Around the League: News/Notes

[Renopucker]

EK's defensive numbers are in the crapper, but they'll deploy him on every PP and against bottom 6 opponents.

 

[The Marquis]

San Jose is going to be very bad this year.

 

[Fuhrious]

I'm surprised Martin Jones hasnt turned up anywhere yet. If Blackwood and Peterson are still getting run-outs as NHL backups, I would have thought someone like STL or CHI would have thrown a one-year offer at him?

 

[RainyCityHockey]

I'm surprised Martin Jones hasnt turned up anywhere yet. If Blackwood and Peterson are still getting run-outs as NHL backups, I would have thought someone like STL or CHI would have thrown a one-year offer at him?

Jones had an .887 SV% last year and was nearly unplayable towards the end of last season.
The reason he won 27 starts last year was a good stretch in November and a team that scored over 4 goals per game with him in net.

He's also older while there's still hope with a younger guy like Blackwood to somehow turn it around.
Petersen was a throw in to make numbers work and Philly(just like San Jose) can give it a shot given that they're still tanking.

I think Jones will get a PTO or maybe a minimum contract right around the start of training camp or if there are injuries.

 

[Gniwder]

Karlsson goes to the Pens(with a $10M AAV) and the Sharks get a first round pick(top ten protected) and some stuff while Montreal gets Petry(who they'll most likely flip) and a 2nd round pick.

Pittsburgh Penguins Acquire Erik Karlsson In Three-Team Deal

The Erik Karlsson trade saga is finally over. The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired the 2023 Norris Trophy winner from the San Jose …

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So much for the Sharks asking for Shane Wright if we were the team to get Karlsson....

I'm sure the ask depended on the retention. Sharks only retained $1.5M. $10M would have been tough to fit considering SJ is probably on every player's NTC list. Kraken have 14 players with some sort of NTC including Driedger and Schultz who would've been my salary dumps.

I didn't see him coming to Seattle so I just stayed out of the whole EK conversation. I don't think he fits the system, the team gives up too many 3 on 2 rushes, with EK back there it'll be 3 on 1, lol.

 

[Gniwder]

In other news, Dumba signed for 1 yr at $3.9M. I figured he wasn't gonna get what he wanted.

Lots of one year deals this offseason with everyone expecting the cap to go up next year.

 

[GrungeHockey]

This is the time of year when players take what they can get and hope to get a better deal (with maybe a new agent) next year. Jones will get signed if someone has injury problems. Otherwise, I don't see a landing spot for him right now.
San Jose one year too late on the Bedard sweepstakes

 

[Gniwder]

This is the time of year when players take what they can get and hope to get a better deal (with maybe a new agent) next year. Jones will get signed if someone has injury problems. Otherwise, I don't see a landing spot for him right now.
San Jose one year too late on the Bedard sweepstakes

It gave them an extra year to load up on talent, and Celebrini could wind up being just as good. If they win the lottery they have 2 centers to build around, if not they get a top end winger so they have a first line.

If anything they picked the right time to tank, this past draft and the next one have more talent than I've seen in a while. Gonna be a lot of new stars in the league 3 or 4 years from now.

 

[Fuhrious]

 

[GrungeHockey]

It gave them an extra year to load up on talent, and Celebrini could wind up being just as good. If they win the lottery they have 2 centers to build around, if not they get a top end winger so they have a first line.

If anything they picked the right time to tank, this past draft and the next one have more talent than I've seen in a while. Gonna be a lot of new stars in the league 3 or 4 years from now.

I think you'll find there will be a lot of names in the drafts 3, 4 years from now as well. There's a larger pool of options than ever before. The U.S. programs have developed by leaps and bounds. You now have improving Swiss and German programs. In a few years things might change around Russia as well, hard to say. Bottom line is I think you'll see lots of deep upcoming drafts.

My point was only that there's no Bedard next year.Celebrini is good, but he's no Bedard.

 

[Kevinsane]

Jones had a nice run last year. He can play, but he’s not seemed able to string together multiple seasons of great numbers.
Toronto’s media is comprised of both incessant cheerleading and relentless criticism.
He’ll have an interesting time.

 

[GrungeHockey]

nah, I'm sorry, but the Leaf goaltending is garbage.

 

[Kevinsane]

Re Babcock:

“When someone shows you who they are, believe then the first time.”

 

[The Marquis]

@RainyCityHockey’s guy, Frank Vatrano got a hat trick. Maybe he was the key to success all along.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

The NHL is doing NHL things.

NHL Teams Vote To Decentralize Entry Draft

NHL teams have voted in a majority to decentralize the NHL Entry Draft, per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, ending the years-long …

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Anytime they have something people like they find a way to throw it away...

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

The NHL is doing NHL things.

NHL Teams Vote To Decentralize Entry Draft

NHL teams have voted in a majority to decentralize the NHL Entry Draft, per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, ending the years-long …

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Anytime they have something people like they find a way to throw it away...

Don't like it .. but its the NHL. After the whole pride tape fiasco this season and the other stuff from last season, I don't think the guys running the league have a f***ing clue.

 

[The Marquis]

@RainyCityHockey’s guy Vatrano with yet another hat trick.

Everybody…. I think he was right. He backed the wrong horse. RCH was right all along. 8 goals already this season.

 

[Scomerica]

I haven't watched much hockey this year, what's going on with the Oilers?

 

[The Marquis]

I haven't watched much hockey this year, what's going on with the Oilers?

McDavid has been hurt

 

[Scomerica]

McDavid has been hurt

Ahh that explains it all

 

[RainyCityHockey]

Ahh that explains it all

Not really.
He's only missed two games or so.

They, once again, just have nothing besides McDavid and Draisaitl and can't defend or get a save.

 

[Hocktopus]

Not really.
He's only missed two games or so.

They, once again, just have nothing besides McDavid and Draisaitl and can't defend or get a save.

Plus, they have little offensive depth after those two other than Nugent-Hopkins

Not going to help that Drai is a UFA after next season and then McDavid in 2026. I cannot see either one wanting to stick around. Even though they are arguably the best two players in the world, does Edmonton consider trading Drai for multiple players in order to increase their depth and / or improve their defence or goaltending?

 

[kihei]

Now 38 years old, Ovie has only scored five goals in 17 games this year, giving him 822 career goals. Gretzky finished with 894. It is beginning to look that Ovechkin is an increasing long shot to match or surpass Wayne's record.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

The Ducks and Flyers have exchanged top prospects.

Ducks Send Jamie Drysdale To Flyers For Cutter Gauthier

The Anaheim Ducks have swapped top prospects with the Philadelphia Flyers, trading Jamie Drysdale and a second-round pick in the …

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The Ducks send Jamie Drysdale(D) and a 2nd round pick to Philly in exchange for Cutter Gauthier(C).
Gauthier was drafted one spot behind Shane Wright in 2022 and supposedly didn't want to sign with the Flyers.

 

[sigma six]

I don't even know what to make of all the Hayes / Tortorella smoke swirling around this, guess I'd say at least Philly managed to keep it quiet and get a decent return.

Ignoring the team that drafted you, and flew all the way to Sweden to meet with you is super weak, though.