Around the NHL: 2018-2019 Off-Season Thread, Stupid Money Season Meets the Doldrums

[Chainshot]

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[Jim Bob]

These are the 5 most likely NHL buyout candidates

One Sabre and one former Sabre in this list of the five most likely buyout candidates.

 

[Chainshot]

These are the 5 most likely NHL buyout candidates

One Sabre and one former Sabre in this list of the five most likely buyout candidates.

I wonder how many of those guys are moved around on draft day in the "so and so and a 3rd or 4th for future considerations" deals, especially for teams that need money this summer and next (Tampa, Minny).

 

[Gras]

I would think if we were gonna trade Moulson it would come after the 1st when his bonus is paid.

 

[Sabre Dance]

These are the 5 most likely NHL buyout candidates

One Sabre and one former Sabre in this list of the five most likely buyout candidates.

2 Murray contracts.

What happened to Tyler Ennis? Never seen a player in his mid 20's fall so far so fast.

 

[Shootica]

I would think if we were gonna trade Moulson it would come after the 1st when his bonus is paid.

Who is trading for Matt Moulson?

 

[Gras]

Who is trading for Matt Moulson?

Floor team for a free pick or something

 

[sabrebuild]

2 Murray contracts.

What happened to Tyler Ennis? Never seen a player in his mid 20's fall so far so fast.

His noodle got broken. Just like Connolly, but he didn’t have Connolly’s vision in the first place, so when he lost his fearless, dangle thru ppl with no team structure style, it fell apart.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[joshjull]

 

[joshjull]

 

[Jim Bob]

https://www.tsn.ca/hoffman-plummets-on-latest-tsn-trade-bait-board-1.1113819

That sound you heard on Wednesday as the story broke about the series of allegations levied by Erik Karlsson’s wife against teammate Mike Hoffman’s fiancée wasn’t jaws hitting the floor in the Ottawa Valley.
It was Hoffman’s trade value plummeting.
Now it all makes sense why the talk around the Senators last week was that Hoffman was a sure bet to be traded – which is why he ranked No. 3 on TSN’s first Trade Bait board of the summer.
Hoffman has dropped to No. 9 on the latest Trade Bait list – only remaining so high because it’s a near certainty that he will be traded now. It’s just a matter of when, where, and for what.
The situation had been simmering behind the scenes for months. Hoffman’s agent, Robert Hooper, told the Ottawa Citizen this week that he has “been aware of it since the end of the season.”
Karlsson's wife, Melinda, filed for an order of protection against Hoffman's fiancée, Monika Caryk, for an alleged cyberbullying campaign that began in Nov. 2017 and continued through the death of the Karlssons’ stillborn son. No criminal charges have been laid against Caryk and none of the allegations have been tested in court. Hoffman told the paper there is a “150 per cent chance that my fiancée Monika and I are not involved in the accusations.”
There is little chance the Senators' roster can be put back together as currently constructed – adding yet another layer to Karlsson's complicated extension or trade process looming this summer.
“It would be very difficult for both parties – both Erik and Mike as well as the wives and fiancées – to co-exist in the same wives’ room and the same dressing room,” Hooper told the paper. “Hopefully it can be resolved as quickly as possible.”
Senators GM Pierre Dorion must be kicking himself now for not pulling the trigger on a trade before the drama leaked. He could be faced with moving Hoffman, who has averaged 26 goals over each of his first four full NHL seasons, for pennies on the dollar compared to the asking price at February’s trade deadline.
One NHL GM said Thursday that Hoffman would be “persona non grata” with his team – “at least until this legal matter is resolved up one way or the other.” Another GM said he “would never invite that kind of circus” into his dressing room.

Burner Account-gate NHL Edition!

Update:

EXCLUSIVE: Hoffman, fiancée deny harassing the Karlssons

 

[OkimLom]

I'd do Backes for Okposo 1 for 1.

 

[Jim Bob]

I'd do Backes for Okposo 1 for 1.

I doubt Boston wants the extra two years of the Okposo contract.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[joshjull]

 

[AustonsNostrils]

 

[AustonsNostrils]

 

[Ace]

Always. Call. Montreal.

 

[Ace]

What do you think he’ll give us for the rights to Tsujimoto?

 

[5 Minute Major]

This makes me concerned that O’Reilly is going to be a Hab.

Why would a team that is weak down the middle.....

 

[Ace]

This makes me concerned that O’Reilly is going to be a Hab.

Why would a team that is weak down the middle.....

Given the history of trades Bergevin makes the return for RoR will be 3OA, Patches and the reanimated corpse of Rocket Richard

 

[Chainshot]

This makes me concerned that O’Reilly is going to be a Hab.

Why would a team that is weak down the middle.....

I wonder if the Domi move to center for a time this season just ended has the Habs thinking he can handle that duty.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

This makes me concerned that O’Reilly is going to be a Hab.

Why would a team that is weak down the middle.....

Domi + Mete + 3rd?