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Your point stands that we shouldn't let Kakko keep standing in the way of fixing 1RW. He either needs to shit or get off the pot there. Still, this is a market that has some room for $5m to perhaps go "further" than Jack Roslovic, so I wouldn't make the choice of looking at this as an either-or. I'd rather look at it asking what $5m gets us in a flooded UFA market.

Cuylle moving over to let a rookie have a more natural transition is also an option. For a Berard or an Othmann, that might be the best decision we can make. Though, your point about a logjam is well taken. We're deeper at LW than...I'd guess most any system in the league.

Usually, yeah, but the cap increase opens the door some. There is at least some reason to think that a middle-of-the-lineup addition who excels on the team might be brought back for a year or two at a reasonable cost, given market dynamics. Of course, since most teams have already spent that cap overage on RFAs, the Wennbergs and the Roslovics of the world will get the squeeze.

Hey, only one team can hoist the chalice. Invariably, window years get wasted all the time. What shuts your window faster - constantly firing out 4th round picks to fill holes, or signing one of those guys to a bigger contract based on what they did in 20 games? Over the past few years, that's been a clear answer - the contract. However, that's also circumstantial in that the cap has been pretty flat for 5 years now and that will not be the case moving forward. So, especially in the case of a guy like Vatrano or Roslovic where you just see him eat a chunk of your annual cap rise once and call it a day - that answer might shift.

No. I'm outside of NYC. The bagels here leave something to be desired.

If it can be fixed for a mid-late round pick at the deadline, it's not a mistake to let the player walk. It's a mistake to pay the player too much for that short sample.

The problem, so to speak, is that if it works, Roslovic stands to make a good deal more than the 2m we're paying right now. If it really works and there's a ring on his finger at the end of it all, even more so. The piece of it that has me curious is that both Wennberg and Roslovic were overpaid for what they contributed to their last teams, and they're precisely the kind of middle-of-the-lineup players that get squeezed by the cap. I wouldn't be shocked if there was a bit of a "go see if you can get paid, but don't take an offer over X without coming back to me" situation in play if this works well enough.

They're just so wonderful. Perfectly crafted dough circles, flecked with salt and onion and poppy seeds, or delicately adorned with raisins, topped with glorious gobs of cream cheese and delicious lox. Or, lovingly kissed with heat for that perfect combination of crunch and chew, with a perfectly fried omelet, gooey cheese, delicious bacon, salt, pepper, ketchup, maybe a dash of hot sauce. Truly, a gift from the heavens. Bagels. I love them so.

It has to be true. Too coincidental. On a related note, what the hell happened to your bagel-based podcast?

Trivia is Vladimir Malakhov

At least this one isn't in Newark. We all know what folks are paying for when it's Rangers-Devils in Newark, and it ain't Jack Hughes.

It just me or do all of our new acquisitions sound like slang words for dirty things?

I dunno, I think Drury was too fiery and too old at the same time. And it was so, so rude when Pat Verbeek yelled at him to say Frank Vatrano's name. And... wait, wrong thread

Yeah. You look at that and you see a puck transporter who wins battles and draws penalties, but leaves something to be desired in scoring. I'm discounting the Defense rating there; I assume that being on Columbus is just a recipe for getting caved. He's a great skater too. Might be a decent fit.

Fast puck transporter due for some shooting percent regression? Sounds like a decent fit for us. Not the superstar we wanted, but might just be the fit we needed.

Kelly McCrimmon needs to be the GM of the Year every year. This dude is reinventing the game and the other 31 GMs are just standing there with their junk in their hands like "uh what do we do"

Hartford move. Petan's a leading scorer in the AHL.

Not sure if this is a "bad news, Zac Jones" move or a "hey, Hartford, we found you a guy" move.

Should play better hockey if they don't want to end up on waivers, I guess.

Them or the Devils. Buchnevich or Toffoli should be top of the list here. Either that, or go wildcard. Whatever you were comfortable giving up for Guentzel, maybe you're comfortable giving up for a player of similar caliber that we hadn't thought of yet or wasn't readily available without this bigger offer.