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shabbs wrote:Rags win 7-0 over Philly. Dayum.

Philly is tanking. Four in a row, and their last in before that was in OT against the Islanders.

It's been over 2 months since Crosby has played a game, let alone even skated or practiced... not a good situation at all.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:Rags win 7-0 over Philly. Dayum.

Philly is tanking. Four in a row, and their last in before that was in OT against the Islanders.

Sens and Leafs were in there too with wins during the current losing streak...

shabbs wrote:Rags win 7-0 over Philly. Dayum.

That's not good, they need to wake up a bit.

Devils win in the SO. 7 points out with 1 game in hand.

Of course that will change if Buffalo hangs on to their lead.

Sabres-Wild tied at 2 in the 2nd...

Fun fact(or not), Vancouver is +58 and Ottawa is -59

marakh wrote:Fun fact(or not), Vancouver is +58 and Ottawa is -59

spader wrote:

marakh wrote:Fun fact(or not), Vancouver is +58 and Ottawa is -59

We're just lulling the league into a false sense of security.

Not sure if you've heard of him, but I think Brett Thompson is someone Murray should look into signing.

Anaheim signs Luca Sbisa to a 4 year extension worth 8.7 million total.

SpezDispenser wrote:Anaheim signs Luca Sbisa to a 4 year extension worth 8.7 million total.

Wow, wonder what Karlsson is worth?

SpezDispenser wrote:Anaheim signs Luca Sbisa to a 4 year extension worth 8.7 million total.

Looks like a Filppula or Kronvall kind of deal to me. Makes you kind of scratch your head today, but clearly ANA management is liking what it sees and is banking on it being a steal of a deal in 2 years.

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Anaheim signs Luca Sbisa to a 4 year extension worth 8.7 million total.

Wow, wonder what Karlsson is worth?

That's what I've been trying to warn people about. I could see Karlsson getting a LONG term contract at Keith money because Keith's contract is the comparable. Cue the people saying that Keith is way better and so on...doesn't matter, Keith's contract is the comparable for young, ultra-talented D-men where the organization is buying a couple of RFA years and a lot of UFA years. 10 years, 52 million total is my guess - and the closer we get to his UFA years, the more likely that figure is to go up, so the 2nd contract becomes more of an obstacle than a blessing.

SpezDispenser wrote:

NEELY wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Anaheim signs Luca Sbisa to a 4 year extension worth 8.7 million total.

Wow, wonder what Karlsson is worth?

That's what I've been trying to warn people about. I could see Karlsson getting a LONG term contract at Keith money because Keith's contract is the comparable. Cue the people saying that Keith is way better and so on...doesn't matter, Keith's contract is the comparable for young, ultra-talented D-men where the organization is buying a couple of RFA years and a lot of UFA years. 10 years, 52 million total is my guess - and the closer we get to his UFA years, the more likely that figure is to go up, so the 2nd contract becomes more of an obstacle than a blessing.

Not Keith money, no way. We'll see what happens next year, but I would say that if Rundblad has a good first year, if Karlsson asks for too much, he could very well be traded away with the depth Ottawa has on D.

NEELY wrote:
Not Keith money, no way. We'll see what happens next year, but I would say that if Rundblad has a good first year, if Karlsson asks for too much, he could very well be traded away with the depth Ottawa has on D.

Haha, as we talk Rundblad puts the puck over the glass with a minute to go and the other team ties it up.

As for Karlsson, it will be a major balancing act for the incoming GM to try to determine when to offer the long term deal. I assume if we can get away with a LOT less up until his final RFA year, then do something long term, that would be a better situation, but you've seen how often the 2nd contract can disappear, they might just end up biting the bullet on him sooner rather than risk his price going skyward before we've negotiated a long term deal.

A lot will have to do with Rundblad and even Cowen and Wiercioch - as you say, if they feel he'll be asking too much, they might deal him, I certainly wouldn't be overly surprised.

Silfverberg has 2 assists now (on two Jarnkrok goals...wanted him last year!).