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Eichel not getting Conn Smythe is a small victory.

I think considering the plethora of mid level forward talent in this organization it makes sense to trade up if Michkov falls. He isn't getting past Washington, so it'd have to be with someone before that.

Lets just sign Derek Roy and trade him for Malkin

He has a contract in the KHL. He cannot come over next year.

The only one of these teams I'm really worried about is Ottawa. This year was the beginning of the end for Pitt and Wash. At this point Wash is in limbo until Ovechkin beats Gretzky's record and retires. They need to tear it down. The same goes for Pitt. Neither team has anything in the way of prospects. Detroit tried to fill holes with UFAs and it clearly didn't work -- they also don't have the same level of prospects/young players as Buf or Ott. I will admit though that Yzerman is a great GM and they shouldn't be ignored.

I'm at the point where I roll my eyes when I hear Wawrow. Seems like an okay guy but he asks these long and convoluted questions that often make no sense. As a reporter your job is to be as specific as possible to get exact answers.

They have this dude named like MacDavis or something that's pretty good.

***** off pittsburgh let us have a competent front office for once

The UPL interview was the most interesting of the ones I watched. He seemed very emotional. I think he knows that his future with this team is very much up in the air. I really hope Levi coming in fuels him to be a better player as opposed to him requesting a trade or something. Having a Levi 1A and UPL 1B tandem in the future like Ullmark and Swayman would be great.

I gotta disagree on the Dahlin bit. I think he was just so focused on hockey he really didn’t think about the extension. Frankly I’d be surprised if Dahlin didn’t settle for a bit less on his contract than what he ought to earn. IMO the Tage and Cozens contracts set a precedent that a leader and good character guy like Dahlin will follow.

1. Fix the PP and PK. The PK was terrible all year. It wasn't a personnel issue -- the system was simply bad. The PP might have been top 10 in the league, but they were really just riding an extremely hot PP streak from the beginning-midpoint of the year. Once teams began to prevent Tage's one timer it fell apart. They need to develop set plays on the PP other than Dahlin to Thompson. 2. I don't want to see Bryson or Olofsson play another game for this team, probably ever. Even just last night I watched Bryson make 2-3 key mistakes that had a large impact on the game. He brings very little compared to how much of a liability he is. Olofsson is just bad at 5v5. I could justify keeping him if he was scoring on the PP, but he isn't. 3. Bring in another goaltender. I don't want everything on Levi's shoulders next year. Ideally the situation would be a 1A 1B even split between Levi and this other goaltender. 4. Trade for/sign another solid defenseman.

My vantage point tonight.

Playing Levi would be a lot of pressure for his second career NHL game. I think you go with UPL. He's extremely streaky and IMO he played well versus Philly. Frankly there's a case to be made for all four goaltenders - Comrie has the best win percentage as of late, and Anderson has been the best goaltender statistically. Hard to predict what Donny ends up doing.

I thought he looked pretty good versus Edmonton, but meh versus the Islanders. To be fair though, the whole team looked bad on Tuesday.

This is the correct lineup. I agree, Peterka over VO, but Donny seems to love Victor.

Anyone know if Greenway is in Buffalo yet/playing tonight?

Meh. If 30 other teams weren't willing to beat that offer clearly wasn't thought of all that highly around the league. I think the fact that he gets injured every year plays a significant part in that return.

I think people often get enamored with college free agents like Portillo, Petersen, etc.. I would have preferred to keep Portillo over the third round pick, but IMO the most likely scenario is that Portillo never becomes a consistent NHL contributor, a la Jimmy Vesey. I commend Adams for getting a third rounder for him.

These past few trades are a bit concerning if I'm Adams and am looking to add at the deadline. If Jeannot is fetching that much, we're probably going to have to give up more than what we'd like to if we want to upgrade the back end.

Darcy traded well but couldn't draft for *****. I'd argue the jury is still out on whether Adams is as good as/a better trader than Darcy, but I think Adams is already looking like a better drafter than Darcy (knock on wood).

Agreed. Both the PK and PP have been awful. Even when we were scoring on the PP a few months ago expected goal numbers were relatively low. I don't know what coach handles special teams but he may need to be replaced in the near future.

Lmfao

How come Kulich is untradeable for you and not Savoie?

In an ideal world Savoie goes to play in Europe next season. AHL caliber level of competition, plus the pro atmosphere. Never ends up happening in this scenario though unfortunately. I'd bet Savoie will be on the Sabres next year.

Not a bad addition IMO. O'Reilly is exactly what you want in a playoff hockey player. I think the Leafs get out of the first round this year, but their defense and forward depth are still quite suspect. They will need Murray or Samsonov to play lights out come playoff time to make a deep run.