SLOB ON MY DOB
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The Vegas Golden Knights have shipped off promising young defenseman Noah Dobson to the Nashville Predators in a deal which also included a 2020 VGK 2nd round pick included. Coming the other way, the Preds dealt 24 year old defenseman Cody Ceci and 28 year old Swedish ace Matthias Ekholm. The Predators also retained 50% of Ekholm's salary for the entirety of his 4 year contract; Ekholm is currently making 3.75M per year. When asked about the trade and his new pieces, Preds GM @Guentzel59 added "I think Noah Dobson is a very good two way defensive prospect who can be a very, very, good asset to our team, and the pick adds to my plan of having a good 2020 draft". Based off of the insight provided, Nashville will probably start to rise for the 2020/2021 season and looks to load up at the 2020 draft. Ekholm and Ceci are two nice pieces to add to the budding defensive core in Vegas that already includes Drew Doughty and multiple prospects such as Timothy Liljegren, Evan Bouchard, Ty Smith, Ryan Merkley, and more. There's no doubt that Vegas plans to stack up on the defensemen in the coming years, a strategy that could pay off well for the second year expansion team. GM @Lucbourdon was questioned about the deal and enlightened us on the players and Vegas' future saying "VGK are absolutely thrilled in adding both Ekholm and Ceci to our roster for countless years. Ekholm is a young 28 year old defensemen, who will give you consistent 30 point production, plays heavy minutes, and is on a Stanley Cup contending team. Ekholm is signed for another 4 years at a retained contract to help grow the depth with Matthews and Doughty believing in Vegas's Future. Cody Ceci is a young 24 year old defensemen, who has been putting up solid production with the given ice time, and should get a more significant role with Ottawa after the Karlsson situation solves itself."
To NSH: Noah Dobson + 2020 VGK 2nd
To VGK: Matthias Ekholm (50% Retained) and Cody Ceci
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The Vegas Golden Knights have shipped off promising young defenseman Noah Dobson to the Nashville Predators in a deal which also included a 2020 VGK 2nd round pick included. Coming the other way, the Preds dealt 24 year old defenseman Cody Ceci and 28 year old Swedish ace Matthias Ekholm. The Predators also retained 50% of Ekholm's salary for the entirety of his 4 year contract; Ekholm is currently making 3.75M per year. When asked about the trade and his new pieces, Preds GM @Guentzel59 added "I think Noah Dobson is a very good two way defensive prospect who can be a very, very, good asset to our team, and the pick adds to my plan of having a good 2020 draft". Based off of the insight provided, Nashville will probably start to rise for the 2020/2021 season and looks to load up at the 2020 draft. Ekholm and Ceci are two nice pieces to add to the budding defensive core in Vegas that already includes Drew Doughty and multiple prospects such as Timothy Liljegren, Evan Bouchard, Ty Smith, Ryan Merkley, and more. There's no doubt that Vegas plans to stack up on the defensemen in the coming years, a strategy that could pay off well for the second year expansion team. GM @Lucbourdon was questioned about the deal and enlightened us on the players and Vegas' future saying "VGK are absolutely thrilled in adding both Ekholm and Ceci to our roster for countless years. Ekholm is a young 28 year old defensemen, who will give you consistent 30 point production, plays heavy minutes, and is on a Stanley Cup contending team. Ekholm is signed for another 4 years at a retained contract to help grow the depth with Matthews and Doughty believing in Vegas's Future. Cody Ceci is a young 24 year old defensemen, who has been putting up solid production with the given ice time, and should get a more significant role with Ottawa after the Karlsson situation solves itself."
To NSH: Noah Dobson + 2020 VGK 2nd
To VGK: Matthias Ekholm (50% Retained) and Cody Ceci
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send down Brandon Carlo, D
assign D Jon Merrill to Bakersfield Condors of the AHL
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