Around the NHL Thread - The Amount of Drafts in July is TOO DAMN HIGH!

[Volica]

Was really excited for Leivo but he sucked here

A player who's good in the minds of the analytically inclined.
I remember him being a 20 goal threat from Toronto fans given the opportunity.

Turns out he's a guy who can't really skate well, and can sort of score sometimes.

 

[TheHudlinator]

A player who's good in the minds of the analytically inclined.
I remember him being a 20 goal threat from Toronto fans given the opportunity.

Turns out he's a guy who can't really skate well, and can sort of score sometimes.

To be fair to him his skating was better before the knee injury, I still think he will have a better year this year than last because he will have more time to work on getting back into peak form

 

[Some Other Flame]

 

[Mobiandi]

Worrying signs for Ritter. Feels like a last-chance contract. He'll do well to stay out of his head because he is good enough to stay in this league

 

[Boomstick]

Wow Grubauer just signed with Seattle

 

[Boomstick]

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I am very happy he is gone.

 

[Anglesmith]

Wow, Seattle with a three headed monster in the crease.

Hopefully Driedger didn't sign with the promise that he'd be the number one.

 

[Bounces R Way]

jfc that's a lot for the Doogler

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Two $9M d-men on the Devils. Do they hold steady with Subban or try to move him?

 

[DCDM]

Two $9M d-men on the Devils. Do they hold steady with Subban or try to move him?

I think next year is the last year of his contract. So I could see them trying to retain to flip him at the TDL.

 

[Dertell]

jfc that's a lot for the Doogler

Good deal (in a UFA sense).

Somehow he's evaluated as 500k worth less than Jones. That's the real joke.

 

[TheHudlinator]

Two $9M d-men on the Devils. Do they hold steady with Subban or try to move him?

And still almost 1 mil under the cap floor

 

[Anglesmith]

Dougie Hamilton is still the weirdest player I've watched, I think. Nothing about his game looks good: he looks awkward with the puck, doesn't have smooth hands or quick feet, doesn't have an impressive shot, takes a lot of penalties because he gets beat one-on-one.... and maintains sparkling analytics while consistently helping his team win. I don't get it, but I find myself glad that I don't have to watch him very often.

 

[Mobiandi]

Dougie Hamilton is still the weirdest player I've watched, I think. Nothing about his game looks good: he looks awkward with the puck, doesn't have smooth hands or quick feet, doesn't have an impressive shot, takes a lot of penalties because he gets beat one-on-one.... and maintains sparkling analytics while consistently helping his team win. I don't get it, but I find myself glad that I don't have to watch him very often.

I've heard he skates like a deer

 

[lightstorm]

Solid GMing by Francis there.

Drafts Vanecek from Washington, trades him back for a 2nd
Meanwhile Washington trades Dillon who was there for a taking, for two 2nds

Drafts a total bust from Chicago, meanwhile Calgary pays a 3rd for Zadarov who was exposed in the draft.

 

[Bert Mckrakken]

That Derek Ryan deal with Edmonton hurts. 1.25/year. Hopefully he regresses on the Oilers and they don’t get the player we had in the first year of the deal

 

[Zirakzigil]

Solid GMing by Francis there.

Drafts Vanecek from Washington, trades him back for a 2nd
Meanwhile Washington trades Dillon who was there for a taking, for two 2nds

Except they had to draft 3 goalies and were not expecting Grubauer to reach free agency, let alone sign him. Francis has done fine. Amazing how people think they could of done better and yet ignore the rules.

 

[TheHudlinator]

Except they had to draft 3 goalies and were not expecting Grubauer to reach free agency, let alone sign him. Francis has done fine. Amazing how people think they could of done better and yet ignore the rules.

They could have taken a goalie from Chicago or Columbus to fit inside the rules

 

[lightstorm]

Except they had to draft 3 goalies and were not expecting Grubauer to reach free agency, let alone sign him. Francis has done fine. Amazing how people think they could of done better and yet ignore the rules.

Then grab a goalie from Columbus instead of UFA Bayreuther who promptly re-signed with Columbus?

Or Kahkonen from Dallas instead of another D in Soucy?

 

[Rubi]

So we are 100% getting Eichel

You've doomed us. We're never getting him now.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Solid GMing by Francis there.

Drafts Vanecek from Washington, trades him back for a 2nd
Meanwhile Washington trades Dillon who was there for a taking, for two 2nds

Drafts a total bust from Chicago, meanwhile Calgary pays a 3rd for Zadarov who was exposed in the draft.

Don’t forget selecting Pitlick to trade him for a measly 4th when they could’ve selected some higher potential players from Arizona.

 

[flames23]

That Derek Ryan deal with Edmonton hurts. 1.25/year. Hopefully he regresses on the Oilers and they don’t get the player we had in the first year of the deal

Agreed. I had a soft spot for Doc. At that price I would have preferred to keep him for sure.

 

[Rubi]

That Derek Ryan deal with Edmonton hurts. 1.25/year. Hopefully he regresses on the Oilers and they don’t get the player we had in the first year of the deal

He's already regressing. His possession metrics are still good but his offense is regressing. Prior to last season he scored .43-.48 ppg. Last year he dropped to .30 ppg.
Father time is catching up to Ryan. The Flames could see that, thus the reason they didn't try to re-sign him. I think Treliving did the right thing. Doc's time with the Flames was up.

 

[Fig]

Lots of those goalie contacts handed out recently are kinda scary. It's crazy to see how soft it went recently to suddenly just piles and piles of cash thrown at them.