Around the NHL Thread - The Amount of Drafts in July is TOO DAMN HIGH!

[TheHudlinator]

Pelech should be there over Chabot or Theodore IMO.

I could see it over Chabot but I think like when Keith Seabrook were taken together hockey canada will value built in chemistry of already developed pairings so I think both Theodore and toews make it to play with their star partners

 

[Khrox]

#facts

Not even mad about that image. Good job Canes

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Habs fans are hitting the copium hard

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Not even mad about that image. Good job Canes

I don't know, they seem like a bunch of jerks to me.

 

[Darth Vladar]

Sens have apparently offered 8-year, $64M to B. Tkachuk.

GARRIOCH: The Ottawa Senators and Brady Tkachuk continue to talk with the opening of camp set for next Wednesday | Ottawa Sun

 

[Darth Vladar]

Jankowski offered a PTO with the Devils.

New Jersey Devils PTO Professional tryout contract Jimmy Vesey, Mark Jankowski and Tyler Wotherspoon - TSN.ca

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

$64M? From Eugene Melnyk? I don't buy it.

 

[Corpus X]

I found this website that has all the old NHL games. Sweetness.

A lot of the SEGA, Nintendo titles of old as well. Many hours shall be wasted!

NHL 95 - Play Game Online
Search for Nhl - Arcade Spot

 

[Darth Vladar]

$64M? From Eugene Melnyk? I don't buy it.

Isn't Chabot signed to that exact contract?

 

[Darth Vladar]

Rasmus Dahlin will be in training camp for the Buffalo Sabres after signing a three-year deal Wednesday morning with an AAV of $6 million. He is just 21-years old but made strides playing under coach Don Granato, and began to average close to 25 minutes ATOI by the end of the season. Dahlin will still be an RFA at the end of this deal.

Rasmus Dahlin signs 3 years 6 Million AAV Contract with Sabres

 

[Khrox]

Well, we only play him once this year I guess. Wonder how many other big(ger) name players are gonna go this route. We already know that Zac Rinaldo had his training camp invitation rescinded by the Blue Jackets, and he'll only be playing on their AHL team.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Well, we only play him once this year I guess. Wonder how many other big(ger) name players are gonna go this route. We already know that Zac Rinaldo had his training camp invitation rescinded by the Blue Jackets, and he'll only be playing on their AHL team.

Last count I read there were 15 players remaining unvaccinated.

 

[Khrox]

Last count I read there were 15 players remaining unvaccinated.

Wasn't aware of the total number of unvaccinated.

Apparently Josh Archibald is on that list now too, and is expected to miss around 30 games (if not more) if he doesn't catch covid, and stays with the Oilers full season, just because of quarantine rules and stuff. That's a little over 1/3 of his total salary he's willingly giving up in this case.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

 

[Darth Vladar]

Apparently the Sabres already stripped him of the C. there's probably already something in the works.

 

[Anglesmith]

Apparently the Sabres already stripped him of the C. there's probably already something in the works.

Whether or not they actually had a trade in the works, you would think that the Sabres had to strip him of the captaincy, wouldn't you? You can't let the guy be the captain of a team he has no interest in being part of.

 

[Darth Vladar]

Whether or not they actually had a trade in the works, you would think that the Sabres had to strip him of the captaincy, wouldn't you? You can't let the guy be the captain of a team he has no interest in being part of.

I guess for a while there I thought there might be a possibility they could work it out. Frankly, I've been doing my best to avoid the Eichel BS. The NHL might as well be the WWE with all these stupid storylines.

 

[TheHudlinator]

Truly impressive how hard the Sabres have f***ed the Eichel situation up.

 

[Darth Vladar]

At the end of the day, Eichel is still a less than point-per-game, career minus player with zero playoff experience entering his seventh season with an injury that's going to require surgery, already making $10M per. Even without the added drama, this guy gives me a headache.

 

[Anglesmith]

At the end of the day, Eichel is still a less than point-per-game, career minus player with zero playoff experience entering his seventh season with an injury that's going to require surgery, already making $10M per. Even without the added drama, this guy gives me a headache.

His last two healthy seasons were both over PPG. The most recent was 95-point pace, and that was with a very bad team. His skill level is very high and he has the ability to take over games.

I think it's completely fair to be concerned about his health. You just have to look at Erik Karlsson as a cautionary tale about acquiring a guy and assuming he'll get back to his previous level after injury. But if Eichel does, he would be a massive addition. Centres who can take the top-line role and produce like him are rare enough that I've never seen one on the Flames.

 

[Darth Vladar]

His last two healthy seasons were both over PPG. The most recent was 95-point pace, and that was with a very bad team. His skill level is very high and he has the ability to take over games.

I think it's completely fair to be concerned about his health. You just have to look at Erik Karlsson as a cautionary tale about acquiring a guy and assuming he'll get back to his previous level after injury. But if Eichel does, he would be a massive addition. Centres who can take the top-line role and produce like him are rare enough that I've never seen one on the Flames.

Well the guy has still made $30M on his current contract while achieving absolutely nothing while most people who grind at regular jobs just to watch him play a game probably won't earn a million in their entire lives. It makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[TheHudlinator]

At the end of the day, Eichel is still a less than point-per-game, career minus player with zero playoff experience entering his seventh season with an injury that's going to require surgery, already making $10M per. Even without the added drama, this guy gives me a headache.

With like 3 nhl caliber players and 0 nhl level coaches or mangers. He can't control nor should he be held responsible for the tire fire around him. He's worth 10 million to convince anyone to even show up to watch those trash teams he's been on.

 

[Darth Vladar]

With like 3 nhl caliber players and 0 nhl level coaches or mangers. He can't control nor should he be held responsible for the tire fire around him. He's worth 10 million to convince anyone to even show up to watch those trash teams he's been on.

Nobody on Earth is "worth" $10M a year to put a damn puck in a net.

 

[TheHudlinator]

Nobody on Earth is "worth" $10M a year to put a damn puck in a net.

No body is worth a billion to own a team and yet here we are

 

[Corpus X]

Nobody on Earth is "worth" $10M a year to put a damn puck in a net.

It's obvious that you haven't heard of inflation... :wink:

How much is Mike Smith paid to put pucks in the net?