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Speculation: Roster Speculation, 2018 Off-Season
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Jim Bob
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A friend of mines cottge is two down from ROR and he’s on the water all the time. Doesn’t mean these guys aren’t putting in hours of training too. They’re humans and need their relaxation time too (regarding the Mitts comments)
dotcommunism
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My opinion is that, as fans, it's actually none of our damn business what these guys decide to do during their free time (barring their doing things that are actually harmful to people).
AustonsNostrils
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Mittelstadt will take part in development camp or he's exempt?
What are the criteria for mandatory dev camp participation? Bailey's got the record I'm sure for number of dev camps.
What are the criteria for mandatory dev camp participation? Bailey's got the record I'm sure for number of dev camps.
dotcommunism
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Development camp (or Conditioning Camp as it's referred to in the CBA) is for: 1) unsigned draft choices, 2) players on their ELC with fewer than 120 NHL games played, 3) players who went undrafted (both free agents and those with remaining draft eligibility) and 4) players who finished the previous season injured if they submit a written request to the Club.
Also no player is required to participate in more than three Conditioning Camps for the same club (although he is still able to)
AustonsNostrils
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thanks. so the team could have required Eichel to show up for dev camp following his rookie NHL season.
dotcommunism
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No. Players who played in more than 70 NHL games the previous season aren't eligible. I just left that out since it doesn't apply to anyone this year who would otherwise be eligible.
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I wonder if Arizona has any interest in Pominville. Thinking about a straight up trade for Dave Bolland. Both have one year left on their contract at the same salary. Bolland will be on injured reserve all season which allows us to inject more speed or youth into our lineup.
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Bad idea
Buffalo has about $19M in cap space (plus however much it goes up) for 6 F, 2D, and 2G to fill out the roster
if 6 of these 10 are on ELC/$1M contracts
that leaves them $13M for a starting goalie, Reinhart, another forward(could be an ELC/$1M player), a Dman.
If Bolland cant be a LTIR player you send down ELCs and call them back up against it, you need to be at the cap for most benefit.
Poms at 50% for 1 yr has some positive value.
I’m imagining a scenario where Casey Mittelstadt pulls a Clayton Keller, Rasmus Dahlin goes Charlie McAvoy, Brendan Guhle establishes himself, Rasmus Asplund pulls a Jesper Bratt and Linus Ullmark is good....Lol
Sounds so unrealistic, but that’s basically what happened in Boston, New Jersey and even Toronto. Having 3-4 young guys establishing themselves can have a major impact.
Sounds so unrealistic, but that’s basically what happened in Boston, New Jersey and even Toronto. Having 3-4 young guys establishing themselves can have a major impact.
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The hockey coverage is good to great quality wise, though if you only want Buffalo stuff you'll be annoyed until they start up here.
They also have lots of Football, MLB and expanding into everything else.
I find the day to day team coverage to be mostly fine, but not really vital. The best articles for me have been lots of the behind the scene interviews and stories on GM's and management for various sports.
I've enjoyed it but am somewhat on the fence about re-upping next year, waiting to see who the Buffalo coverage is.
They also have lots of Football, MLB and expanding into everything else.
I find the day to day team coverage to be mostly fine, but not really vital. The best articles for me have been lots of the behind the scene interviews and stories on GM's and management for various sports.
I've enjoyed it but am somewhat on the fence about re-upping next year, waiting to see who the Buffalo coverage is.
I bought it on a discount (38-ish bucks I think) and I'm reading something on it almost every day, if not more than once, including going into older articles on the draft or taking a look at some of what other teams are up to.
Yeah, I wanted the national stuff and getting it on discount helped push it for me. We'll see next year if I'm still thinking it's good value having mined out all their archives while reading what I want of the new material. Maybe if I get back into football or baseball, but right now, I don't have time.
If they have coverage for your market I'd say it is. The content is definitely worth the price if you have the appetite for it. They also do offer discounts pretty frequently and I'd expect to see some closer to the draft. I think I got mine at 50% off around Thanksgiving.
Aladyyn
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Imo it's a fair deal if you only care about hockey. If you're into any other sport they cover it's a steal.
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Imagine Okposo gets back on track, Sam is 2nd half Sam from the start of the season, ROR is dialed in from day 1, We get league average goaltending, Those things would be a big positive. If any 1 or 2 of what you listed happens as well and we may have a renaissance next year. If all of them happen, look out.
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