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- Oct 20, 2016
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You do realise that the NHL knew that tampering was so widespread that they couldn't even try and stop it?They have. And also paid major fines and penalties for doing so.
BLUES HIT WITH $1.5 MILLION FINE FOR TAMPERING WITH STEVENS
They haven't talked to Panarin but probably know by now which teams he wants to play for.
Ok? Your point?
Uh, none of this true. Niederreiter & Granlund cost practically nothing. Stone was well worth both the price paid for him and his extension. I throw the dice with EK every time. None of those players present the risk that Hayes does save maybe EK due to injury concerns, and the potential rewards are on par or far greater.
Stone was a 8yr/$9M contract and cost Brannstrom, #15 pick in 2017 and a 2020 2nd. That's not a risk?
Although keeping Trouba for one more season to play out his contract before departing for nothing as an unrestricted free agent was considered, the Jets felt the best option was to secure a future asset and add a player that can step right into the lineup.
“It’s certainly something that doesn’t just happen. There’s been lots of groundwork on many different fronts that we’ve been looking at,” said Cheveldayoff, noting he did not grant other teams permission to negotiate a long-term deal with Trouba after trade talks heated up.
Compared to dishing out 50 million to Kevin Hayes for 7 years with a NMC? No, not at all, and the potential rewards are much higher.
Hayes didn't cost a top prospect.
A top prospect on an ELC and bridge RFA deal could save you $3-4M a year over five years.
Stone is close to a sure thing, and he gave Vegas a discount he'd have never given us.
But he didn't come free.
And anyway, I’m not specifically saying we could / should have traded for Stone, I’m just rebutting your typical it’s impossible to improve the team via trade nonsense.
That's before July 1st.
Seems like you're just putting your head in the sand regarding how the league works if you think the Flyers have already been having "preliminary discussions" with Panarin.
If teams could work on contracts with players who were property of other teams that easily and openly, why isn't Trouba signed by NY yet?
Been busy lately, finally checked CapFriendly and the contract has been updated from speculative to confirmed.
I dislike the NMC, and then restructured NTC, in the Hayes contract. In what was an overpayment in terms of duration and dollars, it seems illogical to also include restrictions on club options of player movement.
Hayes more than has the potential to live up to his contract, but I seriously doubt if he will ever be able to out play it. Heaven help him if he falls way under expectations.
I got to watch Hayes play quite a bit and I like him. He will definitely make our better over the next several years. I'm happy to root for a team that is a playoff contender and I think the moves to date will accomplish that, but I have even less confidence in CF's ability to be a Stanley Cup contending effective GM.
I think he is smart and has a good plan for the franchise and what we need, but rightly or wrongly my impression of him is he isn't clever, is a weak negotiator and agents and other GM's take advantage of him. Just enough in a very competitive NHL to be always stuck in the mediocrity of good. To be fair he hired good coaches, got top FA's and made a lot of ok trades in Minny. I'm trying to be optimistic but he makes me nervous.
The problem with that is 1) it was a contract year where players are known to overachieve, and 2) it happened as soon as his old coach got fired... and look where both of them just ended up together.I know 'on pace' is iffy, but Hayes was on a 67.5 point pace on the Rangers last year before being traded. I only caught a couple of games, but there were glimpses that he was on the verge of the next level.
Here's hoping.
(Can Ghost play wing? Is that worth trying out this year?)
Please give it a shot, I'd love to see him on the wing.
Its also madness to think that the flyers haven't had some preliminary discussions with Panarin in gauging if he was interested in joining.