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2019 NHL Off Season News Thread

andyt said:
The Ducks will name Dallas Eakins as head coach. He’s coached their AHL team, the San Diego Gulls, for 4 years, making the Calder Cup Conference Final this year. He coached the Edmonton Oilers for 113 games from 2013-15, going 36-63-14.
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That was a weird process. Cautious to the point of concern. They were WIDELY reported to be close to naming Eakins right around the end of the first round of the playoffs. Supposedly they were just waiting for the Gulls to wrap up and then, boom. But instead the Gulls finished up the Western finals back in May and they went out at talked to the guy from Minny-Duluth. Heck there was starting to be some speculation that Bob Murray decided to do the job himself after all, which would have been a bit nuts.

Either way, Eakins is a solid AHL boss and has certainly paid his dues after bombing out in Edmonton. He should be fine, but he's going to have his hands full as they churn that roster. Having a solid goalie always helps though, and Gibson is still young enough to be good when they come out the other side. They also have a decent young defense group, if they can keep it together.
 
LeBrun and McKenzie are both tweeting that the Sharks and Erik Karlsson have a deal, 8 years, north of $11 million AAV, details to follow.

Ottawa gets San Jose’s 2nd rounder in 2021.


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Nah. I will call them crazy anyway. I say no more than 3 seasons in San Jose will be regretting that contract.
 
CapFriendly has the details of Karlsson’s contract. Only in years 5 and 6 does his salary exceed the signing bonus and in years 1 and 3, it’s a total of $14.5 million.

8 years / $11.5M AAV ($92M Total)

2019-20: $3.5M + $11M SB
2020-21: $2M + $10M SB
2021-22: $5.5M + $9M SB
2022-23: $2M + $10M SB
2023-24: $10.5M + $1M SB
2024-25: $10M + $1M SB
2025-26: $4M + $5M SB
2026-27: $1.5M + $6M SB

Full NMC


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cmaleski2 said:
Nah. I will call them crazy anyway. I say no more than 3 seasons in San Jose will be regretting that contract.
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OK ... I was a bit over the top, but I am convinced that Karlsson will be the most impactful defender in the league again when he's healthy. Heck, he was ridiculously good (by everyone's standards but his own) skating on one leg.
 
Winnipeg trades dman Jacob Trouba to the Rangers for dman Neil Pionk and the 20th pick in this year’s draft that originally belonged to...Winnipeg. They traded it to the Rangers in February in the Kevin Hayes trade.

Trouba is a RFA, coming off 2 bridge contracts, the first was 2 years/$6 million, his last contact was 1 year/$5.5 million. The Rangers have a little more than $19 million in cap room and not a lo left to sign. When they sign him, it probably puts Adam Fox in battle with Anthony DeAngelo for the 6/7 spot with Shattenkirk, Staal, Skjei and Smith already under contract.
 
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cmaleski2 said:
Fox will throw a fit when he realizes that what he thought was his starting gig was taken by Trouba.
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Yea, well professional sports has enough players who think about themselves first and the team second. Those are usually the guys who still need to mature, although they're usually in basketball and not hockey.
 
Lightning re-sign dman Braydon Coburn to a 2 year/$3.4 million contract. The total is less than he made in 1 season, he was coming off a 3 year/$11.1 million contract. The Lightning are cap strapped with less than $7 million available and needing to re-sign Point and Paquette and decisions on Girardi and Stralman on D. Next year, they have Callahan, Cirelli, Joseph, Sergachev, Rutta, Cernak and both goalies.


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andyt said:
Winnipeg trades dman Jacob Trouba to the Rangers for dman Neil Pionk and the 20th pick in this year’s draft that originally belonged to...Winnipeg. They traded it to the Rangers in February in the Kevin Hayes trade.

Trouba is a RFA, coming off 2 bridge contracts, the first was 2 years/$6 million, his last contact was 1 year/$5.5 million. The Rangers have a little more than $19 million in cap room and not a lo left to sign. When they sign him, it probably puts Adam Fox in battle with Anthony DeAngelo for the 6/7 spot with Shattenkirk, Staal, Skjei and Smith already under contract.
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What a horrible trade for the Jets, the hockey media made it out to sound like the price was sky high to acquire Trouba, he is a very good defender who could be a top pairing guy on over half the teams in the league. So the Jets get there own first rounder back at 20th overall just for short term rental in Hayes and they get a middle of the road guy in Pionk. Trouba should have fetched more than that.
 
TheBigKahuna said:
TSN is reporting that the Jets are offering Elhers for one of the Canes right shot defensemen.
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I put that in the Canes thread.

Flyers acquire dman Justin Braun from San Jose for a 2nd this year and a 3rd next year. He has 1 year left on a 5 year/$19 million contract.


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CanadaCanes said:
What a horrible trade for the Jets, the hockey media made it out to sound like the price was sky high to acquire Trouba, he is a very good defender who could be a top pairing guy on over half the teams in the league. So the Jets get there own first rounder back at 20th overall just for short term rental in Hayes and they get a middle of the road guy in Pionk. Trouba should have fetched more than that.
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I'm guessing almost nobody in the media actually watches Winnipeg play, but rather just watches highlights to see Laine shoot the puck. Trouba is already a top pair d-man ... maybe not the best in the world, but he holds his own in most regards. And as a right sider, apparently he's a hot commodity ... that the Jets let go for a middling 1st rounder and freaking Pionk. Congrats.
 
Per McKenzie, Flyers re-sign Kevin Hayes, 7 years/$50 million. He was on pace for a career year with the Rangers, with 42 points in 51 games before being traded to Winnipeg.
 
andyt said:
Per McKenzie, Flyers re-sign Kevin Hayes, 7 years/$50 million. He was on pace for a career year with the Rangers, with 42 points in 51 games before being traded to Winnipeg.
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Silly season starts early! Over $7 million a season for Kevin Hayes for 7 years, that just looks like a drastic overpay to simply not let him make it to July 1. Flyers making quick work of that open cap space.

Flyers and Rangers wasting no time trying to get back in the playoff mix in the Metro.
 
I mean, thank goodness we can count on the Flyers, Rangers and a handful of others to make every single CBA renewal a freaking roller coaster. All because they just can't stop themselves from throwing $7 million contracts to career 50-something point centers and thus have to lock out the players and re-set the financial rules to stop themselves at least once a decade.

How the heck Hayes gets the Flyers "back in the playoff mix" is a mystery. Because they just broke their salary structure for a big, slow center who doesn't score. I mean, congrats but ...

And look. I absolutely understand over-paying for a guy if you're in a position of sincere need for what that guy brings. Duchene is going to get over-paid by just such a team. And that's fine when that thing you're missing is offensive threat or something else that's actually difficult to find. When what you're missing is backbone up the middle and you pay $7 mil for a decent, but not terribly impactful player? That's just bollocks.
 
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