Honest answer: I don't know.

Simmonds is an odd player in a couple respects. He is wickedly fast, but only in a straight line. He doesnt move laterally well at all. (Have you ever seen one of his breakaways? Hilarious). He's one of the best net front guys in the league, which he needs to be because he doesnt have much of a wrist shot. He was used on the PK last year.. was so-so at it. He's not huge, but he's really tough to knock off the puck, and to move from the front of the net. He doesnt really create his own chances, but he definitely is a finisher.

I really don't know what his value is in terms of assets coming back. I do know that a lot of the armchair GM's on the Flyers board are hot to trade Voracek, Giroux, and Simmonds... tank... and draft McDavid, Eichel, AND Matthews.
- Doc_Sarcasm

Sounds like a great plan though.

They're all Meh. Pacioretty scores goals. Radulov got 18. Lekhonen too early to tell and Paul Byron?.
- walshyleafsfan

Pacioretty is one of the best goal scorers in the game. Radulov drives the play and is amazing.

Lekhonen, in a first season after coming from europe, just scored 18 goals with no powerplay time and average 13 min per game.... things are looking good for him.

Galchenyuk and Gallagher had bad years all around, they need to bounce back.

And I told you, I'm not saying Paul Byron is amazing, I'm just saying he scored 22 goals and deserves credit for it.

What would JVR at 50% retained bring back?

2.2 mil for a 30 ish goalscorer. Should interest a few teams
- walshyleafsfan

similar to what lucic brought back at 50% retained is my guess.

Martin Jones, Colin Miller and a 1st round pick.

similar to what lucic brought back at 50% retained is my guess.

Josh Manson, Jacob Larsson and a 1st round pick.
- Tumbleweed

Woah

I hope you're right

Zaitzev wasn't cleared to play for team Russia because of his concussion...he played injured in the playoffs and this confirmed it

similar to what lucic brought back at 50% retained is my guess.

Martin Jones, Colin Miller and a 1st round pick.
- Tumbleweed

Done.

Then draft Foote, Hague or Brannstrom.

And sign Stone as a UFA.

Peasy easy

similar to what lucic brought back at 50% retained is my guess.

Martin Jones, Colin Miller and a 1st round pick.
- Tumbleweed

Good luck with that

...He's not the first pairing defenseman you're looking for.
- Scabeh

Obi Wan?

Obi Wan?
- The Shrike

Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time.....

Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time.....
- Scabeh

I wonder if she means ol' Ben.... Smith

Hold on...

So are we re-signing him or resigning him?

So confused.
- TheMussel

yup a fn sign as you pass the ACC on the Gardner express way.

Hey guys, only one more season of Gleason buyout




- TheMussel

and on Lupul's contract.

I wouldn't give him 6M.

I wouldn't want him on my team.

He's not the first pairing defenseman you're looking for.
- Scabeh

nice jedi mind trick.

Good luck with that
- Matthews_Auston

martin jones was a backup at the time and the kings were likely to lose him to an offer sheet if they didn't move him. so they had to move him.

collin miller was a b-prospect.

so the idea of josh manson, a number 4 guy who is getting squeezed from the top (vatanane/fowler/lindholm) and the bottom (montour/theodore) and who the ducks are likely to lose in the expansion draft, a b-prospect and a 1st isn't that far off imo.

Woah

I hope you're right
- PlatosRepucklic

manson, 1st and a lower tier prospect is my guess for value.

martin jones was a backup at the time and the kings were likely to lose him to an offer sheet if they didn't move him. so they had to move him.

collin miller was a b-prospect.

so the idea of josh manson, a number 4 guy who is getting squeezed from the top (vatanane/fowler/lindholm) and the bottom (montour/theore) and who the ducks are likely to lose expansion draft, a b-prospect and a 1st isn't that far off imo.
- Tumbleweed

except Manson will surely pan out to be the 2nd best D-man of those 4 (after Lindholm).

EDIT:

JVR for Manson, and we'll like it.

except Manson will surely pan out to be the 2nd best D-man of those 4 (after Lindholm).

EDIT:

JVR for Manson, and we'll like it.
- MaximusAurelius

they are all 25, and manson who is not better now, and who has no offensive upside, will be better than fowler and vatatnen?

Manson is steady stay at home dman. Nothing more.

they are all 25, and manson who is not better now, and who has no offensive upside, will be better than fowler and vatatnen?

Manson is steady stay at home dman. Nothing more.
- Tumbleweed

Trade for Vatanen, draft Heiskanen, rebuild complete

Trade for Vatanen, draft Heiskanen, rebuild complete
- TheMussel

We need to trade Laich now for a 2nd rounder, before he walks as a free agent.

they are all 25, and manson who is not better now, and who has no offensive upside, will be better than fowler and vatatnen?

Manson is steady stay at home dman. Nothing more.
- Tumbleweed

Manson is a stay at home d-man that can skate and get the puck out of the zone decently.

Leafs need that more than anything else.
He'll complement Rielly perfectly, and it would mean that Leafs would have a very decent top pair in Rielly - Manson.

I doubt Ducks would accept to trade Manson just for JVR by the way.

Kapper to the marlies

Price told the media yesterday that he understands his contract will affect the team's capacity to bring in other good players and that negociations will take that into account.


He's awesome.
- Scabeh

it's so cute that you believed that. He isn't taking off 5 milion a year. More like 100K a year.

Manson is a stay at home d-man that can skate and get the puck out of the zone decently.

Leafs need that more than anything else.
He'll complement Rielly perfectly, and it would mean that Leafs would have a very decent top pair in Rielly - Manson.

I doubt Ducks would accept to trade Manson just for JVR by the way.
- MaximusAurelius

the offer was jvr @ 50% retained.

so, the 25 year-old guy who is 4/5 on the ducks depth chart > jvr for trade value. got it.

giving us one of hunter/dubas, obviously



.....please?
- Sabresfan-365

Unfortunately some people might not want to go there as long as that ownership is in place. The Pegulas are turning out to be a bit of a gong show at this point.

manson, 1st and a lower tier prospect is my guess for value.
- Tumbleweed

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