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2018-2019 NHL Thread

Frank E said:
Raise your hand if you thought Buffalo would be leading the league at the 25 game mark?
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Frank E said:
Raise your hand if you thought Buffalo would be leading the league at the 25 game mark?
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I still don't think they will despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. 
 
I think Buffalo hits the skids soon and hard.  They've won 9 one goal games during this 10 in a row streak, that luck will not continue.  Leafs are playing them next week, perfect timing to hammer them.
 
Can anyone help? I'm looking for a GDT post that proclaimed that Patrik Laine was a (bad) one-dimensional player.

https://theathletic.com/679151/2018/11/29/finding-patrik-laine-the-incredible-origin-story-of-the-jets-eccentric-star/

He is so fun.
 
Obviously this is a Leafs board and a lot of attention is placed on our top guns, but MacKinnon and Rantanen are absolutely torching the league this season. Rantanen leads the league in scoring with 42 points in 25 games, MacKinnon is 1 point behind him with 41. And they've been producing like that pretty consistently through all 25 games. That's a 1.68 PPG rate for Rantanen, 1.64 for MacKinnon. Just for comparison Marner and McDavid are 3-4 in scoring and their PPG rates are both 1.38. Matthews has the 3rd best PPG rate in the league and he's at 1.58.

Rantanen also scored 84 points in 81 games last season, so he's not exactly a flash in the pan. Like Marner he's in the final year of his ELC, and considering he's (probably) going to have two 80+ point seasons under his belt when that expires you can probably make the case that he deserves more than whatever Mitch might get. Gonna be interesting to see how those negotiations go.
 
Rantanen's agent is Mike Liut who was recently on the 31 Thoughts podcast chatting about the general approach of an agent in this scenario. They too will be patient about this.
 
herman said:
Rantanen's agent is Mike Liut who was recently on the 31 Thoughts podcast chatting about the general approach of an agent in this scenario. They too will be patient about this.
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I really wonder if both him and Marner's agent will try and wait each other out to see what the other signs for.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
Rantanen's agent is Mike Liut who was recently on the 31 Thoughts podcast chatting about the general approach of an agent in this scenario. They too will be patient about this.
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I really wonder if both him and Marner's agent will try and wait each other out to see what the other signs for.
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That's what I'm thinking will be the case. In slightly different tiers, they've got Winnipeg's three contracts to keep an eye on too.

How much of an effect will MacKinnon's very team-friendly deal have as an on-team limiter if any?
 
herman said:
How much of an effect will MacKinnon's very team-friendly deal have as an on-team limiter if any?
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That's kind of what I'm hoping for. Rantanen signs first and is pressured to take a little less because of that. Then the Leafs use that contract as a comparable to keep Marner's down as much as they can.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
How much of an effect will MacKinnon's very team-friendly deal have as an on-team limiter if any?
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That's kind of what I'm hoping for. Rantanen signs first and is pressured to take a little less because of that. Then the Leafs use that contract as a comparable to keep Marner's down as much as they can.
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We can hope that, but Marner's dad is going to be all over this.
 
herman said:
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
How much of an effect will MacKinnon's very team-friendly deal have as an on-team limiter if any?
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That's kind of what I'm hoping for. Rantanen signs first and is pressured to take a little less because of that. Then the Leafs use that contract as a comparable to keep Marner's down as much as they can.
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We can hope that, but Marner's dad is going to be all over this.
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I heard Michael Nylander is already telling him to hold out.
 
L K said:
herman said:
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
How much of an effect will MacKinnon's very team-friendly deal have as an on-team limiter if any?
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That's kind of what I'm hoping for. Rantanen signs first and is pressured to take a little less because of that. Then the Leafs use that contract as a comparable to keep Marner's down as much as they can.
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We can hope that, but Marner's dad is going to be all over this.
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I heard Michael Nylander is already telling him to hold out.
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Maybe we should scrap the fathers' road trip this season...
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
Rantanen's agent is Mike Liut who was recently on the 31 Thoughts podcast chatting about the general approach of an agent in this scenario. They too will be patient about this.
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I really wonder if both him and Marner's agent will try and wait each other out to see what the other signs for.
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Can they not collude?
 
They told the press in Toronto that Karlsson will not be speaking about Ottawa during his availability.
https://twitter.com/theScore/status/1068136386220474369

Today:
https://twitter.com/SanJoseSharks/status/1068618085521735680

I still wouldn't trade Nylander to rent him for a year, but I kind of love this handsome ice pirate.
 
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