Rick Dhaliwal
@DhaliwalSports
· 1m
Holtby will be bought out today
- VANTEL

Hmm. Odd. Everything I’ve read says that players needed to be placed on unconditional waivers by Monday 5pm to be bought out by the deadline Tuesday.

Wonder if they actually filed Monday and didn’t say anything to media?

Another awesome UFA signing by the Canucks. I swear, they are their own worst enemy.
- bloatedhefty

Part of an email I got yesterday...
And on the Canucks, I agree Aquilini is a central problem, but Benning is not his puppet, it’s the other way around. Benning is a shameless person, continually making mistakes and managing up. Aquilini is a dumb rich kid who has never done anything on his own, and Benning plays to his fragile ego is my theory (“you can be the one to bring a cup Francesco, don’t listen to all those naysayers!”); I don’t see how Aquilini is pulling the strings as he doesn’t get anything out of this (no way FA says trade all those poopty contracts and get a new one I’ll pay for 6 more years, no way)…Benning costs this team money in buckets and the team’s rep is in the trash. It’s Benning who is the deeply manipulative one here, all about keep his GM job – he’s the only way getting anything out of this - cause he ain’t getting another GM job (although it is the stupid NHL, so you never know), and he has a dim-witted, Fredo of the siblings owner who he panders to, manages up, kicks down. Truly Benning is bad at his job, but he’s also a poopty person, I really believe that…no integrity; (frank) the future I’m going to save my ass…he’d leave his best friend out in the battlefield to save his ass…every (frank)ing time!!

Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
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43s
Hearing Marc Andre Fleury is on the move. Trade in the works involving the Vegas Golden Knights star goaltender.

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Chi

Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
Fleury to Chicago. No salary retained. Nothing going back to Vegas.

Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
Fleury to Chicago. No salary retained. Nothing going back to Vegas.
- VANTEL

Is this the new thing? Not really a “trade”…

Darren Dreger
@DarrenDreger
Fleury to Chicago. No salary retained. Nothing going back to Vegas.
- VANTEL

Is Chicago doing one of our patented 'rebuilds on the fly' haha?

$16.5M on a single defenseman and goalie lol.

Vegas going after Eichel?

Is Chicago doing one of our patented 'rebuilds on the fly' haha?

$16.5M on a single defenseman and goalie lol.
- Whiskey-Tango

Wild

Is this the new thing? Not really a “trade”…
- 1970vintage

Buying out Holtby now brings us up to about 25mil in cap space. Provided EP and QH don't take up the vast majority of it, we should have enough to sign all our RFAs.

Vegas going after Eichel?
- VANTEL

Nate Schmidt

Nate Schmidt
- bloatedhefty

Buying out Holtby now brings us up to about 25mil in cap space. Provided EP and QH don't take up the vast majority of it, we should have enough to sign all our RFAs.
- DariusKnight

Never a doubt.

Part of an email I got yesterday...
And on the Canucks, I agree Aquilini is a central problem, but Benning is not his puppet, it’s the other way around. Benning is a shameless person, continually making mistakes and managing up. Aquilini is a dumb rich kid who has never done anything on his own, and Benning plays to his fragile ego is my theory (“you can be the one to bring a cup Francesco, don’t listen to all those naysayers!”); I don’t see how Aquilini is pulling the strings as he doesn’t get anything out of this (no way FA says trade all those poopty contracts and get a new one I’ll pay for 6 more years, no way)…Benning costs this team money in buckets and the team’s rep is in the trash. It’s Benning who is the deeply manipulative one here, all about keep his GM job – he’s the only way getting anything out of this - cause he ain’t getting another GM job (although it is the stupid NHL, so you never know), and he has a dim-witted, Fredo of the siblings owner who he panders to, manages up, kicks down. Truly Benning is bad at his job, but he’s also a poopty person, I really believe that…no integrity; (frank) the future I’m going to save my ass…he’d leave his best friend out in the battlefield to save his ass…every (frank)ing time!!
- Marwood

is this opinion or is it someone with a bit of inside info?

Is this the new thing? Not really a “trade”…
- 1970vintage

thought the same thing. turns out a low level prospect is going the other way

Emily Kaplan
@emilymkaplan
This is pending a trade call.

Vegas will not retain any of Marc-Andre Fleury's salary ($7 million, through this season). Only minor leaguer Mikkael Mikael Hakkarainen is going to VGK.

Clears the path for Robin Lehner to be starter in Vegas. Flower is the No. 1 in Chicago.

Is this the new thing? Not really a “trade”…
- 1970vintage

you never did that with your friends? "hey, i got 4 MAF hockey cards... you want one?"

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
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1m
One thing to watch here: there were rumblings Marc-Andre Fleury might choose to retire if traded from Vegas — for family reasons. Not certain how it will all play out.

is this opinion or is it someone with a bit of inside info?
- bloatedhefty

Someone with too much time on their hands

is this opinion or is it someone with a bit of inside info?
- bloatedhefty

Opinion, although he does live in Boston. Clearly not a Benning fan.

Nate Schmidt
- bloatedhefty

50% retained and nothing going back?

thought the same thing. turns out a low level prospect is going the other way

Emily Kaplan
@emilymkaplan
This is pending a trade call.

Vegas will not retain any of Marc-Andre Fleury's salary ($7 million, through this season). Only minor leaguer Mikkael Mikael Hakkarainen is going to VGK.

Clears the path for Robin Lehner to be starter in Vegas. Flower is the No. 1 in Chicago.
- johnnykarate

Nice name

Ah, a solution for Schmidt has opened up. Vegas has room to take him back. They can give us a right D prospect

Buying out Holtby now brings us up to about 25mil in cap space. Provided EP and QH don't take up the vast majority of it, we should have enough to sign all our RFAs.
- DariusKnight

Let's (frank)ing hope so

Jesse Granger
@JesseGranger_
· 9m
A source close to Marc-Andre Fleury says that the trade is done, and that the Vezina Trophy winner found out through Twitter.
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Classy

Martin Jones buyout