Eklund
Commissioner |
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Joined: 09.15.2005
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Tumbleweed
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: avid reader of the daily douche news Joined: 03.14.2014
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ryder, halak and a 2nd for laine |
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Jaybird74
Season Ticket Holder |
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Location: Winnipeg, MB Joined: 07.04.2012
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Try domi, Weber for laine |
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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Try domi, Weber for laine - Jaybird74
Jets can keep him.... wouldn't trade Domi alone for Laine |
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Alexzanki
Columbus Blue Jackets |
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Location: Montreal, QC Joined: 06.03.2008
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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According to Ek only the Flyers and Habs are allowed to acquire star players. E5 |
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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- Alexzanki
We won't hear it publicly. |
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Jets can keep him.... wouldn't trade Domi alone for Laine - obie
Really?! Why is that? |
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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ryder, halak and a 2nd for laine - Tumbleweed
Jets will have to add. Perhaps the rights to Dale Hawerchuk and Bobby Hull. |
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Leafcup
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Aurora, ON Joined: 06.16.2016
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Jets can keep him.... wouldn't trade Domi alone for Laine - obie
That would be dumb |
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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Really?! Why is that? - leafluver27
Because I'll take my chances winning with a guy like Domi as opposed to Laine |
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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Jets will have to add. Perhaps the rights to Dale Hawerchuk and Bobby Hull. - gergeswillems
Don't be silly, Habs need D... Teppo Numminen or no deal |
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uofcguy
Calgary Flames |
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Joined: 03.18.2019
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I always thought GMs gave veterans a try-out for the following reasons:
1) Personal favour just to help a veteran keep the dream alive.
2) You can help in the pre-season when I’m forced to play a certain number of “veterans” each game.
3) I’m open to adding you, but not convinced you still belong in the NHL. So definitely don’t want to waste a contract on you, even if its league minimum and can buried in the AHL. So just giving you a chance to show your stuff. And most times it leads to nothing. Like last year when there were over 30 PTOs and only a couple of guys received an NHL contract.
But Ek shared a whole new angle that I’ve never thought of before…SCARING RFAs. So maybe the Flyers bringing in Chris Stewart puts pressure on RFA Travis Konecny to sign a deal. I mean Stewart has scored 28 goals before, something Konecny has never done. Maybe the Leafs should invite Wendel Clark, Dave Andreychuk, Gary Leeman and really put some pressure on Marner to sign. Seems far-fetched but that’s what he’s hearing from his sources.
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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Don't be silly, Habs need D... Teppo Numminen or no deal - obie
Randy Carlyle is available. |
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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I always thought GMs gave veterans a try-out for the following reasons:
1) Personal favour just to help a veteran keep the dream alive.
2) You can help in the pre-season when I’m forced to play a certain number of “veterans” each game.
3) I’m open to adding you, but not convinced you still belong in the NHL. So definitely don’t want to waste a contract on you, even if its league minimum and can buried in the AHL. So just giving you a chance to show your stuff. And most times it leads to nothing. Like last year when there were over 30 PTOs and only a couple of guys received an NHL contract.
But Ek shared a whole new angle that I’ve never thought of before…SCARING RFAs. So maybe the Flyers bringing in Chris Stewart puts pressure on RFA Travis Konecny to sign a deal. I mean Stewart has scored 28 goals before, something Konecny has never done. Maybe the Leafs should invite Wendel Clark, Dave Andreychuk, Gary Leeman and really put some pressure on Marner to sign. Seems far-fetched but that’s what he’s hearing from his sources. - uofcguy
All RFAs are scared right now. Ek's right. We'll see massive amounts of signings after all the PTO dominos. We may not hear it publicly but it's happening. |
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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Randy Carlyle is available. - gergeswillems
I said Teppo or no deal!!! |
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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I said Teppo or no deal!!! - obie
Cranky. No wonder your Habs can't make a big Splash. |
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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Cranky. No wonder your Habs can't make a big Splash. - gergeswillems
What are you talking about? Didn't you hear EK? Habs are about to land Laine!! Splash this!! |
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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What are you talking about? Didn't you hear EK? Habs are about to land Laine!! Splash this!! - obie
But Laine is a RFA and is scared right now. The PTOs are ruining his confidence. How will Bergy repair his damaged psyche? |
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Glak18
Philadelphia Flyers |
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Location: "It's pretty big loogie on my face, so I was pretty psssted".", PA Joined: 06.26.2007
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Soooooo....
Flyers are trying to clear space to "bring in" another forward. Bring in would only mean sign as in sign a UFA. Obviously if they traded for someone that would most likely mean losing some salary so signing would be the only option here.
Which forwards are available who would cost more than 2m?
Marleau, Pominville, Brassard, Thornton, Moulson, Williams, McGinn, Vanek, Boyle, Sheahan, Rieder, Maroon
Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope! ALL would be a LARGE brain fart.
As soon as the Flyers OVERpaid for Hayes their options disappeared for adding quality depth at a cost unless they move a defenseman that balances out the salary. Now if Provorov is demanding 7+ million and the Flyers cave then moving Ghost has to be done. Fans who don't want Ghost traded can thank Provy's agent for that.
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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But Laine is a RFA and is scared right now. The PTOs are ruining his confidence. How will Bergy repair his damaged psyche? - gergeswillems
Damn PTOs!! |
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gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings |
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Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON Joined: 02.01.2016
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Damn PTOs!! - obie
They're very intimidating. Especially Chris Stewart. |
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uofcguy
Calgary Flames |
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Joined: 03.18.2019
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I looked last year and noticed the Leafs didn't bring in anyone on a PTO and maybe that's why Nylander dragged out so long. He was never SCARED about a PTO stealing his job.
Meanwhile, in Edmonton, Darnell Nurse was dragging on. Then the Oilers brought Jason Garrison in on a PTO on August 28. A few weeks later Nurse signed a 2-year extension, probably SCARED about losing his job to Garrison.
There might be something to this. Thank you Ek (and your sources) for introducing a new angle to this that fans probably didn't think of before.
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obie
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Oshawa, ON Joined: 09.17.2005
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They're very intimidating. Especially Chris Stewart. - gergeswillems
I guess so, he netted 6 goals for the Nottingham Panthers last year, enough to scare most of those greedy RFAs |
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