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But that’s just it, I’m not calling it a debacle if it was planned… at least not in the context of this thread. A debacle to the fans? Sure, but not a debacle when it comes to the “plan”. But all those years of suck blend together in my head.

On a side note, they did add a cup winner in Aube-Kubel. I guess he and Byram are going to have to carry that torch.

This one jumped out at me right away. If they’re planning on suffering, was Rolston really a debacle? I mean, they followed that up with Nolan. What’s that, fan-friendly suffering?

Be sure to keep your wives away from the pool boy.

And that’s amazing given that he didn’t even start until game 7 last year.

I was going to say that he’s the kind of guy that could potentially be claimed in one of those moments where a team has multiple goalie injuries. Quite honestly, I hope he’s up in the NHL because UPL has followed through on his strong finish. That would mean we have our strong starter and Levi can carry a full workload for the full year in the AHL.

What’s so greasy about the timing? It’s the start of the league-year, which seems like, if you’re going to do it, the right time.

Well you’ll have to keep looking. The minimum is $775k.

Nobody’s perfect

Why does Detroit have so many goalies?

I wish we didn’t have so many people coming out of nowhere to make this place completely unreadable.

Oh I very strongly believe they’ll never make the playoffs ever again. Aim low, you can’t be upset.

I was going to say they could still sign before the start of free agency, but then I realized it’s 6/30 already. So I suppose there’s still time, but very little. I wouldn’t be surprised if more than one sign back right away.

Does the local sports book hand those out?

And it’s all a bit premature. Can we wait until at least July 3rd or 4th? They can’t roll the same team out there. It is franchise suicide and they all have to know that. The fans are lost forever at that point.

Haven’t they held off on QOs for a few guys recently and then signed them to a cheaper deal? I wouldn’t say they’ve cut ties just yet.

Sorry, I should have said “why Bryson DIDN’T get that next contract”. I just meant the qualifying offer from Buffalo.

I see around 1.1 million reasons why Bryson doesn’t get that next contract.

I thought they were reporting the other day that Guentzel back to Carolina for 8 years was done. Now Tampa trades for his rights? https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/tampa-bay-lightning-acquire-jake-guentzel-s-right-from-carolina-hurricanes-1.2142495

That hard to play against thing would date back a year or two. So I’d more say you might be dealing with 20-21 year olds against a 24-25 year old. I’m not really sure if there are more than a handful that young in Rochester. I don’t think there’s too much in that thought about the age gap.

He’s a bit old at this point, too.

There’s no guarantee that works. It also uses next year’s pick instead of this year’s.

I think an even larger portion of the fanbase will never have any clue that this signing ever happened.

Take a look at how many defensemen they had under contract prior to these moves. They didn’t have a top 4. They had a top 1.

@Pimlach, there want an ounce of sarcasm in that post. I’m just simply stating facts. That’s player for first round picks do not happen at this time of the year. The recent history backs that up. You may find a rare one here or there, but teams move these picks at the deadline. There’s no excuses here, it’s just how things work.