The Out of Town Thread LXXXV

[Lafleurs Guy]

Five classless Subbans for Giroux.

 

[TennisMenace]

They sure did...baffling. Like I said, Holland loves the guy.

John Scott to the Sharks btw. 1 year/700k.

I wonder if there was anybody here who was secretly hoping we sign big John to play these 15 games against teams like Boston, Ottawa, and Flyers?

 

[Ineverplayedthegame]

Islanders sign both Grabovsi an Kulemin, thus adding more arguments to confirm my suspiscion that Garth Snow is a much better GM than people think he is.

 

[Pierre Dagenais]

Islanders sign both Grabovsi an Kulemin, thus adding more arguments to confirm my suspiscion that Garth Snow is a much better GM than people think he is.

He signed a 20 pt forward for 4.18 million/4 years.

Great GM!

 

[JayKing]

Ok then...

Nick Cotsonika ‏@cotsonika · 3m
Claude Giroux spent the night in jail in Ottawa. http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/07/02/philadelphia-flyers-star-claude-giroux-arrested-in-ottawa …

Not a big deal in my book but could you imagine the reaction if it was Subban doing this

 

[WeThreeKings]

This is an older article but it's definitely a unique look using statistics at Rask vs. Price

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/shot-quality-reveals-rasks-true-value/

 

[Ineverplayedthegame]

He signed a 20 pt forward for 4.18 million/4 years.

Great GM!

I think Kulemin's better than that. He got buried in Toronto. I think whatever overpayment there is there is worth it to get Grabovski. The Islanders have so many great contracts that they can afford it.

 

[TheBourkeIdentity]

I think you mean....

Five cl assless Subbans for Giroux.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Islanders are trash. They are left with the punks nobody wants and have to overpay on top of it.

Jul 2 Kulemin, Nikolai RW Toronto NY Islanders $16.75M 4 $4.1875M
Jul 2 Grabovski, Mikhail C Washington NY Islanders $20M 4 $5M

 

[Team_Spirit]

Huet Chicago condo on sale...do want

http://25stanley.com/a-vendre-le-sp...pieds-carres-de-cristobal-huet-a-chicago.html

also links to Gretzky , Marchand and Carillo houses.

 

[Wats]

Islanders are trash. They are left with the punks nobody wants and have to overpay on top of it.

Jul 2 Kulemin, Nikolai RW Toronto NY Islanders $16.75M 4 $4.1875M
Jul 2 Grabovski, Mikhail C Washington NY Islanders $20M 4 $5M

Not sure how they'll make their lines but their forward group is pretty good now considering their up and coming youth/Okposo doesn't regress.

 

[Et le But]

Islanders are trash. They are left with the punks nobody wants and have to overpay on top of it.

Jul 2 Kulemin, Nikolai RW Toronto NY Islanders $16.75M 4 $4.1875M
Jul 2 Grabovski, Mikhail C Washington NY Islanders $20M 4 $5M

That was a great move for them. That's hardly overpaying for Grabovski, he's undervalued because he's a **** and his last two teams were inept. He was the only Washington forward besides Ovechkin and Backstrom last year with good possession numbers.

Kulemin is nothing special, but his recent numbers are the victim of Toronto being a joke. A two way winger who plays with a little bit of physicality?

Those are great moves, a slight overpayment for a team who is under the salary floor. Snow is often a joke but every so often he makes an amazing move that people only appreciate late on - this looks like one of them to be.

 

[groovejuice]

He signed a 20 pt forward for 4.18 million/4 years.

Great GM!

In fairness, no-one wants to play there. Absurd overpayment is reality there, I'm afraid.

 

[Bob b smith]

Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 27m
Jonas Siegel on the Leafs Report podcast saying that a Leaf player who has played for Randy the past couple of years...

Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 25m
...said Carlyle's constant answer to everything was for them to compete harder. It was always: compete, compete, compete

Now official: Randy Carlyle is in fact Guy Carbonneau.

 

[Em Ancien]

Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 27m
Jonas Siegel on the Leafs Report podcast saying that a Leaf player who has played for Randy the past couple of years...

Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 25m
...said Carlyle's constant answer to everything was for them to compete harder. It was always: compete, compete, compete

Now official: Randy Carlyle is in fact Guy Carbonneau.

Remains to be seen if his last resort to a losing streak is going bowling.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Islanders did pretty well, IMO.

Definitely a better team going forward, still need some defensemen though.

 

[MD thaivuN]

Hate what the NYI did there. They got better

Tavares, Grabovski, Nielsen. The NYI are pretty scary at center now

 

[WeThreeKings]

Hate what the NYI did there. They got better

Tavares, Grabovski, Nielsen. The NYI are pretty scary at center now

Them getting better means a worse pick for Buffalo who are in our immediate division.

 

[SB164]

Can you imagine if Subban had gotten arrested like Giroux? Yikes.

 

[groovejuice]

Islanders did pretty well, IMO.

Definitely a better team going forward, still need some defensemen though.

Would help them to have Moulson and their first. Just like it would help us to have Collberg and our second.

Sometimes in hockey, like other businesses, you have to take a calculated risk. In their case, it was all for naught. We got to the ECF due in a large part to Vanek.

We also learned to absolutely not chase him at FA. That's also an asset.

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Vrbata signed in Vancouver. 5 millions per, 2 years. Not that bad.

I would've signed him at this term (2 years), but I don't care.

 

[Blind Gardien]

Islanders sign both Grabovsi an Kulemin, thus adding more arguments to confirm my suspiscion that Garth Snow is a much better GM than people think he is.

It's easier to do that sort of stuff when you have essentially unlimited cap space and unlimited room for improvement, though. And you just blew your 1st in 2015 for nothing and have extreme motivation to not suck quite so badly again.

 

[Agnostic]

The Kulemin deal is one of the most insane signings I've ever seen. I bet you Kulemin doesn't even believe he hit this Garth Snow jackpot yet.

 

[NLHabsFan]

The Kulemin deal is one of the most insane signings I've ever seen. I bet you Kulemin doesn't even believe he hit this Garth Snow jackpot yet.

It's up there, that's for sure. But it seems to be the year of insane signings.

Pouliot for 5 years 20mil
Orpik for 5 years at 5.5 mil
Niskanen for 7 years at almost 6mil
Bolland for 5 years at 5.5mil

And the worst, Engelland for 3 years at almost 3mil! I thought he'd be a good option as #7 for the habs at 1 or 2 years at less than 1mil. What the hell were Calgary thinking?

 

[Agnostic]

Reimer files for arbitration. With only 14 players under contract, this hanging over the team, and no market for Reimer, Leafs are going to be dipping into the UFA bargain bin to fill out their roster.