League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) Vol. 7

[Ridley Simon]

Devils are in a sell mode. Go for Severson you dumb****s!

Why would they trade a guy with a good cap hit that also has term?

If he’s as good as you make him out to be, he’s a guy they keep and build around.

we’d also have to get them to take some salary back, or retain. Today we are 1.7m short in cap space to add him.

 

[Melkor]

Why would they trade a guy with a good cap hit they has term?

If he’s as good as you make him out to be, wsho

Why bad teams trade good players? Yeah, probably that.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Why bad teams trade good players? Yeah, probably that.

Phone sent my response to fast.

what exactly do you think a deal would need to look like, to get your boy here?

so what’s the trade, maestro? (And please don’t give me the p***yfoot response — “I don’t know, that’s for the GM to figure out!!”)

 

[Langway]

Sources denying Coleman to COL so we'll see.

 

[Marshall]

Greene got back a 2nd (admittedly in 2021) and a c level prospect? That seems a bit high.

 

[Melkor]

Phone sent my response to fast.

what exactly do you think a deal would need to look like, to get your boy here?

so what’s the trade, maestro? (And please don’t give me the p***yfoot response — “I don’t know, that’s for the GM to figure out!!”)

Definitely a 1st+someone of their recent 1st rounders (Alexeev probably)+Jensen as a cap dump. No less than that for sure, chief.

 

[Sam Spade]

They need to get a guy who can put a puck in the back of the net though for real.

Also this loyalty thing teams (GM's) have with coaches and players is stupid. Has Lamarillo actually watched Greene play hockey the last couple of seasons? There is no way they don't have a kid in Bridgeport who is 80% better than him.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Bridgeport? 80%? Lol....

 

[txpd]

an AHL player being 80% better than an NHL player means the NHL guy clearly doesn't belong in the league. Andy Greene is still an NHL player.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Foote was their 1st rounder last year. Pretty steep price

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Zucker got a 1st, Galchenyuk, and a top defensive prospect.
Andy Greene got a 2nd + meh prospect.
Blake Coleman got a 2020 1st + 27OA from 2019.

Only Greene is a pure rental but those prices are steep. Very steep.

 

[Kuznetsnow]

I'd have probably traded that much for Coleman.

Perfect deadline acquisition, doesn't need to be integrated into a team's primary offense like Hall but superchargers their bottom 6 and PK. Long term acquistion too. I can see him doing what Eller did in 2018 but even better.

 

[EroCaps]

Our boys are long-shot Cup contenders at this point. Coleman is a beast, and will help Tampa considerably this spring.

 

[Sam Spade]

an AHL player being 80% better than an NHL player means the NHL guy clearly doesn't belong in the league. Andy Greene is still an NHL player.

Bridgeport? 80%? Lol....

We will see who is playing come playoff time.

Leddy, Boychuk, Pulock, Mayfield, Dobson, Toews or Greene. Defense is 100% not the Isles issue.

p.s. I know Trotz will play Greene, that's the kind of coach he is, won't mean it will be correct.

 

[caps4cup]

Our boys are long-shot Cup contenders at this point. Coleman is a beast, and will help Tampa considerably this spring.

JT Miller who they had last season is also pretty good, arguably better than Coleman, as we’re seeing this year in an increased role.

 

[Portable Mink]

Ouch.
Expensive but worth it for Tampa.

Really like him.

 

[Sam Spade]

Man if the Devils play this correctly they can really help their team in what is considered a deep draft at 1-10:

 

[txpd]

We will see who is playing come playoff time.

Leddy, Boychuk, Pulock, Mayfield, Dobson, Toews or Greene. Defense is 100% not the Isles issue.

p.s. I know Trotz will play Greene, that's the kind of coach he is, won't mean it will be correct.

Depth is good. No?

 

[Sam Spade]

Ouch.
Expensive but worth it for Tampa.

Really like him.

Phew, if the Caps gave up a first AND Alexeyev for Blake Coleman, I just don't know.........

 

[Ridley Simon]

Phew, if the Caps gave up a first AND Alexeyev for Blake Coleman, I just don't know.........

Yeah. That’s just dumb prices. I obv like Coleman but he had roles in NJ that he shouldn’t/won’t have on a contender.

that’s a massive price, for a bottom 6 player.

 

[Sam Spade]

Yeah. That’s just dumb prices. I obv like Coleman but he had roles in NJ that he shouldn’t/won’t have on a contender.

that’s a massive price, for a bottom 6 player.

It's Stephenson but in reverse.

 

[Langway]

It's a seller's market but I think the Greene price was a bit special since it was Lou adding him and he'd wanted him for a while. Tampa still needs another D probably. Now Boston will need to respond.

 

[Ridley Simon]

It's Stephenson but in reverse.

Caps won’t be in this market

 

[Sam Spade]

Caps won’t be in this market

If these are the prices then I'm fine with that.

A 3/4 D is gonna cost a fortune. I'd rather just go with Fehrevery or Djoos.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Our boys are long-shot Cup contenders at this point. Coleman is a beast, and will help Tampa considerably this spring.

Tampa vs Boston in Round Two is going to be must-see TV. I imagine the NHL's dream is a second round featuring Boston/Tampa and Pittsburgh/Washington. The upsets were fun last year but Boston/Columbus and Carolina/NYI... yawn.