2020 Offseason Miscellaneous Thread
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Alex Stalock and Kaapo Kahkonen. Kahkonen was the starter in Iowa the last 2 years and had a 2.06/.927 stat line in 34 games last seaso. He also played 5 games for the Wild at 2.96/.913.
CanadaCanes
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He said it was the unknown of another Covid season ahead but that must be a tough conversation to have with the wife to leave all those millions on the table and walk away like that. You gotta admire the honesty of the situation for him.
With the Draft and free agency coming up, Bob McKenzie has re-emerged from semi-retirement. He’s hearing a couple of things. Tampa has said they’re open for business. Everyone can be had for the right price except Vasilevskiy, Point, Kucherov and Hedman. Presumably RFAs Corelli, Sergachev and Cernak too. He also says “word on the street” is that Washington is the clear frontrunner for Lundqvist, giving them an experienced backup for Samsonov. Just what we need, seeing Hank 4 more times.
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Lots of No trade clauses in Tampa though.
Stamkos, Palat, Gourde, T. Johnson, McDonagh and Coburn all have full NTC or NMCs currently, in addition to the untouchables that McKenzie listed. There was chatter yesterday that they are asking Tyler Johnson if he would waive his possibly.
Stamkos, Palat, Gourde, T. Johnson, McDonagh and Coburn all have full NTC or NMCs currently, in addition to the untouchables that McKenzie listed. There was chatter yesterday that they are asking Tyler Johnson if he would waive his possibly.
Yep, I saw that. BriseBois certainly has his work cut out for him.
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I don't expect many Tampa players would be all the keen in waiving their NTCs to leave a no income tax state and the Stanley Cup champ when they already are going to lose 20% to escrow. If teams really come after Tampa's RFAs via offer sheets, Tampa is going to need to be really creative or not match and take the picks. The fact that they just won the Cup will make it all much less painful.
I know there is a TON of talk about offer sheets, but there always is a ton of talk about offer sheets. I agree with the pundits that there are PLENTY of obvious targets out there with the flat cap and some teams already with little cap room and RFAs to sign. There is no shortage of obvious offer sheet targets. I dunno, I have feeling that there is going to be some sort of 'hey, we are all in this COVID mess together so lets not come after each other via offer sheets' type of approach.
I HOPE I'm wrong and this is the offseason of the offer sheet just to make things much more interesting. But we talk about this every year and if you bet the under on offer sheets actually signed every season, you would be right like 95% of the time.
I know there is a TON of talk about offer sheets, but there always is a ton of talk about offer sheets. I agree with the pundits that there are PLENTY of obvious targets out there with the flat cap and some teams already with little cap room and RFAs to sign. There is no shortage of obvious offer sheet targets. I dunno, I have feeling that there is going to be some sort of 'hey, we are all in this COVID mess together so lets not come after each other via offer sheets' type of approach.
I HOPE I'm wrong and this is the offseason of the offer sheet just to make things much more interesting. But we talk about this every year and if you bet the under on offer sheets actually signed every season, you would be right like 95% of the time.
Speaking of that, Andy's right about Lundqvist ... I keep hearing rumors of him heading to the Caps. Got dang it ...
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I just hope the Canes make it to the podium and make their pick as planned and stay far away from trading their first rounder for Kuemper tonight. Go for it Waddell tomorrow for one of your seconds and Riemer but make that pick tonight!
The only people I've seen suggest that as a serious possibility are fans and a couple of media boobs who don't work either market. I don't think it's worth worrying about.
Elliotte Friedman tweeted that he’s hearing the NHL/NHLPA are now targeting January 1 as a season start date, replacing December 1.
It sort of makes sense. The season is already going to be compromised. A January start should allow for a 60 game schedule. In the east, it’s easy, 4 games against each team, no cross-conference games. The league probably has a hard stop in mid-July for TV purposes. The Olympics are scheduled to start on July 23, so NBC will be all in on them.
It sort of makes sense. The season is already going to be compromised. A January start should allow for a 60 game schedule. In the east, it’s easy, 4 games against each team, no cross-conference games. The league probably has a hard stop in mid-July for TV purposes. The Olympics are scheduled to start on July 23, so NBC will be all in on them.
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If they go to a 60 game regular season that chops off 11 more home games. Factor in that most of those games will have capacity restrictions, by the time they are ready to invoice STMs for the 21-22 season they are going to be paying us to attend games.
Not really of course, but if they credit everyone again for 11 less home games plus maybe another, say, 15-20 home games you can't attend because of attendance restrictions, we might be paying like 25-40% of STM prices for 21-22 tickets the way things are going.
Not really of course, but if they credit everyone again for 11 less home games plus maybe another, say, 15-20 home games you can't attend because of attendance restrictions, we might be paying like 25-40% of STM prices for 21-22 tickets the way things are going.
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Habs acquire Josh Anderson from Columbus for Max Domi and a third rounder! I like Anderson if that shoulder holds up for him and seems like a solid trade for both sides.
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