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Post by ramcharger440 on Jan 15, 2024 17:48:17 GMT
Drouin with 16 points in his last 15 games? Of course he'll end up on the scoresheet tonight Should be doing good playing with Mak!
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Post by selteeck on Jan 15, 2024 18:02:16 GMT
Terry Ryan played an ECHL game at 47 yo.
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Post by maasart on Jan 15, 2024 18:18:10 GMT
Drouin with 16 points in his last 15 games? Of course he'll end up on the scoresheet tonight He had stretches with us. I think there was a 50 game span where he had nearly a point a game one year. I think his problem was always that he couldnt be "the" guy, he was meant to be "a" guy and in Colorado, he can do that. Even as the roster got better around him, he could never escape that here. Im glad he has bounced back a little with a change of scenery.
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Post by regis on Jan 20, 2024 21:56:41 GMT
New coach of the islanders … Patrick Roy
this should be fun
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Post by ramcharger440 on Jan 20, 2024 21:59:37 GMT
Hmmmm
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Post by electron58 on Jan 20, 2024 22:01:44 GMT
New coach of the islanders … Patrick Roy this should be fun I hope he does well!
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Post by regis on Jan 24, 2024 15:38:54 GMT
Mike ribieros sexual assault trial begins today in the USA
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Post by selteeck on Jan 24, 2024 20:49:51 GMT
Mike ribieros sexual assault trial begins today in the USA Poor Mike! Who assaulted him now?
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Post by maasart on Jan 26, 2024 21:23:00 GMT
Canes fans starting to talk about buying out JK or at least floating ideas about trading him with 50% retention.
First 14 games: 13 points Next 33 games: 5 points
Yikes.
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Post by regis on Jan 30, 2024 1:02:01 GMT
dailyhive.com/montreal/former-canadiens-centre-kotkaniemi-major-slump-carolinaFormer Canadiens centre Kotkaniemi has hit a major slump in Carolina It’s been nearly two and a half years since the Montreal Canadiens lost centre Jesperi Kotkaniami to an offer sheet from the Carolina Hurricanes. While the news of his abrupt departure was a hard pill for Canadiens fans to swallow at the time, Montreal may have dodged a bullet in the long run. Kotkaniemi started the 2023-24 season on a heater, netting 12 points through his first 12 games. At the time, many Carolina fans were thrilled to see his $4.82 million cap hit finally start to pay off. But the cold streak that has followed may be cause for concern. Over his last 34 games, Kotkaniemi has only registered five points. With only three in his last 27 games (one goal, two assists), the Finland native, who was drafted third overall back in 2018, has logged less than 10 minutes in his last three games. As a result, head coach Rod Brind’Amour has demoted the 6-foot-2 centre to the fourth line. A lack of talent around him is not the problem either. Kotkaniemi has a current +/- of -11. While that’s to be expected on a rebuilding team, the Hurricanes, who boast the fourth-best record in the NHL’s Eastern Conference (28-15-5), scoring more goals than any other team in their division, are contenders. While he’s still technically developing, the 23-year-old, who signed an eight-year deal with the Hurricanes in March of 2022, is starting to look like a bad investment for Carolina — especially since it cost them two high draft picks (a first- and third-round pick in 2022) to acquire him. Those two draft picks were ultimately used by Montreal to acquire centre Christian Dvorak, who has also not lived up to his potential. But luckily for the Habs, the 27-year-old only has one year remaining on a contract, paying him an average annual salary of $4.45 million. As for the Hurricanes, they’ll have plenty of time to hope Kotkaniemi finds his game.
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Post by electron58 on Feb 5, 2024 8:23:21 GMT
Mike ribieros sexual assault trial begins today in the USA A jury in a Texas court has found former NHL player Mike Ribeiro not guilty of two counts of sexual assault, according to media reports. The jury deadlocked on a count of attempted sexual assault. It’s possible Ribeiro could be retried on that charge.
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Post by regis on Feb 7, 2024 3:47:48 GMT
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Post by ramcharger440 on Feb 7, 2024 4:13:56 GMT
Canes fans starting to talk about buying out JK or at least floating ideas about trading him with 50% retention. First 14 games: 13 points Next 33 games: 5 points Yikes. LOL! might be a good pickup for us at half price! lol!
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Post by maasart on Feb 7, 2024 23:49:50 GMT
Canes fans starting to talk about buying out JK or at least floating ideas about trading him with 50% retention. First 14 games: 13 points Next 33 games: 5 points Yikes. LOL! might be a good pickup for us at half price! lol! They wouldnt retain for 6 years after this one but the buyout is not out of the question. Because of his age, Kotkaniemi would be subject to 1/3 ration rather than the usual 2/3 of players over 25. So if the canes bought him out this summer they would only be on the hook for 850k per year (buyout cost) and some of those years would be only 470k cap hits. If he doesnt turn things around, i think there's a legit chance they use this option. They'd pay him $7m to go away but they'd save themselves $13.6m actual dollars in the process. Attachments:
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Post by regis on Feb 9, 2024 4:10:07 GMT
I guess this is why sometimes it's better to just move on rather than wait until the trade deadling www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/capitals-looking-to-move-veteran-defenseman/ar-BB1i0ibk?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4b29303e7b204234864776d74c3d07c7&ei=13Capitals looking to move veteran defenseman Story by Brian La Rose, Pro Hockey Rumors • 2h The Capitals have been carrying eight blueliners for a while now since they added Ethan Bear in late December and it appears they’re intent on clearing that logjam. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported in his latest "32 Thoughts" column that they’re looking to move blueliner Joel Edmundson prior to next month’s trade deadline. The 30-year-old is in his first season with Washington after being acquired from Montreal just minutes before free agency opened up back in July. However, injuries have limited Edmundson to 32 games so far and when he has been in the lineup, his playing time has been considerably lower than usual. He’s averaging 16:08 per night, down nearly three and a half minutes from a year ago. While he has never been a big point producer, Edmundson has just three points so far while also recording 41 blocked shots. Edmundson is in the final season of a four-year, $14M contract he signed with the Canadiens back in 2020. However, Washington is only responsible for half of his $3.5M AAV with Montreal retaining the other half as part of the trade which saw the Caps part with a third-round pick and a seventh-rounder for his services. Edmundson has 75 career playoff appearances under his belt including a pair of runs to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019 with St. Louis and 2021 with Montreal. Between that and a relatively low cap charge, there should be some teams that have interest in a player who could aid their third pairing or at least add some depth for a potential playoff push. Whether GM Brian MacLellan can get a return that matches or beats the one he gave up in the summer remains to be seen but they should be able to get something for his services and clear up the backlog on their back end.
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Post by maasart on Feb 9, 2024 18:56:32 GMT
I guess this is why sometimes it's better to just move on rather than wait until the trade deadling www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/capitals-looking-to-move-veteran-defenseman/ar-BB1i0ibk?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4b29303e7b204234864776d74c3d07c7&ei=13Capitals looking to move veteran defenseman Story by Brian La Rose, Pro Hockey Rumors • 2h The Capitals have been carrying eight blueliners for a while now since they added Ethan Bear in late December and it appears they’re intent on clearing that logjam. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported in his latest "32 Thoughts" column that they’re looking to move blueliner Joel Edmundson prior to next month’s trade deadline. The 30-year-old is in his first season with Washington after being acquired from Montreal just minutes before free agency opened up back in July. However, injuries have limited Edmundson to 32 games so far and when he has been in the lineup, his playing time has been considerably lower than usual. He’s averaging 16:08 per night, down nearly three and a half minutes from a year ago. While he has never been a big point producer, Edmundson has just three points so far while also recording 41 blocked shots. Edmundson is in the final season of a four-year, $14M contract he signed with the Canadiens back in 2020. However, Washington is only responsible for half of his $3.5M AAV with Montreal retaining the other half as part of the trade which saw the Caps part with a third-round pick and a seventh-rounder for his services. Edmundson has 75 career playoff appearances under his belt including a pair of runs to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019 with St. Louis and 2021 with Montreal. Between that and a relatively low cap charge, there should be some teams that have interest in a player who could aid their third pairing or at least add some depth for a potential playoff push. Whether GM Brian MacLellan can get a return that matches or beats the one he gave up in the summer remains to be seen but they should be able to get something for his services and clear up the backlog on their back end. Bingo. I used Eddy as an example of why Hughes probably moved Monahan earlier than some wanted because he got an offer he felt was acceptable, rather than waiting for a tiny bit more (and risking injury). I think Hughes looks at an asset, determines what its worth & if he gets offered that, he makes the trade. I dont think he tries to hold out for more, as long as he thinks he's moving players for fair value, he does it.
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Post by BigTed3 on Feb 9, 2024 20:22:16 GMT
I guess this is why sometimes it's better to just move on rather than wait until the trade deadling www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/capitals-looking-to-move-veteran-defenseman/ar-BB1i0ibk?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4b29303e7b204234864776d74c3d07c7&ei=13Capitals looking to move veteran defenseman Story by Brian La Rose, Pro Hockey Rumors • 2h The Capitals have been carrying eight blueliners for a while now since they added Ethan Bear in late December and it appears they’re intent on clearing that logjam. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported in his latest "32 Thoughts" column that they’re looking to move blueliner Joel Edmundson prior to next month’s trade deadline. The 30-year-old is in his first season with Washington after being acquired from Montreal just minutes before free agency opened up back in July. However, injuries have limited Edmundson to 32 games so far and when he has been in the lineup, his playing time has been considerably lower than usual. He’s averaging 16:08 per night, down nearly three and a half minutes from a year ago. While he has never been a big point producer, Edmundson has just three points so far while also recording 41 blocked shots. Edmundson is in the final season of a four-year, $14M contract he signed with the Canadiens back in 2020. However, Washington is only responsible for half of his $3.5M AAV with Montreal retaining the other half as part of the trade which saw the Caps part with a third-round pick and a seventh-rounder for his services. Edmundson has 75 career playoff appearances under his belt including a pair of runs to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019 with St. Louis and 2021 with Montreal. Between that and a relatively low cap charge, there should be some teams that have interest in a player who could aid their third pairing or at least add some depth for a potential playoff push. Whether GM Brian MacLellan can get a return that matches or beats the one he gave up in the summer remains to be seen but they should be able to get something for his services and clear up the backlog on their back end. Bingo. I used Eddy as an example of why Hughes probably moved Monahan earlier than some wanted because he got an offer he felt was acceptable, rather than waiting for a tiny bit more (and risking injury). I think Hughes looks at an asset, determines what its worth & if he gets offered that, he makes the trade. I dont think he tries to hold out for more, as long as he thinks he's moving players for fair value, he does it. I think there are differences here though between Eddy and Monahan:
1. Eddy had recurring back problems. He never had any definitive fix to this issue, he just rested and then tried to go again. In Monahan's case, he had surgery to fix his hip issue and then had a completely different injury with us. The risk of recurrence here seems less.
2. Monahan's comparables went for far more than he did... Lindholm being extremely recent but also players like Giroux and O'Reilly (who himself had come off a significant injury the season he was traded). So we can talk about Hughes getting his price, but his price in Monahan's case seems quite low compared to market value. In Eddy's case, we would have liked to get closer to what Chiarot and Savard got in past trades, but with the injury history getting a 3rd was close to market value... I think he could have gotten a bit more if he waited and Eddy showed he was healthy this year but the difference between a 2nd and a 3rd is likely less important than the difference between getting a 1st alone vs. a 1st plus a good prospect, for example.
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Post by electron58 on Feb 11, 2024 23:30:49 GMT
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Post by electron58 on Feb 17, 2024 0:31:24 GMT
The Predators have signed forward Michael McCarron to a two-year, $1.8 million contract extension, the team announced. The contract ill begin in the 2024-25 season. The 28-year-old has a career-high seven goals this season to go along with six assists in 42 games.
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Post by regis on Feb 17, 2024 9:00:56 GMT
In Carolinas win last night , Mr K played the third least amount of ice time amongst forwards . Aside from not sitting him in the press box , looks like Carolina is handling the same as Montreal did . I wonder if and when he scores again if he’ll give the coach the one finger salute 🖕 ( as opposed to the four finger salute he gave his fellow team mates in the press box ) 🤣😂
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