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With Smith still carrying a $5.67 cap hit for 2 years it's expensive for a bridge goalie. Especially when you add the assets lost in the cost of acquisition. I'm all for a Grubauer or Raanta tandemed with a former starter like Mason. If we did that with MAF we run into the Pittsburgh situation with 2 probable starters wanting 50ish games but not enough starts for either. Besides, I'm counting on paying Grubauer or Raanta (after next season @ 1.0) in the range of 3.5-4.0 so MAF & Smith cost more than I think we should pay for the other 1/2 of the tandem. Either of the young guys will cost assets in trade but vets like Mason in UFA cost only the contract. If we get Smith/MAF we'd be better off $s wise to just sign a cheap UFA b/u for 1.0-1.5. Gotta balance the cost to get them & total $s rather than just go for names.
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How often do we repeat what didn't work? Sometimes you just wash your hands & try something new.
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Which of the 2? SBNation's or mine.
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DGB shared a link to SBNation with an arguement the Flames should trade for Cory Schneider @ a cost of #16OA, Gilles & 1 of Andersson, Hickey or Kylington. @ 31 with $6 x 5 left on his contract that's a little rich for my blood. Probably worth it for the 1st 2/3 years but since goalies are voodoo that'd be a hard contract to move @ 33/34. He plays a lot but you still need a good b/u for the remaing 20ish games or in case of injury. Since we don't have a 2nd or 3rd I wonder if the Caps would accept 1 of the 3 D prospects for Grubauer's rights as Shattenkirk & Alzner are probably gone.
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You could add Bernier & Miller but those 2 seem the most popular. Pavalec is available as UFA too. That's barring a trade & overpaying for Schneider or taking on Halak or another passed over in the ED. The idea seems to be trade for that almost ready b/u but don't spend additional assets for the insurance policy to tandem with him. Unless the Caps decide to trade Holtby & keep Grubauer the almost ready combined with a guy that has been a starter feels like the way to go.
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The interview with BT on the TSN site gave me the impression the Flames are waiting to deal with Vegas. I hope not as McPhee will corner the market on the almost ready backups & trade the 1s they like least a @ a premium. If we act now the trading team gains a pick (or other exempt asset) while increasing the chance of losing a skater that doesn't fit their plans & we are in the rather unique situation of being able to protect said goalie. After the draft other teams wanting to upgrade @ backup enter the bidding.
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Worst case we protect Johnson (you can protect a UFA) & then just don't offer him a contract. Personaly I'd like to have a goalie worth protecting under contract before the draft as we are 1 of the few that can trade for rights & sign a Grubauer or Raanta knowing we can protect him.
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Miss you Tulip. I hope you get this & are well.
Happy birthday.
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I'll repeat. HAD to send down. Until LTIR was finalized they couldn't ice a full squad.
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The Flyers had to send players down to be compliant. Game day they could call them up. That only works if you have waiver exempts.
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It didn't work with Pronger. Not even after he was officially on the Flyers roster but also employed by the NHL.
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Nope. That's 4 mill in LTIR but limits signings as he counts against the cap until the season starts & he can go on LTIR. That limits signings until after since the team can exceed the cap during the summer but must be compliant by the opener.
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After his playoffs (& WC Gold) this year he'll play @ least 1 more. By then Raanta will have moved on. The Rags best bet is to ask for a good, exempt goalie prospect as partial return.
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So tonight the series for all the marbles starts. Nashville's "Mustard" yellow vs. Pittsbugh's "Urine Sample" yellow.
Guess who I'm rooting for.
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He's under contract for 4 more years so they are hoping he can remain a top goalie until he's 39-40 like Brodeur. Raanta is UFA July 1, 2018 & @ 28 will be tired of being in "The King" shadow. Getting something for him now (the other goalies they can expose amount to little) might even help as it would force LV to take a bigger contract off their hands.
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Huh? Detroit has under $6 million in cap space with a roster of 18, Tatar to re-sign & a roster of 18. They could expose Howard (likely to no avail as a 33 year old with 5.3 x 2 on his contract isn't a need between the pipes for LV) but end up with that same $10 spent in net . They'll like lose what they can least afford with an empty pipeline in a young skater. Since it'll be a while until they are competitive again they might as well get something for Mrazek before they have to qualify him @ over $4 million just to retain his rights after the season. Next years cap doesn't look much better as only Green & a batch of RFAs come off the payroll.
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We need a laugh button to go with the "like" button.
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2nd AS Team 2009. OHL Goaltender of the Year 2007.
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As good a guess as any. I expect to see big salaries exposed if they don't have/would waive a NMC. Even if they prefer to stay put they are likely safe with a big $ contract for declining performance. If I was a GM I expose what can be replaced easiest after trading the 1s of value that aren't in the long term future. (Wild & Duckies don't have that option unless they trade all the young, good players they can't protect).
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The Blues still had Shattenkirk (who would have helped if kept for the playoffs), were really tight to the cap & needed to re-sign Schwartz & some lesser lights before the season started. I'm sure ideally they would have kept Elliott & Brouwer but that pesky cap means descisions. Elliott's UFA rights would carry no value. We gave up what we did for a year of a goalie. If BT offered his rights he'd get strange looks from the other GMs.
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I agree with the bolded. That's dang near all of it. I like those combos but have a gut feeling Hex is just waiting for the ED to be over to re-sign Mason (if LV doesn't take him). I've read scuttlebutt about that on Flyers sites. In that case I'm starting to lean towards signing Bernier as that fallback plan. Like Mason & Elliott when he's hot he's red hot but when he's cold he can stink the place out. I'd rather have Mason but Bernier would be my 2nd choice as of now if we go the UFA route (& I believe we will).
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Cory Schneider had 32 more games & was 3 years older NJ when traded the 9th OA (Bo Havat) for him. I'm not saying trade our 16th OA for him but I'd start the offer with next years 2nd & a good prospect.
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We can't change the whole team to fit the goalie (Rinne would probably not do well with our D) but it's BT's job to find a goalie that suits what he will face in Calgary. I'm not into the extended #s tracking where shots come from so will leave it to the Flames #s guy to make suggestions. I just use the eye test. But I do believe in adding defense (preferably on defense) to give him a fighting chance. There is room for a few pure gunners (like P Kane in Chicago) but you can't have most of the forwards likely to get top minutes be spectators when the other team is hauling (.) toward your 'keeper. I'll give up a little skill for heart. & you are right about the systems. Under Hartley there would be less pressure/rubber faced on the goalie. Same with Sutter. Now we need 1 that stops easy 1s & prays we score more than what gets past him. ************************************************************************* I remember an interview with Monahan on him watching game film on every center to catch tendencies so he could beat them. He's improving a tad every year but that is only 1 facet of his job as a center. Scheifele takes about 1 week off & then is back to working with Adam Oates & Gary Roberts to be the best he can be by catching what he sees as weaknesses (he watches a lot of game film) & coming back even better the next year . Hawerchuk saw that in junior & mentioned it to the Jets (big reason they took him when Couts was available). I'm not scoffing @ Monahan or Bennett's work ethic but if they had that same drive they could be greats as they do have the tools. I guess it comes down to wanting to be the best (Scheifele wants to be the best in the league).
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Hope not.
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I certainly hope so. He seems to be the "goali whisperer". He also has history with Burke from the Ducks & Leafs.
