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Started by CarltonTheBear, October 13, 2020, 03:10:12 PM

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CarltonTheBear

Kicking off the thread for next season with a pretty big injury update:

https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1316106515519021061

Marchand is out until mid-January, Pasta out until mid-February.

Zee

Quote from: CarltonTheBear on October 13, 2020, 03:10:12 PM
Kicking off the thread for next season with a pretty big injury update:

https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1316106515519021061

Marchand is out until mid-January, Pasta out until mid-February.
That's a shame

Arn

Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?
I Saw Jay McClement Score.

Hobbes

Quote from: Arn on October 13, 2020, 04:37:46 PM
Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?
The way the infection/transmission rates are trending at the moment I wouldn't cling to that as being even remotely a firm date.
It's not denial...I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

CarltonTheBear

Quote from: Arn on October 13, 2020, 04:37:46 PM
Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?

I wouldn't say either of those are set in stone but yes that's the NHL's current position.

Bender

Quote from: CarltonTheBear on October 13, 2020, 04:39:43 PM
Quote from: Arn on October 13, 2020, 04:37:46 PM
Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?

I wouldn't say either of those are set in stone but yes that's the NHL's current position.
I think I overheard on one of the pods, that they were thinking it'll be a 60 game condensed schedule.
"They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps. So here is the professor's oldest friend, a grotesque, stinking lobster." - Bender

Hobbes

Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
It's not denial...I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

Guilt Trip

Quote from: Hobbes on October 14, 2020, 12:18:12 PM
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
Price is too much by himself, so Allen at 2.8 isn't bad lol.

bustaheims

Quote from: Hobbes on October 14, 2020, 12:18:12 PM
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o

Especially considering, before this past season, Allen had been . . . well, bad for a number of years. Most of his career, he's been a below average goalie. Was that because he couldn't handle the workload as a starter? Sure, maybe, but I'd want to see that before I signed up for more years with him on the roster.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Quote from: Guilt Trip on October 14, 2020, 12:22:29 PM
Quote from: Hobbes on October 14, 2020, 12:18:12 PM
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
Price is too much by himself, so Allen at 2.8 isn't bad lol.

Yeah, it's an interesting approach. I don't think ideally you pay that much for a backup unless it's a platoon situation or you're at least giving the guy 30% of the games; and if that's the case, you're paying Price way too much.

I'm guessing Bergevin is concerned about Price staying healthy, and wants to have a guy that conceivably keep the team in it over potentially long stretches - whether Allen's career is trending towards Schnieder or Halak, we'll have to see.

Frank E

Quote from: Frycer14 on October 14, 2020, 12:33:23 PM
Quote from: Guilt Trip on October 14, 2020, 12:22:29 PM
Quote from: Hobbes on October 14, 2020, 12:18:12 PM
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
Price is too much by himself, so Allen at 2.8 isn't bad lol.

Yeah, it's an interesting approach. I don't think ideally you pay that much for a backup unless it's a platoon situation or you're at least giving the guy 30% of the games; and if that's the case, you're paying Price way too much.

I'm guessing Bergevin is concerned about Price staying healthy, and wants to have a guy that conceivably keep the team in it over potentially long stretches - whether Allen's career is trending towards Schnieder or Halak, we'll have to see.

Compressed season and all, maybe you're right in that he's insurance for Price's inevitable injuries.

herman

Which GM, in his current tenure, has signed AND bought out the most players?
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Frank E

Quote from: herman on October 14, 2020, 01:13:19 PM
Which GM, in his current tenure, has signed AND bought out the most players?

Poile?

Frank E


herman

Quote from: Frank E on October 14, 2020, 02:00:28 PM
Quote from: herman on October 14, 2020, 01:13:19 PM
Which GM, in his current tenure, has signed AND bought out the most players?

Poile?

Great selection, just by statistical likelihood. Poile has been with the team since its inception, 1997. Capfriendly shows they have bought out 9 players in totality (hi Dicky!).

That's probably the highest raw total for any one tenure, but a pretty low rate, considering how many signings he has done (296). Lou Lamoriello comes close during his Devils tenure.

The really fun one is Brad Treliving who has signed 141 contracts and 6 buyouts already. Chris Tanev and Jacob Markstrom might not be far behind if he still has a job.
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