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SpezDispensed wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:SUNRISE, Fla.- Florida Panthers President of Hockey Operations Dale Tallon announced today that the Panthers have acquired forwards Paul Thompson and Graham Black from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Florida's 2018 second round pick and Marc Savard.

The 27-year-old Thompson played in three NHL games with the Devils last season. The 6-foot, 200-pound native of Methuen, Mass., recorded 13-22-35 in 56 games with the Albany Devils (AHL) in 2015-16. He added 3-1-4 in 10 playoff games.

Am I missing something here? Seems like two average joes for a second round pick and cap relief.

They people in the 'know' are saying Florida is about to do something big.  Perhaps a long term deal with Trochek and looking to re-sign Campbell, then some other moves that are nothing but rumours.

Florida is close to being very, very good, they might go 'all in' soon, I guess.

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:SUNRISE, Fla.- Florida Panthers President of Hockey Operations Dale Tallon announced today that the Panthers have acquired forwards Paul Thompson and Graham Black from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Florida's 2018 second round pick and Marc Savard.

The 27-year-old Thompson played in three NHL games with the Devils last season. The 6-foot, 200-pound native of Methuen, Mass., recorded 13-22-35 in 56 games with the Albany Devils (AHL) in 2015-16. He added 3-1-4 in 10 playoff games.

Am I missing something here? Seems like two average joes for a second round pick and cap relief.

They people in the 'know' are saying Florida is about to do something big.  Perhaps a long term deal with Trochek and looking to re-sign Campbell, then some other moves that are nothing but rumours.

Florida is close to being very, very good, they might go 'all in' soon, I guess.

Yeah but what kind of cap space are they looking at? Stamkos cap space? They are already pretty deep at center. Who else could they be going after... I think they would be right to try and take advantage of their window. They will have to get someone to replace jagr

SpezDispensed wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:SUNRISE, Fla.- Florida Panthers President of Hockey Operations Dale Tallon announced today that the Panthers have acquired forwards Paul Thompson and Graham Black from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Florida's 2018 second round pick and Marc Savard.

The 27-year-old Thompson played in three NHL games with the Devils last season. The 6-foot, 200-pound native of Methuen, Mass., recorded 13-22-35 in 56 games with the Albany Devils (AHL) in 2015-16. He added 3-1-4 in 10 playoff games.

Am I missing something here? Seems like two average joes for a second round pick and cap relief.

They people in the 'know' are saying Florida is about to do something big.  Perhaps a long term deal with Trochek and looking to re-sign Campbell, then some other moves that are nothing but rumours.

Florida is close to being very, very good, they might go 'all in' soon, I guess.

Yeah but what kind of cap space are they looking at? Stamkos cap space? They are already pretty deep at center. Who else could they be going after... I think they would be right to try and take advantage of their window. They will have to get someone to replace jagr

Didn't they just re-sign Jagr for 4.5 million?

SpezDispensed wrote:Oh yeah, they'll add someone big.  Stamkos is actually a nice fit, they could terrorize the Atlantic.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:Oh yeah, they'll add someone big.  Stamkos is actually a nice fit, they could terrorize the Atlantic.

On the other side, it looks like the Devils are content to add cap filler and continue to suck?

SeawaySensFan wrote:Elliotte Friedman figures Hedmans next deal will come in at 9 schmillion. How about thate?

SpezDispensed wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Elliotte Friedman figures Hedmans next deal will come in at 9 schmillion. How about thate?

So...where does that leave Karlsson as a UFA?  11?

SpezDispensed wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Elliotte Friedman figures Hedmans next deal will come in at 9 schmillion. How about thate?

So...where does that leave Karlsson as a UFA?  11?

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispensed wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Elliotte Friedman figures Hedmans next deal will come in at 9 schmillion. How about thate?

So...where does that leave Karlsson as a UFA?  11?

Depending what contracts look like by then but could very well be. Uncle gene will surely protest but I hope they lock him up for that process.

Ev wrote:Best result with karlsson has been a first round win so we would be fine if he walks

SpezDispensed wrote:He needs to make sure we make the playoffs and make sure we win a couple of rounds, I agree.  Winning is everything.   Without a cup, your legacy is Meh.

Ev wrote:Obviously he's a huge part of the team but the team would do something to fix it if he left. Just like how our previous franchise player left. Players retire and move on all the time. The sens would be fine in the long run. It's not like we'd be losing a player who brought us a Stanley cup