PerreaultForever

They may be, but as was mentioned, they'd want to dump salary and that's not something we want to be doing. We already have a Skinner anchor on our cap, we don't need more lost space.

So you're finally conceding that Reinhart is not a star then? Good. About time.

I have a question. You say the "general feeling" is they need an Eichel/top center to be a true contender but 1. aren't they already a contender? They are looking pretty good at the moment. and 2. Isn't their model entirely based on the opposite idea of a star center? Rather a solid team approach with multiple mid level stars rather than a few superstars? I'm not sure a desire for a top 1C is their goal. I'm thinking that's just a fan thing. I mean every team wants a great player if you can just pop him in there but gutting your roster/prospect pool to get one guy is a whole other thing. Relying on a few star players certainly hasn't worked here. There's a lesson in that.

Well one thing we might be able to do is get a goalie from a team that would lose one to the draft maybe. Ullmark is a UFA so unless I have the rules wrong we don't actually have one that we need to protect so there's a space there. Somebody might give one up relatively cheap rather than just lose him for nothing.

Well to be fair, at this point there is no reason why we'd be any better next year. We add a goalie (2 goalies?) make some good trades hire the right coach then maybe, but we haven't done anything yet except proclaim it let the kids play time.

I'm not impressed with them either, but they're a lot better than us.

I don't hate Carolina. This team isn't that team. This Carolina was a little lucky tonight though.

Well Staal's really tearing it up for the Habs so idk have to hope he doesn't sign an extension with them 🙂 But really How so? Way I see it, we might end up with Tampa Boston and Toronto in the final 4. That's 3 teams in our division right there. How we going to make the playoffs in that???

Ya, that's what I think. There'll be some gold in the later rounds. This is the year to get lucky.

better than Dalton Smith. ????? The worst franchise in the league? A laughing stock? I don't know if I should laugh or cry when you talk about what we built.

Football just gets worse and worse. Just let them play video games and call the whole thing off.

Ya, he is. And he can undermine the coach's authority too so he's a detriment. Bobrovsky has games where he sucks bad, but he did have a .906 SV% and can play well at times. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him. I don't want either. But if I'm stuck with one terrible contract I'd rather it was his, and if I'm not wrong it ends sooner. He will still win you a few games. If our 2 goalies were Bobrovsky and Ullmark (or the equivalent) with UPL in Rochester one step or two away nobody would be talking about needing goaltending like they are now. Skinner is absolutely freaking useless.

Not unless you want to keep losing............ I can see Calgary and Vancouver both being interested in Reinhart but the cap will be tricky (especially for Vancouver) and any deal probably has conditional aspects dependent on them signing him longer term. Not sure if there's an Edmonton deal. They need D help, maybe if we shop Risto with him. I have no issue taking back Zack Kassian as a cap dump from them as proposed above. It's not that much and we need truculence 🙂

Just don't build a freakin' dome. There aren't enough snow games any more as it is.

I would swap Skinner for Bobrovski 1 for 1. Skinner won't leave though. I don't think he cares about winning.

Ya, Spencer Knight was really good. maybe Florida will look to trade a goalie next year?

I could see Philly exploring this trade more than Winnipeg but I don't see them parting with Coutourier or Provorov. Nolan is an underachiever with a head injury, not sure you want to roll the dice on him. I have no idea how this trade might look. They might want to dump Van Riemsdyck's salary. Farabee is a guy I'd like to see coming our way. Maybe Konecny. In a multi package.

Just be glad the Bruins didn't draft him or you'd be really annoyed.........

So you still don't want to draft him?

Already better than Colin Miller. I still say he's the pick I want us to make.

Well once upon a time they did trade Gretzky so anything is possible, but I'd say the odds of it are all but zero. They may however, rethink their direction and philosophy of building around him and Draisaitl.

I'd say it actually makes it harder to build a team with them in a cap era (unless you cheat like Tampa).

Ya, they are not looking good at all.

There's no argument that it's better if they get along, and they usually do as GMs tend to pick their guys, I'm just not sure it's essential. All speculative anyway. I don't actually have any idea why Gallant got fired, I just know he creates winners and gets max. talent out of his roster. Absolutely. Always better if everybody's on the same page as they like to say.

I don't see why GMs and coaches actually have to work together. You state a vision of expectation, as in this is the way we want this team to play. This style. Then you draft and trade for players who fit that style and the coach is expected to win games. He doesn't he's fired. No reason the two have to be buddies.