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Some talk of him going back to Boston via St. Louis eating half the salary and then somebody else (Philly?) eating half of the half.

I'd be happy if Orlov was the 4D we ended up with. I like the Pesce deal better but Orlov as an FA would be very good and makes us instantly better. I'd also make an offer to Bunting. Toronto guy who might like Buffalo as his "local" plan B. We won't go this way but I would.

Philly St. Louis might end up just being about Hayes because of Krug's refusal. Philly also talking to the Leafs about Sanheim now as a result.

Enough of this already. How come any brief mention of Trump (even in a joke) gets you muted or banned around here but this topic gets to keep going on and on? Come on mods, the language here is just downright offensive (quotation marks or not)

lol, the other name I heard it might be holding up the deal is Scandella.

Well if it's Krug you're right, not really the guy we need. He's better than Jokiharju imo but again, not really what we need, and definitely not a good fit as a partner for Power.

Something big brewing here: If a St, Louis D man is the one holding this up maybe we could get involved? (mind you he might not want to come here either) but this is an interesting rumour.

We're a cap floor team and the cap is going to go up next year by all accounts. We can afford anybody if we want to.

Lots of good assistant coaches fail as head coaches. Lots of fired head coaches become good assistants. Housley was good as an assistant before and I'm sure he will be fine again focused on his areas of expertise. Rangers were smart to nab Peca. Sabres were stupid not to promote him.

Is it a "demotion" to create 3 good lines instead of 2? Quinn or Peterka on a solid 3rd line, against other 3rd lines, could have a VERY good year.

Yes, that's what I meant. Makes it look like he's definitely not in Colorado's plans.

Oshawa Generals going the other way and increasing their pride efforts.

Does this (perhaps) make Compher more available? Compher fits my wish list. I like Toffoli, but I don't think I'd trade for what is essentially a rental. If there was an extension involved sure.

This is idiotic.

Does this make Miles Wood potentially more likely to be available?

I can't really follow the argument in the first sentence. You make an evaluation of the team and make moves based on what you believe will be happening with that roster next season. It's not hope. It's an analysis of what you see on the ice. Slow can be too slow. I've never taken issue with the direction. I wanted a tear down and trade Eichel etc. over a year before we actually did it. It was like FINALLY they did what had to be done. Cap floor? You're content with cap floor for next year? I'm not.

They have "an abundance" of offensively minded forwards, not 2 way forwards. What did Greenway do that was in any way "gritty"? Don't tell me what I am doing. Especially when I'm not. The bolded I agree with, but ideally we need a little more than that. We MIGHT make the playoffs, but only if we upgrade the roster or several players make big unexpected leaps (or both). At this moment it's iffy. I don't bet online, but if we miss the playoffs you can make a donation to your favourite charity in my name.

"never going to happen" and I'm supposedly the pessimist. They may not happen, but those are the weak spots that need to be resolved. If they aren't, we will be bitching about those weak spots come year's end and if we miss the playoffs again, it'll probably be because we didn't deal with filling those holes. Clearly, you're not a real fan if you don't think your GM can be brilliant.

Of course it is, and you can take all the shots you want at me, but it doesn't change the fact that I was right. I'm not always right. I was dead wrong on Tage Thompson. I'm likely going to end up being wrong about Mitts. I did however say that the Reinhart trade was brilliant and Levi would probably be a star goalie for us back when most people were bitching that he was some 7th rounder and we didn't get enough in that deal. Totally right about Cozens and proclaimed him when we drafted him. So ya, hindsight. Not right about everything, but I was spot on about this team being agonizingly close AND (despite the impressions here) being far more optimistic than Adams was last year at this time. The pessimism set in when he missed the moment. Hoping for now, that he doesn't miss it again.

Hard to say but I think it'll be Peterka.

Success - a solid 4D and a decent veteran goalie. Great success - a solid 4D, a decent veteran goalie and a 3C/4C 2 way PK guy. Brilliance - a solid 4D, a decent veteran goalie, a 3C/4C 2 way PK guy, a 6D/depth defenseman and a 2 way PK gritty player with size.

The mistaken impression is I do not love them but I do. Always have. I just don't want to wait 3-5 more years or however long it takes to develop a full roster with our own picks and prospects. I felt we were ready to leap forward last year and I WAS RIGHT as we were so close and if we'd just been a LITTLE better there you were and everything looks up. So now we're there again and I just don't want to wait any longer. If that desire ain't love idk what is.

Quinn was a first rounder though so at least you'd get something back. Remember when Edmonton gave us the squeeze on Vanek? I still do. Probably marked the beginning of the eventual end. Wouldn't you enjoy doing that to Boston? I think you would.

Nosek is NOTHING like Girgs. It sounds to me like you've never even seen him play. He's an outstanding penalty killer. Better than anyone on our roster and that is a weakness we have so it fills a need. You really like Krebs, this is obvious. I hope you're right about even half of that, but I don't think you are.