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Aside from what moved at the trade deadline, Jarnkrok & Stecher are the only UFAs from the 28th place team. What are thoughts on RFAs with arbitration rights: Robertson Maccelli Quillan ? If I recall the rules (vaguely) correctly, they have until mid July to file for arbitration. My initial...

One other thing about this. Next spring is the 60th anniversary of the last parade. I'd prefer a rebuild starting last winter. I've said as much. I'd jettison Carlo with the rest of them if that were happening. But they appear to be going for a retool trying to hang on to Matthews. So I'm...

I think I'm roughly close to what you just said. This was a 4th place team that probably fell to 10th-12th without Marner. The talent on their roster was better than 28th in my opinion. So we have to be careful with whatever talent surgery we proceed with. That is why I'm trying to reign in the...

Who did they pair Rielly with that was so great for any length of time? They made some adjustments but they were not with really good dmen. And I forgot: when the did Leafs have a deep quality bottom six for checking? We could always count on Nylander for shot blocking, finishing checks and...

Why have the two best puck movers under pressure on one pairing? Then we have two other pairings with substandard/not-so-good puck movers under pressure? I do not get that reasoning. I have not given up on Carlo. He's well ahead of Benoit & Myers in my opinion. Rielly has decent numbers with...

That narrative continues for me: These are Rielly's partners (most ice time with those partners in that season) 2016-17 Zaitsev R 2017-18 Hainsey L 2018-19 Hainsey L 2019-20 Ceci L 2020-21 Brodie L 2021-22 Brodie L 2022-23 Brodie L 2023-24 Brodie L 2024-25 OEL L...

Howden was hurt this season - missed a bunch of games. He had 23 goals last season. He was a 1st round pick. Scored five when they won a Cup in 2023. Marner is the smallest player on the team at 6' 180 - it is a big team. Take Howden's first pick talent (& size). Put him on a line with Karlsson...

He deserves full credit for both those goals. Nice lob by Marner on the first but Howden did the brunt of the special work. There has been a common play by Marner where he zips the puck into an area near the blue paint and his teammate redirects it in. I've seen recent goals by Karlsson, Stone...

I think there was confusion about what the refs called. The broadcast said something about the goal being disallowed by the refs due to goaltender interference. "Goaltender interference" was on the broadcast video screen I saw. But there wasn't goaltender interference so they appealed In fact...

Half of them or so - Marner did not have an assist. During the play by play tonight, they commented on how Howden had been helped by learning give and go with Marner. During his Cup media scrum, Howden credited Marner with helping him and how blown away he was by seeing his skill up close...

He was quite complimentary about how playing with Mitch Marner has helped him. Marner has assisted on close to half his goals.

They do. Right now. If Carolina loses this game, chances of winning the series drops to about 15% (... not sure if it would be that high against Vegas ..). They'll have to beat Vegas 4 of the next 5. Carolina needs a goal and soon. They're not going to come that easily against Vegas defense...

Nylander and Matthews asked for puckmovers in their exit interview. Split McCabe & Tanev to support puck movers. It is a 200 foot game.

Hopefully not but it may well be the following year if Matthews doesn't hang around, Matthews is looking at a situation that is a lot closer to the Wings than the Golden Knights. Tavares will be 37 the following year and the aged D a year older. They're 28th with no guarantee they'll crack the...

That has good possibilities

His alleged grievance is his teams haven't been getting in the playoffs and his departure must conclude that isn't going to change substantially any time soon. So the solution is to go from a 15th place team to a 28th place team? I don't think so. That would be a very tough sell for a guy with a...

Here's the official NHL position on Cassidy's contract...

Can't see it as good news for Yzerman. With the shortage of good NHL centers, they should be able to get a decent return

One thing that has always irritated me: they never got Rielly a great partner. There always seemed to be something not top notch with whoever he was paired with. I was reading about past World Championships. Rielly and Tanev were a top pairing at that tournament. So we get Tanev and they barely...

Among the top 8 D in the Cup final, Rielly's speed is 3rd according to NHL Edge behind Hanifin & Miller and he played through some injury while putting up those numbers. He's high 80s to low 90s percentile in skating speed with his injuries. There are not a lot of dmen available on the UFA...