Around The NHL #9 - The Meat Market is Open

[Kaizen]

Very happy for Conor. He deserves every single green inch of those dollars notes. Probably more, even.

And:

Conor, if your money home is up there, your home is here.

Don't forget to come back when' all said and done.

Canadian notes are not green. I'm sure contracts are paid in local currency are they not?

 

[Coyotedroppings]

We all know wingers are the easiest to replace, but not wingers with .80 P/PG making him 16th best producing RW in the NHL, on a team that can't score, and a player that led by example, and literally bleed Coyote red, and played his heart out every shift. These players are not easy to find, let alone replace. All I hear is his body won't stand up, or he will get injured, which is true not only for Garland but for any player.

I know you're a stubborn ol' sum buck Jakey, but I think if you sit back and take a look with an open mind, you'll see: You have to play the odds, his size and style of play make him more ripe for injury. He's also 25 and aging. Not to mention BA got a 9OA for him.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Canadian notes are not green. I'm sure contracts are paid in local currency are they not?

Well that make his contract currently .79% of what it appears

 

[Grimes]

 

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[rt]

^ could Chicago be in the market for Kuemper? If they could fit 7m for MAF, surely they can fit 4.5m for Kuemper. Only question is if they even have any assets left. Lol. Or are they all gone by now?

 

[Grimes]

^ could Chicago be in the market for Kuemper? If they could fit 7m for MAF, surely they can fit 4.5m for Kuemper. Only question is if they even have any assets left. Lol. Or are they all gone by now?

Sure feels like they would have to go UFA. Sure feels.they are going all in too. They may outbid CO on Grubauer.

 

[Grimes]

I bet MAF doesn't play in Chicago. I bet CHI outbids CO on Grubauer. I bet BA tells CO that he likes what TOR or EDM are offering but if Newhook is included he would go with them. Oh and we are going to need an additional 7th.

If this happens, the goalie market gets really tight for the three cup contenders without world beaters in front of the net.

 

[Jakey53]

^ could Chicago be in the market for Kuemper? If they could fit 7m for MAF, surely they can fit 4.5m for Kuemper. Only question is if they even have any assets left. Lol. Or are they all gone by now?

Fluery probably wants his deal extended.

 

[Jormungandr]

Fluery probably wants his deal extended.

Word is Fleury doesn’t want to leave Las Vegas for family reasons. Same as Hjalmarsson and Phoenix.

 

[Foggy1097]

Word is Fleury doesn’t want to leave Las Vegas for family reasons. Same as Hjalmarsson and Phoenix.

I think he would probably play in PIT though if he got sent there

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Does MAC have an NMC?

 

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Word is Fleury doesn’t want to leave Las Vegas for family reasons. Same as Hjalmarsson and Phoenix.

Either way, he's off of Vegas' cap, and they're turning around and giving that money right to Phil Danault. Banking on Danault and Nolan Patrick to save them up the middle. Hmmm....I'm not seeing it...

 

[rt]

Nate Schmidt to WPG for a 3rd. Jets did a good job fixing up that blueline that let them down a bit. Should be a tough team. Which division are they in again?

Also, OEL and Schmidt are a wash, IMO. I don't think Vancouver has gained anything by going from Schmidt to OEL other than a couple of mil in aav. Meanwhile, I don't think we've lost a whole lot in going from OEL to Gostisbehere, other than a few aav. I think both OEL and Schmidt are better defensemen than Gostisbehere, but not that much.

 

[Foggy1097]

Nate Schmidt to WPG for a 3rd. Jets did a good job fixing up that blueline that let them down a bit. Should be a tough team. Which division are they in again?

Also, OEL and Schmidt are a wash, IMO. I don't think Vancouver has gained anything by going from Schmidt to OEL other than a couple of mil in aav. Meanwhile, I don't think we've lost a whole lot in going from OEL to Gostisbehere, other than a few aav. I think both OEL and Schmidt are better defensemen than Gostisbehere, but not that much.

Wow. I guess Schmidt had a change of heart at the last minute. To the Night’s Watch with you!

 

[rt]

Dang. Boston got really good discounts on Hall and Reilly. What's up in goal for them? They could go on one last run, if they have a goalie. Do they have one? Kuemper with retention for Studnicka?

 

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Just for fun...

GAR:
Ghost 9.1
OEL (-0.1)
Schmidt (-1.8)

 

[cobra427]

Nate Schmidt to WPG for a 3rd. Jets did a good job fixing up that blueline that let them down a bit. Should be a tough team. Which division are they in again?

Also, OEL and Schmidt are a wash, IMO. I don't think Vancouver has gained anything by going from Schmidt to OEL other than a couple of mil in aav. Meanwhile, I don't think we've lost a whole lot in going from OEL to Gostisbehere, other than a few aav. I think both OEL and Schmidt are better defensemen than Gostisbehere, but not that much.

On D, OEL is still top pairing, on D Ghost is bottom pairing, its not close. On O its close.

 

[Jakey53]

Just for fun...

GAR:
Ghost 9.1
OEL (-0.1)
Schmidt (-1.8)

There is more to a player than only analytics.

 

[rt]

Looks like Montour is staying in Florida. Stralman, Kolyachonok and a 2nd is a steep price to pay for Brandon Montour. Maybe he’s buds with Reinhart or something? I’m not terribly impressed with Montour.

 

[rt]

Just for fun...

GAR:
Ghost 9.1
OEL (-0.1)
Schmidt (-1.8)

Player Season Totals - Natural Stat Trick

 

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Player Season Totals - Natural Stat Trick

And?

 

[rt]

And?

Just more numbers. Say what you want about them but the percentage metrics are all slightly favorable to Ghost apart from On Ice Sv% and Off Zone Start %. And that’s over the last three years, combined.

Again, just saying I don’t think what we were getting from OEL and what we will get from Ghost is too terribly far apart.

And I expect Stralman to be a lot better than Demers.

I wonder who we’ll sign to replace Goligoski but our blueline may not actually be worse.

 

[XX]

Just more numbers. Say what you want about them but the percentage metrics are all slightly favorable to Ghost apart from On Ice Sv% and Off Zone Start %. And that’s over the last three years.

Flyers were the 4th worst team in GA/60 over that 3 year span. Just awful goaltending. Coyotes were, by some miracle, 12th best. In that context, those numbers are brutal for OEL. If you change to rates and change to the most recent year, it only jumps out more. I know who I'd rather have for half the cap it.

Of particular note are the HDGA/60, xGA/60 numbers and the On Ice Sv% numbers. Again, because the Flyers basically had the two worst goalies in the league, while the Coyotes have had some of the best.

Gost had a really bad 19-20 and Fletcher got caught up in the moment of trading a great pick for Risto.

The Coyotes are paying Ghost $1m in salary this year vs 10.5m for OEL.

 

[rt]

The Coyotes are paying Ghost $1m in salary this year vs 10.5m for OEL.

Seems smart.