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2 x 2 per for boyle would be nice. He also makes a great deadline trade piece if it looks like he's not needed here (if not in playoff contention) and offers great leadership/playoff performance if we do get to the postseason

Any chance a guy like georgiev could get packaged with a smith to a team like say, columbus, that might need a goalie and someone that fits a torts style. I assume a bit of saalry retention even though they have the space. Still though. Also.....whats bri boyle doing for a 4th line center role, slide up if necessary, leadership, trade value if the time cmes and we arent in a playoff position, say 2x2 or so?

I like the cap. I really do. What I wish is that teams had the ability for one players contract to not count against the cap. Here are the stipulations I think would be necessary to make it work. It has to be a player drafted by the team offering the contract. If that said player is delegated, it is as a "franchise" player and it has to be a flexed salary that his contract always has to be the average of the top x amount of salaries. One player per team and there has to be a minimum to the length. Let's say 3 - 5 years, can't be used twice on the same player, and a maximum of 7-8 years for the contract. Also, if ever traded, salary then has a cap hit. I'm sure there are a lot of other parts to this that would have to be explored, but something along those lines. The reason why I want to see something like this is at least it gives teams an incentive to keep a home grown talent, fan favorite, etc, and not have it destroy the clubs future. Aka the Henrik rule lol

I'd look into trying to grab Marchessault. Vegas is cap strapped but I think there is a ntc. Still worth exploring for a reasonable contract.

I really don't get the JT hate. Just because he had that look of a dick doesn't mean he's a bad player lol He's a 45-55 point player that usually can pot about 20 goals and bang bodies and pk as well. If he's overpaid, it's not by that much. I actually think he would have fit in well with the current Rangers staff and team.

On a prisoner watch detail and quite possibly will be eat hung the draft from the room here lol. Thank God he sprung for cable! I'll give a recommendation for good behavior if it comes to that :)

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the clarification

So clear this up for me. From what I thought, we cn bury Smith in he minors for cap relief no? Just never call him back up, right? I'm only asking this because I see peolwn saying to buy him out.

Did he thank the Penguins for making him relevant again in the playoffs?

Hopefully the Isles pay Lee a nice 9m/8 year salary too lol

9m for a 63 point player......hello 11m bread man ugh.

Pavelski is a great option to me if it cab 5x3 or so and sll gim on our dirction. Bring in the bread man and possibly trade kreids to offset his and i feel we are in a spot where year 2 of us is fullfilled.

Keep him. Try resigning him at 6.5 x 3-4 years if possible. At some point you have to keep certain players as a core and with the ability to lead all these younger players. Can't just continually be drafting and drafting.

Agreed, and it would be a terrible statement for any players looking to come here. Besides, the other part of is would be that any player wanting to come here by choice rather than the force of the draft would probably want to see some sort of commitment to some of these remaining pieces to show we aren't too far away from competing. I kind of feel Kreids falls into that as well. I almost feel like they have to bring him back as long as demands are realistic just to show the team and everyone something along the lines of "look, we have some pieces already that will help us win in the near future" rather than selling everyone off with the idea of "but in 6 years we are going to be a powerhouse."

Very true, however therevis always a chance albiet very slight. I just dont get why we gave them that out if it happened.

So....theres a conditional pick that if winnipeg goes all the way we get another pick because then our first would be the last pick of the first round but theres another conditional pick that if by some miracle their first rounder is a great pick we dont get it either. Lol. Why Would we make it bulletproof for the Jets whencwe are already giving them a sought after piece for a serious cup run?

Well yeah with the 3rd place teams but this is the first time they expanded it from 16 teams so i suppose there are going to be a few learning curves here and there.

But isn't it not seeding? They draw groups from a lottery type system. How are they supposed to predict the future?

so with the bomb scare cancelling man yoos game, now they know the result they need to get to the Champions League. 19-0 shouldn't be that hard. Just have to get a few early touchdowns.

Enjoying the day off after working 120 hours in 10 days. These last two days off have felt like heaven lol

body is totally screwed after doing a 630pm-630am ot shift last night. Third street 70+ hour work week. Fun times!

Drinking coffee out of a white mug seems like it tastes better than out of another color mug lol

Even my Jeep doesnt have a cd drive anymore. Usb and streaming music.

Pfft on the internet i think i saw a chimp build it in 2 and he was on rollerskates

Just had to gouge my toungue and pull out all the stitches that weren't dissolving with a pair of tweezers, nail clipper, and a nail file. Good times.