2017 Off-Season Around the NHL

Not sure why, but apparently Detroit has signed (or will tomorrow) Trevor Daley. He would have looked good here.

And Tampa Bay will sign Girardi (lol) soon.

Flo The Action wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So Dreger has reported that the Sens are now NOT trying to trade Phaneuf.  

Yeah, I posted that in the sens off season thread... where it belongs

I think it's a good thing. We can't be parting ways with too many Dmen.

Agreed.  Sens don't seem to be in a hurry to replace Methot so trading Phaneuf as well, at least to me, would signal that they have no desire to get back to the Conference Final.

And we all know what Melnyk feels about that! Loving those playoffs revenues.

Honestly I keep looking at kulikov as the one guy that would fit in well

Kulikov seems like a good idea, but lots of teams think that, so there's going to be a bidding war. How much are we willing to overpay?

tim1_2 wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So Dreger has reported that the Sens are now NOT trying to trade Phaneuf.  

Yeah, I posted that in the sens off season thread... where it belongs

I think it's a good thing. We can't be parting ways with too many Dmen.

Agreed.  Sens don't seem to be in a hurry to replace Methot so trading Phaneuf as well, at least to me, would signal that they have no desire to get back to the Conference Final.

And we all know what Melnyk feels about that! Loving those playoffs revenues.

Honestly I keep looking at kulikov as the one guy that would fit in well

Kulikov seems like a good idea, but lots of teams think that, so there's going to be a bidding war.  How much are we willing to overpay?

Will there be a bidding war? He didn't do incredibly well. I'm sure lots of teams are hoping to get him on the cheap. My guess is that many teams will try to get him but will limit how much they are willing to offer him.
I think I'd be comfortable with 5X5. Hes young. Talented and could possibly be good for a while. Once Phaneuf really slows down and moves down to the third pairing we could be looking at chabot and kulikov as top lefty Dman. That's decent.


And you tell him "so you wanna partner up with karlsson?" Thats a dream position for a Dman.

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So Dreger has reported that the Sens are now NOT trying to trade Phaneuf.  

Yeah, I posted that in the sens off season thread... where it belongs

I think it's a good thing. We can't be parting ways with too many Dmen.

Agreed.  Sens don't seem to be in a hurry to replace Methot so trading Phaneuf as well, at least to me, would signal that they have no desire to get back to the Conference Final.

And we all know what Melnyk feels about that! Loving those playoffs revenues.

Honestly I keep looking at kulikov as the one guy that would fit in well

Kulikov seems like a good idea, but lots of teams think that, so there's going to be a bidding war.  How much are we willing to overpay?

Will there be a bidding war? He didn't do incredibly well. I'm sure lots of teams are hoping to get him on the cheap. My guess is that many teams will try to get him but will limit how much they are willing to offer him.
I think I'd be comfortable with 5X5. Hes young. Talented and could possibly be good for a while. Once Phaneuf really slows down and moves down to the third pairing we could be looking at chabot and kulikov as top lefty Dman. That's decent.


And you tell him "so you wanna partner up with karlsson?" Thats a dream position for a Dman.

5 x 5? No thanks at all. I don't even think I'd go over 3 million on a 3 year term, I don't see why anyone would. I'd personally rather Stone, but I don't really want to pay much for him either - and he'll probably go for 4 million. I'd love to get Stone at 3.5 X 3 and ride him into Chabot etc. really coming in.

PTFlea wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So Dreger has reported that the Sens are now NOT trying to trade Phaneuf.  

Yeah, I posted that in the sens off season thread... where it belongs

I think it's a good thing. We can't be parting ways with too many Dmen.

Agreed.  Sens don't seem to be in a hurry to replace Methot so trading Phaneuf as well, at least to me, would signal that they have no desire to get back to the Conference Final.

And we all know what Melnyk feels about that! Loving those playoffs revenues.

Honestly I keep looking at kulikov as the one guy that would fit in well

Kulikov seems like a good idea, but lots of teams think that, so there's going to be a bidding war.  How much are we willing to overpay?

Will there be a bidding war? He didn't do incredibly well. I'm sure lots of teams are hoping to get him on the cheap. My guess is that many teams will try to get him but will limit how much they are willing to offer him.
I think I'd be comfortable with 5X5. Hes young. Talented and could possibly be good for a while. Once Phaneuf really slows down and moves down to the third pairing we could be looking at chabot and kulikov as top lefty Dman. That's decent.


And you tell him "so you wanna partner up with karlsson?" Thats a dream position for a Dman.

5 x 5?  No thanks at all.  I don't even think I'd go over 3 million on a 3 year term, I don't see why anyone would.  I'd personally rather Stone, but I don't really want to pay much for him either - and he'll probably go for 4 million.  I'd love to get Stone at 3.5 X 3 and ride him into Chabot etc. really coming in.

No... the only reason he wasn't more important last year is because he spent the season injured. I think he's a definite top4. The only question is can he be top pairing? With karlsson he could. 5 might be a bit much but many teams are going to be in on him.

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So Dreger has reported that the Sens are now NOT trying to trade Phaneuf.  

Yeah, I posted that in the sens off season thread... where it belongs

I think it's a good thing. We can't be parting ways with too many Dmen.

Agreed.  Sens don't seem to be in a hurry to replace Methot so trading Phaneuf as well, at least to me, would signal that they have no desire to get back to the Conference Final.

And we all know what Melnyk feels about that! Loving those playoffs revenues.

Honestly I keep looking at kulikov as the one guy that would fit in well

Kulikov seems like a good idea, but lots of teams think that, so there's going to be a bidding war.  How much are we willing to overpay?

Will there be a bidding war? He didn't do incredibly well. I'm sure lots of teams are hoping to get him on the cheap. My guess is that many teams will try to get him but will limit how much they are willing to offer him.
I think I'd be comfortable with 5X5. Hes young. Talented and could possibly be good for a while. Once Phaneuf really slows down and moves down to the third pairing we could be looking at chabot and kulikov as top lefty Dman. That's decent.


And you tell him "so you wanna partner up with karlsson?" Thats a dream position for a Dman.

5 x 5?  No thanks at all.  I don't even think I'd go over 3 million on a 3 year term, I don't see why anyone would.  I'd personally rather Stone, but I don't really want to pay much for him either - and he'll probably go for 4 million.  I'd love to get Stone at 3.5 X 3 and ride him into Chabot etc. really coming in.

No... the only reason he wasn't more important last year is because he spent the season injured. I think he's a definite top4. The only question is can he be top pairing? With karlsson he could. 5 might be a bit much but many teams are going to be in on him.

Really? I've seen him play and have always been fairly underwhelmed but maybe I don't know him well enough. I thought he'd be more of a reclamation project in the 2 million area.

We're not in on him if he's gonna cost 5. Ceci will get upwards of 4 or 4.5 on his next deal, we can't afford to give that much unless it's for a proven top level dman imo.

PTFlea wrote:We're not in on him if he's gonna cost 5.  Ceci will get upwards of 4 or 4.5 on his next deal, we can't afford to give that much unless it's for a proven top level dman imo.

Depending what their plan for Ceci is.
We're a little light on the right side but who knows what can happen in a year. Phaneuf could play right if we become super solid on the left.
And we all know Ceci is one of our better trade chips.

Wow. I thought FA was today.... thought it was a bit quiet...

But scandella traded along with Pominville for Ellis and foligno.

Diddle...terrible return. Basically take scandella for free if you take pomminville. Barf

Jokinen and cammelleri being bought out. I like both!

Jagr is panhandling for a contract on twitter.

PTFlea wrote:Jokinen and cammelleri being bought out.  I like both!

I bet you do. I dunno. I'd take both player three years ago. Today? I'm not sure.

I bet jokinen gets a nice contract some where.

Massive offer from Columbus for Duchene that apparently includes Jenner and Murray. Seems like Duchene is bound for Cbus...?

PTFlea wrote:Massive offer from Columbus for Duchene that apparently includes Jenner and Murray.  Seems like Duchene is bound for Cbus...?

Yeah I get that feeling too. They are going to be dangerous next year! Panarin and now duschene? Ouch! That's what I call going for it. Hey Dorion! Pay attention!

Flo The Action wrote:

PTFlea wrote:Massive offer from Columbus for Duchene that apparently includes Jenner and Murray.  Seems like Duchene is bound for Cbus...?

Yeah I get that feeling too. They are going to be dangerous next year! Panarin and now duschene? Ouch! That's what I call going for it. Hey Dorion! Pay attention!

Their goalie can't stop a beach ball in the playoffs though.