KA’s problem is Cozens Tage and Samuelsson coming due after this season and then Mitts, Dahlin, Joki, Power and Krebs due the following year.

St Louis just gave Thomas 8 x 8. If Tage has another huge year how kuch is his new deal going to be?

No one is saying break the bank. I think everyone just wants him to make intelligent moves, fill the lineup holes, but also not be afraid to get something done like Ott and Det have. They, like us, wanted to improve their goaltending despite both teams having ok netminders already. However their GM’s managed to get Husso and Talbot while we re-signed Anderson and Subban and struck out on Murray. Det is also adding Copp, while Ott has added DeBrincat and looks like Giroux. We need a starting goalie and at least one veteran RHD. He needs to get those done in the next few days.

Let me go on record and say this is a bad signing. Malcolm seems like a fine person, but he is a terrible goalie. I'd have much rather seen a Louis Domingue or Andrew Hammond as UPL mentor/Backup in Rochester. At least I know if called upon they can handle NHL play. Malcolm's career NHL numbers are 3.10 and a .898 in 86 games and a 4.85 and .871 for us last year. Awful. Domingue's numbers are 3.04 and .905 in 142 NHL games.

I believe in the team. Like you, I'm looking for improvement from Krebs, Mitts, Cozens and even Tuch upfront plus an injection of additional offense from Quinn and JJP. I'm also excited to see what Power can do in his first year. All they really need is a little more veteran presence on the blueline and a goalie who can keep the goals against under 3. I don't think I'm asking alot and KA may deliver over the next week. Maybe! The failure to address the goaltending while others in a similar position did is troubling. The sad part is none of the things I want KA to do will disrupt the development of any good prospect. UPL isn’t ready to take the crease and we have no extra RHD defensive D men in the system young or old to fill the void. If these glaring issue are obvious to me, they should be obvious to KA and his staff. So far, I haven't seen any results to show that they prioritize those needs. (No getting turned down by Matt Murray was more about moving up in the draft than securing better goaltending.)

So what has KA accomplished so far? Basically nothing. The roster, except for the likely additions of Quinn and JJP at forward, is basically the same as we finished up with last season. He has brought back Vinnie, Anderson and Subban. Re-signed Bryson. He hasn’t upgraded the defense and if Subban makes team, the goaltending is actually worse. The next few days are huge for KA and this franchise. Does he get a starter in goal? Does he upgrade the right side of the defense? Are forward upgrades also possible like at 4C. As I watch KA sit on his hands so far as Ott and Det upgrade their teams and especially in net, I’m concerned that a team ready to compete is going to be sabotaged by a GM unwilling to take even a small risk.

They don’t have to be under the cap until the day final rosters are set for opening day.

No, but KA is going to have to be a mastermind to figure this out at this point

So which bones on the NHL goalie carcass are left for Kevyn Adams to fight for? We can forget potential trade targets Quick, Varlomov and Gibson Hill and Reimer in SJ are now the most likely trade targets Kuemper and Campbell are the top UFAs and we are probably looking at Edm and Wash for those two players That leaves Comrie, Samsonov, Rittich, Greiss and Jones as UFAs. Wow, I can smell the stench of next years goaltending from Atlanta. Can't wait to see Marvin Jones in net for Buffalo next season. That should go well.

So Det has Husso and Nedjelkovic, Ott has Forsberg and Talbot and we have Anderson, Subban and Bishop.

Kevyn Adams during goaltender trade talks.

Which is irresponsible.

Kevyn Adams needs a clue. Why does he hate goaltending so?

Kevyn Adams needs to get a clue.

I had a wish list but it went by the wayside days ago. My hope is Comrie at this point and that he somehow becomes a real starter. I think Varlomov has something left in the tank, but I agree he isn’t coming here.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Since when did you become Darth 2.0?

Well Vinnie returns. 13 forwards now under contract plus RFA VO 6 D under contract including Fitz, but only one G. 53.5 mill spent, 9 Mill so go When he re-signs VO for about 5.5, that will leave 2 roster spots (unless Bjork is waived) for at least one D and a starting goaltender.

No, just no.