Ehlers to Carolina. Six years at an AAV of $8.5 million. Not disappointed he didn't sign in Vancouver. Not that it's a wild overpayment, but just doesn't seem like the right fit for that money. Brock comes cheaper (AAV-wise, but a year longer), and Ehlers doesn't play centre. We'll see if that's ...

So as the dust settles on free agency, its time for some trade action. Two teams are over the cap (without the expected LTIR): Dallas and Florida. Rodriguez is the obvious move out of Florida. They just don't have that many players who they can move that make enough and lack trade protection. (and I ...

Lekkerimaki is a much better skater than Boucher was so don't get the comparison... When you consider Lekkerimaki's age, it being his first full season in North America, a recent history of mono, surgery for a foot injury, facial injury and then you look at his production at both the NHL and AHL ...

Before the Dickinson cheap shot I thought Chytil was playing eye-poppingly well. The post cheap shot version was pretty consistent with how he looked in Ragland. If he is indeed completely healthy then hes an even bigger x-factor for van than Pettersson learning to walk again. Lekkerimaki looks ...

Pius signs in St. Louis. 2 years, $4M AAV. Guess Allvin couldn't clear the space. It is an excellent fit for the player and the Blues, IMO. Doesn't seem like a "win" for Suter financially; I would have thought at that AAV he could have gotten more term, but maybe he is betting on himself. If he ...

Why not just bring McWard back on a one year deal? Because the point is for #7 to be an experienced NHL player (Joseph has about 200 games). McWard isn't that. The idea is that the extra guy you lug around is used to what he gets thrown into and you know what you are going to get, and your ...

The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Pierre-Olivier Joseph to a one-year contract worth $775,000. Hope it doesn't cause a log jam. Exactly - maybe it was a good deal, maybe someone is getting moved? Still early in the summer. Popcorn eater lets the kids cook in Abby. Exactly. Let the kids ...

The Rangers moves recently have me confused. Are the rebuilding or not? Re-tool. What’s next? Lafrenierre out? The Rangers are in no man's land, and they will stay there so long as Chris Drury is there. He needs the playoffs to keep the job -- so they add Miller and Gavrikov to try to stay in the m ...

Brock said in his meet the press that as FA opened he was at the gym but couldn't work out as he was on the phone with his agent. They had several offers from teams that were in the ballpark and he was talking them all over with his agent. He was trying out different scenarios and trying to get his ...

Sounds like the Canucks are still trying to re-sign Suter but they need to move money out first. https://x.com/dhaliwalsports/status/1940450130467094738?s=61 That would take Hoggy and Joshua, no? Maybe he could be had for Chytl's salary, but I would think Canucks would need to sweeten a deal that ...

My memory could be imperfect, but I remember in the "old days," there wasn't the same kind of free agent frenzy. I recall a lot of time the process took a week or two. The cap coming online (and being set at a level where most teams didn't have a lower internal cap) must have changed the dynamic ...

This yank’s perspective is that Vancouver is a great city, and I think that’s a commonly shared view among Americans who have visited. But it is expensive. And the organization is a bit of a shit show, isn’t it? And the media is full of arrogant pearl clutching retards. Point is, there are reasons be ...

Wow - before they signed Boeser, was thinking the Canucks might get him for around 5m. Not many good UFAs left and lots of cash burning holes in GMs pockets pays off big for Granlund. Probably it’s a good thing Canucks have a full roster and no cash left. They’re left with hockey trades to improve t ...

I have some ambivalence about running back something that didn't work, but I also have the sense that all of these extensions and signings are a vote of confidence -- almost like, we all went through *that*, and we believe in who remains. If the players see their teammates as brothers itching to win ...

Granlund to Ducks, 3 by 7. I thought he was fading a couple years ago, but he's put together a couple consecutive good seasons. Its a nice forward group the Ducks have put together, and there's good potential in their D, but it may be season of continued growing pains on the back end. They aren't as ...