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2024 NHL offseason thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Liut, Jun 25, 2024.

  1. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    After the mess in Atlanta, I might have agreed with you on Waddell.

    Given years of hindsight and stories clarifying how horrible the Thrashers' ownership group really was – plus his time in Raleigh – I would now give him benefit of the doubt.
     
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  2. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    Edmonton doesn't match, so both Broberg and Holloway go to the Blues.

    Feels like they *may* have overpaid a little bit, but getting two potential studs, very early in their career, and giving up only a second and a third, feels like a pretty low-risk investment.

    The Oilers, meanwhile, just got a lot older and still aren't in great Cap shape.
     
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  3. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    All points taken.
    And bonus points for him dealing for, what, six years with the Hurricanes' clown owner?
    My history with Jackets dates all the way back to before they hit the ice and the John H. McConnell-Lamar Hunt court proceedings.
    Doug MacLean was good to me ... and Bill Davidge and I go way back to Miami University hockey.
    Got a soft spot for that franchise.
     
  4. melock

    melock Well-Known Member

  5. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    St. Louis defenseman Torey Krug is set to have ankle surgery and is expected to miss the entire upcoming season.
    Doug Armstrong announced the prognosis Tuesday. Krug was diagnosed earlier this summer with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle, in what the team called a cumulative result of a bone fracture earlier in his career.
     
  6. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    ... which means Connor McDavid's new upcoming contract will be ... ?
     
  7. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

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  8. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

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  9. Sea Bass

    Sea Bass Well-Known Member

    Honest question because I have no idea. What about this situation makes the NHL a Mickey Mouse league in your mind? Because Lehner’s situation isn’t a physical injury?
     
  10. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    No, because cap space is the most important thing teams need , every good team is up against it. They bailed Vegas out and they now don’t have to go into LTIR and will accrue cap space throughout the year. They just make thing on the fly.
     
  11. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    Got to figure Lehner is one of the few NHL goaltenders, past or present, to visit Plato, Missouri.
     
  12. Sea Bass

    Sea Bass Well-Known Member

    Another honest question then. What’s the difference, cap wise, if Lehner is on LTIR vs. this kind of leave? Does this kind of leave give them an advantage that putting him on LTIR wouldn’t give them?
     
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