Recent content by CarltonTheBear

Wonder what the hold up on his contract is. There's not exactly a reason to panic when a RFA isn't signed even at this point but you'd think this would be a fairly simple deal.

Also the only reason this is even a somewhat plausible scenario is because it's so widely assumed that Hughes will be joining his brothers in New Jersey eventually that even Vancouver's front office has openly commented on it. We're talking about a 25-year old with back to back Norris...

I'd say he's a little better yeah. Not that this is definitive or anything but if you go and look over the past 5-10 years virtually all "top NHL defencemen" rankings would have Hamilton ahead of Rielly, sometimes by a lot. With that said his injury concerns, being a year older, and having a...

Vancouver would need to get much, much more for Hughes but an interesting fantasy idea for sure. Rielly goes home, Hamilton goes home, Hughes goes to his new home with his brothers.

His AHL reviews weren't very positive this past season. Maybe he takes a bigger leap in year 2 but I'm not holding my breath.

Nice little mid-August read here. The more I think about it the more convinced I am that we'll see Domi on the top line and McMann on the second line. Both trios had very good success in limited minutes last season. That leaves Maccelli-Roy-Joshua, which closely resembles the...

Surprised to see SDA still even cracking the list. His two seasons in the KHL don't look like something that would warrant a NHL return. I'd say Niemela has a better chance at resurrecting any value here if he can have a big season in Europe.

Not often a 5th round draft pick from the most recent draft cracks this list I think. Because of the lack of prospects here right now and because of his size/playstyle I totally get why he'd be ranked at around this spot right now though. Still would have put Valis ahead of him.

Still not there.

I liked Clifford. Maybe easier to say this in hindsight I suppose but if the Leafs wanted a part-time goon they probably should have just kept him in the NHL. Surprising a little to see that he's only 34 years old.

Curious to see how long this goes before there's finally a player I'd have put before Valis. I think he's pretty low on this list at 20.

Only way I see Robertson being an everyday top-9er here is if the Leafs split up JT and Willy. Because again I can't see him on a Knies-Matthews top line, I can't see him on a JT-Willy line, and I can't see him on a Roy checking line. But throw Nylander up with Matthews and a slightly more...

Nice to see Nylander 2 back. I know hot streaks aren't exactly uncommon but it's still crazy to see 11 goals and 15 points in 23 games with the Blue Jackets in 23/24 to this. Regardless cool to see the Nylander bros together in some way.

Neither of these asks seem unreasonably high/low. Hard to imagine they'll really need arbitration to find a middle ground here.

I could see this not being a very fun hearing for someone.