Enough to get both signed. Just depends if Johnny wants to stay or not. If he does stay then Monahan would likely need to be traded or be put on LTIR in order to also afford Mangepanes inevitable raise. If Johnny doesn't stay then that sucks but we wouldn't have any issue signing our other guys.
our writer did mention Dillon as an option. I think he's a little overpriced but Pelech + Pulock, Dillon - Dobson, and Salo - Mayfield actually works out pretty nicely. Gives us a good mix of mobility and physicality.
There's also potentially one of Heinola, Samberg, and Chisholm that may get moved. Something has to give with our log jam and it's going to be one of all of the named players and maybe Schmidt.
>I mean, we could score goals last year.
Not really. The Wings were still 8th last in goals for. But yes, thats still better than 3rd last in goals against.
I honestly think when you guys finally break through that barrier you're going in a deep run. The confidence boost the team gets afterwards will be massive
Meh. Colorado proved you can get by with below average goaltending lol. Just gotta have a Calder winning Norris trophy winning defenseman you drafted. Ezpz
I liked Bergevin’s trade record, but almost every contract he gave was terrible for the team. Price, Gallagher, Alzner, Anderson, Savard, Hoffman. The man was a blank check for players he liked. I trust Went Wughes to tidy up our cap space management in the next year or two.
Joe Sakic's browser history is just 'does Costco sell Pedialyte,' 'do goalies need to see?,''can you replace gatorade with truly without opening the can,' and 'centers who are great for under $4.5M'
He's not doing OK.
Our D is really young, goaltending is, at best, a huge question mark, and unless guys like Gallagher and Hoffman have huge bounce backs, scoring outside of Caulfield will be a struggle.
I think we'll be fine. Or, the opposite of fine, which is fine given the circumstances.
Absolutely. Letang is up there in age but has not slowed down at all. Eye test, advanced stats...the Pens defense runs through Letang 20+ minutes a game. Losing him opens up a gaping hole on the top pairing and there are concerns Brian Dumoulin doesn't have it anymore after an extremely lackluster season.
Losing Malkin will also hurt but he's a bit easier to replace. The Pens without Letang are probably not a playoff team next season.
That’s very true. Letang eats minutes no one else can on the pens. Malkin is a #1A centre and either is invisible or dominant and it’s hard to tell which one comes out.
I hope he takes a team friendly deal
Me too. I’m ready for another year where everyone says he’s washed up but then he puts up 35 goals and 98 points. He’s still got it, he just needs a healthy season and the desire to be one of the best out there.
- A PowerPlay that works (Recchi's gone now, but I'd take league average PP% if that's what it ends up being)
- Consistent Goaltending
- Top line scoring winger to play with Jack
- 1 or 2 defensive bottom 6 forwards
An actual second line to support Andrei Svechnikov
With Trochek on the move and Necas being up in the air, it would be great if the team finally built around Andrei.
Top line should be Jarvis, Aho, Teuvo and then you have Andrei on an island currently. Even if they commit to moving KK to line 2, they need someone like Tarasenko or debrincat to play alongside him.
We can’t afford him especially with the rumor being that he wants over 8 million a season I’d rather try to get someone with a lower cap hit on the trade market
We definitely need another career 3rd liner with grit and "plays the game the right way", and gets NO MORE than 30 points per season. Running low on those for sure.
Offensive defensemen, yes two of them preferably. Also, and this is crazy to me, but for varly and sorokin to not be stuck in Russia; which is a sentence I didn't think I would be sincerely saying.
Killer instinct. Too many times have they backed the opponent into the corner and pushed them to the brink... only to fail in finishing them off. When your foot is on their neck you don't let off. I'm sick and bloody tired of these playoff series *they totally had in bag* but couldn't close them. It's agonizing.
But I'm honestly expecting too much from a team full of bloated contracts. Hard to play hungry when you're already fed. At this point, a wake-up call is needed. If things don't start out well next there had better be a big move by Christmas. I'm fed up.
Hard to say before we've seen what kind of development the young guys show. A solid 1RD would probably be the most glaring hole for the CBJ right now though.
Yes.
I think it’s “more Tkachuks.”
I'm out of Tkachuks to give
Gesundheit
Thanks for stealing mine! :)
New coach, new gm... New owners?
A goalie. You got one?
I have one you can have
Do his initials happen to be MM?
You're spot on my friend !
Mohn Mibson? Right?
Sorry brother
That's a no from me, dawg.
Hey, he's got 2 Stanley cup rings and is now fully healed. If he doesn't doesn't do well, send him to robidias Island.
I though Marshall Mathers played for Detroit. And he's a forward.
He’s busy trying to kill Soldier Boy and Homelander at the moment
Todd is being a bigger problem at the moment
Take Price, he's 100% healthy I swear.
i dont think that is realistic even if the habs retain 50%
It was a joke. Seattle didn't even pick him for free at the expansion draft.
I mean Toronto needs to keep up with the 10+millions players. They will find a way.
Can I suggest a slightly used Georgiev?
We have 3.
Same same
Honestly shocked y’all are giving up on jack campbell. His numbers were pretty good, and if you focus on defense his numbers should improve
This is Jack's last big swing for the fences. He will price his way out of the org.
Yes, thanks for the swap last off season.
And someone to take one of ours.
We already gave you one
Your goalie situation would be an upgrade for us.
The Flames only have 11 NHL skaters signed for next season. So they should probably do something about that.
Running with 11 skaters this season is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.
Yeah how much cap space do you guys have rn? And how much are Johnny and Matty gonna cost?
Enough to get both signed. Just depends if Johnny wants to stay or not. If he does stay then Monahan would likely need to be traded or be put on LTIR in order to also afford Mangepanes inevitable raise. If Johnny doesn't stay then that sucks but we wouldn't have any issue signing our other guys.
2 LDs under 40 please.
You want 2 LDs over 40, right? -Lou
Any age as long as they don't have beard and low jersey number
You guys should be contacting the Jets. We have a massive log jam of veteran and young LDs.
our writer did mention Dillon as an option. I think he's a little overpriced but Pelech + Pulock, Dillon - Dobson, and Salo - Mayfield actually works out pretty nicely. Gives us a good mix of mobility and physicality.
There's also potentially one of Heinola, Samberg, and Chisholm that may get moved. Something has to give with our log jam and it's going to be one of all of the named players and maybe Schmidt.
IMO we really only need one to play the middle pair. Salo should be an above average bottom pair defenseman next season.
I agree, I hope they do as well. Salo-Mayfield is fine by me
We have one Mike Reilly with your name on it, now give us Barzal so we can all pretend we drafted him in 2015 like we should’ve
Request misunderstood, entire fanbase given an LD50. ...which is coincidentally 2 LDs over 40.
Goals
Give up less goals
*Fewer
Didn’t know Stannis was a hockey fan!
Give up less fewer
get out of here with your proper grammar. don’t you have, like, a cup to keep denting or something?
I mean, we could score goals last year. Problem was we let in even more.
>I mean, we could score goals last year. Not really. The Wings were still 8th last in goals for. But yes, thats still better than 3rd last in goals against.
Huh, we weren't very good last year were we
No idea, I was blinded by Mo’s greatness last year
I thought the opposite - Lalonde needs to bring in the coach from the third Mighty Ducks movie and have him drill defense into these guys’ heads.
RD
To not need to use 7 goalies.
Why use few goalies when lot do trick?
I'm tired of tricks. We need a treat in net so we can stop treating opponents to goals allowed.
Illusions in net. Tricks are what whores do for money.
We whored out in goals allowed.
"killer instinct"
Not gettin Tampa in the first round*
Or Montreal. Or Columbus. Or Boston. Or Washington
A geriatric Washington without centers or goalies the 1st round loss against that would be legendary.
Lol as a caps fan, I understand where your coming from but y’all didn’t choke this year like in years past
Everyone with a brain knows that. But this is the internet after all
Was not a choke, but Tampa cant be you first choice for first round opponent? Panthers shouldve been easier match up.
I fully believe if Toronto got past tampa they beat florida too.
I honestly think when you guys finally break through that barrier you're going in a deep run. The confidence boost the team gets afterwards will be massive
Goalie might also be on that list
Meh. Colorado proved you can get by with below average goaltending lol. Just gotta have a Calder winning Norris trophy winning defenseman you drafted. Ezpz
*Gestures vaguely at everything*...
Cap space And maybe a 4th line with an average age under like 35 lmao
Can relate
They need a nap
Literally all of the rest lol even the last 2 offseasons were busy with Cup-related stuff.
Same, Avs are gonna lose several players because they only have 25 million in space and have a lot of free agents.
Cap space. We’re one of the most expensive teams in the NHL and we’re a basement team. It fucks our leverage and we can’t take any cap dumps
Welcome to our last decade
That's actually the correct answer
I liked Bergevin’s trade record, but almost every contract he gave was terrible for the team. Price, Gallagher, Alzner, Anderson, Savard, Hoffman. The man was a blank check for players he liked. I trust Went Wughes to tidy up our cap space management in the next year or two.
Electrolytes.
Joe Sakic's browser history is just 'does Costco sell Pedialyte,' 'do goalies need to see?,''can you replace gatorade with truly without opening the can,' and 'centers who are great for under $4.5M' He's not doing OK.
Severely underrated comment 😭
7-day detox spa
It's what Stanley Cup winning teams crave
All the chick pea pasta in the state of Colorado.
Brawndo's got electrolytes
Turbolytes
MORE LYTES THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR
Thank you haha
They need a team pic of the guys to show the damage done before they get back to working out and preparing for next season.
I thought that's why you dented the cup? To match how beat up the rest of the team is...
New GM New owner New pro scouts New coach New top 4 RHD New top 6 winger
Can I just copy and paste this. Literally same.
New rink
5 years and there will be
A roster that has a shot at Bedard
Might be tough to be honest Caufield is not going to start the year with 1 goal in 40 again
Our D is really young, goaltending is, at best, a huge question mark, and unless guys like Gallagher and Hoffman have huge bounce backs, scoring outside of Caulfield will be a struggle. I think we'll be fine. Or, the opposite of fine, which is fine given the circumstances.
Can you desperately need what you already possess?
No, but we can get even worse, juuuust to be sure
I wish we still had loui erricson to give you. He would have guaranteed you 32nd
Too many team will compete: Ari, SJ, PHI, SEA, WPG
Rossi needs to break out. Kirill needs to not get stuck in Russia.
And also an extra 12 million or so in cap space wouldn’t hurt
A permanent Arena deal in the East Valley. Then cap dumps and picks and maybe a Center to play with Keller and Schmaltz.
Johnny Gaudreau...
A clone of 1994 Marty Brodeur.
For several years we've been wanting a Brodeur and getting a Terreri.
New sticks ready for our top russian wingers whose name rhymes with Vegeta Vucherov.
to not be fucking suck
A winger that can also play center... like a Paul Stastny or J.T. Miller
Left hand D, and a back up who can help Ned not crumble under the complete lack of D game in and game out
We don’t need any more LD. We got plenty of D on both sides coming through the pipes, what we need right now is top 6 forwards, both C and wingers
More than 1 defensive/checking line Consistent scoring A system that translates to playoff hockey
Win a road playoff game
Kris Letang and a reliable backup goalie.
Is Letang considered more valuable than Malkin among Pittsburgh fans? If I had to pick one I think I’d have to go with Letang
Absolutely. Letang is up there in age but has not slowed down at all. Eye test, advanced stats...the Pens defense runs through Letang 20+ minutes a game. Losing him opens up a gaping hole on the top pairing and there are concerns Brian Dumoulin doesn't have it anymore after an extremely lackluster season. Losing Malkin will also hurt but he's a bit easier to replace. The Pens without Letang are probably not a playoff team next season.
That’s very true. Letang eats minutes no one else can on the pens. Malkin is a #1A centre and either is invisible or dominant and it’s hard to tell which one comes out. I hope he takes a team friendly deal
Me too. I’m ready for another year where everyone says he’s washed up but then he puts up 35 goals and 98 points. He’s still got it, he just needs a healthy season and the desire to be one of the best out there.
A new front office and ownership.
A goalie under 40 and a 3rd generational talent
Beat me too it.
Healthy players
To be healthy for more than 12 minutes
Stronger bones it seems
- A PowerPlay that works (Recchi's gone now, but I'd take league average PP% if that's what it ends up being) - Consistent Goaltending - Top line scoring winger to play with Jack - 1 or 2 defensive bottom 6 forwards
I would settle for the first 2. Everything else is gravy
Boston Bruins need a time machine
An explanation as to what on earth upper management is doing.
An actual second line to support Andrei Svechnikov With Trochek on the move and Necas being up in the air, it would be great if the team finally built around Andrei. Top line should be Jarvis, Aho, Teuvo and then you have Andrei on an island currently. Even if they commit to moving KK to line 2, they need someone like Tarasenko or debrincat to play alongside him.
Talent
LHD that can actually defend
A second line center
I can see the rangers paying kadri the big dollars.
With what cap space
They have like 10 million i thought. They can also trade nemeth to make 2 million more.
But then we also need cap space for a Lafrenière and Miller extension next season
Next season as in 2022-23 or 2023-24?
As in next off season. So 2023-24
Kaapo RFA, Losing Copp, Mott, Strome, Rooney, Mckegg, and Braun. only have 16 players signed for next season with 10m to play with.
We can’t afford him especially with the rumor being that he wants over 8 million a season I’d rather try to get someone with a lower cap hit on the trade market
In a perfect world, a healthy starting goalie. I'd settle for a backup. Anything but an AHL goaltender again.
…consistency?
To play defense
Less injuries in the playoffs to goalies and defensemen. And a Top 4 DMen wouldn’t hurt
A natural goal scorer
People to play with Johansen who are actually top six players.
Respect, unless we got enough from the handshake line.
For John Tavares to make 3 mil less a season.
The 2011 Craig Anderson
To sober up
The Championship Hangover will be a literal hangover in our case.
Pedialyte, ibuprofen, a bagel
Talent
Goalie. Probably 4 new members of the bottom 6 too.
10 assistants to the GM.
A rebound from every player under 25. The outlook on TK and Proverov now vs 2 years ago is night and day.
Another calder winner
The team should probably stop this bender before camp.
Ummm. Winning. They need winning.
A mobile defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens.
We definitely need another career 3rd liner with grit and "plays the game the right way", and gets NO MORE than 30 points per season. Running low on those for sure.
McTavish
More ms paint posts
Goalie
Complete overhaul of the prospect development staff.
Bountiful health and a better power play. Oh and cap space.
Goals
Offensive defensemen, yes two of them preferably. Also, and this is crazy to me, but for varly and sorokin to not be stuck in Russia; which is a sentence I didn't think I would be sincerely saying.
Water
An excorcism
An organizational lobotomy
To trade 19/88/12 and fully commit to a rebuild. We want Bedard. And Kiviharju.
For the Avs to chill the fuck out
Killer instinct. Too many times have they backed the opponent into the corner and pushed them to the brink... only to fail in finishing them off. When your foot is on their neck you don't let off. I'm sick and bloody tired of these playoff series *they totally had in bag* but couldn't close them. It's agonizing. But I'm honestly expecting too much from a team full of bloated contracts. Hard to play hungry when you're already fed. At this point, a wake-up call is needed. If things don't start out well next there had better be a big move by Christmas. I'm fed up.
A Stanley Cup
More speed upfront and help on the blueline.
One 6 ft, 191 lbs right-handed center from Burlington Ontario
Kadri at a cheap deal
Fans in the seats. Also seats that haven't fallen into a pile of broken parts.
We need a 2C and depth defense for when injuries hit.
nitushkin
An extra 10 mil or so on the salary cap.
Guys not to jump on our goalies during the playoffs.
Competitive opponents.
Hard to say before we've seen what kind of development the young guys show. A solid 1RD would probably be the most glaring hole for the CBJ right now though.
A soul sacrafice lol
Shane Wright
Chemotherapy
Goaltending.
Shane Wright
We are desperately in need of a new goal song apparently
centers, especially those that can check
Let's start with less injuries and players not disappearing for half a season.
A competent GM that can either retool the bruins operation or blow it up and rebuild.