mightyquack
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Season is over and last seasons thread was getting pretty long. Last season's thread here: Around the league 2019-20
Apparently Sharks are after Dubnyk and Avalanche are after Rask. Bruins want one of Pietro or OEL
In speaking to reporters on Friday, general manager Doug Wilson said the Sharks’ core players are healthy as the offseason begins, including Karlsson. In fact, Wilson said this might be the first time Karlsson has been fully healthy since joining the organization in September of 2018.
I don't see anything that would make them clearly better than us.They won't be the best team in the division, but they'll certainly be better than Anaheim.
Sharks have Jones in net. Sure they have Karlsson, but Burns is 35 and Vlasic is not what he used to be. Their top 6 is ok I guess, but not sure what depth they will be able to roll out.
I think we don't have as got top6 as them but depth wise we might have an advantage.
Defense I see us as a better team
Goal I see us as a better team
That's on paper of course, but I'm pretty confident.
Also, Arizona will be worse next season.
If San Jose's forwards play just a little better than last year and Karlsson returns healthy (which he apparently is for the first time since he was traded), they will be notably than Anaheim. Hertl and Couture missed quite a few games as well last year and SJ as a team only scored 2 fewer goals than Anaheim.I don't see anything that would make them clearly better than us.
Kings acquire Olli Maata from Chicago in what amounts to a straight cap dump for the Hawks, who acquire a fringe/non prospect in return to balance contracts.
Probably a decent move for LA to get a stop gap for their top 4. Circumstances being what they are, it's still crazy to see that Maata has fallen far enough to not have any value even with the retention.
We count 26yos as veterans in this day and age?It's buyers' market. Chicago needed cap space and Määttä was easy to move 'cos he has some value and he isn't part of the team going forward. They need to sign Kubalik, Strome and goalie (possibly from FA market) so they needed cap space more than they needed Määttä. LA just got fine veteran defence for almost nothing. Good deal for both parties.
We count 26yos as veterans in this day and age?
Most of the great stuff LA had done is with regards to players that are 1-3 years away from the NHL. They’re a basement team the next couple years just like us.I think LA is doing some great stuff
San Jose will still be just ok
Ouch, I should have checked games played. Didn't realise he was already at the 500GP mark. My bad.he’s played almost 500 NHL games with 67 of them coming in the playoffs, you don’t consider that a veteran?
I dont get the point unless they plan on moving Jones, but there’s no way anyone would take Jones right?dubnyk to the sharks
not something i was expecting
I dont get the point unless they plan on moving Jones, but there’s no way anyone would take Jones right?