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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:15 am
by mikey
This was me in July, forgive the c&p...
I'm disappointed with his progression so far...he's got some wheels and a shot, but he hasn't figured much else out so far...he's as good as he was at 19 right now...but since we have the defense whisperers here, the talent base is ripe for the picking...I thought more highly of Justin Schultz in the AHL than Honka at the AHL, but I think Honka is more talented than Niskanen at the same age...

Decent chance he ends up on waivers...maybe someone throws a late pick or project player at them instead...
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:17 am
by Gaucho
So let's nab him then?

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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:23 am
by mikey
If there's room...but I don't think there's room without a body going out...

You have 8 NHL players on defense right now, all require waivers. I just don't see how it's going to work. Let's say you even waive Ruhwedel to put Honka in that 4th RD spot or whatever it is...that's Czuczman, Trotman, Ruhwedel, Warsofsky all as AHL vets, so that's 4 of the 5 spots. I have to assume that at least 2 or 3 forwards are AHL vets too...Crammer, Haggerty, Agozzino, Blandisi, just at a glance are probably vets...

Now, sure, if it doesn't work out you just waive Honka, you probably just terminate the contract and let him go to the KHL...but my point is, it's a lot of shuffling if you're not really confident, ya know? Now, of course, if you think this is a player - then yes, by all means...who cares about any players I've named in this post? No one should. But that's part of the thing about waivers and all this noise at this point in the season is that you're going to go through all these camps and preseason games and all this and after that's all over, you're gonna add a guy on October 2nd that you feel is better than all of your own guys...just make sure you know what you're doing there, is all I'm saying.

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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:37 pm
by Jim
Ex-Pen Chris Wideman played for 5 teams last year, 3 NHL and 2 AHL.

He started in Ottawa (NHL)
On 11/22 he was traded to Edmonton (NHL) for a conditional 5th/6th that ended up being a 6th.
On 12/30 he was traded with a 3rd to Florida (NHL) for Petrovic (who is now in Boston on a PTO), also appearing for Springfield (AHL)
On 2/25 he was traded to Pittsburgh (NHL) for Dea (who is now in Buffalo), also appearing for WBS (AHL)

That's a lot of hotels. He is now with Anaheim btw...

Good on Florida for getting a 3rd for Petrovic.

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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:19 pm
by NTP66

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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:23 pm
by Jim
I thought that teams could only go 10% over the cap in the summer. Leafs are 16.4% over.

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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:19 pm
by mikey
There is LTIR in the offseason, if that helps...I don't actually know...

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:08 am
by NTP66
That’s a hell of a lot of money tied up in three players.

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:46 am
by Gaucho
So what exactly took them so long? It's pretty much the contract the whole world expected him to get.

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 9:36 am
by Lemon Berry Lobster

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:22 am
by Lemon Berry Lobster

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:55 am
by Jim
They have a lot of cap space and a very sketchy D... just saying.

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:59 am
by Lemon Berry Lobster
Wouldn't have a sketchy d if they didn't trade their peeps away...

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 12:04 pm
by MR25

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:12 pm
by nocera
That’s amazing. So many great retro jerseys in the league now. Only a matter of time before the pigeon makes an appearance.

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:19 pm
by NTP66
Aren’t we getting a new third jersey this year, since we didn’t reveal one last year? I swear I thought that was the case.

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:36 pm
by Lemon Berry Lobster

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:38 pm
by MR25
Aren’t we getting a new third jersey this year, since we didn’t reveal one last year? I swear I thought that was the case.

I thought last years was the yellow one

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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:46 pm
by NTP66
Never mind, you’re right. :sigh:

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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:44 am
by NTP66
Hmmm.

Image

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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:29 am
by Lemon Berry Lobster
That seems pens related...

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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:07 am
by meow


Melnyk is my new favorite owner

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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 12:13 pm
by Gaucho
lol

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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 12:49 pm
by mikey
Oh that's so perfect. Anyone roulette frequenter knows how ******* painful a loss on 0 is...and for it to happen to Melnyk is just so poetic...

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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:20 pm
by Gaucho