NHL Trade Deadline Thread: Part IV - Cole Heads to a Meeting

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Maybe JR wants out and he's just sandbagging until he's fired. "f*** finishing this contract, I'm out!"

 

[Extra Texture]

And Stone is very likely off the market in the summer.

Yeah, time to start interviewing GM candidates who have a long term view and have a view towards where the league is headed. This "try to extend the current window with toughness and size" malarkey is not going to work.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Like holy ****ing ****, fire this senile old man before he ruins this damn team any further.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

This likely means we can't afford to re-up Schultz, and Maatta is gone. For all the Maatta haters, well, here's another use of 4m. But at least he's right handed.

This is a kneejerk reaction to the "toughness" issue. This is why I had no issue with Ryan Reaves being on the team. He was a respectable 4th liner. Gudbranson is terrible, it will be like having Brooks Orpik back.

Same number also

 

[TNT87]

 

[Malkinstheman]

IDK if theres anything worse he could have done. Holy f***.

 

[IcedCapp]

You know what’s weird?

If you ignore a 14-month stretch, JR is exactly who we feared when he was hired.

But that 14-month stretch might be the greatest of the post-cap era.

 

[molon labe]

Pearson for a bag of pucks and the salary cap back was the move to make. What in the hell, JR.

Streit, Hunwick, Johnson, Gudbranson

He should not be allowed to acquire defensemen anymore. Glad to see Pearson gone, but man that's awful. Nobody surprised though - if it's not someone with a top-10 plus/minus in the negative category or a former Hurricane JR doesn't know what to do.

 

[NMK11]

I'm so confused. He's not even a rental, we're going to have 6 defensemen getting paid $3+ million? We're going to lose Schultz because of JJ and Gudbranson, what the f*** JR.

 

[Bingo71]

Can’t wait to see him get walked against the Jackets tomorrow!

 

[OnMyOwn]

Maybe he was like. “You f***ers wanna keep talking shit on JJ? I’ll show you bad”.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

Would rather have Gudbranson than Pearson .

If we can make him anything into what his potential should be it's fine with me.

Funny that he was traded for Jared McCann and some picks

 

[Jaded-Fan]

our analytics people this year.

 

[Clare2904]

And Stone is very likely off the market in the summer.

Yeah, time to start interviewing GM candidates who have a long term view and have a view towards where the league is headed. This "try to extend the current window with toughness and size" malarkey is not going to work.

Stone signed for 9.5m 5 minutes after the trade to Vegas

 

[PensandCaps]

Went from winning with youth and speed to out of nowhere acquiring slow meatheads while we sit a good young Dman because he isn't a "gritty vet"

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Guys look at the bright side. This trade shows GMJR is really trying to tank. He’s doing it on purpose...right?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Did they pretty much just pull the trigger because he plays defense and is right handed? Because I don't see how Gudbranson helps this defense in any meaningful way. They needed to get faster, smarter and handsier as a unit. Not slower, dumber and less talented.

 

[Turin]

The best thing we can hope for is that this team misses, and misses bad.

 

[Fatty McLardy]

I don't ever want to hear JR has made good moves lately......turned a Hagelin who was a fan favorite into a slow #6 d-men with 3 more years left on the contract with like 3+ million cap hit.

f*** YOU JR!!! YOU GERIATRIC f***!

 

[pistolpete11]

Would rather have Gudbranson than Pearson .

If we can make him anything into what his potential should be it's fine with me.

Funny that he was traded for Jared McCann and some picks

What potential? He's been in the league for 8 years and still sucks. I think he just sucks.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I hope this means Adam Johnson comes up.

 

[Malkinstheman]

I cant put into words how mad I am right now. That is a seriously crippling move. The type of move that ends a cup window. We're f***ed.

 

[Corvidae]

I mean, this kinda completes the McCann trade since these two were moved for each other once upon a time? Now we have every bit of him.

 

[Turin]

They got a guy way worse than Ruhwedel for 4 mill

From Jim Benning


JR shouldn’t even be allowed to drive.

 

[Extra Texture]

Pretty much this. I'm done with the updates today. Shit weekend all around, and this was my one ray of excitement and hope.

I would've been happy with nothing. Instead we got.....less than nothing.

 

[cheesedanish87]

JR might not realize it but we are tanking.