That's been nucks problem... they need to sell... but have nothing of value (age, contract, skill) to offer.

Only hope: their own murky pipeline.

When does Podkolzin save the day? Oh wait... didn't he just take a headshot? Apparently he's back and flying high again.

Just took a quick look at salaries: LOL top 3 are Edler, Myers and Schmidt

when i saw the schmidt contract i was livid, told me this team is never going to be good, legit just want petterson to sit out with muscle cramps until they trade him

yeah that about covers it

they should sell any of the useless stuff they can

if they keep sliding i would expect they move 2/3 of pearson, sutter, benn, and hamonic as rentals at least, but they also need to move some money for next season

supposedly 2 teams want schmidt, and the ducks wanted virtanen, so a halfway competent person could probably turn this around pretty quick


yeah benning is a really dumb man who doesn't understand a lot of very simple things relating to hockey, making him a poor general manager to have for 7 years

though i wouldn't even be shocked if they don't fire him this year lol

like benning had his 2nd press conference of the season the other day (the 1st being on the opening day of training camp), and basically admitted that they don't really do long-term planning for anything, and said that the team is 2 years away from being a contender while we all sit here and simply wait for some of his unmoveable contracts to expire

which helps explain they do stuff like trading a 2nd & prospect to rent toffoli last season when they couldn't afford to re-sign him, or capping themselves out signing guys like eriksson & myers when they need money to pay pettersson & hughes coming off of their rookie deals, or etc etc etc

and they actually might not fire him because the owner is a cheap moron who won't be able to attract a good manager and also has no clue what that even looks like

it's bad, man

Penguins/Sabres 1p over 1.5 -135

yeah i was gonna say that with the latest changes to the draft lottery it seems like they've basically given up trying to curb tanking, and there it is, they have

about how i expected torts/lane to play out, but faster than expected

thought there'd be a slight honeymoon period at least, butnahhh

Not a fan of Torts but can Laine work without a decent Center next to him? If you trade away your only decent one for him, that's problem.

yeah having 0 good centers is a problem, if that's what their deal is


but also dickheads like torts who have this attitude that a guy has to EARN the right to be put into a position to succeed, rather than just like optimizing his lineup based on the personnel on hand in the first place and trying to win games, instead of handing down life lessons or whatever pretending like you're general patton

Laine is a streaky scorer and every time he has a slump, like the start of the season before last, he is very hard on himself. Very negative.

He will be fine when he scores a few.

I think I recall, “I’m terrible.”

Do agree on his mental make-up. But cbj is so bad that dunno if they can even get him looks. Watched a couple of games and cbj was awful offensively. On PP you actually could just use one guy to mark Laine and others still got nothing done (try that with ovie and puck in the net in a blink).

Devils +174

ok then, again.

I’m sure the Leafs were 100% healthy they would win.

I think the Jets would need one, maybe two more goals to take it.

If Matthews can't shoot (and he surely can't) why is he even playing?

part of his plea deal

Poo

Reverse jinxed young Auston's powers nicely there.

Wheeeeee Matthews, leafs bets back on black.

How much is Hyman gonna make? Turns 29, so length also interesting. Gotta think every coach in the league would love to have him. Fun to see him making plays on top of all the hard work.

hyman has been a gold mine in dfs because nylander costs more, does less and is a far more popular play

good god this is glorious

Sharks -108
Sharks/Ducks over 5.5 -110

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already bet sharks, still believe in ducks defense and lack of any offense enough to not touch to o/u line

also bet sharks -1.5

I guess vgk can't have goalies on their roster. MAF on the COVID list. looks like the rookie who came in for MAF on Wednesday goes 2nite and then vgk will have to retrieve whatever hole they dumped oscar dansk in for Saturday.

if ESPN brings back NHL Tonight, that would be one good thing for the NHL going to ESPN. and stephen a smith trying to break down hockey could be entertaining.