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Maybe in Brian Burke terminology: a found gift card .. :)

I didn't think Ersson was worth qualifying ...

I'm not sure that I want Knies to go anywhere for obvious reasons. But if Seattle is that desperate to get a good player, Leafs might get overpayment for Knies there.

... unless you're Bobby McMann ... His days of being a hockey nomad near the bottom of the salary scale are over for a few years. He's likely secure in their top 6 for a while which is where he needs to be to score more goals. On a top contender, he may well be on a 3rd line getting less PP ice...

Another UFA off the board It was expected. He declared he wanted to stay

This is not a signing but it is a jaw dropping offer being turned down

I agree. Edited my post

Chayka has been out of the league for about 6 seasons. He's getting one heck of a crash course in what the other 31 GMs and his staff think about a bunch of his players, what they think about the players being offered around the league, about the UFAs that are available and he's getting...

Not too shocking that the assistant coach from last season primarily responsible for running the defence and improving team defensive systems & structural play that delivered the team's worst GAA since 1992 is moving on

Well, he's got his work cut out for himself there. As Berube found out, that is easier said than done with certain members of this team.

There is a debate to be had that they let one get away in Steeves. Time will tell on that. But there is one more something like him. He's 31 so chances are extremely slim to none. But I thought he was the best skater on the team in the playoffs: Lettieri I was focused on the dmen so I did not...

"... Auston Matthews’ recover has been “positive”. Chris Tanev is healthy and already skating. Anthony Stolarz is also in full health to the point he could play a game tomorrow if possible."

I looked into Emil Andrae I can't recall if it was here or elsewhere online that some were suggesting he was a potential replacement for Rielly. The Flyers had 3 smallish dmen. Emil was described as a "diminutive" 5'9" and low on their smallish dman totem pole. Briere said he got Benoit for his...

I still wonder about RFAs getting offersheets because of the lack of UFAs I was kicking tires looking at whether they could do that with Avs Drury and they traded him ....

One could argue your point is well taken in that after going from 6 to 12 teams plus the WHA, the league had to tap into Europe to recover top end talent. For a while after expansion, the hockey got pretty bad and was part of the reason for the Broad Street Bullies. Team Canada '72 opened our...

Before next season ends, age of the dmen "under team control" Raddysh 31 McCabe 33 Tanev 37 Rielly 33 OEL 35 Carlo 30 Andrae 25 Villeneuve 25 RFA - not waivers exempt At a minimum, you need 7 to help with depth because the older players breakdown with injury more often Villeneuve, to me, should...

That is why I'm concerned about dumping dmen for midrange draft picks. Mid range picks are not going to return good replacement dmen. Dump them after July 1. They can go 10% over the cap. 10% is $10.4M - which nearly pays for both Rielly & Carlo. They'll be able to dump them to all the teams...

The expansion fee being sought is $2 billion per team. Add two teams, that's about $120 mil to each of the 32 teams. It is not a complete windfall because they're paying the existing teams for an ongoing share of league revenues - the piece of revenue pie each team gets will be smaller with...