Guilt Trip
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I knew something was up. Wish him luck in Chi town.herman said:
Free Agent ?Frenzy? 2019: aka Let?s Make Mistakes Day
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I guess that whole loyalty thing Anders Lee is so big on only applies to his teammates, not management.
Zee
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It's a bad look on Lou with the whole Lehner situation after the feel-good story that was last year with all the personal battles Lehner overcame. That being said, it's probably a good business decision letting him walk because will he really put up a .930% again? That could be his career best and he's due for a huge regression this coming season.
Of course, Lou then goes out and signs Varlamov, so, in terms of business decisions that isn't very smart.
Of course, Lou then goes out and signs Varlamov, so, in terms of business decisions that isn't very smart.
Wonder what's up with the Sharks and Thornton/Marleau. Thornton's last two 1-year deals with them were completed on July 2nd both times.
CarltonTheBear said:
Apparently they're too busy getting their RFAs signed to ridiculously low rates:
https://twitter.com/KKurzNHL/status/1148326736766988288
Lebanc's 23 years old. He scored 40 points in 17/18 and 56 points last season. Like yeah it's a 1-year deal and all but still that's nuts.
Kin
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As always it's very good that teams no longer have advantages because of insignificant errata like having a large and passionate fanbase and instead have advantages based on really important things like state tax rates and whether it's nice to live in Northern California or not.
cabber24 said:
No arbitration rights, no offer sheets, no real position of negotiating strength for him. The two factors Nik mentioned earlier probably didn't hurt either.
Kin
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That's the thing about offer sheets. They really only matter if someone is willing to sign one.
I know there was a lot of talk about how smart it would have been to offer sheet Kapanen or Johnsson and, who knows, maybe the fact that they both got nice deals with term is evidence that someone was going to give it a shot but if Johnsson or Kapanen hadn't wanted to leave or nobody wanted to break the offer sheet ice and the Leafs had been even closer to the cap then the Leafs very well may have taken a much harder stance on their deals and gotten something similar here(with Kapanen, anyway, I think Johnsson could have gone to arbitration).
I know there was a lot of talk about how smart it would have been to offer sheet Kapanen or Johnsson and, who knows, maybe the fact that they both got nice deals with term is evidence that someone was going to give it a shot but if Johnsson or Kapanen hadn't wanted to leave or nobody wanted to break the offer sheet ice and the Leafs had been even closer to the cap then the Leafs very well may have taken a much harder stance on their deals and gotten something similar here(with Kapanen, anyway, I think Johnsson could have gone to arbitration).
https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1149018016853704705
This seems like a pretty reasonable contract for Ferland. That gives them a lot of wingers though. Boeser, Miller, Virtanen, Ferland, Pearson, Baertschi. That fills up their top-9. Is Leivo about to get Leivo'd again?
This seems like a pretty reasonable contract for Ferland. That gives them a lot of wingers though. Boeser, Miller, Virtanen, Ferland, Pearson, Baertschi. That fills up their top-9. Is Leivo about to get Leivo'd again?
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yeah. Contract is pretty unremarkable (a season or two longer than I would have gone for, but, the AAV is about right). Just not a team where it feels like an easy fit - especially with Boeser still unsigned.
bustaheims said:
I actually didn't realize how close to the cap Vancouver is. That's truly remarkable.
Him and Haula are going to give their middle-6 a huge boost in speed.