Anaheim Ducks - Sami Vatanen (D)
Arizona Coyotes - Alexander Burmistrov (F)
Boston Bruins - Alex Khokhlachev (F)
Buffalo Sabres - Zach Bogosian (D)
Calgary Flames - Hunter Shinkaruk (F)
Carolina Hurricanes - Eddie Lack (G) - Trade for picks
Chicago Blackhawks - Viktor Svedberg (D)
Colorado Avalanche - Mikhail Grigorenko (F)
Columbus Blue Jackets - Oscar Dansk (G)
Dallas Stars - Patrick Sharp (F)
Detroit Red Wings - Xavier Ouellet (D)
Edmonton Oilers - Griffin Reinhart (D)
Florida Panthers - Reece Scarlett (D)
Los Angeles Kings - Dustin Brown (F)
Minnesota Wild - Marco Scandella (D)
Montreal Canadiens - Tomas Plekanec (F)
Nashville Predators - Colton Sissons (F)
New Jersey Devils - Michael Cammalleri (F)
New York Islanders - Ryan Strome (F)
New York Rangers - Brandon Pirri (F)
Ottawa Senators - Nikita Filatov (F)
Philadelphia Flyers - Michael Raffl (F)
Pittsburgh Penguins - Marc-Andre Fleury (G)
San Jose Sharks - Brenden Dillon (D)
St. Louis Blues - Nail Yakupov (F)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Andrej Sustr (D)
Toronto Maple Leafs - Eric Fehr (F)
Vancouver Canucks - Ryan Miller (G)
Washington Capitals - Karl Alzner (D)
Winnipeg Jets - Quinton Howden (F)
Goalies - 4
Defense - 10
Offense - 16
Some of these picks are for trade bait, some for minors and most for active roster spots. With Free Agency around the corner, I think Vegas will have a decent line-up for opening night
They have to get to the minimum cap. Offer Miller a two year deal at a premium. He's not going to be the face of the franchise, but with him and Fleury working as a tandem, it gives you a better chance
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Also something to consider is that Vegas probably isn't taking 30 bon-a-fide NHL'ers, because there are only 23 roster spots. So they may still take 25-26 guys and flip/trade a couple of them, but you can bet they'll be taking a couple high end prospects somewhere.
Also something to consider is that Vegas probably isn't taking 30 bon-a-fide NHL'ers, because there are only 23 roster spots. So they may still take 25-26 guys and flip/trade a couple of them, but you can bet they'll be taking a couple high end prospects somewhere.
also, taking exposed players that other teams want, and then trading them for different players/prospects/etc
If anyone is at all curious about the new Adidas branded jerseys, apparently the reveal is tonight at 8pm eastern. Rumor is the Avs are going back to the mountain line style striping, which will make me so very happy.
couple jerseys have leaked. Nashville's is slightly different, mostly in striping by the shoulders. Blues jersey is basically the same. Looks like the Adidas ones won't have as much of a plunging collar like the Reebok ones did.
I missed the news that Mike Smith was traded to Calgary. Interesting, but I don't know that it changes much for anyone.
2 years left on his contract, the next bridge for the Flames to try find an actual good goalie. Fans shouldn't expect an upgrade from Elliott.
Brian Burke is the President of the team, the Flames are never getting a good goalie.
as a Leafs fan, I
am so, so sorry
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on the jersey topic, can the Lightning please choose a different colour scheme? Leafs have had blue & white for 90 years. At least throw some yellow in there or something, they're in the same dang conference,
While I still very much hate the name "Golden Knights" (as well as a team in Vegas), their jersey is pretty awesome. It's kind of a Zelda-Spartan mix. I approve, because you know... they need my approval or something like that.
(figured I'd add a photo so as to not make people go looking for it - spoiled for size)
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While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
The Wild's new jersey is fantastic. They *finally* got rid of the bloody Christmas tree look.
I love the Golden Knights jersey and I kind of want one.
The Flames *still* have the stupid flags on their shoulders. (that was originally supposed to be a one year thing to celebrate Alberta's centennial. That was in 2005.
I can get past the Oilers dumping their royal blue for navy (for a second time), but the stripes on the new jersey are awful.
Not a huge fan of the Devils dumping the lower striping, but it's still fine.
I like the Avs returning to the look from the cup runs.
Otherwise... yea it's all mostly the same. Couple tweaks here or there, but the only like 5 teams did anything that was significant enough to be notable.
Friedman has more details on this, and it's fascinating in a terrible way. Apparently he has an allergic reaction to... hockey equipment. The medication he has been taking for "a few years" to combat it is apparently strong enough with enough potential side effects that doctors really don't want him on it anymore. It sounds like Hossa has actually played his last NHL game.....
Friedman has more details on this, and it's fascinating in a terrible way. Apparently he has an allergic reaction to... hockey equipment. The medication he has been taking for "a few years" to combat it is apparently strong enough with enough potential side effects that doctors really don't want him on it anymore. It sounds like Hossa has actually played his last NHL game.....
I feel like he could wear some sort of Under Armour liner shirt/pants to keep the reactions minimized. I also haven't clicked on the article, let alone read it.
Friedman has more details on this, and it's fascinating in a terrible way. Apparently he has an allergic reaction to... hockey equipment. The medication he has been taking for "a few years" to combat it is apparently strong enough with enough potential side effects that doctors really don't want him on it anymore. It sounds like Hossa has actually played his last NHL game.....
I feel like he could wear some sort of Under Armour liner shirt/pants to keep the reactions minimized. I also haven't clicked on the article, let alone read it.
This is something that he's been dealing with for years, apparently. I would assume they had/have tried every option as "stop playing hockey" probably wasn't his first choice.
The whole Hossa situation is pretty damn convenient for the Hawks. That's not to say that Hossa isn't suffering from a life threatening situation, but that they decide this at the start of the last 4 years of his contract where he's only getting paid $1 million?
Sounds as reasonible as allergic to hockey equipment.
the catch is that the cap hit is averaged out over the length of the contract, so while he's only being paid $1mill/year, he's taking up $5.25mill cap space
unless they can somehow put him on Long Term Injured Reserve, and get cap relief from that. see also: Chris Pronger
or as a Leafs fan, I like to call it "sending them to Joffrey Lupul Island"
Alergic to hockey equipment sounds like a 8 year old kids excuse to try and get out of gym class
There is no need to doubt the severity of his condition, from what everyone is saying, this fairly seriously impacts his quality of life. It also is suuuuuuuupppppperrr convenient timing for the Hawks and for Hossa as well.
The NHL just.... can they do literally anything right?
The Vegas Golden Knights, first expansion franchise in 17 years. Big win for the league. Surely their first game will be a marquee league event, a home game, hopefully the only game of the night, on opening night, nationally televised. Huge thing for the league.
Instead: NHL season starts October 4th, a wednesday.
Golden Knights open on the road on Friday night (the 6th) in Dallas. They then play in Arizona on Saturday the 7th. Their first home game is Tuesday October 10th. So yes, a new franchise starts with a road back to back.
The National Hockey League: if there's a way for us to screw something up, you bet your as we'll find it!
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Arizona Coyotes - Alexander Burmistrov (F)
Boston Bruins - Alex Khokhlachev (F)
Buffalo Sabres - Zach Bogosian (D)
Calgary Flames - Hunter Shinkaruk (F)
Carolina Hurricanes - Eddie Lack (G) - Trade for picks
Chicago Blackhawks - Viktor Svedberg (D)
Colorado Avalanche - Mikhail Grigorenko (F)
Columbus Blue Jackets - Oscar Dansk (G)
Dallas Stars - Patrick Sharp (F)
Detroit Red Wings - Xavier Ouellet (D)
Edmonton Oilers - Griffin Reinhart (D)
Florida Panthers - Reece Scarlett (D)
Los Angeles Kings - Dustin Brown (F)
Minnesota Wild - Marco Scandella (D)
Montreal Canadiens - Tomas Plekanec (F)
Nashville Predators - Colton Sissons (F)
New Jersey Devils - Michael Cammalleri (F)
New York Islanders - Ryan Strome (F)
New York Rangers - Brandon Pirri (F)
Ottawa Senators - Nikita Filatov (F)
Philadelphia Flyers - Michael Raffl (F)
Pittsburgh Penguins - Marc-Andre Fleury (G)
San Jose Sharks - Brenden Dillon (D)
St. Louis Blues - Nail Yakupov (F)
Tampa Bay Lightning - Andrej Sustr (D)
Toronto Maple Leafs - Eric Fehr (F)
Vancouver Canucks - Ryan Miller (G)
Washington Capitals - Karl Alzner (D)
Winnipeg Jets - Quinton Howden (F)
Goalies - 4
Defense - 10
Offense - 16
Some of these picks are for trade bait, some for minors and most for active roster spots. With Free Agency around the corner, I think Vegas will have a decent line-up for opening night
I'm drafting a team, and I think I have a pretty good mix of grit and heart and leadership going here, but I need to pick some goalies.
Adam Cracknell RW 31 69 10 6 16 9 12
Cal Clutterbuck RW 29 66 5 15 20 2 28
Chris Neil RW 38 53 1 3 4 -11 63
Chris Stewart RW 29 79 13 8 21 3 94
Cody McLeod LW 32 59 5 1 6 -3 145
Dustin Brown RW 32 80 14 22 36 -4 22
Jared Boll RW 31 51 0 3 3 -3 87
Jarome Iginla RW 39 80 14 13 27 -30 70
Jay McClement C 34 65 5 3 8 -8 18
Jordin Tootoo RW 34 50 2 1 3 -6 28
Josh Anderson RW 23 78 17 12 29 12 89
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LW 32 82 4 4 8 -1 20
Shane Doan RW 40 74 6 21 27 -3 48
Shawn Thornton LW 39 50 2 2 4 -7 67
Steve Ott C 34 53 3 4 7 -8 80
Tanner Glass LW 33 11 1 1 2 0 17
Tom Sestito LW 29 13 0 2 2 0 48
Adam McQuaid D 30 77 2 8 10 4 71
Brooks Orpik D 36 79 0 14 14 32 48
Dalton Prout D 27 29 0 6 6 -1 44
Deryk Engelland D 35 81 4 12 16 2 85
Josh Gorges D 32 66 1 5 6 -3 50
Kris Russell D 30 68 1 12 13 5 23
Luca Sbisa D 27 82 2 11 13 -1 40
Niklas Kronwall D 36 57 2 11 13 -7 32
Robert Bortuzzo D 28 38 1 3 4 11 15
Looking for someone who can fit the mold of my team. Anyone know what happened to Ray Emery?
Adam Cracknell looks to be a major weakspot, what with only 12 PIM's last season.
Might need to find some more truculence.
And I guess I read that Steve Ott retired? It's all falling apart.
also, taking exposed players that other teams want, and then trading them for different players/prospects/etc
2 years left on his contract, the next bridge for the Flames to try find an actual good goalie. Fans shouldn't expect an upgrade from Elliott.
Not really, just change all the diving jokes to oil sand instead of the desert kind.
Brian Burke is the President of the team, the Flames are never getting a good goalie.
Best image of all the jerseys so far since the official reveal has been pushed back a few hours. The mountain stripes are back!
as a Leafs fan, I
am so, so sorry
(figured I'd add a photo so as to not make people go looking for it - spoiled for size)
I love the Golden Knights jersey and I kind of want one.
The Flames *still* have the stupid flags on their shoulders. (that was originally supposed to be a one year thing to celebrate Alberta's centennial. That was in 2005.
I can get past the Oilers dumping their royal blue for navy (for a second time), but the stripes on the new jersey are awful.
Not a huge fan of the Devils dumping the lower striping, but it's still fine.
I like the Avs returning to the look from the cup runs.
Otherwise... yea it's all mostly the same. Couple tweaks here or there, but the only like 5 teams did anything that was significant enough to be notable.
Also, Erik Haula is now officially the 4th member of the Vegas Knights.
Friedman has more details on this, and it's fascinating in a terrible way. Apparently he has an allergic reaction to... hockey equipment. The medication he has been taking for "a few years" to combat it is apparently strong enough with enough potential side effects that doctors really don't want him on it anymore. It sounds like Hossa has actually played his last NHL game.....
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-marian-hossa-might-played-final-nhl-game/
I feel like he could wear some sort of Under Armour liner shirt/pants to keep the reactions minimized. I also haven't clicked on the article, let alone read it.
This is something that he's been dealing with for years, apparently. I would assume they had/have tried every option as "stop playing hockey" probably wasn't his first choice.
Convenient.
Sounds as reasonible as allergic to hockey equipment.
the catch is that the cap hit is averaged out over the length of the contract, so while he's only being paid $1mill/year, he's taking up $5.25mill cap space
unless they can somehow put him on Long Term Injured Reserve, and get cap relief from that. see also: Chris Pronger
or as a Leafs fan, I like to call it "sending them to Joffrey Lupul Island"
There is no need to doubt the severity of his condition, from what everyone is saying, this fairly seriously impacts his quality of life. It also is suuuuuuuupppppperrr convenient timing for the Hawks and for Hossa as well.
But it can be both things at once too.
More LTIR shenanigans incoming.
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The Vegas Golden Knights, first expansion franchise in 17 years. Big win for the league. Surely their first game will be a marquee league event, a home game, hopefully the only game of the night, on opening night, nationally televised. Huge thing for the league.
Instead: NHL season starts October 4th, a wednesday.
Golden Knights open on the road on Friday night (the 6th) in Dallas. They then play in Arizona on Saturday the 7th. Their first home game is Tuesday October 10th. So yes, a new franchise starts with a road back to back.
The National Hockey League: if there's a way for us to screw something up, you bet your as we'll find it!