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Yup. Like, goalies are voodoo and all, but, lots of players in his situation have turned out to be nothing special. The odds against him becoming more than organizational depth are long and not worth fretting about the fact he didn't get an invite to a development camp.

Sure. Would have felt much more shady if he got a job with the Flyers (or any team, really) than with the league, though. At least they didn't try to void his contract because of it. Cap hit still had to be LTIR'd somewhere.

Because they have enough of their own goalies to spend time on?

Because it wasn’t part of a prearranged team when signing his contract.

That Frederic contract is something…

He wouldn't be high on my list, but I also wouldn't be against it.

Bennett is supposedly re-signing at $8M per, which, with the other spots in the lineup they need to fill, makes it basically impossible for them to bring everyone back. Ekblad and/or Marchand (probably Marchand) are going somewhere else.

I guess it's officially time for pie-in-the-sky offseason wish lists, so, here's mine: Trade Kampf, Jarnkrok, and Robertson for picks and prospects (I think, when teams see what guys sign for as UFAs, Kampf's and Jarnkrok's will look quite palatable - not enough to get a good return, but enough...

They’ve been carried by one line and had some fortunate matchups, faced some questionable coaching, and saw goalie breakdowns.

Skinner sucks. And that’s likely the dagger.

Oilers look like they’re cooked

Maybe, just maybe, if he wants to be seen as a leader, he should take some accountability for his failings. The other 3 haven’t been good enough in these situations, but Marner has been legitimately bad.

I wonder if that's an issue with the types of players the scouting staff were instructed to focus on. Seems like the focus was on smaller skilled guys under Dubas, and they have a harder road to the NHL than guys with a little more size (not even necessarily big guys, just NHL average sized)...

I'd argue there is currently no hot hand in the US net, and certainly, this past season's performances are no indication of who will be the hot hand when the Olympic roll around. Hellebuyck's playoff performance would give me pause if I was putting together an Olympic team. I wouldn't be naming...

After another so-so playoffs, can you blame them?

An off-season 3-on-3 tournament - not team affiliated, but with things like Team McDavid, Team Matthews, Team MacKinnon, etc. - could be fun. No need to prolong the season for it. All Star games suck. They're boring. Expand the skills competition and leave the game out of it.

I like having a fixed date for free agency, it just should be like June 25th.

If the NHL still had the discussion period they trialed for a few years, I think a sign-and-trade would be more of a possibility, but, in the current system, he'd have to have a destination in mind already, for sure. I'm still hoping the Leafs can get something in return for his rights, but...

It's not, that's for sure, but, guys like Marner hitting UFA is not a common thing, either. In the last decade or so, only Tavares and Panarin have really been comparable UFAs.

Technically, Tkachuk to Florida was a sign-and-trade, though, as an RFA. You don't really see any for UFAs, but, at the same time, you don't see a ton of guys who other teams might pay to get the extra year on hitting the open market, either.