Pre-Game Talk: Vegas Expansion draft talk (FLA protects: 11-16-21-27/3-5-6-13/34)

[CHGoalie27]

Welp, bracing for impact.

I'm sick to my ****ing stomach right now.

 

[BeezKnees]

Other options we haven't discussed much are going after Oshie/Radulov in free agency. With smith off the books and not having to re-sign marchessault next year, we should be able to overpay one of those guys a little.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

F5, F5, F5.

No chance I'll get any work done today.

Batting give us some info.

 

[RainingRats]

Other options we haven't discussed much are going after Oshie/Radulov in free agency. With smith off the books and not having to re-sign marchessault next year, we should be able to overpay one of those guys a little.

Oshie will be 6-7mill+ long term. No thanks.

Radulov is not worth what he's currently asking either.

 

[MintyFresh88]

So much crazy speculation flying around. Honestly can't wait to see what happens. With our lack of depth right now, I don't see how losing March, Smith and/or Demers will be a positive though. We will need NHL proven asset(s) coming back our way in some fashion. We can't afford to be taking those types of steps back at this point. I have faith in Tallon though.

 

[GrumpyKelly]

I don't really understand all these moves by LV. I get that they want to build a big prospect pool but many of these deals seem just quantity over quality.

 

[CanadianPantherFan]

Other options we haven't discussed much are going after Oshie/Radulov in free agency. With smith off the books and not having to re-sign marchessault next year, we should be able to overpay one of those guys a little.

Exactly. And Jussi/Jagr monies ending by next year or even this summer. That's $7.5-8 mil off the books too. Sure, some has to go to Ekblad's but there was buffer zone already at cap ceiling. Guys like Borgstrom, Hawrylyk and Mascherin wing players will be much cheaper : than Jagr, Jussi, R Smith and Marchys.

 

[MintyFresh88]

Jimmy Murphy on Twitter says we'd be trending towards being a cap floor team again if we were to move guys like Smith and Demers.....

Which means we're likely to be acquiring picks/prospects if any of these moves come to fruition.

 

[KW]

We may only lose one player in the expansion draft but it doesn't mean guys won't be in play or moved. The fact that March and Smith were exposed means Tallon isn't that high on them and you even said yourself you're not a fan of the protected list.

The expansion protected list is the first big decision with our new management and people here have the right to be concerned when top 6 wingers are exposed instead of bottom pair d-men and a center who is expensive and had a disastrous season.

As has been stated, every team fundamentally only loses one player. Everything beyond that is deal making.

Why do so many people here automatically assume that whatever deal making might be going on, that DT is going to be on the losing end? That he's no longer capable of understanding basic math and player capabilities? That it must be that he's totally lost it? Even though he said that it's all going to be explained.

Furthermore, why do people suddenly think that there aren't better wingers than Smith and March available? Neal, Oshie, Ryan, Kovy, and a bunch of others?

Calm down folks. If anything, you should be excited that March was exposed and Tallon said "I'll explain it". To me this means he's got more than a nice rabbit in his hat.

 

[harv33173]

so what time do the results come up? i originally thought it was 11:00 a.m. today.

 

[RainingRats]

As has been stated, every team fundamentally only loses one player. Everything beyond that is deal making.

Why do so many people here automatically assume that whatever deal making might be going on, that DT is going to be on the losing end? That he's no longer capable of understanding basic math and player capabilities? That it must be that he's totally lost it? Even though he said that it's all going to be explained.

Furthermore, why do people suddenly think that there aren't better wingers than Smith and March available? Neal, Oshie, Ryan, Kovy, and a bunch of others?

Calm down folks. If anything, you should be excited that March was exposed and Tallon said "I'll explain it". To me this means he's got more than a nice rabbit in his hat.

Maybe. People are going off available info. You're speculating just as much as we are except we now know what Tallon thinks of guys like Bjugstad and Petro ("His guys")

They may be better but you think we're the only team interested? You think Oshie is going to make sense at 6-7+mill long term?

We have a weakness on the wings and scoring overall so people should rightly be concerned that he protected Bjugstad and a bottom pair d-man over a guy who scored 30 last year on an incredible contract and a legit top 6 winger. The net gain of adding "better wingers" may not be that much if we lose March and Smith. I'd like to add a better winger to our lineup with March and Smith.

 

[PBPantherfan]

so what time do the results come up? i originally thought it was 11:00 a.m. today.

Vegas has to turn in their list this AM nothing released until 8pm.

 

[BeezKnees]

Oshie will be 6-7mill+ long term. No thanks.

Radulov is not worth what he's currently asking either.

But with Smith's 5 mil longterm gone, it wouldn't be that bad. Plus the salary cap is going up 2 million dollars next year. I understand term is an issue, but we can always trade them to Arizona in a couple years if necessary

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

We find out who Vegas picks tonight. Who they are trading tomorrow

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

so what time do the results come up? i originally thought it was 11:00 a.m. today.

Picks get announced during NHL Awards show

 

[WESEERED]

We find out who Vegas picks tonight. Who they are trading tomorrow

where do you see that we will onyl find out about trades tomorrow.

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

We find out who Vegas picks tonight. Who they are trading tomorrow

It's the NHL, it'll leak a few hours early lol

 

[KW]

Maybe. People are going off available info. You're speculating just as much as we are except we now know what Tallon thinks of guys like Bjugstad and Petro ("His guys")

They may be better but you think we're the only team interested? You think Oshie is going to make sense at 6-7+mill long term?

We have a weakness on the wings and scoring overall so people should rightly be concerned that he protected Bjugstad and a bottom pair d-man over a guy who scored 30 last year on an incredible contract and a legit top 6 winger. The net gain of adding "better wingers" may not be that much if we lose March and Smith. I'd like to add a better winger to our lineup with March and Smith.

I agree that protecting Bjugstad over March, if that's all that it was and there are no deals, and Vegas end up picking March, is a real leap of faith.

But I'm not ready to jump on the "Tallon's boys" theory. DT is a professional in a volatile business where his success is defined by on-ice results and not loyalties, and I doubt he doesn't understand that particular fact better than anyone who posts here.

 

[batting1k]

Hello again old friend Dadanov

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Hello again old friend Dadanov

...with the Panthers? Or just in the NHL?

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Hello again old friend Dadanov

 

[MintyFresh88]

Hello again old friend Dadanov

Oh boy...

If this is the case, Marchy is as good as gone. This will likely be his replacement.

 

[RainingRats]

Oh boy...

If this is the case, Marchy is as good as gone. This will likely be his replacement.

I wonder if it has an effect on Kovy

 

[PBPantherfan]

Hello again old friend Dadanov

That one guy I see at games wearing a Dadanov jersey will be really happy.

 

[BB88]

I wonder if it has an effect on Kovy

I wonder how about the Barkov effect. He could be a great selling point to those guys.