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fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Dach is still on Chicago, Boqvist was traded.

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Jul 4, 2018

Tarasenko on the Devils actually makes sense. He has two years left, which is a perfect tenure to give the kids more ice time, and Tank gives them much-needed firepower.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

I badly want an avatar of Jack/Luke Hughes brotherly love from the draft but I can't seem to find anything that can fit in the size requirements and I suck at re-sizing. Argh.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

I am extremely in on gazing into the celebrations of Jack Hughes for the for-seeable future, thanks for listening

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Jul 4, 2018

Levitate posted:

https://twitter.com/NYP_Brooksie/status/1419708546862702594

https://twitter.com/hayyyshayyy/status/1419709515470184452

Seems alright for a 3rd pair D to help Lundkvist ease in and bridge the time until Robertson or Schneider are ready

Yeah, JFresh's model has him in the 92nd percentile for isolated defensive effectiveness. Not bad and won't cost them much.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1419698779066929163?s=20

AHL/bottom of the lineup guy for AHL/bottom of the lineup guy. Cool.

This leads me to believe Will Butcher is going to be dealt.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

T-Bone posted:

Ty Smith and Luke Hughes are both LHD, so some big rear end long term deal for Hamilton could make sense I guess if he wants to sit through another two or three (or more good god) of garbage.

You think Luke plays this year? I thought he was going to play at Michigan for another year or two.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/georgesmueller/status/1419764858803965961?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

Is Seabrook still playing?

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Jul 4, 2018

Devils rumored to be signing Bernier. Eh, it's fine.

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Jul 4, 2018

Also Jake McCabe is pretty good. Nice get for a Chicago defense that really needs good defensemen.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

What time does the market officially open today? Noon ET?

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Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/PuckReportNHL/status/1420373147015163913?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1420395935125942277?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1420403514438832134?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/RealKyper/status/1420407905808003081?s=20

Oh gently caress

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Devils D is a hell of a lot better now.

Hamilton/Graves
Severson/Smith
Subban/Siegenthaler
Butcher

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1420442576000278531?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/LAKings/status/1420444174935937024?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

There are different kinds of tough and that's the issue.

When Drury was talking about making the Rangers harder to play against, I took it as speaking to a real need the team has to get different kinds of players who can complement their skilled forwards - go the dirty areas, cycle and grind type guys. But the assumption I made was that Drury would target these kinds of players who ALSO HAD SKILL AND TALENT.

I was thinking, maybe they'll try to get a player in the mold of Blake Coleman or JG Pageau - players who do everything well and can pop 20 goals and play anywhere in the lineup.

Instead, he seems hellbent on stacking the Rangers with 4th line/AHL call-up goons who can grind but can't loving play.

To be fair, they apparently like Sammy Blais a lot and think he has potential. He's only 24, so maybe he winds up being a decent player for them. And Goodrow for 6 years is absurd but the AAV, after seeing the free agency craziness, actually seems OK for him.

But my goodness the Buchnevich deal seems so stupid considering how they've spent their cap so far. The Rangers really couldn't give him $5.8m over 4 years? That's an amazing deal for him and Buch actually DOES play a 200-foot game that they need. Baffling.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Gotta love Krejci

https://twitter.com/FlyingOrr/status/1421172083892137987?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

I love me some Kaapo Kakko but is it worth trading him for Eichel at half cap? Yes, yes it is

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Isles signed Cizikas for 6 years at $2.5m AAV. 6 years is bad but at that price??? Great deal, especially considering he asked Seattle for twice as much.

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Jul 4, 2018

ThinkTank posted:

Probably should've got off their asses and signed Petey/Hughes last summer when prices were super deflated instead of penny pinching and laying off 3/4 of their staff oh well not that there was any chance of the Canucks going anywhere over the next decade anyways.

You know it is very possible that Hughes and Pettersson and their agents understood that prices were deflated and did not want to sign a contract in the middle of a pandemic/economic collapse

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Jul 4, 2018

Chad Sexington posted:

As a Devils fan during the 90s and early aughts, that this has become the prevailing sentiment about the franchise makes me sad.

I read just yesterday that the Devils have not had a defenseman get a single Norris trophy vote since Brian Rafalski's 2007 season, his last with the team. Fairly depressing. But I think Hamilton will change that moving forward.

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Jul 4, 2018

T-Bone posted:

Andy Greene was really good from like 2010-2014. In 2013 and 2014 specifically the Devils were dominant when he was on the ice.

Yep - I was just making the observation that nobody has gotten a Norris vote. Greene was very underrated in his prime and a terrific all-around defensemen who should have garnered something.

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Jul 4, 2018

Twin Cinema posted:

As a kid, I always thought Pat Falloon was going to be a star because he was a high draft pick, and also he had a cool last name.

My 7 year-old self loved Pat Falloon and Kelly Kisio mostly because of their names.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Lou strikes again.

The way Pelech plays ages well. This will take him to his age 34 year and he should be worth more than his cap hit for most of it.

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Jul 4, 2018

grack posted:

That is a fantastic contract for the Isles, goddamn

For real. Pelech is going to be worth several millions of AAV more than that deal for a good chunk of it.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Hamilton getting $9m is a good deal, so the market hasn't been all bad.

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Jul 4, 2018

Iodised QQ posted:

That freaking owns, was really not expecting him to be under 6 and would have been fine around 7

Like someone mentioned earlier, the market inefficiency in the NHL for "best defensive dman in the league who is meh offensively" is probably the most ripe area for a moneyball-ish approach to building a team in the NHL

I'm still afraid for what cisikas wound up signing for but getting the most important RFA of the off-season locked up to this contract is gonna make that one a lot easier to swallow

The Cizikas deal is reportedly 6 years with a $2.5m cap hit. Lou seems to want to sacrifice length of contract practicality to keep the cap hit well below market value to keep the core together for a winning window. I think it's smart. Cizikas took a 50% pay cut to remain an Islander.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

https://twitter.com/UffeBodin/status/1425478699005186052?s=20

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Jul 4, 2018

I'm in the middle of a software development bootcamp and will not have too much time, but it's about the time to do another SAS Fantasy Draft since all the good free agents are scooped up.

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Jul 4, 2018

LumpyGumby posted:

On one hand I have an upcoming interview with an NHL team about data, that I learned via a software boot camp.

On the other hand I want to tell you to run, run far away my friend.

Did I say software? Sorry. Long day.

It's a web development curriculum, not software.

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3976192&pagenumber=1&perpage=40

Join the SAS Fantasy Draft!

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

That's incredible

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Jul 4, 2018

Frans Nielsen is being bought out.

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Jul 4, 2018

10 spots left

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3976192

fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Handsome Hank retired.

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fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Palmieri is 4 years at $5m.

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