NHL Rumors and Trade Speculation 2021-22 Season

[Marvin]

5 hours ago, Taro T said:

Has he been right on ANYTHING since Goodenow & his cronies were punted from union leadership?

Not much that I know of.  Certainly nothing that you couldn't find in other places.

[Shmuffalo]

Color me E5 stunned that Eklund's blog is still around... then again Buzzfeed is still around, so I get it, unfortunately.

 

Wait. Hockeybuzz... Buzzfeed...

 

[dudacek]

https://www.spectorshockey.net/2021/09/nhl-rumor-mill-september-16-2021/

Jeremy Rutherford reports the contract standoff continues between the Blues and restricted free agent Robert Thomas. The 22-year-old forward is coming off his entry-level deal with little leverage except if he signs an offer sheet with a rival club.

The Blues have almost no cap space left for the coming season. If a team signed Thomas for between $2.055 million and $4.11 million and the Blues declined to match, they’d receive a second-round pick as compensation.

This, this is the kinda move that would earn Adams mad respect in my book.

[Norcal]

2 minutes ago, dudacek said:

https://www.spectorshockey.net/2021/09/nhl-rumor-mill-september-16-2021/

Jeremy Rutherford reports the contract standoff continues between the Blues and restricted free agent Robert Thomas. The 22-year-old forward is coming off his entry-level deal with little leverage except if he signs an offer sheet with a rival club.

The Blues have almost no cap space left for the coming season. If a team signed Thomas for between $2.055 million and $4.11 million and the Blues declined to match, they’d receive a second-round pick as compensation.

This, this is the kinda move that would earn Adams mad respect in my book.

He should do it. Get the prospect they should have gotten the first time 

[Hoss]

The Blues would match anything in that range and we can’t afford to go above it (because we’re not giving a first for Thomas). The “Team X has no cap space” is such a tired reporting trope to generate attention and clicks. Teams make the money work for important players.

[pi2000]

1 hour ago, Norcal said:

He should do it. Get the prospect they should have gotten the first time 

Nah

[dudacek]

41 minutes ago, Hoss said:

The Blues would match anything in that range and we can’t afford to go above it (because we’re not giving a first for Thomas). The “Team X has no cap space” is such a tired reporting trope to generate attention and clicks. Teams make the money work for important players.

How would you free up $3.9 million to match if you were the Blues?

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/blues

Would your team be better off?

And how would the Sabres be hurt if they did match?

[inkman]

On 9/3/2021 at 11:03 AM, Brawndo said:

It helps when Your Agent is also Your Uncle 

Especially if he’s named Bob 

[Hoss]

14 hours ago, dudacek said:

How would you free up $3.9 million to match if you were the Blues?

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/blues

Would your team be better off?

And how would the Sabres be hurt if they did match?

Pick a card, any card. Just dump Bortuzzo, Sanford and Clifford for whatever pieces you can get or attach a late round pick if you have to. Maybe finally pull the trigger on a Tarasenko deal. It’d be a breeze.

The only risk for the Sabres is getting shunned by the stupid old boys club who are afraid of offer sheets.

I’m not saying there’s no reason to do it but it gets matched and wastes everyone’s time.

[Thorner]

4 minutes ago, Hoss said:

Pick a card, any card. Just dump Bortuzzo, Sanford and Clifford for whatever pieces you can get or attach a late round pick if you have to. Maybe finally pull the trigger on a Tarasenko deal. It’d be a breeze.

The only risk for the Sabres is getting shunned by the stupid old boys club who are afraid of offer sheets.

I’m not saying there’s no reason to do it but it gets matched and wastes everyone’s time.

I think you are probably right about the cap functionally not even being real for the good teams, in a sense, they can always make it work for the players they really do truly want to keep. But with how bad the Sabres rep is I totally agree with @dudacekthat Adams should make the offer. On the off chance it works out. I highly doubt KA would be interested in something like that, though. 

[Brawndo]

I bet this is related to the scene from Sabres Embedded where Reinhart and 14th Overall was offered to move up

 

 

[Brawndo]

https://twitter.com/llysowski/status/1493725366313111553?s=21

 

[French Collection]

7 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

https://twitter.com/llysowski/status/1493725366313111553?s=21

 

Sold!

[Taro T]

7 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

https://twitter.com/llysowski/status/1493725366313111553?s=21

 

 

If anybody wants to give up a 5th, ship Eakin out on the next Uber.

Hagg & Miller both could bring back reasonable returns.  Definitely a 4th each, maybe as high as a 2nd each if Adams brings his A salesmanship game.

 

[LGR4GM]

40 minutes ago, Taro T said:

 

If anybody wants to give up a 5th, ship Eakin out on the next Uber.

Hagg & Miller both could bring back reasonable returns.  Definitely a 4th each, maybe as high as a 2nd each if Adams brings his A salesmanship game.

 

I'd dump Eakin for a box of HoHo's and crisp high five. 

[Taro T]

36 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

I'd dump Eakin for a box of HoHo's and crisp high five. 

And come the deadline, maybe that's the best Adams can get for him.  But right now w/ about a month to go, no point to giving him away because some GM might get dumb.

(If they wait for a legit offer that is.)

[inkman]

If Miller and Hague are both in play at the deadline, does that mean we’ll see Oskari Laaksonen before seasons end or will Owen “I’ve got the” Power be here by then.

 

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, inkman said:

If Miller and Hague are both in play at the deadline, does that mean we’ll see Oskari Laaksonen before seasons end or will Owen “I’ve got the” Power be here by then.

 

April 9th is the probable end to Power's season

[Flashsabre]

I hope Adams is the third team in a couple deals to take on some salary and gain assets.

It would allow him to move whoever he wants without worrying about the cap floor.

 

 

[Digger]

What about Craig Anderson?  I know that we've been critical of Adams for choosing him as our #1 this season but he has played really well when healthy.  It would seem to me that he will be a cheap pickup for a cup contending team that needs extra goaltending support (Colorado, Toronto, Carolina, ++).  Can we get a 2nd for Anderson at the deadline?

[K-9]

3 hours ago, Taro T said:

 

If anybody wants to give up a 5th, ship Eakin out on the next Uber.

Hagg & Miller both could bring back reasonable returns.  Definitely a 4th each, maybe as high as a 2nd each if Adams brings his A salesmanship game.

 

There’s only so much shine you can put on a turd, though. 

[Norcal]

I have a speculative post. 

Jack Eichel returns and plays well at times but the Golden Knights fail to win the cup and decide Eichel isn't the right fit, trading him to an Eastern Conference team and recouping some assets. 

 

[thewookie1]

6 minutes ago, Norcal said:

I have a speculative post. 

Jack Eichel returns and plays well at times but the Golden Knights fail to win the cup and decide Eichel isn't the right fit, trading him to an Eastern Conference team and recouping some assets. 

 

No, because then he'll end up in Boston; don't even try to make that happen.

[Weave]

7 minutes ago, Norcal said:

I have a speculative post. 

Jack Eichel returns and plays well at times but the Golden Knights fail to win the cup and decide Eichel isn't the right fit, trading him to an Eastern Conference team and recouping some assets. 

 

Now that’s a hot take!

[Taro T]

13 hours ago, K-9 said:

There’s only so much shine you can put on a turd, though. 

Well, if Gaustad can bring a 1st ...