French Collection Posted yesterday at 12:31 AM Report Posted yesterday at 12:31 AM 1 hour ago, dudacek said: There are a lot of teams with the cap space left for Rust and Rakell, and not many other choices of that caliber on the market available for futures. Adding either would elevate my hope meter, but I have a strong suspicion demand will escalate the price beyond anything Adams will be willing to pay. Many teams are not cap strapped like the post Covid years. KA’s failure to weaponize his extra cap space for 5 years is the straw that broke my camel’s back. Whether adding for a playoff run or taking on salary for picks/prospects, those days are gone. 1 Quote
Taro T Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM Report Posted yesterday at 12:44 AM 4 minutes ago, French Collection said: Many teams are not cap strapped like the post Covid years. KA’s failure to weaponize his extra cap space for 5 years is the straw that broke my camel’s back. Whether adding for a playoff run or taking on salary for picks/prospects, those days are gone. Yep. Billionaire owners and ran one of the lowest team salaries in the league every year but the 1st year Adams was the GM (and apparently this year too; but will wait until all the dust settles to say that for sure) and never ONCE took on a bad salary for a prospect or a pick nor acted as the intermediary in a 3 way trade to take on salary for a prospect or a pick. And every single time that cap space that they hoarded every year evaporated the day the regular season ended. Wouldn't it have been nice to have 2 more 2nd round picks, 1 more 3rd and another Savoie that could've been moved for players to help today? But courtesy of buying out Skinner in a season they didn't have to and in a season they didn't bother replacing his salary, they're running with $4MM less cap space than they could've and next year they run with $6MM less cap space. Soooooo frustrating. They may get lucky one of these years; maybe even this one. But planning on getting lucky when you aren't Leonardo DiCaprio probably isn't the best plan. 1 Quote
Flashsabre Posted yesterday at 03:35 AM Report Posted yesterday at 03:35 AM https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/oilers-acquire-isaac-howard-from-lightning-for-sam-oreilly/ I think I like O’Reilly better but Oilers probably see Howard stepping in the lineup right away. Quote
Flashsabre Posted yesterday at 04:33 AM Report Posted yesterday at 04:33 AM Jarmo, lock Adams in a closet and get in on this. 1 Quote
Archie Lee Posted yesterday at 04:34 AM Report Posted yesterday at 04:34 AM 3 hours ago, Taro T said: Yep. Billionaire owners and ran one of the lowest team salaries in the league every year but the 1st year Adams was the GM (and apparently this year too; but will wait until all the dust settles to say that for sure) and never ONCE took on a bad salary for a prospect or a pick nor acted as the intermediary in a 3 way trade to take on salary for a prospect or a pick. And every single time that cap space that they hoarded every year evaporated the day the regular season ended. Wouldn't it have been nice to have 2 more 2nd round picks, 1 more 3rd and another Savoie that could've been moved for players to help today? But courtesy of buying out Skinner in a season they didn't have to and in a season they didn't bother replacing his salary, they're running with $4MM less cap space than they could've and next year they run with $6MM less cap space. Soooooo frustrating. They may get lucky one of these years; maybe even this one. But planning on getting lucky when you aren't Leonardo DiCaprio probably isn't the best plan. Agree with everything but the Skinner part. It’s true they did not need to buy him out last year. But, the buyout cost this year and the next 3 years is nearly identical to what it would have been had they waited until this year to do the buyout. 1 Quote
GoPuckYourself Posted yesterday at 04:46 AM Report Posted yesterday at 04:46 AM 12 minutes ago, Flashsabre said: Jarmo, lock Adams in a closet and get in on this. Please, we just got rid of contracts so Pegula could save more money, no way is he taking money to the cap ceiling that would mean he's trying! Quote
kas23 Posted yesterday at 01:54 PM Report Posted yesterday at 01:54 PM 9 hours ago, Flashsabre said: Jarmo, lock Adams in a closet and get in on this. The way that this “rumor” is worded is amusing. It’s so non-committal on so many levels. Quote
thewookie1 Posted yesterday at 03:21 PM Report Posted yesterday at 03:21 PM 1 hour ago, kas23 said: The way that this “rumor” is worded is amusing. It’s so non-committal on so many levels. I thought that was pretty funny too. 10 hours ago, Flashsabre said: That broad of a net would likely be true for 80% of players. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago NHL schedule release day is July 16. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted 18 hours ago Report Posted 18 hours ago 33 minutes ago, sabremike said: THE KENNEDY CURSE We need to sign him to a one-day contract and let him take the face off at the home opener. #breakthecurse 1 1 Quote
ska-T Palmtown Posted 17 hours ago Report Posted 17 hours ago 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: We need to sign him to a one-day contract and let him take the face off at the home opener. #breakthecurse What harm could it do? I stan this decision! 1 Quote
shrader Posted 16 hours ago Report Posted 16 hours ago 2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: We need to sign him to a one-day contract and let him take the face off at the home opener. #breakthecurse Didn’t he come back to the organization years later? Quote
Taro T Posted 14 hours ago Report Posted 14 hours ago 1 hour ago, shrader said: Didn’t he come back to the organization years later? Kind of. Apparently after playing in Europe for a few years, he came back stateside and worked out a deal to sign an AHL deal with the Amerks. He played the next year for Binghamton. Quote
shrader Posted 13 hours ago Report Posted 13 hours ago 59 minutes ago, Taro T said: Kind of. Apparently after playing in Europe for a few years, he came back stateside and worked out a deal to sign an AHL deal with the Amerks. He played the next year for Binghamton. And he’s somewhere in the organization right now, if I remember correctly. Quote
Archie Lee Posted 12 hours ago Report Posted 12 hours ago 33 minutes ago, shrader said: And he’s somewhere in the organization right now, if I remember correctly. I think he is a development coach. 1 Quote
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