OT: Around the NHL: Congrats to Kessel

[Gurglesons]

Why the Fling F$%# are the Blues Trading for Kevin Hayes ?

Because they want to be a playoff team.

 

[Josey Wales]

Because they want to be a playoff team.

Well Yes Hayes will make them a Playoff team ! hahaha

 

[Gurglesons]

Well Yes Hayes will make them a Playoff team ! hahaha

He’ll probably end up being the best center traded this off-season.

 

[Josey Wales]

Meier Ready To Take The Plunge?
Kevin Weekes saying that Meier will be signing an extension with NJD for 8 years, at $8.5m AAV
Source: Kevin Weekes

 

[Zirakzigil]

The retention is the crazy part, WTF is GM Trotz thinking I wonder...

Got 4mil of cap space and removed a player from a spot that could go to a young kid. Win/win for both teams. Preds would rather eat the dead cap than take a cap dump back and have that player stuck on their roster.

 

[wheelz87]

Kevin Hayes is so mediocre. St. Louis better not be giving up something good

 

[Turin]

So much trade constipation right now

 

[Zirakzigil]

So much trade constipation right now

Flat cap and right before the draft. Might be the busiest non deadline trade period we ever get.

 

[Rakell67]

Flat cap and right before the draft. Might be the busiest non deadline trade period we ever get.

So wouldn't that be trade diarrhea?

 

[BHD]

The Flyers are officially "I won't waive my NTC to go there" bad. lol

 

[BusinessGoose]

The Flyers are officially "I won't waive my NTC to go there" bad. lol

Would you?

It's one thing if they offer you a huge FA contract.

But to make the same money I make now, i sure as shit wouldn't volunteer to move to Philly.

 

[Deport Ogie]

The Flyers are officially "I won't waive my NTC to go there" bad. lol

Buried in a re-rebuild + Torts as a head coach = Zero interest from older players

 

[Josey Wales]

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
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Just something to keep an eye on: believe Boston and Chicago are discussing possibilities that could benefit the Blackhawks and ease the Bruins’ cap situation. We will see where it goes.

 

[Extra Texture]

The retention is the crazy part, WTF is GM Trotz thinking I wonder...

Yeah, it’s just shocking in that, you’d think “RyJo” for 2 years at 4M for nothing, with the Preds making the deal possible via retention, would probably garner some kind of asset.

Like, not to beat a dead horse to death, but if Sakic had paid for Ryjo, what Hextall paid for Granlund, that would’ve been an understandable price.

Killer trade for the Avs imo

Yeah, if he regresses back to his mean at all, and stays fit, they have solved their 2C price for the low price of bupkis.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

The DeAngelo thing is funny because it got scrapped for the same reason JR couldn't reacquire Hagelin.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Tony D must be a hell of a fun guy to be around considering he's been getting chucked around like a hot potato his entire young career.

 

[Extra Texture]

Hall to Chicago would just be absolutely tragic.

What a waste of a serviceable player. After he took a relatively sweetheart deal to be on a contender, and accepted a reduced role for the good of the team. The guy gets kicked back to the bottom of the league, after he has been passed around by lottery teams like huffers with a paper bag.

 

[Gurglesons]

Hall to Chicago would just be absolutely tragic.

What a waste of a serviceable player. After he took a relatively sweetheart deal to be on a contender, and accepted a reduced role for the good of the team. The guy gets kicked back to the bottom of the league, after he has been passed around by lottery teams like huffers with a paper bag.

Apparently he didn't have them on his list according to Chris Johnston.

 

[Extra Texture]

Apparently he didn't have them on his list according to Chris Johnston.

Yeah, I saw that in the trade board thread. That's just....shocking, especially so for a 31 year old with a history of playing for lousy teams. But maybe after Edmonton and Jersey he's just willing to accept a big city

Again, if this winds up being for a nothing return, I'll be flabbergasted. I know he has that NTC and all, but if Boston had put word out on the street that he was available for next to nothing, a club like Seattle or LA wouldnt have gone "we can get you a pick or a good cheap asset for him"? Same thing as the Johanssen situation. If Trotz put it out there that he was available at 4M I'm sure someone would've offered positive value for him.

Instead, he has to just be sent to the landfill so Chicago can launder him at the TDL. Part of my annoyance is thinking that he would be a good fit here if we could dump Grandlund's money.

 

[Josey Wales]

CONFIRMED TRADE »Discuss this Trade »
Acquired:
LW Taylor Hall
LW Nick Foligno
Acquired:
D Alec Regula
D Ian Mitchell

 

[BusinessGoose]

Tony D must be a hell of a fun guy to be around considering he's been getting chucked around like a hot potato his entire young career.

I mean

He's very much a POS

 

[eXile3]

Apparently he didn't have them on his list according to Chris Johnston.

I wonder if they even asked Hall? The organization isn’t big on asking for consent.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Tony D must be a hell of a fun guy to be around considering he's been getting chucked around like a hot potato his entire young career.

He's a piece of shit who plays like a forward on the blueline--all offense, absolutely atrocious, Scuderi-level defense.

 

[BHD]

Oh, there’s lots of cringe things going on. It must be the NHL awards.

 

[BHD]

All of the awards handed to Bruins are underscored by their choke to the Panthers.