Around the League 2017-18 Edition

[Duck Off]

Hoffman has been traded to San Jose

f***... that’s a really good deal for SJ.

 

[Frosted Tips]

****... that’s a really good deal for SJ.

Don't know much about the other pieces, but seems quite a ****** return for a player of Hoffman's caliber.

 

[dracom]

Don't know much about the other pieces, but seems quite a ****** return for a player of Hoffman's caliber.

Hoffman's trade value has dropped significantly, Ottawa got a meh return for a toxic asset.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Pretty awesome. Maybe the Sharks can drop a 10 spot on the Ducks next year.......

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I understand the circumstances, and that team is going to have a lot of extra baggage, but it's never fun to see Sharks get a significant upgrade to their lineup.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Hoffman flipped to Florida for three draft picks. I would think that would have been a better offer for Ottawa if it was on the table?

 

[AngelDuck]

Sens and Habs will be competing for the bottom of the league until management changes there

 

[dracom]

sharks are going to get Tavares aren’t they?

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Hoffman flipped to Florida for three draft picks. I would think that would have been a better offer for Ottawa if it was on the table?

In the long run I could see it being close to the same, Boedker can probably net them something decent at next year's deadline. But right now? Woof. Sharks would've given Boedker for nothing.

 

[Terry Yake]

lol @ ottawa

doug wilson just got himself an extension this morning

 

[Static]

Why not just keep Hoffman, he's good.

 

[AngelDuck]

Why not just keep Hoffman, he's good.

Agreed

But from the Sharks perspective, it’s probably more about freeing up cap space for JT

 

[bsu]

Wow sharks got a cap dump plus free picks.... What a day for them.

 

[Frosted Tips]

Wow, this is pretty wild

 

[Opak]

I don't know if the Sharks have money for Tavares. Even with a Paul Martin buyout, the Sharks have a little over $14 million in cap space, with Hertl, Tierney and DeMelo all being arbitration eligible RFAs. Plus, Couture and Pavelski are only on contract for one more season...

Regardless, there's no doubt about it -- Doug Wilson did very well today. Pierre Dorion is officially one of the worst GMs in the NHL, there's just no excuse for his utter incompetence.

 

[Opak]

Ducks among four finalists for ESPN team humanitarian award

 

[duxfan1101]

At this very moment, the PANTHERS have the highest team cap hit in the NHL. What a world we live in.

 

[Paul4587]

Jeez what have I missed!? Ottawa is an absolute joke, how do you trade a guy and get a cap dump back to see him moved for value shortly after!!??

Unless they actually thought Boedker had value...

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I'll take a guess that OTT though they were trading Hoffman out of the division and thought Boedker had some use to them.

 

[Paul4587]

I'll take a guess that OTT though they were trading Hoffman out of the division and thought Boedker had some use to them.

Maybe they thought that. But given that they’re not going to be competitive any time soon they shouldn’t be worrying about inter division trades. And I don’t see the Panthers being a huge threat to the Senators Stanley Cup chances even if the Sens did somehow become competitive.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Maybe they thought that. But given that they’re not going to be competitive any time soon they shouldn’t be worrying about inter division trades. And I don’t see the Panthers being a huge threat to the Senators Stanley Cup chances even if the Sens did somehow become competitive.

Yeah, I agree.It's just odd that the Sharks moved him so fast. You have to think the Sharks were already certain they weren't keeping Hoffman the minute they traded for him. So if FLA was willing to pay that why wouldn't OTT take that deal? Who knows.

 

[ADHB]

Yeah, I agree.It's just odd that the Sharks moved him so fast. You have to think the Sharks were already certain they weren't keeping Hoffman the minute they traded for him. So if FLA was willing to pay that why wouldn't OTT take that deal? Who knows.

I read somewhere that the Ottawa GM wasn’t interested in picks and wanted a player in return. Very strange unless he’s actually under the illusion that they’re trying to compete this year.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I read somewhere that the Ottawa GM wasn’t interested in picks and wanted a player in return. Very strange unless he’s actually under the illusion that they’re trying to compete this year.

Well, if the Sens keep their pick this year you know they will be busting their hump not to give the Avs a good pick next year. But I don't see how Boedker does that.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Part of it might be that they can't really start a fire sale until they know what's up with Karlsson. Debatable if this was the way to go, but might send the message that they're still willing to try.

 

[duxfan1101]

Yeah, I agree.It's just odd that the Sharks moved him so fast. You have to think the Sharks were already certain they weren't keeping Hoffman the minute they traded for him. So if FLA was willing to pay that why wouldn't OTT take that deal? Who knows.

Apparently OTT was very against trading within their own division, which makes this even worse.