Rumor: ROR deal already agreed upon?

[justafan22]

Not the best source, but also says that the "belief" is that the Blues are the other team involved here. And the bonus is what is the hold up right now.

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[Joe Sakic]

Nnnooooo not the Blues

 

[The Red Helmet]

Clearing up room for JVR, seriously.

 

[The Red Helmet]

I will be refreshing Jeremy White's twitter about every 30 seconds until the deal is announced.

 

[Yatzhee]

Sad to see him go if true.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Why is Buffalo asking for a 2019 first... it's too early to ask for a first rounder, and if Mtl agrees to give their 2019 first I will be freaking pissed off.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Captain Controversy]

I hope the Habs get ROR for a 2019 first.
Would like to see some better Hockey from them this year.

 

[The Red Helmet]

Sad to see him go if true.

I want to wait to see the return. If the return is there I think it is the right move for a lot of reasons. One of those being that when the Sabres will be ready to seriously compete, O'Reilly will likely be 29-30 and may only have a year or two left on his contract.

 

[hockeykicker]

Doesn't he get a huge bonus july 1st?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

"deep throat"

nice choice of words

 

[BB88]

If Buffalo has any plans for next season they need an NHL player back.

 

[AvatarAang]

"Why would the Blues need to give up any assets for ROR when they can just sign Stastny for free?"

-Blues fans

 

[Bazeek]

This wouldn't surprise me considering the reports of teams like Montreal and St Louis "hovering" over O'Reilly, but nothing about these tweets inspires a lot of confidence Unless White's birdies have proved reliable in the past?

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

I hope the Habs get ROR for a 2019 first.
Would like to see some better Hockey from them this year.

There is almost no chance Mtl trade their 2019 first. Even with a protected pick they wont' trade their 2020 first.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I wonder how much Sabres will have to retain. Or who will they take back salary wise to get this one done?

This is a lot of money moving.

 

[Digable5]

Could be waiting a while. I know McKenzie assumed Pegula wouldn't want to pay ROR's bonus and then trade him, but it would explain the delay. My guess is it will become official on July 1 or shortly there after.

Only other explanation is that they are waiting on the free agent market. Maybe St. Louis has a target that would change their plans. The agreement is only valid if _________ signs elsewhere.

 

[JThorne]

"deep throat"

nice choice of words

Actually, it is the perfect choice of words. If you knew anything about Watergate, you'd not have made such a poor comment.

 

[bleedblue1223]

"Why would the Blues need to give up any assets for ROR when they can just sign Stastny for free?"

-Blues fans

Leave that toxic talk for the Toronto/St. Louis threads, don't bring that elsewhere. Vast majority of Blues fans prefer ROR trade over Stastny, just not moving some of the high-end pieces.

 

[Romang67]

"deep throat"

nice choice of words

Deep Throat (Watergate) - Wikipedia

 

[BowieSabresFan]

Doesn't he get a huge bonus july 1st?

Yes, and if the Sabres pay that, then the cost for O'Reilly likely goes up a good bit.

 

[powerstuck]

There is almost no chance Mtl trade their 2019 first. Even with a protected pick they wont' trade their 2020 first.

There is almost no chance Mtl will get the right players to avoid a season similar to what 2017-2018 has been.

 

[DRW204]

Schenn-ROR -Fabbi

not bad top 9 C depth, can put Fabbri on W and have Thomas as a 3C too

 

[David Dennison]

Robert Thomas has been held out of the prospects camp in STL. They said it was an injury sustained at the memorial cup, but it would make sense that he is going the other way if BUF is eating the salary. STL also did have a minority owner pull out recently, so the need for some cash relief would make sense.

 

[MissouriMook]

I wonder how much Sabres will have to retain. Or who will they take back salary wise to get this one done?

This is a lot of money moving.

My guess is $0 retained, especially if it is after the payment of the signing bonus. Likely that a roster player is going the other way, and my guess would be Sobotka ($3.5M cap hit for two more years). Berglund ($3.85M cap hit for 4 more years) might be a better player, but he has a modified NTC (20 team no trade list) that survives July 1.

I also wouldn't be so quick to assume that the hold-up is the signing bonus on July 1. It appears that the Blues JT hopes were finally dashed this morning, but I would expect that as long as there was a glimmer of hope that the Blues would be able to court JT they would have to hold off committing to bringing in a cap hit of this size.