mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

[Gaucho]

[faftorial]

I'm watching TV too.

[mikey]

Guentzel (6) - Crosby (8.7) - McCann (2.8*)
Zucker (5.5) - Malkin (9.5) - Rust (3.5)
Simon (1.6*) - ??? - Hornqvist (5.3)
ZAR (1) - Blugers (0.75) - Tanev (3.5)
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Lafferty (0.95*)

Dumo (4.1) - Letang (7.25)
Petter (4) - Marino (.925)
JMFJ (3.25) - ???
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Rude (0.7)

Jarry (2.25*)
Murray (3.25*)

Dead: Bjugstad (0.6 - BO), DeSmith (0.175)

* - For McCann I used the Kasperi Kapanen extension as a guide
* - For Simon, I used Lawson Crouse as a guide
* - For Lafferty I just took a shot at it
* - For Jarry I used Juuse Saros as a guide
* - For Murray, and this one is tough because of the QO, but I used Korpisalo as a guide

I bought out Bjugstad ($600k, $1.75 mil) and I'm putting DeSmith back in the minors where he belongs.

Sheary walks. Marleau walks. I'm not qualifying Rodrigues ($2 mil) because I don't want to have to deal with the headache, and I'm not giving him $2 mil.

So right there, we're at...5.875 mil of free room.

I'm willing to play ball with Riikola, but if I'm him, I'd want to go away. So I won't count on that...

I'll try to fill in the 3C with Erik Haula at $4 mil per year x 3 years (citing Nazem Kadri, Craig Smith, and Cody Eakin as sort of comparables).

That leaves us with $1.875 mil...

I couldn't find a RD to help us for that price...

So I propose a trade: Matt Murray and Juuso Riikola to Buffalo for Henri Jokiharju and Linus Ullmark

That's a little bit of cap money for us (Joki is still on his entry level, Ullmark will cost less than Murray to re-sign as an RFA).

That's my idea if I'm not trying to or cannot blow this thing up on the surface...but I feel I'm really, really good at drafting...much better than this team is...so...like, last year, I would have walked out of the draft with Parker Ford in the 6th round no sweat and knew he'd be a guy for a couple years, etc. So I don't need to move mountains because of that...but now we're getting pretty late in the night to be hoping someone new walks in the bar, eh...

[crusherstasiak]

my money is on toronto

[Gaucho]

I'm watching TV too.

I'm not.

[faftorial]

Dude should be wearing gloves.

[Orlando Penguin]

The guy loading the balls wearing the mask has all the makings of a conspiracy.

Mr. Commissioner, is that the logo of the Minnesota Wild?
Yes it is...and it's a **** logo.

[faftorial]

I think the Rangers get it.

[crusherstasiak]

oh for chrissakes

[mikey]

I'm not watching because this doesn't require a TV event. If it's not us, I hope it's the rightful winner: Winnipeg. No nursin', no cursin'...

[crusherstasiak]

toronto
nashville
new york
edmonton
pens
wild

[Beveridge]

My money is on Edmonton.

[Gaucho]

My money is on Pittsburgh.

[NTP66]

Ah well.

[faftorial]

Boo Rangers!

[Gaucho]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Orlando Penguin]

IT'S A FIX!!!

HE DROPPED THE RANGERS BALL IN THERE INADVERTENTLY BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HEAVY!!!

[Trip McNeely]

Man, our division just gets better and better and better

[Blue Canary]

Ugh.

UGH.

Gross.

[Gaucho]

**** Lafrenière. Overrated af.

[Blue Canary]

My money is on Pittsburgh.

I had a good feeling it would be us.

The Rangers were the only team I didn’t want him to go to.

[NTP66]

I have to assume that we take that 15th pick this year and give Minny next year’s.

[Blue Canary]

**** Lafrenière. Overrated af.

NINETEEN NINETY-FOUR

[Morkle]

Rangers gonna be a real good team though, that sucks. Lotta young talent.

[Morkle]

I have to assume that we take that 15th pick this year and give Minny next year’s.

I actually don't know - do they feel this team is a play-off team, or on the down-trend?

Seems there's about to be some bigger changes on the horizon, I'd think long and hard about this one.