2020-2021 NHL Thread

[herman]

Tampa is losing Yanni Gourde or some young up and comer.

I'm kinda surprised the talk seems to be about them going the 8 skater route to protect Cernak. I'd rather go 7F-3D to make sure Gourde stays. Losing him as well as potentially Goodrow and Coleman is a much, much bigger hole to fill than losing their #4 who probably gets a little boosted because of the guys he plays with.

I could see Tampa cutting a deal to have Seattle take WA-native Tyler Johnson for Cal Foote + other near-term prospects. C's are going to be scarce at the expansion draft. Gourde is better, but TB might still protect him and risk Cernak. Cernak is cheaper and harder to replace than a 3C though, and I think the cap clearing might be a bigger consideration.

 

[bustaheims]

There's some whispers that Nashville is considering exposing Duchene and Philly potentially exposing Voracek. Going to be some interesting players available for Seattle - for themselves or as potential trade chips. Going to be very interesting when the actual protection lists get finalized.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I could see Tampa cutting a deal to have Seattle take WA-native Tyler Johnson for Cal Foote + other near-term prospects. C's are going to be scarce at the expansion draft. Gourde is better, but TB might still protect him and risk Cernak. Cernak is cheaper and harder to replace than a 3C though, and I think the cap clearing might be a bigger consideration.

If history's taught us anything though doing this will guarantee that Foote becomes a top pairing defenceman though, so I'd avoid that.

My picks would be Kucherov, Stamkos, Point, Palat, Gourde, Cirelli, and then whichever one of their younger guys they like the best as the 7th forward (Joseph/Barr?-Boulet/Stephens). And then of course Hedman/McDonagh/Sergachev/Vasi as the other guys. That would leave Cernak, Johnson, and Killorn exposed. You could protect Killorn instead of a young guy but he's almost there to maybe bait Seattle into taking him instead of Cernak. Killorn's a good player but the cap relief they'd get from that would be important too. Even if they take Cernak though I still think he's fairly replaceable given his role behind their big-3 on defence.

As for Gourde being a 3C, I think that's it's a little unfair to call him that. He actually led Tampa forwards in 5-on-5 ice time in this playoff run, and at all-situations was 3rd behind Kucherov and Point (so above guys like Stamkos and Cirelli). Very important player for them, even if his salary might be tough to squeeze in.

 

[L K]

The Bruins re-signed Brandon Carlo to a 6 year 4.1M per year extension.  Not a bad deal.

 

[L K]

There's some whispers that Nashville is considering exposing Duchene and Philly potentially exposing Voracek. Going to be some interesting players available for Seattle - for themselves or as potential trade chips. Going to be very interesting when the actual protection lists get finalized.

Good players who are not cost effective anyway.  Voracek had his one PPG season but has really been more of a 20G/60 point player outside of that year.  Three years at 8.25M.

Duchene is coming off 42 points in 66 games and 13 in 34 at 8M in price-tag.  They could be buy-low type acquisitions if a lot of their other expansion picks are on smaller deals but I guess there really isn't a lot of great free agency options this year either so these might be the only higher skill type players they could get.

 

[bustaheims]

Good players who are not cost effective anyway.  Voracek had his one PPG season but has really been more of a 20G/60 point player outside of that year.  Three years at 8.25M.

Duchene is coming off 42 points in 66 games and 13 in 34 at 8M in price-tag.  They could be buy-low type acquisitions if a lot of their other expansion picks are on smaller deals but I guess there really isn't a lot of great free agency options this year either so these might be the only higher skill type players they could get.

They become potentially valuable trade pieces if Seattle is willing to eat a big chunk of their cap hits. I have to imagine, if they are available, they'll be having some interesting trade discussions.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/1415459715430207501
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1415460383800893446
Neato

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markscheig/status/1415681492508811272
The event was a wedding celebration for Manny Legace?s daughter. Crying now

 

[bustaheims]

https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1415671805038137358

Another decent veteran defender hits the market.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/mckennaconor/status/1415475951329320963
Oh yeah, this was a thing

 

[Deebo]

https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1416191058631925764

 

[herman]

Well that was dumb

 

[bustaheims]

Well that was dumb

For which team? Islanders desperately need the cap space and Leddy hasn?t been worth that contract for a few years now; and Detroit desperately needs NHL calibre players and have cap space to burn.

 

[herman]

Well that was dumb

For which team? Islanders desperately need the cap space and Leddy hasn?t been worth that contract for a few years now; and Detroit desperately needs NHL calibre players and have cap space to burn.

Yzerman paid for a cap dump.

 

[bustaheims]

Well that was dumb

For which team? Islanders desperately need the cap space and Leddy hasn?t been worth that contract for a few years now; and Detroit desperately needs NHL calibre players and have cap space to burn.

Yzerman paid for a cap dump.

Except Leddy isn?t a full-on cap dump. He?s still a useful player, and young enough that he might regain some value in a new environment. Won?t surprise me if Detroit can get similar or better value for him at the deadline.

 

[L K]

Columbus might be leaving Domi exposed?.why does Jarmo still have a job?

 

[Guilt Trip]

Columbus might be leaving Domi exposed?.why does Jarmo still have a job?

Leaving Domi unprotected is a smart move. He's brutal and not worth the contract.

 

[bustaheims]

He had a rough year on a terrible team. There?s legit arguments that almost that entire roster could go unprotected and it wouldn?t hurt the team.

 

[Guilt Trip]

He had a rough year on a terrible team. There?s legit arguments that almost that entire roster could go unprotected and it wouldn?t hurt the team.

And he wasn't so good the year before in Montreal. Certainly not worth the 5.3 he's getting.

 

[L K]

He had a rough year on a terrible team. There?s legit arguments that almost that entire roster could go unprotected and it wouldn?t hurt the team.

And he wasn't so good the year before in Montreal. Certainly not worth the 5.3 he's getting.

I?m criticizing him less for the quality of player that Domi is and more for the moves he has made overall.    Been in Columbus since 2013 and they have the fluke sweep of Tampa and a play in win against Toronto.  Starting on their third coach albeit the second picked by him.