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2020-2021 NHL Thread

L K said:
The only real issue I have is the NHL has handled this whole situations extremely poorly. 
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I'm no stooge for the league but it seems people are in a real rush to criticize things that are likely very complex and with a lot of moving parts that fans simply aren't privy to.

The NHL and players did an amazing job with the playoffs considering the obstacles, and I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on how they're approaching working with labour unions and governments, which, as everyone knows, is super easy and moves in a straight line.
 
The newest of the many realizations I've had about the upcoming season: The border is going to play havoc on the trade deadline. How much cross-border trading can there be? Will the cross-border market particularly work against the Canadian teams for trading options? Will there be 14-day quarantines for trades? For players, this will be a particularly bad year to get traded without player agreement to it.
 
Heroic Shrimp said:
The newest of the many realizations I've had about the upcoming season: The border is going to play havoc on the trade deadline. How much cross-border trading can there be? Will the cross-border market particularly work against the Canadian teams for trading options? Will there be 14-day quarantines for trades? For players, this will be a particularly bad year to get traded without player agreement to it.
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Hopefully they can finally really nail down rapid testing.
 
Because of the cap Derek Stepan is worth a 2nd round draft pick while Nate Schmidt is worth a 3rd rounder. Great system.
 
Stepan?s not going to move the needle much for Ottawa, but if he puts up decent numbers, they should at least recoup the pick at the deadline.

Which ultimately makes this a pretty pointless deal.
 
https://twitter.com/stlouisblues/status/1343344735495352321
https://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/1343347236663664642
This could be interesting
 
Nilsson and Gaborik are both declared LTIR, to go with Kucherov. Tampa clears out some overpays and gains 3.25M in space. Ottawa recoups the 2nd rder they spent today and added more serviceable okay players for Matthews and co. to dummy.
 
Tidy bit of work there for Tampa. They give up 2 players who were probably superfluous to get themselves cap compliant. Ottawa adds a couple deadline assets and a late 2nd for two guys that weren?t going to play this season, which should make Melnyk a little happier, as the team saves a little bit of cash and isn?t paying as much money for guys who aren?t going to hit the ice. Makes sense for both sides.
 
Coburn waived his NTC to go to Ottawa of all places? Damn BriseBois owes him big (likely in the form of a cushy post-retirement gig).
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Coburn waived his NTC to go to Ottawa of all places? Damn BriseBois owes him big (likely in the form of a cushy post-retirement gig).
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Maybe he wanted to be in Canada.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Kinda too bad there wasn't any room for him here. I prefer Simmonds though, even at double the price.
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What can you do. I'd rather roll the dice on the younger player also.
 
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