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They’re hedging their bets with multiple options at least. I think that’s fair

Both RHD they signed they want to play up top. Not any PO time, but hold the fort. Timmins made Karlsson look good defensively; there’s precedence Both RHD they signed they want to play up top. Not any PO time, but hold the fort. Timmins made Karlsson look good defensively; there’s precedence

They see Timmins as a potential partner for Dahlin and JBD an 8 at best. So uhh, false equivalence

Hhhhg

The agent is making the noise

Reality is we haven’t seen this team with Norris on it. Nor with a defense that can actually hold the fort. The transactions on paper might not be splashy, but we aren’t far from hitting critical mass to overcome those issues

With Calgary, there isn’t a top6 forward coming back that makes the deal good for us. Mews might be a good value add along with the depth forwards, but I could only rationalize the trade if the offer sheet threat or Byram is unhappy and doesn’t want to bridge— and Mews at least gets us a couple years ahead of what a 1st round pick compensation would n

Funny; my interpretation of what happened is Ruff got Adam’s to castoff all the anointed ones and now we have an excess of players that could fit all of our holes. We have five third pairing defenseman who all show promise they can make the jump in minutes. We have a handful of forwards who all have compete, enough skill to play up or down if they need to, etc in their game. They’re all aged 25-28 as well. Look at the lineup and it’s really hard to project where things will go- and that’s by design. Competing for roster spots is Ruff’s name of the game and he got it. sure it wasn’t with big UFA splashes, but those don’t really work do they

Nashville spent like drunken sailors during FA last year then missed the playoffs. So uhh; exsctly why huge FA signings aren’t a guarantee

Interesting pickup. Has Jarmo all over it lafferty was forgettable, interested in giving him a shot Guys with his size and track record don’t get contracts unless they have a lot of heart. Undrafted, played handful of games for the Amerks.. Europe and khl before NHL at 28 Columbus wanted him back. They gave him an “A” for some time. https://images.app.goo.gl/u5QRLub1sM99hE2d7

Yeah well if we got an offer sheet then we’d only get draft picks which doesn’t help us today, so we had to trade him for a backup goaltender so we could improve the team TODAY

I always liked him fwiw

Why keep Bryson whyyyy

Do eeet

I could see how everything is on hold until we know what Ehlers does. If he accepts, cap moves go one way. If he doesn’t, we go another. So unless it’s for Robertson or Peterson, Byram won’t move til the initial fallout from Jan1