Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

[Strangelove]

Calgary Flames

FLAMES SIGN MICHAEL STONE
Club inks defenceman to one-year deal

nhl.com
1:31 PM - Sep 11, 201

They bought his $3.5M contract out ($1.17M on the cap this year + next) and gave him a $700K one, sunuva...

[Cousin Strawberry]

Morrisey signs at 8x50.

Myers @6 signing was a good deal

[Blob Mckenzie]

Morrisey signs at 8x50.

Myers @6 signing was a good deal

Morrisey is quite a bit better than Myers and quite a bit younger as well. That’s a good deal for the Jets.

[Mickey107]

Winnipeg Jets
#NHLJets announced have agreed to terms with defenceman Josh Morrissey on an eight-year contract.
Morrissey, 24, played in his third full season in 2018-19, setting career highs in assists (25), points (31), and time on ice (22:24

Morrissey’s eight-year, $50 million contract breaks down as the following with an AAV of $6.25 million:
2020-21: $8 million
2021-22: $8 million
2022-23: $5.2 million
2023-24: $8 million
2024-25: $6.4 million
2025-26: $4.8 million
2026-27: $4.8 million
2027-28: $4.8 million

[Mickey107]

SJ Shark's Press release;

The San Jose Sharks have named Logan Couture as the team's captain for the 2019-20 season. Couture is the 10th captain in franchise history. The team also named four alternates on Thursday in Joe Thornton, Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl and Erik Karlsson.2 hours ago

[UWSaint]

Arizona is a terrible! Terrible franchise.

And they have a team that can compete for the very same playoff spots the Canucks are competing for.

They were -10 on goal differential and had 86 points. The hill they must climb is smaller than the Canucks.

Like the Canucks, many of the contributing players are young and may reach higher peaks.

Like the Canucks, they lost key parts of their team to injury last season -- most significantly Schmaltz and Chychrun and secondarily, Grabner.

Like the Canucks, their play last season was enhanced by a best-ever-season by their 29 yo starting goalie. Unlike the Canucks, Kuemper's performance isn't a good bet for a repeat. For two reasons -- it was a better performance than Marsktrom's and Kuemper has less raw ability.

The only significant contributing player lost from their roster is Galchenyuk -- losing Connaughton, Pannik, Mario Kempe -- those things aren't that important (though Pannik's failure to develop into something more was disappointing).

They add Kessel and Soderberg. Say what you will about Kessel, adding him and Schmaltz to the lineup will improve their biggest weakness (scoring).

I think the Canucks will be better than the Coyotes. Because I don't believe in Kuemper. And because what Kessel and Schmaltz are not great two way players, so they might add barely more than they take away. But Arizona is not LA or Anaheim or Edmonton (which unlike the former does have a small path to surprise b/c McJesus). If things break well for them, they could be competitive for a playoff spot.

[Richardstroker69]

Morrisey signs at 8x50.

Myers @6 signing was a good deal

Morrisey is quite a bit better than Myers and quite a bit younger as well. That’s a good deal for the Jets.

I don’t know if he’s quite a bit better, he’s better, but the big difference is hes a young guy that probably still has some potential yet. I’d definitely take morrisey at this aav over trouba at 8 per year. Trouba is super overrated, I don’t think trouba is much better than Myers.

[Blob Mckenzie]

He’s a legit top pairing guy. He’s a LH version of Tanev that’s more durable, has more offence and tougher.

Morrisey is far better than Trouba or Myers

[Tciso]

Morrisey signs at 8x50.

Myers @6 signing was a good deal

Morrisey is quite a bit better than Myers and quite a bit younger as well. That’s a good deal for the Jets.

I don’t know if he’s quite a bit better, he’s better, but the big difference is hes a young guy that probably still has some potential yet. I’d definitely take morrisey at this aav over trouba at 8 per year. Trouba is super overrated, I don’t think trouba is much better than Myers.

It should be a good deal for the Jets. But, 9 years is a pretty long commitment, as he still has 1 year left on his contract. I find it interesting that both the club and Morrissey wanted to sign early. My guess is the team saw a chance to buy up a lot of UFA years and the kid sees guaranteed big bucks. But, if he has a good season, the kid will leave $$ on the table. If he has a bad season, the team over-paid. Only time will tell, I guess.

[Richardstroker69]

He’s a legit top pairing guy. He’s a LH version of Tanev that’s more durable, has more offence and tougher.

Morrisey is far better than Trouba or Myers

I’d like to see how good you think Myers is if he was able to play with morrissey. Morrissey has benefited from very good d partners. Other than morrissey that left side of their d is horrible.

[Blob Mckenzie]

He’s a legit top pairing guy. He’s a LH version of Tanev that’s more durable, has more offence and tougher.

Morrisey is far better than Trouba or Myers

I’d like to see how good you think Myers is if he was able to play with morrissey. Morrissey has benefited from very good d partners. Other than morrissey that left side of their d is horrible.

Myers isn’t a top pairing guy so he’d have no business playing Byfuglien’s minutes. I don’t think you’ve seen Morrisey play much. But yeah Myers would look better with Morrisey carrying him. Morrisey is as good or better than Hamhuis in his prime.

No one is shitting on Myers here. But the Brown Lizard brought up that Vancouver got some great deal with Myers and compared it to Morrisey.


Morrisey is a far better defensive D man. Their offence is about the same but their defending skills aren’t close.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Morrisey is a far better defensive D man. Their offence is about the same but their defending skills aren’t close.

This is debatable.
Both were 3rd or 4th on Peggys depth chart last year and I've seen the list both ways in more than a few publishings. Dont get me wrong... I like JM alot, hes way tougher than you think for his size and hits like a truck but 6'8" Myers has a massive wingspan and skates very, very well for such a gangly freak.

If I'm picking I take 24 year old Morrisey obviously as did the Jets organization but I wouldnt put the gap between the 2 in rankings anywhere near as far apart as you

[Tciso]

No one is shitting on Myers here. But the Brown Lizard brought up that Vancouver got some great deal with Myers and compared it to Morrisey.


Morrisey is a far better defensive D man. Their offense is about the same but their defending skills aren’t close.

Well, given their status (UFA vs RFA), I'd say you cannot compare their situations. The Canucks would have had to trade for Morrissey, and it would likely be at least a 1st round pick, if Winnipeg wanted to deal. So, Meyers v.s. Morrissey and a 1st? For the Canucks, Meyers is the better option, regardless that Morrissey is the better player.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Lizzy..... he was playing on the top pairing and not just because they had little depth on the left. He’d play ahead of Edler here and likely he’d be on more than half the teams top pairing. Have a ganders at him when the Canucks play the Jets. He’s an excellent young D man. This is a great contract.

[Blob Mckenzie]

No one is shitting on Myers here. But the Brown Lizard brought up that Vancouver got some great deal with Myers and compared it to Morrisey.


Morrisey is a far better defensive D man. Their offense is about the same but their defending skills aren’t close.

Well, given their status (UFA vs RFA), I'd say you cannot compare their situations. The Canucks would have had to trade for Morrissey, and it would likely be at least a 1st round pick, if Winnipeg wanted to deal. So, Meyers v.s. Morrissey and a 1st? For the Canucks, Meyers is the better option, regardless that Morrissey is the better player.

I was responding to Lizzy. He made it sound like the Canucks made out like bandits signing Myers. I think the Myers signing is ok, but not great. The Morrisey contract will be one of the best deals in the league. I’m well aware of the differences between UFA and RFA.