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NHL January 2016 |OT| Road to the Matthews Draft Pick
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CreeperBlocks
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Guenin and Hodgeson on waivers, Kevin Connauton claimed by Arizona.
Also, Minnesota has joined the race for Drouin, Might Trade Dumba
http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2016/01/13/report-wild-in-on-drouin-lightning-want-dumba/
Also, Minnesota has joined the race for Drouin, Might Trade Dumba
http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2016/01/13/report-wild-in-on-drouin-lightning-want-dumba/
I sure hope he's not driving to Edmonton
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Is Clarkson playing? Will he be able to outperform Horton?
Of course he won't be able to outperform Horton, how is this even a question?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
CosmicQueso
Member
Ya know... think it's time to take a summer vacation to beautiful Montreal.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
wow canadians, thats fucking scary
Coldnoodle
Member
Kopitar eight-year $80 million.
oooofff
FUBAR McDangles
Member
Wild have apparently been in on it since it was announced he wanted to be traded. They were also apparenrly in on Johanson and almost had him until Nashville upped the offer with Seth Jones.
If it is Dumba straight up for Drouin, I'd say do it. Dumba is great but the Wild defense is set for years now with Suter, Scandella, Spurgeon, and the defense stalwart but offensive black hole that is Jonas Brodin. While the Wild would lose offense from the blue line, and someone who is not easily replaceable, and someone who is completely unique in the Wild organization, I think Drouin is worth it.
He could be a top level player.
Plus, some were labelling Nino Niederreiter as a bust until the Wild got him. Now he is a middle six forward who has the capability of scoring 20 goals a season playing on either wing. Charlie Coyle was traded after his draft, did well in the NCAA, then left to play juniors in the Q. Now he is a C/RW who can play in any situation and is good for 40-50 points a season.
Wild can't develop their own forwards worth a shit (Granlund, Sheppard, Pouliot, etc.) but when they trade for them when they are young they have done well enough. Don't see why Drouin can't be added to that list.
ZeroGravity
Member
Goodbye Stamkos.
did you really have any hope left before that news?
ShadowSoldier89
Member
its been fun having such a strong dollar in the US...I took a trip to japan with the dollar > yen at 123
CreeperBlocks
Banned
In terms of teams getting Drouin I think Anaheim and Minnesota have a good shot at him.
Matt Dumba for Drouin is a deal I would do.
Coldnoodle
Member
Respek.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Well he has a $2.5M cap hit.
ZeroGravity
Member
Not really. Just kind of further emphasizing how fucked the market has become.
probably another 2-4 weeks out though.I still think the compliance buyouts they got a couple of years ago fucked everything up. They didn't learn a single thing from their mistake because of it.
You are a bad person
MultiJhonny
Banned
damn Kopitar got paid.
Ugh. I really wanted to go visit my brother in law in Colorado this summer but fuck that maybe not. May need to rethink going to Texas for xmas too, that's just not worth it (to me, I will likely be vetoed).
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I'll beat the Rispek into him
Did it really take you all this time to realize?
Chicago will take him if you take bickell
ShadowSoldier89
Member
wonder how much the canadian dollar will factor into free agent discussions this summer
Fata1moose
Banned
Avs sent down Guenin. Yessssssssssssssss. No one will claim him, but for the time being his shit defense is gone.
Throwing in the towel, giving playtime to Palliotta or Heatherington? No idea why Cotton and Bodnarchuk were put on waivers and not Prout or Falk.
Doesn't matter, team is garbage.
They're gonna put a dollar sign on Kopitar's jersey.
Hmmm
Throwing Jake out to die with Prust and Crackers is disheartening as well.
Also Sbisa
Fuck off Sbisa
NHL players should just learn to be celibate, like me.
Unhandled Exception
Member
SOMEONE CLAIM GUENIN FOR FUCK SAKE
Fata1moose
Banned
He's really good, we swear.
Damn, the Kings got that shit locked down.
Who's going to be willing to overpay the fuck out of him though?
Go advocate a hockey anime with Kuroko levels of yomi and fuckery! DOH-HOHOHO
This line up doesn't make any sense. How can an NHL coach honestly look at that and think it's the best way for the Canucks to beat the best team in the league?
And, sadly, Sbisa is better than at least two of the defensemen we're going to ice next game. I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'm looking forward to him returning so Weber or Bartkowski can take a seat in the press box. (Unfortunately, it'll probably be Biega who sits.)
It would be faster to name the ones that wouldn't pay for Stamkos
-Murray because he's just that dumb
-Rutherford probably doesn't know who Stamkos is
who else?
The guy is a top 3 sniper in the world, any GM would give him 12M X 7