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The Everything NHL Thread

Wow. And they unloaded Nate Thompson. NThey only got a 2015 6th back for Gagner/Crombeen, which makes me think that was a way to shed contracts. Crombeen was an anchor on that team, good for them he's gone. Hopefully, they're making room for Brett Connolly and to re-sign Ryan Callahan (though I've always found him to be overrated and he'll get too much money).
 
DM said:
Wow. And they unloaded Nate Thompson. NThey only got a 2015 6th back for Gagner/Crombeen, which makes me think that was a way to shed contracts. Crombeen was an anchor on that team, good for them he's gone. Hopefully, they're making room for Brett Connolly and to re-sign Ryan Callahan (though I've always found him to be overrated and he'll get too much money).
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Cally is already resigned at 5.8 for 6 years. Tampa is looking really good this year, one more depth forward and another solid dman and I think they can put up a strong fight come playoffs.
 
Parenteau and a 5th rounder to Montreal for Briere. Habs definitely come out on top on this one, Parenteau must have wanted out on short notice and the Avs didn't want to lose him for nothing.
 
Coach Roy didn't seem to like PAP much at all, that's the main reason for the trade. That and he also has a year more than Danny and saves us some cash. Pap is probably the better player, but I'm not upset about the trade.
 
avalanche3387 said:
Coach Roy didn't seem to like PAP much at all, that's the main reason for the trade. That and he also has a year more than Danny and saves us some cash. Pap is probably the better player, but I'm not upset about the trade.
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Briere is middling for sure. He was a healthy scratch at times during the season on a Habs team that isn't too offensively packed.
 
I have a bad feeling the Oilers are going to hand someone a ridiculous contract, like David Clarkson level ridiculous. Nikita Nikitin for 4.5 mil? What the fuck?
 
Aladyyn said:
Soooo, thoughts on the Subban and Toews/Kane signings?
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No thoughts on Toews and Kane but Subban's was just a ton of money for a guy who is in my eyes the Spezza of defence. Huge talent but not a ton of hockey sense, and he got more than he wanted through arbitration? How does that work?
 
Well, arbitration would only give him a 2-year contract, after which he would be UFA and UFA years are generally worth more than RFA years (or something like that).
Also I think it was appropriate for a guy like Subban: he's a franchise player, exciting on the eyes, will earn a shitton of money for the organization AND is one of the league's top defensemen at such young age + he's super competitive and striving to improve all the time. Though it might be a slight overpayment (but then again, new CBA, cap will go up etc), a player like Subban is certainly worth it in my eyes.
 
Aladyyn said:
Well, arbitration would only give him a 2-year contract, after which he would be UFA and UFA years are generally worth more than RFA years (or something like that).
Also I think it was appropriate for a guy like Subban: he's a franchise player, exciting on the eyes, will earn a shitton of money for the organization AND is one of the league's top defensemen at such young age + he's super competitive and striving to improve all the time. Though it might be a slight overpayment (but then again, new CBA, cap will go up etc), a player like Subban is certainly worth it in my eyes.
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I'm glad they got him because he has improved but it is way too much for a player who hasn't proven himself as a franchise player like Toews or Kane just yet. All of the Habs fans I know hate Subban's with a passion.
 
He won the Norris, how much more does a defenseman have to prove himself? He got a bridge deal to show what he's capable of and he delivered. He's one of the most exciting players in the league (how can any Habs fans hate him, seriously?), he's a perfect specimen of the modern NHL defenseman in a similar vein as Karlsson, Doughty etc. I really think he's already proven that he is the go-to guy for the team and that he (together with Price) is the guy that the Habs team will be formed around.

He's gonna lead the Canadiens to a Cup one day, I guarantee it.
 
I completely agree that he is a great D-man and he proved that he is the team's star but I don't think he earned 8.5 million. And people from Quebec just hate everything :/
 
Aladyyn said:
Soooo, thoughts on the Subban and Toews/Kane signings?
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Toews and Kane deserve those contracts, even though they eat up a lot of cap space.

I'm torn with Subban, though. My first reaction is to say he's not worth that contract at all, but when you consider the team he's on, you can argue that it's appropriate. Subban is the guy that makes the Habs relevant (Price to an extent, as well), and overpaid or not, he's still pretty damn good.
 
It did, didn't it. It's hard to get excited when you feel nobody is anymore.

May be time to retire this old account for good.

But say, I've been meaning to ask, if I want to see some of you guys just to say hi, where should I go now?
 
Vineon said:
It did, didn't it. It's hard to get excited when you feel nobody is anymore.

May be time to retire this old account for good.

But say, I've been meaning to ask, if I want to see some of you guys just to say hi, where should I go now?
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Vineon Facebook, I guess. I spoke with Brain about this very subject in #smogon recently, during one of my increasingly infrequent visits. He said that his internet presence is waning as well, but that he'd try to use Facebook a little bit more.

Also, if you want to hang out with a lot of the old school Smogoners, #nuggetbridge is where you'll find us.
 
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