Trade rumours & armchair pipe dreams 19-20 Sponsored by SKYO

[Meds]

Yeah. The Moneyball approach. Billy Beane is still chasing that World Series Title almost 22 years later.

It's a good approach in baseball, but hockey as far too many variables.....and it really only works if you can spend to the max. The teams that won using that approach actually were well over the "cap" and paying luxury taxes thanks to deep pocketed owners. Can't go over like that in the NHL.

Fine, would you like it better if I be a little more specific and say that we should get supporting players that out-perform their cap hit?

This is what I get for my attempt at brevity, I guess.

I'm thinking that Elmer is confident in a few of the guys in the system like Lind, Gadjovich, Rathbone, Woo, and Pod. He might even be confident that Tree will comeback after next season and replace a departing Edler. In the NHL it is very rare to get players that outperform their cap hit anywhere but in the draft. Free agents always cost too much (see Roussel and Beagle), and in a trade it's super rare to get what we did out of JT Miller this season.

[Mickey107]

Andrew Walker@AndrewWalker650
For what it's worth: Told the Coyotes / Canucks talks have been happening for at least a couple of weeks, not days. This has been a long complicated process. And while the Bruins are on OEL list, make no mistake, Vancouver is his #1 preferred destination.
4:33 PM · Oct 2, 2020·

Two days ago, I thought it was just some local hyperbole running rampant. Guess not. Certainly splashy. Scary as hell. He can throw some
big hits but he's taken plenty himself too; recently.

So; No Stecher, no Fantenberg, don't see how Tanev gets inked if OEL is signed. Juolevi is part of the rumored trade. Benn has a year left
but he sucks and can't keep up to today's game. I personally don't think Rafferty can play regular, full-time NHL minutes. Myers would absolutely
have to stay healthy, same with Edler.
>>>Maybe Rathbone plays this coming season, ✔ Minor league development is over rated.
Not really a believer in Russian Trees making a reappearance in the future but who knows.

[Curmudgeon]

Pretty sure everyone knows the cap will be flat for 3 seasons.

After that I'm betting Covid is just a bad memory and the cap takes off again.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if as soon as the 2020-21 playoffs there is vaccine available to the masses and full arenas.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was an abbreviated, semi-bubble season commencing in late spring and summer and perhaps even no 2020/21 season with play restarting next year at this time.

Committing to another seven years at $8.25 million per to an already 29 year old player in the best of times is risky. It's really not too bright under these unprecedented circumstances.

[SKYO]

Get OEL.

Trade Virtanen for Larsson, re-sign Tanev.

OEL-Larsson
Hughes-Tanev
Edler-Myers

Go for it all next season, edler/larsson UFA's after that, lose someone to Seattle, petey/hughes get their 2nd contracts.
Retool a bit accommodate those bigger contracts.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Get OEL.

Trade Virtanen for Larsson, re-sign Tanev.

OEL-Larsson
Hughes-Tanev
Edler-Myers

Go for it all next season, edler/larsson UFA's after that, lose someone to Seattle, petey/hughes get their 2nd contracts.
Retool a bit accommodate those bigger contracts.

Now we're talking! All in pantywringers.

SKYO showing you guys why this is his house

[Carl Yagro]

Quit sniffing SKYO's panties, BrownieNoser!

And SKYO, clean up your house!

[Chef Boi RD]

[Chef Boi RD]

Quit sniffing SKYO's panties, BrownieNoser!

And SKYO, clean up your house!

Hey Shoulders! Does Doyle send you flirty PMs? You know he’s got a crush on you, eh?

[Carl Yagro]

I just threw up a little...

[Chef Boi RD]

I just threw up a little...

You do know that Doyle’s real name is Barry Deley?

[Cousin Strawberry]

Quit sniffing SKYO's panties, BrownieNoser!

And SKYO, clean up your house!

SKYos panties smell like Yagro needs to buy into the program. Its the handwringing over Miller all over again.

Bold moves terrify the meek

[Carl Yagro]

SKYos panties smell like Yagro needs to buy into the program. Its the handwringing over Miller all over again.

Bold moves terrify the meek

Aha! So you do root around SKYO's panty drawers. You perv

No way man, I was all for acquiring Miller! Um, wait a minute... are you talking about Ryan or JT Miller?

Only Gilly-esque BOLD moves terrify me.

[Mickey107]

Retool a bit accommodate those bigger contracts.

Just when I was getting over hearing "that" word.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Andrew Walker@AndrewWalker650
For what it's worth: Told the Coyotes / Canucks talks have been happening for at least a couple of weeks, not days. This has been a long complicated process. And while the Bruins are on OEL list, make no mistake, Vancouver is his #1 preferred destination.
4:33 PM · Oct 2, 2020·

Two days ago, I thought it was just some local hyperbole running rampant. Guess not. Certainly splashy. Scary as hell. He can throw some
big hits but he's taken plenty himself too; recently.

So; No Stecher, no Fantenberg, don't see how Tanev gets inked if OEL is signed. Juolevi is part of the rumored trade. Benn has a year left
but he sucks and can't keep up to today's game. I personally don't think Rafferty can play regular, full-time NHL minutes. Myers would absolutely
have to stay healthy, same with Edler.
>>>Maybe Rathbone plays this coming season, ✔ Minor league development is over rated.
Not really a believer in Russian Trees making a reappearance in the future but who knows.

Settle down Gohmert

[theman]

Saw on Twitter this morning that Friedman reported that OEL refused Arizona’s request to expand his trade list, still only Vancouver and Boston.