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TML? More like FML, amirite? Yet Another Off Season Thread

Squinty fucking cock.

Everything so far is because of that dickhead not being able to get us over the hump quickly in the first few first round attempts.
 
hockeylover said:
I despised the fact we didn't get more retention on Murray but today? Today I think there were a lot of bad contracts given out and the quieter teams probably won.
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This is how I feel. The 25% retention burns me. But I'd have to say this might be the worst free agency day I've ever seen for terrible deals.
 
I think Colorado has done a shit job this offseason. They'll be real good because of that fantastic core. But locking up those guys who had runs they will never equal to big deals is dumb.
 
JackBurton said:
This is how I feel. The 25% retention burns me. But I'd have to say this might be the worst free agency day I've ever seen for terrible deals.
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Eh, feels like the same thing every year, but for some reason, I found this UFA day more fun than usual to follow, though I found the draft horrible.
 
JackBurton said:
I think Colorado has done a shit job this offseason. They'll be real good because of that fantastic core. But locking up those guys who had runs they will never equal to big deals is dumb.
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Both the Avs and TB are much weaker than a few weeks ago.

Really leaves a nice opening for a certain Cup-starved team to finally win one now.
 
trujaysfan said:
Carolina is I good shape
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I mean, yeah...kind of. They're a good club, but I don't think they're better off now than they were at the end of the season

But I don't think Burns is an upgrade over DeAngelo (however much of a jackass DeAngelo is) and MaxPac/Kase...even when they're healthy, probably isn't as good as Trochek/Niederreiter, and of course, one of them is a pretty solid #2C.

Basically they went from this (a common lineup near the end of the year

Teuvo-Aho-Jarvis
Svech-Trochek-Necas
Nino-Staal-Fast
Domi-JK-Martinook

Slavin-DA
Skjei-Pesce
Smith-Cole

To

Teuvo-Aho-Jarvis
Svech-Staal-Necas
MaxPac-JK-Kase
Martinook-Pederson-Fast

Slavin-Burns
Skjei-Pesce
Gardiner-Bear

There's some different stuff they can do with that middle 6, but none of it is as good as when Trochek was there. If Staal is your matchup line, you can always just sub MaxPac in for Nino straight up, push Kase to your 4th line and run Svech-JK-Necas as a sheltered 2nd line...but again, pretty big step down from Trochek.

On the blueline, Burns did some heavy lifting for San Jose last season, but he got dummied in the heavy usage. Skjei/Pesce handle most of the heavies in Carolina, so lighter usage and a much better partner should help...but 37 is 37.
 
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