Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

[Meds]

http://www.tsn.ca/sharks-working-on-a-b ... r-1.314689

Interesting rumor mill out there these days.....

The Penguins apparently have interest in Phil Kessel.

I wonder if they are actually considering parting ways with Malkin despite adamant denials to date.

It would make sense.

[Strangelove]

I wonder if they are actually considering parting ways with Malkin despite adamant denials to date.

It would make sense.

No it doesn't make any sense whatsoever for the Pens to trade Malkin.

Bullshitter Friedman created the rumour and was later forced to retract.

What does make sense is for the Pens to trade Sutter:

http://blog.triblive.com/chipped-ice/20 ... z3do0k9uTF

[Cousin Strawberry]

Wait a minute...

Magic40 typed with a thick Slovakian accent?

Funny, I never heard it that way whilst reading it

[Strangelove]

Wait a minute...

Magic40 typed with a thick Slovakian accent?

Funny, I never heard it that way whilst reading it

I am telling you truth! You confused I think with Magic46??Magic46 eats the dick!

[Cousin Strawberry]

Wait a minute...

Magic40 typed with a thick Slovakian accent?

Funny, I never heard it that way whilst reading it

I am telling you truth! You confused I think with Magic46??Magic46 eats the dick!

Where'd the extra six come from????

Wait a minute....six....

Isn't he a long lost troll? I'm starting to see a pattern

[Zedlee]

Wait a minute...

Magic40 typed with a thick Slovakian accent?

Funny, I never heard it that way whilst reading it

I am telling you truth! You confused I think with Magic46??Magic46 eats the dick!

Where'd the extra six come from????

Wait a minute....six....

Isn't he a long lost troll? I'm starting to see a pattern

Wtf does this have to do with the topic? Come on guys.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Come on Zedee, you mist be choking! Did you think he had a thick Slovenian accent?....can't you see how this all ties the room together?

It is summer after all...good conversation tends to wander this time of year.

[Island Nucklehead]

Salary Cap has been set at $71.4M for next year.

[Topper]

Rumour out of Vegas meetings - NHL expansion is on the table and open for business.

[herb]

This could get interesting quickly.

Graeme Roustan has already said he will apply for an expansion team in Toronto/GTA.

The obvious imbalance in the divisions points to two new teams in the west. Vegas seems like a done deal at this point. All kinds of rumblings keep coming out of Seattle. Quebec wants a team and is going to have an arena soon. Roustan wants to put a team in the GTA.

A team in Seattle would be great. A second team in the GTA makes a lot of sense to me. Quebec City is a small, government city. Who's going to buy the boxes? Vegas seems like a wild card to me.

Teams like Florida, Columbus, Carolina, Arizona and New Jersey are hardly guaranteed to stay in their current locations forever. I think if Quebec City is ever to get a team, or a second team moves to the GTA, it will be because an American based team has floundered and is relocated. This expansion exercise has to be aimed at fixing the imbalance in the divisions.

[Meds]

This could get interesting quickly.

Graeme Roustan has already said he will apply for an expansion team in Toronto/GTA.

The obvious imbalance in the divisions points to two new teams in the west. Vegas seems like a done deal at this point. All kinds of rumblings keep coming out of Seattle. Quebec wants a team and is going to have an arena soon. Roustan wants to put a team in the GTA.

A team in Seattle would be great. A second team in the GTA makes a lot of sense to me. Quebec City is a small, government city. Who's going to buy the boxes? Vegas seems like a wild card to me.

Teams like Florida, Columbus, Carolina, Arizona and New Jersey are hardly guaranteed to stay in their current locations forever. I think if Quebec City is ever to get a team, or a second team moves to the GTA, it will be because an American based team has floundered and is relocated. This expansion exercise has to be aimed at fixing the imbalance in the divisions.

Vegas will have shitty fans.....similar to Phoenix. They will have the ticket sales though. It'll be a fun arena to go see a game at, and you can bet that if the hockey sucks, the other entertainment will deliver.

What's wrong with Quebec? It's the same size as Winnipeg. Definitely small market, but still doable.

I've wanted to see a team in Seattle for years! It would be great for a NW rivalry.

I don't give a shit about the GTA.....but if they do get a team I want them to win a Cup before the leaves do!

[Island Nucklehead]

Once again the NHL awards show is awkward and terrible.

Karlson wins another Norris. Price wins the Lindsey. Bergeron's got his 3rd Selke.

Jack Adams goes to Hartley.

[Benjo]

Price wins the Hart, Vezina and Lindsey

[Cookie La Rue]

Price wins the Hart, Vezina and Lindsey

And still Cloutier would smash his pretty face in ot's.

[herb]

The league has said the earliest a new team will play is the 2017-18 season. So, two more seasons of 30 teams, then probably up to 32 at least in 2017-18.

Vegas will have shitty fans.....similar to Phoenix. They will have the ticket sales though. It'll be a fun arena to go see a game at, and you can bet that if the hockey sucks, the other entertainment will deliver.

Vegas definitely will not have that home grown feel like Winnipeg or Boston, but there's probably 25,000 Canadians there at any given time, plus tens of thousands of other out of market people from NY, Chicago, LA, etc. Maybe it'll work? They have apparently pre-sold 13,000+ season tickets. All from individuals, not casinos or businesses. The arena and owner are basically waiting. You have to imagine there will be a team in Vegas in 2017-18.

What's wrong with Quebec? It's the same size as Winnipeg. Definitely small market, but still doable.

I don't know much about Quebec City, to be honest. My main concern would be that QC is a big government town. Even Winnipeg is home to some pretty large corporate head offices. Who is going to buy the luxury suites and blocks of $300 a piece season tickets in QC? Winnipeg's owners are two of the richest guys out there to boot.

QC has the arena. Apparently Quebecor is going to make a run. I admit it would be pretty fun.

I've wanted to see a team in Seattle for years! It would be great for a NW rivalry.

Yes, this would be great. Seattle better get serious about an arena though.

Honestly, this is so perfectly set-up for Vegas and Seattle with the divisional situation. I have to think that has been the master plan all along.

I don't give a shit about the GTA.....but if they do get a team I want them to win a Cup before the leaves do!

I want another team in the GTA, but I'd love for it to be a young up and coming team like Florida who comes n and wipes the floor with the leaves for years and years. How many more seasons in Sunrise can the Panthers sustain in front of 11,000 paying spectators?