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Oh for sure, when Marner returns I fully expect Hyman to return to the left side and Soup to return to the 3rd line.

HOLY FUCK I"VE BEEN YELLING THAT HYMAN SHOULD PLAY RW FOR THREE YEARS... WHY AM I YELLING STILL?

The four other forwards are soupman, goat, shore, and Engvall/Timashov.  I don't think any of those guys are upgrades on the four they have listed there.  What do you propose then?

Actually, the analytics actually back up playing your backup over your starter in the 2nd half of back to backs.  Our understanding is Babcock is listening to the analytics staff and goalie coach recommendations on this.  Do you really want him to stop listening to those staff members? because I...

Last place in the league... I guess getting another Auston Matthews in return would be NICE

I'd assume the assets they'd have to give up are very little... but they become more attractive to interested teams because the team can acquire the player and they can play in either the NHL or the AHL since they've cleared waivers.  I believe the Leafs acquired Hutchinson AFTER Florida had...

Well, at least they don't look like 69 point Maple Leafs.

News drops in 2 minutes of if they cleared or not. UPDATE, they cleared: https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1192849661964500992

You do realize that Nylander would be Neal in this case, and your proposed return would be Lucic.  You're proposing we trade the more talented player for a guy who's heavier and can hit.

I did mention waivers, but that isn't the only way to acquire backup goaltenders.

Your interpretation is correct.  Would count as daily cap hit accumulation for Team B.  Team A's finances or use of LTIR has no impact on Team B's. Not sure though what the 36/182 is... I think there are more days left in the season at the deadline.  If you are talking about trading Ceci to WPG...

1.  Nylander didn't win on dollars IMO.  6 years isn't the player winning on term either, as almost all the guys in his comparables signed for that term (Pasta being the most obvious).  The only thing Dubas lost on that one IMO was timing.  It shouldn't have taken until December 1st.  Otherwise...

In all, I think Dubas did a good job overall.  Managed to keep all of the RFA's of consequence for at least 3 years when everyone expected us to lose at least one, but that did come at the cost of a 1st round pick.  I'm fine with hurting us later to keep the current team intact.  You have more...

While the offseason was not a total clusterf**k, I think its realistic to expect: 1.  You won't overpay your 94-pt guy by at least 1M per season 2.  End up in a position where you can only have one spare player mostly because of #1 3.  End up in a position where you limit yourself to league...

Gonna come out of the woodwork to nitpick.... Barrie already has the maximum amount retained by Colorado.

Charley horse / bruises are not injuries that get worse.  The question is, can favouring that kind of injury cause a different one?  I'd guess that the sports science division is saying less is more, no practice until the bruise is healed so he's not favouring it more than he needs to.

Hedman also signed when he was 25.  He's getting paid for 5 prime years and 3 over 30 years, where some decline is expected.  Josi will be 30 when this contract kicks in.  All 8 years are for a 30+ years. Kucherov signed when he was 25 but the deal didn't kick in until he was 26.  Paying for 4...

1.  No, the Zaitsev trade was definitely not stupid.  We needed the future cap hit gone to give us flexibility to spend that money on better d-men down the line (and preferably this year, but Ceci is what happened- there wasn't much else available aside from Gardiner and his ask was too high...

1.  I doubt they go 11 and 7 to not waive Marincin.  2.  Yes, I can see them holding up Hyman's return to coincide with JT's to avoid choosing Spezza or Shore over Timashov 3.  Unfortunately LTIR is not retroactive.  So if they wait 2 weeks, find out JT needs a bit more time, he's gotta sit 10...

If Tavares is still injured, he's gonna be the "spare".  So we'd have 12 and 6 healthy.... Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander Hyman - Kerfoot - Marner Mikheyev - Spezza - Kapanen Moore - Goat - Shore Muzzin - Barrie Rielly - Ceci Dermott - Holl Timashov goes down unless you are willing to demote...