Pre-Game Talk: The 2019 off-season thread Part 4: Last Thread before the madness starts

[Egblad]

-Tallon as he desperately pleads with Panarin’s agent.

 

[RogerRoger]

Bob >> Lehner
Bob has been one of the best goalies in the league consistently for a decade

Consistently? No. He's been great 3 years, good 3 years and mediocre to bad a bunch of years.

 

[I am not exposed]

Consistently? No. He's been great 3 years, good 3 years and mediocre to bad a bunch of years.

I know. Are people forgetting the season he had last year?

 

[MintyFresh88]

I wonder if Kronwall would play for someone other than Detroit? Wouldn’t mind him on a 1 year deal.

 

[vendetta]

Benn to the nucks with Myers

 

[Gentle Man]

Dont have access. I smell poo

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Of course I would’ve wanted Panarin, but I’m happy with Bob and Connolly so far. He’ll be a solid 3rd liner for us.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Dont have access. I smell poo

Just speculation on whom we could go after. Nothing new

 

[drktmplr12]

 

[BabyBennettov]

Dont have access. I smell poo

Basically reiterates our top-2 targets as Bob and Bread...

Mentions 10M for Bob and 12M for Bread !

Also lists some of the usual suspects like Ferland, Donskoi, Stralman, etc...

 

[KW]

At 13+, cap space is more important. There are examples of this. McDavid. Tavares. Marner (maybe to be).

Even when Oilers has their little playoff run, it wasn’t all McDavid show. Anaheim shut him down really well when they focused on it. That’s hockey. It’s a team sport. You can’t play Panarin more than about 35-40% of a game. And that’s a bit much, except for game 7’s.

The thing is, there aren’t 31+ real superstars that can take over even periodically. There isn’t one per team on the average in the league, so GMs will overpay if their stars seem to line up.

I’m entirely at peace letting Panarin go spend 16% or more of some other team’s cap.

(My limit would be 11.75-12)

 

[Bure1096]

GR said that Panarin has reportedly agreed with the Islanders.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

I don’t understand why he would choose the Islanders, unless it’s solely a money thing.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

GR said that Panarin has reportedly agreed with the Islanders.

Not sure where he's getting that definitively though. Maybe I'm just in denial

 

[JCaponio]

GR said that Panarin has reportedly agreed with the Islanders.

Link? He hasn’t tweeted anything saying that and his latest article still has us as targeting him.

 

[Panteras]

Islanders said to sign Varlamov and the latest rumors of beating us to Panarin. I’m going to be disappointed. Teams stacking up. Clearly signaling Bobs with us but we need some legit depth to make up for Panarin...

 

[Gentle Man]

GR said that Panarin has reportedly agreed with the Islanders.

Dont see that

 

[BabyBennettov]

Not sure where he's getting that definitively though. Maybe I'm just in denial

He still implies heavily that we will be in until the end... Think he is going by Bob's "report" and main-stream media feelings...

He still lists Panarin as our number-one priority on O, and mentions how we would trade Hoffman if we sign both Panarin and Connolly upfront.

So yeah, count me in denial too... But still not buying the smoke.

 

[FrolikFan67]

So bob at 9.5-10 (yikes) and no panarin. Lovely. They better make up for it with some other additions on D and depth up front

 

[RainingRats]

Rumor of lee signing with islanders for 56 million over 7 years according to dater. That’s a lot

 

[CyBorg24]

I know. Are people forgetting the season he had last year?

Are we forgetting the crap fest we witnessed in net for the Panthers last year? I , for one am thankful that at least we are getting Bob.

Yes losing breadman, especially to the stupid Isles would suck but come on. Everyone, the whole season, while we were getting scored on left and right was crying for an improved defense and goaltending. Well, one need down one to go. Let’s cross our fingers that they have some more moves up their sleeves

 

[violaswallet]

If Connolly signs, we dont have a chance at Panarin? Unless say we have traded Hoff plus Pysyk?

 

[Bure1096]

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[Ryuji Yamazaki]

So bob at 9.5-10 (yikes) and no panarin. Lovely. They better make up for it with some other additions on D and depth up front

I was just looking at the list of free agent defenseman....yikes.

I think if we’re gonna improve our D it’s gonna have to be through trade.

 

[I am not exposed]

Are we not forgetting the crap fest we witnessed in net for the Panthers last year? I , for one am thankful that at least we are getting Bob.

Yes losing breadman, especially to the stupid Isles would suck but come on. Everyone, the whole season, while we were getting scored on left and right was crying for an improved defense and goaltending. Well, one need down one to go. Let’s cross our fingers that they have some more moves up their sleeves

Oh trust me, I was one the most vocal on here about our goaltending last season. I just don't think Bob is worth $10m per season. I don't think any goaltender is.