Seravalli: Knights and Rielly Smith have a verbal agreement on an extension

[nickdawg95]

probably move out one of Martinez/Marchessault

 

[Wallet Inspector]

At least we know Smith will be traded one year into his new contract when Vegas notices a shiny toy they want

“By gawd, is that PATRICK KANE!? He’d be perfect!”

Lol hockey fans once again whining about Vegas seeking to upgrade their roster, as if they're the only team that does that.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Woof

 

[Reddwit]

Hey Vegas fans - how much of an overpayment is $4,201,487/yr for Hague? Asking for a GM.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Surprising. I thought he would be a cap casualty.

I did too, but it may be that they trade Martinez who really wants to be back in SoCal anyway.

 

[VanillaCoke]

5M seems like too much

 

[The Duck Knight]

Hey Vegas fans - how much of an overpayment is $4,201,487/yr for Hague? Asking for a GM.

About double what he's currently worth. He's not suited to be more than a 3rd pair D at this point on a good team.

 

[StickShift]

About double what he's currently worth. He's not suited to be more than a 3rd pair D at this point on a good team.

Ironic for a VGK fan to define a defenseman that way—because the same could've been said for any of the "Golden Misfit" defensemen from that inaugral season. VGK fans should know better than anyone else that sometimes players just need a bigger role to show what they can really do.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Lol hockey fans once again whining about Vegas seeking to upgrade their roster, as if they're the only team that does that.

Who is whining? They have taken their very good team and have progressively made it worse…through awful decisions

Weird take buddy!

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Who is whining? They have taken their very good team and have progressively made it worse…through awful decisions

Weird take buddy!

Not really. They only missed the playoffs due to massive injuries.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Patrick can (and should) be waived so his cap hit is a non-issue.

Letting Thompson run with the #1 role and expecting no hiccups seems a bit premature.

Nolan Patrick?

I'd love to have him on the Avs and see if he can slowly sort it out.

 

[Haguerbomb]

Who is whining? They have taken their very good team and have progressively made it worse…through awful decisions

Weird take buddy!

How so?

 

[Dirty Dog]

Not really. They only missed the playoffs due to massive injuries.

Massive injuries that let them ice a team. They literally couldn’t ice a healthy team—so it’s a bit hard to use injuries as an excuse

Also, they don’t have depth to deal with injuries.

So nope, they can blame roster construction, not injuries

 

[The Duck Knight]

Ironic for a VGK fan to define a defenseman that way—because the same could've been said for any of the "Golden Misfit" defensemen from that inaugral season. VGK fans should know better than anyone else that sometimes players just need a bigger role to show what they can really do.

He had a bigger role for a portion of this past year playing with Petro. Hutton was better in that spot. We've seen more than enough of him to know what he is right NOW. I know he's not finished product so I don't want to move him, but 4m per at his current level would be more than he is worth and definitely more than Vegas can afford.

 

[pbgoalie]

It’s entertaining to read the various trade threads and pie in the sky trade proposals and the. To read
The vitriol when Vegas actually does it at times!!

 

[CupInSIX]

Nolan Patrick?

I'd love to have him on the Avs and see if he can slowly sort it out.

Yeah. For his sake I hope he just takes another year off and re-evaluates his health. He likely suffered 2 more concussions last season.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Yea....I'm not sure that I would trust a verbal agreement from Vegas if I were a player or agent.

Even if he signs that, big chance he will get traded shortly after. They are acting like a kid who plays BE A GM on NHL 22.

 

[biturbo19]

Too bad. Really underrated, effective player. Takes a good option off the UFA market. But it does make sense from both a Vegas perspective, and from the player's perspective. Smith has found a pretty good home there, and it seems to work well for both parties. Why mess with that i guess?


Curious who is going to be sent packing from Vegas to make the cap all work though. Karlsson kind of makes some sense. He'd free up the space to fit things in. But a team like Vegas that aren't deep down the middle, moving a Center...that doesn't really make a lot of sense.

It's also hard to really figure how it's all going to piece together, considering they're probably going to be trying to operate right at the cap...so they can fully take advantage of working $7.85M into the LTIR bonus cushion with Weber's contract now. How they juggle that situation is going to require some lateral thinking and very careful timing probably.

 

[Jared Dunn]

If this means they have to pay to trade Pacioretty that's a no brainer for a bubble team with cap space