Eklund Rumor: Brayden Point trade

[Todd1a]

Eh maybe they move Callahan or wait till day one of the season . Who knows but Tampa always seems to find a way

I think they might because Tampa is going to need every dollar they can get next summer and hopefully the salary cap goes up more.

 

[Drew311]

Not really. Tough to pry Point from Tampa. On what other team will he play with someone like Kucherov while at the same time not pay any state tax?

Sarcasm is a thing.

 

[Buck Naked]

Sarcasm is a thing.

It sure is.

 

[LightningStrikes]

I assume kucherov gets one after next year when he is eligible ?

Yes, his NMC kicks in in 2020-21 until it becomes a modified NMC in 2024-25 until the end of his contract in 2027 (has to submit a 10 team trade list then).

 

[CupsOverCash]

Best #1 seed in the history of the league got swept by the 8 seed. It isn't that easy, like you said, despite the Blue Jackets making it look easy. It was as close to impossible as we've ever seen in round 1.

I'm not trying to rub it in, I know it probably seems that way. I just think it was historic. Literally nobody predicted that. I'm curious what you're referring to when you said your own fans and yourself predicted it, which is really why I'm even making the post in the first place. But I promise it isn't meant to be mean-spirited!

I was speaking about our previous success. It wasnt really until last year that we thought the team should go far. Maybe the year we missed the playoffs too but that was after 2 strait ECF appearances and a cup finals. My point was the window really has just opened and the team still needed to learn some things that they didnt really learn on their other runs. I think our runs before had more to do with who we were playing and how we matched up vs them than it did the team just being a real contender. I imagine if we ran into similar teams we recently lost to, could have similar outcomes because we have always been smaller and had trouble with bigger teams.