2017 NHL Offseason/Entry Draft thread

Postby **Lelldorin** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:14 am

There must be something to that Marleau contract that the Leafs can take advantage of after year 2...not to say that GMs are infallible but I can't imagine Lamoriello doing something this stupid without some kind of backdoor way out...

Deal him to Arizona?

Postby **meow** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:17 am

I don't hate that Marleau deal. He can still skate, score, play 18 minutes a night, and is as durable as they come. If you had to bet on someone his age playing another three productive years, I'd throw money down on Marleau.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:32 am

Auston Matthews current LW is a guy who is not as good as Scott Wilson, let's not lose sight of that either...

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:36 pm

https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/8 ... 6749577216

Postby **meow** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:44 pm

Looks like Radulov is going to the big D. Probably for too long and too much money.

Postby **nocera** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:08 pm

https://twitter.com/MikeHeika/status/881907691362320384

Dallas is ridiculously stacked.

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:09 pm

Dallas working hard to compete for the president's trophy.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:11 pm

Don't forget that Hitchcock is their coach. He should be able to suck the life out of a potential top line of Benn-Seguin-Radulov.

Postby **columbia** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:26 pm

Still question that Radulov deal. 5 years is a lot of faith in someone who doesn't deserve it.

Postby **meow** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:24 pm

But his Montreal teammates raved about his work ethic. You know? That one year he came back into the league and played his bag off for a big pay day?

I wouldn't trust Radulov any more than I could throw him and I'm a bit out of shape to be throwing Russians around again.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:20 pm

He'll run crying to the KHL at the first sign of struggle.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:29 pm

Marcus Kruger traded to the Canes. Could Staal be in play?

Postby **columbia** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:44 pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/ ... 1988598788

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:27 pm

I'd take that deal.

Postby **columbia** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:39 pm

Our team is completely awful. What we need is Yakupov.

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Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:48 pm

We got good production out of the last player we brought in that was ruined by the Oilers...

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:01 pm

Our team is completely awful. What we need is Yakupov.

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Nobody said that.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:03 pm

https://twitter.com/NYP_Brooksie/status ... 4481802240

Lol

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:21 pm

Yakupov is only still in the league because of his draft pedigree...

Also, Kruger and Staal are not at all related...

Postby **Algernon** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:39 am

Yakupov could absolutely stay in the league and be a 3rd/4th liner if he gave up trying to be a skilled player and changed his game

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:45 am

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:50 am

The player with no hockey sense will become a defensive player...? Or is he just going to run around the rink chasing the puck around for 11 minutes...?

Postby **Jim** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:49 pm

I'd take that deal.

And you would probably put up more points than Yakupov will...

Postby **Jim** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:51 pm

The player with no hockey sense will become a defensive player...? Or is he just going to run around the rink chasing the puck around for 11 minutes...?

That's what be does now... HA!

Well, not for 11 minutes. Double HA!

Postby **Jim** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:14 pm

The Caps have $5.5M in space, 10 NHL forwards signed (including Pelly), 5 NHL D (including Chorney) and their second line wingers are Burakovsky and Wilson.