2019 Offseason (General)

[Polish-Hammer]

Since it looks like total ass on the forum.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Coyotes get Kesell, Dane Birks, 2021 fourth-round pick
Penguins get Alex Galchenyuk, Pierre-Olivier Joseph

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2019/06/29/trade-penguins-deal-kessel-to-coyotes-for-galchenyuk/

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Seems like a win for both teams.

Pitssburgh get cap space and a player who can contribute for years on the wing.

Arizona get Kessel to kept their deft offence.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Carolina Acquire: James Reimer

Florida Acquire: Scott Darling and 6th round pick.

Reimer is probably going to be the backup for Carolina.

Darling is being bought out by Florida.

https://www.tsn.ca/florida-panthers-hoping-to-trade-not-buy-out-james-reimer-1.1329925

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Chicago Acquire: Andrew Shaw, 7th round pick (2021)

Montreal Acquire: 2nd round pick (2020), 3rd round pick (2021), 7th round pick (2020)

Talk about selling on a high, he set a career high of 47 points and I doubt he'll hit 40 again in his career.

https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadie...-chicago-blackhawks-for-draft-picks-1.1330876

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Mike Smith reportedly agreed to a deal with Edmonton (can't be official until noon tomorrow).

Rumoured to be 2 million with up to 2 million in bonuses. 1 year deal.

Pretty close to my prediction of 3 million for 1 year.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Other goalie news.

Cam Talbot reportedly agreed to deal with Calgary.

McElhinny not returning to Carolina.

Carolina attempting to re-sign Mrazek.


Islanders/Carolina/Florida/Columbus seem to be the front runners for goalies at the moment.

Islander likely losing Lehner

Carolina has both McElhinney/Mrazek as UFAs

Columbus is losing Bobrovsky (99.9% certain)

Florida already got rid of Reimer/Luongo and are all in on trying to get Bobrovsky


Dark horse here is Colorado, they are likely going to seek a backup for Grubauer or possibly even a starter over him.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Chicago Acquire: Andrew Shaw, 7th round pick (2021)

Montreal Acquire: 2nd round pick (2020), 3rd round pick (2021), 7th round pick (2020)

Talk about selling on a high, he set a career high of 47 points and I doubt he'll hit 40 again in his career.

https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadie...-chicago-blackhawks-for-draft-picks-1.1330876

They should keep on trying to fix that piss poor defense than adding another C.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

I think Olli Maatta was their big upgrade on D.

They still got:

Gustafsson came out of nowhere, now its time for to see if he can come close to repeating such an offensive performance.
Keith is still dominant.
Seabrook is slowing down.
Murphy is a solid shut down D.

Their bottom seems to bunch of young guys like Jokiharju/Forsling/Dahlstrom.

Last I heard, Jokiharju has a pretty high upside, and he is only 19.

So likely Murphy is gonna be on bottom pairing with rotating cast of 6th/7th D-man.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

So Shaw's addition might be to fill the middle 6 hole left by Kahun.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Corey Perry reported agreed to terms with Dallas.

1.5 million base salary with 1.5-2 million in bonuses per Seravalli of TSN. 1 year deal.

Again, nothing official until noon.

 

[biggunsbob]

Wings sign defensemen Patrick Nemeth to a 2 year deal.

This seems like a penalty kill guy. Not much offense from this cat.

https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2...ign-defenseman-patrik-nemeth-to-two-year-deal

 

[JScottWriter]

Saw the Wings brought back Filppula for 2 years.

 

[byco42]

Wings are 12 millions under the cap (or were) and they won't going to (sic) approach the crown molding on the ceiling. But I'm saying this with no idea what they signed Fippula and that Nemeth for.

EDIT: Cap space is now approx $7,000,000.

 

[biggunsbob]

Must be stop gap signings while younger players get experience. It is the only thing I can think of.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

The sad thing is, Filppula will still outperform Nielsen who is his replacement's replacement.

Not sure we really need him though.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

I just saw the cap hit for Nemeth, 3 million per season.

FOR A BOTTOM PAIRING D-MAN

FFS

 

[Polish-Hammer]

I just saw the cap hit for Nemeth, 3 million per season.

FOR A BOTTOM PAIRING D-MAN

FFS

I was just filling in numbers in my salary prediction and I noticed how close the prediction was to what Nemeth got.

Guess its more of a shock to me Detroit was the one overpaying for him.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Also given the lack of goalie openings left, I think the rest of my goalie predictions will be way way off.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I agree with Bob I believe he's just a stop gag.