hemlock wrote:rooneypoo wrote:Hoags wrote:rooneypoo wrote:spader wrote:Did anyone mention this? Capgeek reports that EK has a limited NTC for the '17-'18 and '18-'19 season.
Yeah, I saw that. By the CBA, he can't have any NTC or NMC before he hits his UFA eligible years, starting with 2016-17. Interesting, that means he has no protective clauses for that 1st year of UFA eligibility, i.e., 2016-17.
If he played in Philly, Holmgren would trade him away by then
Holmgren is playing NHL 2012 over there in Philly. There's no other team in the NHL that makes so many moves. That team needs some patience.
It's incredible how many nice assets he's got to work with.
Too many crazy, need-jerk, moves-for-the-sake-of-moves for me. It's why they're having trouble building a winner, if you ask me.
Time for them to see what they've got in the kids. Their new emerging core is young -- Giroux, Couturier, the Schenns, Simmonds, Read -- and they have to protect that and build around it. No stupid rodeo show with those guys.