Right ...I juts don't like wasting picks especially for a team so far away is all.

Aren't free agents now allowed to talk to teams anyway in week or so? Wasn't some rule passed
- rinaldo

Ya... they are free to speak to teams after the draft I think.
Perhaps it was 4 days before. idk

Ya... they are free to speak to teams after the draft I think.
Perhaps it was 4 days before. idk
- mlindsay

That's why I don't give up a pick I wait

That's why I don't give up a pick I wait
- rinaldo

I have a different view.

You want something, you take control of the situation and go out and get it.

But should only apply to your top 1-2 free agent targets.

I have a different view.

You want something, you take control of the situation and go out and get it.

But should only apply to your top 1-2 free agent targets.
- Tumbleweed

I can buy that just not for a team that won't contend for as while and that target what 30 some odd years old is all

All good

I can buy that just not for a team that won't contend for as while and that target what 30 some odd years old is all

All good
- rinaldo

fair enough

hurry up and trade him already coyotes let the real teams have a crack at him

Eklund, the teams' icons are sorted alphabetically at the top.

BUT, you have the Arizona Coyotes in the place of where the Phoenix Coyotes would have been.

You need to fix this, Eklund.
- twiztedmike

Enjoy your ban

Given that there are trades actually happening and the time of year, I am really surprised at the lack of reports of rumors etc, not just by this site, but all sites. Are GMs crazy tight-lipped right now or what? I would think there would be rumor reports a few times a day (from all sites). Even twitter is quieter than I would expect . . . what's up?

Still, it should have been Tanner for GM
- twiztedmike

Tanner is the one truly calling the shots.
Chayka reads his blog daily and follows his twitter feed.

Goligoski is exactly the type of D-man Tanner loves. Puck moving, offense creating, possession driving machine. Good move for AZ if they can lock him up.

- thundachunk

I'd guess he ends up with a 4/$22M deal from Arizona. Pretty good move and will be a good way for Chayka to establish himself by making an agressive move. They already have enough young pieces and picks, they can afford to give up a 5th.

I'd guess he ends up with a 4/$22M deal from Arizona. Pretty good move and will be a good way for Chayka to establish himself by making an agressive move. They already have enough young pieces and picks, they can afford to give up a 5th.
- MacPatty

No way he agrees to a 4/ $22M deal 2 weeks before free agency

No way he agrees to a 4/ $22M deal 2 weeks before free agency
- mattmoulson

Coming off of a down year you dont think he is willing to take a $5.5M per year deal??? He isnt a top pairing guy so I dont really see anyone offering him more.

hurry up and trade him already coyotes let the real teams have a crack at him
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Um, I would say the Coyotes are just as real as your team and every other team in the NHL. Pretty moronic statement on your part

26 yr old gm not looking out place on this one.
- Alexzanki

27 year old

27 year old
- lemieux_66

Happy Birthday!

Coming off of a down year you dont think he is willing to take a $5.5M per year deal??? He isnt a top pairing guy so I dont really see anyone offering him more.
- MacPatty

Free agency is a crazy time of the year and he probably views this as his last opportunity to cash in, probably thinking 6/36

Free agency is a crazy time of the year and he probably views this as his last opportunity to cash in, probably thinking 6/36
- mattmoulson

dat term tho

I second the Tanner for GM role. He'd be good at telling the players which poopty music to listen to.

Coming off of a down year you dont think he is willing to take a $5.5M per year deal??? He isnt a top pairing guy so I dont really see anyone offering him more.
- MacPatty

Wait and see, I predict 6 per..

I second the Tanner for GM role. He'd be good at telling the players which poopty music to listen to.
- RafiDRW

Good thing he's not in Ottawa... only Dion controls the stereo in that dressing room!~

Idk, a 5th round pick is pretty meaningless.

- Tumbleweed

Not to the Stars. Other notable Dallas 5th round picks include John Klingberg and Jamie Benn.

A 5th rounder to Dallas is like what a first rounder is to the rest of the league. Unfortunately the opposite is true about Dallas first rounders

I'd guess he ends up with a 4/$22M deal from Arizona. Pretty good move and will be a good way for Chayka to establish himself by making an agressive move. They already have enough young pieces and picks, they can afford to give up a 5th.
- MacPatty

He wants 6 or 7 years. 5 to 5.5 per. The guy wants term and he's not going to settle before free agency opens