NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

[The Sicatoka]

VGK and TBL over the cap ... and none of you are surprised.

OTT, CAL, NJD, ARI, BUF, DET, and ANA all under the floor.

I guess we know where the bad contracts for VGK and TBL are going.

https://www.capfriendly.com/

 

[The Sicatoka]

Tomorrow is "second Christmas" in Canada: Free agent signing period begins.


Who (player/team) makes the biggest splash?

 

[The Sicatoka]

What in the world is going on in CHI?
Their signed forwards list reads like "two old guys* and the AHL squad".

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/blackhawks


*Sorry Jon, but you're no rookie.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Tomorrow is "second Christmas" in Canada: Free agent signing period begins.


Who (player/team) makes the biggest splash?

Gaudreau is leaving Calgary so that’s a start.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Looks like PIT signed Malkin late yesterday (4 yr, $24.4M) so he won't be on the open market.
https://www.capfriendly.com/players/evgeni-malkin

 

[The Sicatoka]

The FA signing day tally board is up at CapFriendly.
https://www.capfriendly.com/

 

[The Sicatoka]

The goalie carousel is up and running!

 

[The Sicatoka]

The goalie carousel is up and running!

Campbell to EDM
Samsonov to TOR
Halak to NYR
Kuemper to WAS

 

[SonofSouthie]

Johnny Hockey to Columbus.

 

[Kepler]

Johnny Hockey to Columbus.

At last, a big media market.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Johnny Hockey to Columbus.

That came out of nowhere. Philly was the favorite, then rumors were it was down to NYI and NJ. Then he leaves plenty of money on the table to go to CBJ.

He must really want to play in the Metro division.

 

[joecct]

They need Free Agent Frenzy for the Transfer Portal

 

[The Sicatoka]

Johnny Hockey to Columbus.

And his center will be ...


Where this puts CBJ relative to cap, Laine won't be a Jacket.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Yea and verily cometh the 24th hour after free agency opens, and with, the flow of one and two year, two-way, league minimum deals.

So they are written; so they shall be done.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Bergeron, Kadri, Kessel
Eriksson, Niederreiter, Rask
Stastny, Tierney, Connelly
Jaskin, Beagle, Roussel
Eakin, Janmark, Jarnkrok

Stralman, Klingberg
Butcher, Hickey
DeKeyser, DeHaan
Kempney, Subban

Holtby
Berube
Hammond

Not a fantasy roster.

Unsigned UFAs 48 hours plus into the signing period.
https://www.capfriendly.com/ufas

 

[SonofSouthie]

Calgary trades Matthew Tkachuk to Florida for Jonathan Huberdeau.Tkachuk signed an eight-year contract extension worth $76 million with Florida

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Calgary trades Matthew Tkachuk to Florida for Jonathan Huberdeau.Tkachuk signed an eight-year contract extension worth $76 million with Florida

Florida is stupid.

 

[aparch]

It's 1M per year with the rest made up in bonuses.

Also saw Twitter trying to figure out how the deal was done, because eight year deals could only be signed if the player was on the roster for this year's trade deadline OR was already signed through next year's trade deadline.

Meaning Calgary signed him and flipped him.

 

[aparch]

I'm watching 3Ice on CBS Sportsnet and when it was announced, I had originally thought it was a gimmicky bullshit stunt.

I'm mistaken. It's actually entertaining. It's a short tournament format, 3x3, six skaters and one goalie per team, 8 minute running clock periods, two periods per game. And penalties are just penalty shots.

It's a fun way to kill a couple hours watching hockey.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Calgary made out well - a Top 6 center, a top pairing defenseman, a prospect, and a likely 1st rounder in a few years. Pretty good considering Tkachuk's previous career high was almost 30 points lower and he's unlikely to repeat this season's output without Gaudreau.