Recent content by CarltonTheBear

I thought OEL looked fantastic early on but became less impactful as the season went on. Somewhat similar to Rielly though he played with a ton of different partners throughout the year (Rielly, Tanev, McCabe, Benoit, and Timmins all spent 100+ 5-on-5 minutes with him) so maybe that played a...

There's no immediate need for this season, but there's apparently still some talk they'll shop him if the number he wants long-term is too high.

Would have been more interested in the 2nd round pick that came with him.

I'll truly never understand what he was thinking signing Kampf, who only makes sense playing heavy defensive 4th line minutes, and Reaves, who only makes sense playing NOT heavy defensive 4th line minutes, to 4/3 year deals within a couple of days of each other. Like the money and term of the...

I'm willing to give Rielly a chance for a bounce back season. Brand new coach who obviously played a style of play that Rielly isn't used to and before Carlo arrived he bounced between all kinds of defence partners that weren't really the optimal fits (Myers, off-side OEL, Tanev in usage Mo...

Well like I said yesterday I was definitely expecting a move after Reaves' podcast interview and I think a team like San Jose made a ton of sense. Tons of cap space, lots of young guys that someone like Reaves seems to always have good relationships with. Certainly wasn't expecting a...

Curious to see how this plays out. There is quite literally zero chance of him hitting 83 more games in that timeline if he's still here next season. Would a Chicago or San Jose or Anaheim take the last year of his deal and have him around for vibes and what not? Or maybe it gets to a point...

Nick Schmaltz (1 year remaining, $5.85mil AAV with notably a $7mil salary this season), Jaden Schwartz (1 year remaining, $5.5mil AAV, Berube connection), and Jared McCann (2 years remaining, $5.5mil AAV) all feel like the most realistic top-6 candidates to acquire via trade for this season. I...

A couple of player swaps that I think make some degree of sense for both teams involved: Kampf to Vancouver for Dakota Joshua and McMann to Chicago for Tyler Bertuzzi. Joshua's name is floating around as a trade option as he's coming off a down season and is likely going to be stuck on...

SOR in the Atlantic nooooooooooooo

Finally watched this video (took me awhile to get through the 4 ads TSN played in front of it). I don't know why but I was a little surprised to hear Maccelli say that two of the guys he played the best and most with in Arizona/Utah were Bjugstad and Crouse. Looking at his 23/24 season when he...

This is like 90% of hockey players though.

I know Jack McBain has been on a lot of wishlists. Don't see any reason for Utah to move him though.

I'd be shocked if he doesn't file.