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2023-24 NHL Misc. Thread

Seems early but there's not a ton of risk there. Faber was one of the best defensemen in college right out of the box and played 3 seasons at a high level for Minnesota. Then he stepped right in and became the the Wild's only defender that produces much offense. Big-ish guy, 20+ minutes a game as a rookie, already running their No. 1 PP. Very little downside.
 
jeffbear said:
Seems early but there's not a ton of risk there. Faber was one of the best defensemen in college right out of the box and played 3 seasons at a high level for Minnesota. Then he stepped right in and became the the Wild's only defender that produces much offense. Big-ish guy, 20+ minutes a game as a rookie, already running their No. 1 PP. Very little downside.
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It’s a little more than what the Sens gave Jake Sanderson, who was also coming off the first year of his rookie deal when he signed for 8 years, $8.05 million. But Faber’s numbers were better…more goals and points, more TOI, although Sanderson’s ice time increased to over 23 minutes his 2nd season
 
Sanderson was also saddled with shutdown pairing usage, whereas Faber was a little more protected. Either way, those are low risk deals for the most part and it's better to get a guy that good locked down.
 
Bret Hedican is leaving the Sharks broadcast team and joining the Ducks in a player development role.
 
Broadcasting will miss him. He was very, very good. But he wasn't willing to do road games. I wonder how much he's going to be willing to travel for the Ducks.
 
Habs sign dman Kaiden Guhle to a 6 year extension with a $5.55 million AAV. He’s headed into the last year of his ELC, he has 10 goals, 30 assists in 114 games across the first 2 years of that contract.
 
The Athletic's stats guys rated him as Montreal's 2nd most effective defenseman last season, with an effective value of $3.5 million. So, there's a fair amount of projection in that contract but clearly the trend is running hard towards locking up the young ELC guys you feel good about on long term deals.
 
I don’t know how many on here follow Jeff Marek on socials or listen to Sportsnet broadcasts/pods. He went inexplicably dark after the NHL Draft and just resurfaced on Twitter last week, announcing that he was moving on from Sportsnet. According to an article on The Athletic today, he was removed for allegedly passing insider draft information to a friend during the first round. The League contacted the Nevada Gaming Control Board which also investigated. When the draft broadcast ended, Marek was approached by at least 1 NHL official to speak with him.

League and media sources said that Marek was passing information to Mark Seidel, who runs an independent scouting service. He was using that information to prepare analysis for his social sites. That in and of itself isn’t illegal, it’s only if that information is used for financial gain. And the broadcasters are always told a few minutes before the pick is announced so they can prepare graphics packages, etc. Licensed sports books in Nevada can’t accept wagers on specific players within 24 hours of the start of the draft.

 
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Yeah, looks like Seidel was using info from Marek to appear more plugged in to how NHL franchises drafted than he actually was. That in turn was used to promote his scouting content. You don't have to gamble to benefit financially from insider information, even if this is more of a gray area or reputational benefit. Still, the broadcaster had a contractual obligation not to release information early and Marek broke it. That part is pretty simple. Honestly, the weird thing in this timeline is Sportsnet not putting out some sort of definitive statement for weeks and weeks.
 
Not smart by Jeff Marek and Mark Seidel. I expect they both knew better.

This is a lesson for everyone else involved in the NHL in any way. Now that sports betting has been generally accepted, the leagues and their partners (sportsbooks and others) are watching EVERYTHING like hawks. It is going to be harder to get away with things that might have not been noticed prior to sports gambling becoming more widespread. And if you want take that one step further, AI is going to make catching 'cheaters' even easier.

Even though this particular event might have provided no edge from a gambling perspective, this likely was caught because of the ramped up attention by the NHL because of sports betting.
 
Honestly, he needs to pare that down anyway. Maybe go with 10 good thoughts and a couple of iffy ones and call it a day.
 
Two of the London 5 will be playing in the KHL next year. Dillon Dube signed with Dinamo Minsk and Michael McLeod signed with Barys Astana
 
The Blues tendered offer sheets to Edmonton dmen Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. Neither are full time NHL plyers, Broberg played 12 games for Edmonton and 49 games for AHL Bakersfield but played 10 playoff games. Holloway played 38 for Edmonton and 18 for Bakersfield and 25 in the playoffs. According to PuckPedia, Broberg’s offer sheet is 2 years/$9.16 million, Holloway’s is 2 years/$4.58 million, or exactly half of Broberg’s.

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Blues tender offer sheet to Edmonton's Broberg, Holloway | St. Louis Blues

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today that the Blues have tendered offer sheets to Edmonton Oilers defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway. The Oilers have seven days to exercise their right of first refusal on...
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YES. These are the types of offer sheets that teams should be making, especially when their development pipelines aren't in great shape. IMO you're much more likely to pry away a part time NHLer that would better fit your roster than some hotshot young player that a team is almost certainly just going to pay too much to keep.
 
So, if I'm reading this right, if St Louis is successful with these two offer sheets, they would have to give up 1 second round pick for Broberg and then 1 third round pick for Holloway. That ain't too bad. Are these two lads worth it, though? I know nothing about them.
 
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So, if I'm reading this right, if St Louis is successful with these two offer sheets, they would have to give up 1 second round pick for Broberg and then 1 third round pick for Holloway. That ain't too bad. Are these two lads worth it, though? I know nothing about them.
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That's up to St Louis, but I'd say Holloway is 100% a guy you'd burn a 3rd rounder on. A speedy, aggressive depth line guy with some offensive upside? Sure. And he's a good fit for the Blues' systems. Broberg is maybe a bit trickier, but he's a do-it-all kind of D who has decent size and who has been very, very good at the AHL level over several seasons. He's a guy they should have ample scouting on.
 
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Offer sheets for lower tier players? Some team actually finally figured that out?
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Amazing it took this long. Some franchises make an absolute killing keeping mid tier prospects in their system forever before inserting them as cheap bottom six filler and then letting them walk once they actually have to pay them ... thinking about Boston currently, but also the Devils back in Uncle Lou's heyday. Scouts know full well who those guys are, but GMs never seem to be willing to go put an offer sheet down after the ELC runs out. If a guy with 3 years of pro hockey under his belt will fit and you've got a roster spot, there's almost no risk. Everybody has scouted those guys for 3 years. And just think ... how many 3rd round picks are gonna slot right into your NHL roster (because that's all we're talking for most of these guys)? None? 1 in 50? It's not a zero risk move, but it's really, really low risk.
 
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