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I agree with you. Losing two centers (Cirelli & Point) is going to be very hard to overcome.

Trade V O and regular shift JJP, and you’ve got yourself a deal.

I know you’re just spitballing on potential fits for Kane, but the Rangers have 16 players out of 23 under contract and have 11M in cap space. Yikes. The Oilers also have 16 players under contract and only have 6M in cap space. Double yikes. Even if the Hawks retain 50%, there’s not a lot of cap room around the league. This is another reason why Buffalo is logical and the price to acquire Kane will be not as expensive as many suggest.

I could chew on that. I just think Kane on the top line creates a lot more mismatches than Tuch. Tuch doesn’t make more space for his line mates like Kane would. Tage & Kane get pucks to the net differently, but they both drive offense and the front of the net is where Skinner lives. I would love to get into the details if a trade ever happened.

If the Kane acquisition cost is low, this would make VO expendable via trade to recoup any spent assets. And then some. This would also put Tuch on the second line, which is a perfect spot for him. I could certainly be talked into this deal. The time to step on the gas toward making the playoffs is now. The team’s salary structure is ripe for a move like this. If Kane came to Buffalo, it gets a whole lot easier to envision the best available goaltending options following him into town.

No one is arguing his usefulness as a player. But the guy has one year left on a team worse than Buffalo and a full no-trade clause. If Chicago wants to pay him 10.5M in cap hit (6.9M in salary) to chase 80 points as a team, the league’s GMs will let them. The Hawks have no bargaining power. I stated above that the Giroux trade deadline deal is a fair template and still think so.

Totally agree. Does this board realize the Blackhawks had 68 pts last year? Buffalo earned 75. If Kane gets traded to Buffalo (or anywhere), it’s a mercy trade and possibly a a cap dump scenario. Bear in mind Kane has a full no-move clause, so that’ll limit any trade return the Hawks could potentially get. He holds the cards. Think the Giroux deadline deal (also had a full no-move clause and only wanted to go to Florida): Phili got back an AHL/NHL tweener forward (33pts in 99 NHL games, 23 years old), a first round pick in two years (top ten protected), and third round pick next year. AND Phili retained 50% of salary in that deal.

Sorry to post in two threads, but my hot wife got me this for Father’s Day!

My hot wife got me this for Father’s Day!!

Due to injury, Andre Burakovsky did not take the Aves team flight to Tampa.

Since the news broke of the ICU stay, I wondering out loud if the family would deem a positive update (like leaving ICU) would be appropriate? I hope that’s the case. I also really hope she is not still there. She’s been there for a week or more.

After game one I commented that the Bolts took the Aves best shot. Turns out the Aves had another gear. So impressive.

In episode 120 of the After The Whistle podcast, Brian Gionta disagrees with you. Near the end. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xODY5ODAwLnJzcw/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xMDgwNDk2Mg?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjiw5jKwLT4AhWGTd8KHdsxCboQjrkEegQICRAH&ep=6

I feel like Tampa took the Aves “A game” pretty well. Got knocked down and fought back. It’s all going to come down to Vasy and his ability to be the difference. The elevation aspect will be less impactful on Tampa for game two, and the warm temperatures slowing the ice will help them in this series. They’re the bigger team and they play better team defense. The Aves talent edge is pretty undeniable, especially with how their D skates. I don’t have a feel for who will win the series, but I love this matchup.

If any/all of your above was accurate, then GMTM wouldn’t have made the decision to trade for Lehner in the first place. The only way flipping Lehner and assets for Bishop was plausible is if GMTM realized he erred in the the original Lehner trade. There’s nothing to substantiate that. Also, Bishop was Vezina level at the time of your proposed scenario, and there just no way Tampa was moving on in your timeline of events.

If the Bolts win again in the cap era, it is going to put Yzerman in the hall of fame twice, and Brisebois in the hall of fame too. A three-peat in the Cap era exceeds a four-peat by the Isles in the non-Cap era. Simply incredible.

It was an interesting rabbit hole for me to dive into. The timing of the trade of Bishop at the 16-17 trade deadline to the Kings didn’t align all that well with the Sabres timeline. Buffalo traded for Lehner prior to the 15-16 season (traded for in June 2015). Bishop had a career year during the 13-14 season and an outstanding year during the 14-15 season. Tampa wasn’t going to move on. In the 15-16 season, Bishop was also outstanding. His 16-17 season was his worst in three years (2.55 GAA, .911 save percentage), and was battling injuries. The emergence of Vasy was undeniable (his baseline stats of 2.61 GAA, .917 save percentage that year) made Bishop expendable given Vasy’s future outlook. So the timeline didn’t mesh well. But I wish it did!

The headlines were a little misleading. The updated report was that he hit a car while bicycling to work, and not that he was hit by a car.

I realize it isn’t any of my business, but the vagueness of the statement has me worried for the Pegula family.

The ESPN link on their headlines stated “Bills, Sabres owner facing health issues.” I was shocked when it stated Kim just because Terry is so much older. But either way, my heart sank when I read it.

Again, I agree with you. Please tell me who you think is going to give Jack Campbell, a veteran of 70 NHL games, 6M AAV?

Yes I agree with what you’re saying. I’m just commenting that Campbell should not get the same percentage of cap as Helle. UFA or not.

I would love to know how evolving hockey has projected these goalie contracts. Contract projections is subscriber only content. The Campbell projection is a few hundred grand from Hellebuyck AAV money. What the what?? Also, Husso has 61 NHL games played over three seasons. That’s now a 5 million AAV player? Not asking you, but asking out loud. I am very skeptical of both projections.

Freddy started that year 12-3-2 and then got hurt. I don’t think his previous seasons were rough. He was a solid #1 for a playoff team. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/andersen-playing-injury-leafs-wasnt-best-idea/sn-amp/

Frederik Andersen signed for 2/4.5mil AAV last offseason. Andersen’s body of work is more complete (209 games played at that time) than Campbell’s (71 games played as of today). Campbell made 1.8m last year. No one in the league is giving Campbell a five year deal, and no one is giving him 5 million AAV. I would offer 2 years at 4 mil AAV, or 3 years at 3.6 mil AAV.