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This is dumb. TM never called her that or any other name. Complete fabrication.

If they expose Lehner while he's an RFA and LV takes him (signs him prior to July 1st), then his salary (whatever LV signs him for) doesn't count toward the minimum cap number they must hit in the expansion draft. LV needs to think long and hard about "drafting" any RFA/UFAs because it won't help them reach the min cap number... there are other more enticing RFAs likely to be available, and they probably only take maybe 1 or 2 at most.

OK, well my thoughts on Bogo are well documented. He's a brain cramp waiting to happen, a turnover machine who lacks focus and cares more about his paycheck than winning. A new coach isn't going to change that.

I can't believe this is even a topic of discussion. It's gonna be a looooong offseason.

I think he understands the nuances of the cap very well but I'm not entirely sold on how it was managed in PIT. Next season the Pens have just 13 skaters under contract, with only $12m in cap space to fill 12 spots on the roster. They have $52m, over 70% of their cap, tied up in only 9 players. $38m, 50% of their cap, is going to 5 players.... Crosy, Maklin. Kessel, Letang, Fluery. That said it seems his philosophy is to pay the stars, then fill in around them with young players on ELCs and such.... I'm not so sure that's going to work consistently. I understand he put a big emphasis on developing the young players, but it's rare that you have 4 guys like Sheary (undrafted), Guentzel (3rd rnd), Rust (3rd rnd), and Kuhnhackl (4th rnd) all making such large contributions. Without those 4 performing as well as they have, I'm not sure PIT is in their current position.

Desiring a successful AHL franchise is nothing new. GMTM said the same thing when he started. Not gonna happen overnight, I thought Roch got better as the season dragged on. It's inevitable they'll get better has they continue to stock the team with upper round picks.

I thought Bylsma was the problem?! He's gone and guess what... Reinhart is still a winger. Now Sam should be traded?! Get over it anti-Bylsmites!

Sees Reinhart as a winger going forward.... sorry folks.

He sounds competent, but it was all your standard boiler plate GM speak.... communication, development, structure... yadda yadda yadda... Nothing he said was particularly enlightening or anything to get excited about IMO.

Well that's a relief... good thing he doesn't want to trade Eichel and O'Reilly, or play a slow non-possession game.

Who said anything about cocaine? Damn.

Ullmark is fine, Vegas isn't taking him.

Amazing that he never scored 20 goals in a season.

when i see that I hear juh-BOT. add a hyphen or something

Petersen is leaning towards staying in school so he can play in the Olympics.

Is there a band everybody likes?

JBOTT

is Botterill married?

yeah 4

Had to wear rain pants for golf yesterday.

Probably dropped the mirror off the table and it shattered, cutting his leg would be my guess.

Yeah, I feel the same. He certainly looks like a good choice, but time will tell. It's absolutely imperative they find the right HC for this particular group of players.

My concern with Risto is still his skating, agility, quickness and defensive awareness specifically when pucks are in tight around the net. I liked the progression he showed last season, although his production tailed off mid-season, he improved from a -32, to a -21, to a -9 last season... that's a positive trend. As he matures, his lack of elite quickness and agility can be masked by positioning such that he doesn't put himself into unrecoverable situations. One thing lost in the GMTM discussion is the deal he gave Risto. I thought it was extremely fair and didn't overpay or underpay, either on term or dollars. A +1 for GMTM.

It boils down to whether or not GMJB thinks he can stay out of trouble and remain productive. I, for one, believe Evander has learned from his mistakes and will be a significant piece of the puzzle moving forward.

Consider that time is an illusion. Everything that has ever happened, is happening, and will happen is all occurring at the same time.... so technically the announcement and presser are happening at the same time... right now in fact, and yesterday, and tomorrow.