could be. its why i thought maybe hed want the 3 year deal as well. it gets him a big raise but you figure if he and the team has any sort of playoff success over those 3 years he could ask for pretty much anything at the end of it.

Like an 11 year deal of sorts. The risk of course is that we dont know whats going to happen to contracts after the next lockout (which is when his would be up i guess)
- Sabresfan-365

Getting 8 years now gets him 2 8 year deals IMO

Connor takes a 750k "discount" because he didn't feel comfortable at 13.25M.

What a saint!!

Connor takes a 750k "discount" because he didn't feel comfortable at 13.25M.

What a saint!!
- JVince11

I would have taken it and donated that part to charity...


Probably

Connor takes a 750k "discount" because he didn't feel comfortable at 13.25M.

What a saint!!
- JVince11

Got to save that for draisaitl's 9.5 contract

From 2015-17 - Points per 60 min/ 5 on 5 --- Our top 7 forwards

Jason Pominville 1.89
Jack Eichel 1.60
Sam Reinhart 1.56
Benoit Pouliot- 1.54
Evander Kane 1.51
Kyle Okposo 1.47
Ryan O'Reilly 1.36

Got to save that for draisaitl's 9.5 contract
- GERBE!!!75PTS

From 2015-17 - Points per 60 min/ 5 on 5 --- Our top 7 forwards

Jason Pominville 1.89
Jack Eichel 1.60
Sam Reinhart 1.56
Benoit Pouliot- 1.54
Evander Kane 1.51
Kyle Okposo 1.47
Ryan O'Reilly 1.36
- sbroads24

That's why I like Pommer on the second line

From 2015-17 - Points per 60 min/ 5 on 5 --- Our top 7 forwards

Jason Pominville 1.89
Jack Eichel 1.60
Sam Reinhart 1.56
Benoit Pouliot- 1.54
Evander Kane 1.51
Kyle Okposo 1.47
Ryan O'Reilly 1.36
- sbroads24

Second Line:

New LW or possibly Nylander/ROR/Pommer

Points per 60 min 5 on 5/ forwards we moved out

Tyler Ennis -1.06
Marcus Foligno - 1.09

Points per 60 min 5 on 5/ forwards we moved out

Tyler Ennis -1.06
Marcus Foligno - 1.09
- sbroads24

The Expendables

Quotes not working but @ homie:

I'm a proponent of both Bailey and Baptiste. Loved their production in Ra-cha-cha last season, especially with both being called up and Bailey especially with an extended stay. 20+ goals at their age in the AHL is a good sign.

Zemgus is a great example of being rushed to the big club. He got absolutely demolished in the AHL and had that concussion and then was right up here on the NHL team and I always questioned that. So the hope is Bailey/Baptiste were developed properly and better.

But does that translate so quickly to the NHL? They can make the 'jump' this season, imo, by both providing numbers that replace Foligno's production.

IMO, we should be happy with around 13 goals a piece from them but what I want to see is them contributing with some assists totals over 20+. If they can both hit near 40 pts, we don't need Gionta and the "loss" of Foligno is nothing.

Pomminville will be great for this locker room, IMO. I'd argue you even throw the C back on him with Jack and ROR as the A. (frank) this Gionta poop.

Points per 60 min 5 on 5/ forwards we moved out

Tyler Ennis -1.06
Marcus Foligno - 1.09
- sbroads24

Must be some smart guy looking at this. Best PP in the league, worst even strength. Dump the dead weight

I would have taken it and donated that part to charity...


Probably
- jochfr

Huge, if true. Absolutely YUGE.

5 ON 4 Points per 60 (Power play) over last 2 seasons

Jack Eichel (7th in league) - 6.25
Connor McDavid - 6.22
Ryan O'Reilly 6.19 (10th in NHL)
Sam Reinhart 3.65 (129th)

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$86 million of the $100 million is signing bonus.

Jesus

5 ON 4 Points per 60 (Power play) over last 2 seasons

Jack Eichel (7th in league) - 6.25
Connor McDavid - 6.22
Ryan O'Reilly 6.19 (10th in NHL)
Sam Reinhart 3.65 (129th)
- sbroads24

Sam back to centre on the 3rd line.

Mark Spector‏Verified account @SportsnetSpec 6m6 minutes ago
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$86 million of the $100 million is signing bonus.

Jesus
- chilliard77

Proof of a future lockout?

Mark Spector‏Verified account @SportsnetSpec 6m6 minutes ago
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$86 million of the $100 million is signing bonus.

Jesus
- chilliard77

Connor McDavid signing his massive deal with the Oilers and we have Johan Larsson filing for arbitration

Connor McDavid signing his massive deal with the Oilers and we have Johan Larsson filing for arbitration
- mattmoulson

We have kane signing so that's good news


Jk homie

And we got Duchene 2 days ago so things are looking good

42 Dynamo Moscow players became unrestricted free agents



http://www.hockeybuzz.com...ted-free-agents/246/86271

On Tuesday, the 4th of July, the KHL Disciplinary Committee, in close cooperation with the Joint Disciplinary Board of the Russian Hockey Federation and the Kontinental Hockey League, took action regarding the ongoing debt problems at Dynamo Moscow.
As a result of HC Dynamo Moscow’s failure to honour its contractual obligations, no fewer than 42 players who were under contract with the club, or in receipt of a concrete offer from the club, have had their agreements with Dynamo annulled and have therefore been assigned Unrestricted Free Agent status.

The full list of players is as follows:
Andrei Alexeyev, Ilya Baranov, Andrei Biryukov, Mikhail Bitsadze, Ivan Bocharov, Vladimir Bryukvin, Maxim Chuvilov, Yegor Dugin, Artyom Fyodorov, Ansel Galimov, Artemy Gryazev, Ivan Igumnov, Maxim Karpov, Martins Karsums, Denis Kokarev, Semyon Kokuyov, Stanislav Kondratiev, Viktor Kornyakov, Klim Kostin, Andrei Kuteikin, Alexander Kuznetsov, Georgy Kuznetsov, Alexei Maklyukov, Andrei Mironov, Alexander Osin, Alexander Petunin, Kirill Pilipenko, Artyom Podshendyalov, Dmitry Raiko, Mat Robinson, Alexander Rybakov, Yakov Rylov, Alexander Sevostyanov, Dmitry Shevchenko, Ilya Shipov, Dmitry Sidlyarov, Maxim Solovyov, Alexei Sopin, Daniil Tarasov, Artyom Volkov, Vladislav Yefremov, Yegor Zaitsev.
- jochfr

They'll be fine. All Russians are great with their money.

They'll be fine. All Russians are great with their money.
- Wetbandit1

They can just transfer it to US dollars...

Proof of a future lockout?
- RhinoFan

No matter what players and owners do or don't do, lockouts are almost inevitable now. The players are always going to want a bigger piece of the revenue pie.

They'll be fine. All Russians are great with their money.
- Wetbandit1

The bigger question: will that Chinese KHL team be the most popular destination now?

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