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Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 1 @ 4:22 PM ET
Matt Ross: Cats Moves
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Aug 1 @ 4:46 PM ET
Forsling will start on 2nd pairing, I think. He rose way up the charts with his performance after Ekblad injury. Still think Zito might try to swing a trade for a solid “stay home” type of defender. Don’t know if Montour can play on left side, but pairing him with Gudas might be tried.
Chicago gave McCabe a lot of money, I’m glad Zito didn’t match their offer. He was one of the d men I thought Zito may go for.

The Panthers O-fence is going to be quite the challenge to contain!
Can’t wait til the season gets going
Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 1 @ 6:15 PM ET
Forsling will start on 2nd pairing, I think. He rose way up the charts with his performance after Ekblad injury. Still think Zito might try to swing a trade for a solid “stay home” type of defender. Don’t know if Montour can play on left side, but pairing him with Gudas might be tried.
Chicago gave McCabe a lot of money, I’m glad Zito didn’t match their offer. He was one of the d men I thought Zito may go for.

The Panthers O-fence is going to be quite the challenge to contain!
Can’t wait til the season gets going

- Ratsreign


Totally agree with you on Forsling. He was one of the main guys I was hoping they would re-sign. And agreed on the McCabe deal with Chicago, but they still went for it and improved their defense.

You may be right about a trade of some kind. I was thinking something like that might be a possibility. Curious to see what happens.
harveykline
Joined: 09.01.2009

Aug 1 @ 7:03 PM ET
Go get josh Manson, he’s an ufa next yr
Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 1 @ 7:23 PM ET
Go get josh Manson, he’s an ufa next yr
- harveykline


I know we’ve talked about it before, Harv. I’d love to get Manson.
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Aug 1 @ 10:12 PM ET
Go get josh Manson, he’s an ufa next yr
- harveykline


Have to trade Vatrano (and most likely also trade Nutti) to have cap room for him. This is the kind of dman I’d love to see them add. Too bad he isn’t left handed, though.

Seravalli wrote this,
Josh Manson
Right Defense, Anaheim Ducks
Age: 29
Contract: 1 year remaining at $4.1 million AAV
Scoop: The Ducks are certainly listening to offers on Manson, one of the top right-shooting defensemen available this summer, either via trade or free agency. He will be due a new contract. Some teams wonder about Manson’s game since sustaining concussions, noticing a pretty significant drop off since then. The Ducks are looking for a first-round pick as part of the package. But any departure would also create a pretty significant hole for the Ducks to fill – after already losing Haydn Fleury on the left side earlier in the week to Seattle in the Expansion Draft.
Shynes57
Florida Panthers
Joined: 11.12.2019

Aug 2 @ 7:55 PM ET
Man i be checking like 5 times a day at work looking for this reinhart signing. Whats the dang holdup?
Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 3 @ 9:34 AM ET

Have to trade Vatrano (and most likely also trade Nutti) to have cap room for him. This is the kind of dman I’d love to see them add. Too bad he isn’t left handed, though.

Seravalli wrote this,
Josh Manson
Right Defense, Anaheim Ducks
Age: 29
Contract: 1 year remaining at $4.1 million AAV
Scoop: The Ducks are certainly listening to offers on Manson, one of the top right-shooting defensemen available this summer, either via trade or free agency. He will be due a new contract. Some teams wonder about Manson’s game since sustaining concussions, noticing a pretty significant drop off since then. The Ducks are looking for a first-round pick as part of the package. But any departure would also create a pretty significant hole for the Ducks to fill – after already losing Haydn Fleury on the left side earlier in the week to Seattle in the Expansion Draft.

- Ratsreign


I didn’t realize he had that much concussion damage.
Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 3 @ 9:35 AM ET
Man i be checking like 5 times a day at work looking for this reinhart signing. Whats the dang holdup?
- Shynes57


It’s weird. Could be along the lines of what Rats was saying, and maybe they need to wait for a trade in order to move some money out and then get him signed?
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Aug 3 @ 9:50 AM ET
It’s weird. Could be along the lines of what Rats was saying, and maybe they need to wait for a trade in order to move some money out and then get him signed?
- Matt Ross

I think there’s more than enough cap room for Reinhart already. It’s just taking time to get a deal finished. At least Reinhart didn’t file for an arbitration hearing, so I guess they’re getting close.
Shynes57
Florida Panthers
Joined: 11.12.2019

Aug 3 @ 4:40 PM ET
Thats a good point about the no arb. Hopefully that means they are close. Do you think hes trying to reup barky 1st so he knows a little more about how much room he may have?
Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 4 @ 10:06 AM ET
Thats a good point about the no arb. Hopefully that means they are close. Do you think hes trying to reup barky 1st so he knows a little more about how much room he may have?
- Shynes57


I think that’s a good bet. Seems like they want to get Barky resigned now, rather than later.

Could just be that Barky is the domino.
akwa1
Florida Panthers
Location: FL
Joined: 04.04.2015

Aug 4 @ 6:17 PM ET

BRING IN CHARA ................
Shynes57
Florida Panthers
Joined: 11.12.2019

Aug 4 @ 7:24 PM ET
God chara is sooooo olddddddd
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Aug 5 @ 7:04 AM ET
Monty has played LhD in spots during the couple years he was miscast in Buffalo.
I personally liked watching him, as he has a very good transition game to him lugging the puck up the ice rather quickly...unfortunately he has zero finish himself. He needs to learn to create and dish off better and he could by dynamic.
His D game is pretty brutal though...he needs a defensive partner on the left and for him to play the right.

Cats are going to be fun to watch!
Matt Ross
Joined: 03.15.2013

Aug 5 @ 7:54 AM ET
Monty has played LhD in spots during the couple years he was miscast in Buffalo.
I personally liked watching him, as he has a very good transition game to him lugging the puck up the ice rather quickly...unfortunately he has zero finish himself. He needs to learn to create and dish off better and he could by dynamic.
His D game is pretty brutal though...he needs a defensive partner on the left and for him to play the right.

Cats are going to be fun to watch!

- IonSabres


This is my biggest hang up with him. The small sample size we saw of him was very apparent that the defensive side was lacking. Hope he can improve that…

How goes it in BUF? What do you think will come of the Eichel situation? I like some of the guys the Sabres brought in.
harveykline
Joined: 09.01.2009

Aug 5 @ 9:23 PM ET
Still no d deal
Shynes57
Florida Panthers
Joined: 11.12.2019

Aug 5 @ 10:21 PM ET
Not true we resigned priskie lol
Shynes57
Florida Panthers
Joined: 11.12.2019

Aug 10 @ 7:20 PM ET
Damnit barkov stop hitting golf balls and sign an extension