Yeah. I've had some come within a few feet of me before but I was never able to get one.
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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| Weve Been Here Since October
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Well if it makes you happy, I helped facilitate Sundin's exit from Vancouver because of my previous industry.
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I think that's extremely likely.
Just to clear things up:
Sundin wasn't traded. He went into UFA as a Leaf.
That being said, the Habs had an exclusive negotiating window a week before July 1st at the time.
Grabovski was traded to the Leafs for Pateryn and a 2nd round pick, though at the time, it was seen partly as compensation for being able to negotiate with Sundin. I had to look this up, because I remember the media spinning it as Sundin being traded to Montreal for Grabovski.
You worked for a Finnish party with a platform of getting rid of Swedes from BC?
Sundin wasn't traded. He went into UFA as a Leaf.
That being said, the Habs had an exclusive negotiating window a week before July 1st at the time.
Grabovski was traded to the Leafs for Pateryn and a 2nd round pick, though at the time, it was seen partly as compensation for being able to negotiate with Sundin. I had to look this up, because I remember the media spinning it as Sundin being traded to Montreal for Grabovski.
You worked for a Finnish party with a platform of getting rid of Swedes from BC?
Makes me wonder what Buffalo had offered to move up to 5...
Footage of Marvie from today
Marvbae <333
What will Leafs look like opening day?
Marleau-Matthews-JVR
Nylander-Bozak-Marner
Komarov-Kadri-Brown
Martin-Moore-Kapanen
Zaitsev-Rielly
Hainsey-Gardiner
Carrick-Marincin
Andersen
McElhinney
I think the forwards look really good. The defense does not. Goaltending will be fine - Andersen showed us in the last third of the regular season and in the playoffs that he's pretty good.
The disparity in quality between the forwards and defense is pretty stark though. The Leafs don't really have any solid #1.
Edit: After seeing the lineup written out like that, anyone else think there is no room for Hyman anymore? Surely the Leafs won't re-sign him...
Marleau-Matthews-JVR
Nylander-Bozak-Marner
Komarov-Kadri-Brown
Martin-Moore-Kapanen
Zaitsev-Rielly
Hainsey-Gardiner
Carrick-Marincin
Andersen
McElhinney
I think the forwards look really good. The defense does not. Goaltending will be fine - Andersen showed us in the last third of the regular season and in the playoffs that he's pretty good.
The disparity in quality between the forwards and defense is pretty stark though. The Leafs don't really have any solid #1.
Edit: After seeing the lineup written out like that, anyone else think there is no room for Hyman anymore? Surely the Leafs won't re-sign him...
Why did you break up Matthews and Nylander and ditto for JVR-Bozak-Marner? No one has that line set up.
I didn't break them up intentionally - I didn't remember the lines 100%.
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CreeperBlocks
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Let's look at Montreal's updated lines or the way I see it going moving forward.
Forward
Drouin Galchenyuk Gallagher
Pacioretty Danault Lehkonen/Hudon
Hudon/Lehkonen Plekanec Hemsky/Shaw
Byron Mitchell Shaw/Hemsky
Defenceman
Alzner/UFA Weber
Jerabek/Alzner Petry
Schlemko/Davidson/Morrow Benn
Price
Montoya
It feels like Montreal needs to add one more forward
Forward
Drouin Galchenyuk Gallagher
Pacioretty Danault Lehkonen/Hudon
Hudon/Lehkonen Plekanec Hemsky/Shaw
Byron Mitchell Shaw/Hemsky
Defenceman
Alzner/UFA Weber
Jerabek/Alzner Petry
Schlemko/Davidson/Morrow Benn
Price
Montoya
It feels like Montreal needs to add one more forward
I think he stays in the East, so maybe CBJ?
#creeperlineups
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Maybe Jagr can be our third line center to fill the gaping holes down the center. 🤔
CreeperBlocks
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Why don't you just trade for Plekanec
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Because we can sign veteran players for a $1mm so likely we can get him for less after this year's championship.
Yes, that's all we're missing......
there's always the chance matt martin comes down with a serious case of the Robidas Island Fever
lol good joke
Babcock on Matt Martin:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2017...e-value-of-matt-martin-bellletstalk-and-more/
CreeperBlocks
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Kruger traded to Carolina or 5th round pick via Vegas
A 5th round pick is nice I guess, a low percentage shot at picking up a useful NHLer but... isn't Kruger worth more than that to VGK right now? And you'd think you could get a bit more than that for a decent-ish third line C if you wanted to trade him?
CreeperBlocks
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I also noticed something... did Vegas sign anyone during July 1st? Shouldn't there be free agents flocking to Vegas?
Pretty much all of the players on Vegas' roster will have to pass through waivers to play in the minors. Since they clearly don't plan on being competitive anytime soon, the plan is probably to trade as many of them as possible for assets before they have to make roster decisions and risk losing players for nothing.
Gonna be interesting to see what they do with their D. The only one who can pass through waivers is Theodore and I would be shocked if he's not on their opening night roster.
Garrison - Theodore
Mcnabb - Schmidt
Merrill - Miller
Stoner - Sbisa
Engelland - Reinhart
Hunt
Gonna be interesting to see what they do with their D. The only one who can pass through waivers is Theodore and I would be shocked if he's not on their opening night roster.
Garrison - Theodore
Mcnabb - Schmidt
Merrill - Miller
Stoner - Sbisa
Engelland - Reinhart
Hunt
Carolina Hawkocanes
Simon Belmont
Banned
The Hurricawks. Come on.
Youre a hurricawk
Simon Belmont
Banned
Anger is just a little step on the way to acceptance.
Well if you had traded us Trouba for him like I wanted then he would be all yours
Seems to me that Vegas totally screwed this up. There was a couple of directions they could have went. Build a team that can reasonably competitive now, but obviously that didn't happen. Or build a team full of potential for the future, and they've done a half ass job at that. They're going to need a bunch of draft luck before this team is any good.
CreeperBlocks
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Interesting stuff coming from the KHL
So they're following the Oilers Model then
Yeah, I agree. McPhee has done a pretty shitty job so far.
KHL really set themselves up for disaster
CreeperBlocks
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Desharnais might be signing with the Rangers.
Unhandled Exception
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Yakkityyak really gonna challenge and uplift Duchene this year I can feel it
Who would have thought a front for russian organized crime would fall apart?
Yeah that defense is rough, although their top 6 guys (their regulars) are mostly all fairly mobile and can skate. They'll really need Brannstrom to pan out though huh
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Yakkityyak is 1y/875k
Or just floating. Adding Hemsky to the Habs isn't going to help.
That lineup isn't very encouraging but let's face it. They paid Price to carry the team. That's the decision they had to make long before now. Trade Price or pay him. They knew it was going to be costly to keep him.
Probably lucky to get that.
At that price it's worth the gamble I suppose, but it's obvious the league thinks Yakupov is just a bust. I'm surprised he didn't run off to Russia.
Fata1moose
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We really are the Oilers. 😭