Summer 2023 NHL News (Offseason?) Thread

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I guess he did it before turning 23 but Val Nichuskin is another one.

I do think it's more likely than not that Zadina ends up as a bust but I think it's worth a flier. If they did bring him in, he'd go in the same boat as Lysell, Merkulov, etc. There's spots on the NHL roster that can be earned but it's not guranteed. Another interesting wrinkle is Zadina is seriously betting on himself. He's giving up a guranteed $4.6 million just to get a fresh start. He may have fallback options in Russia/Europe but I'd imagine he's incredibly motivated.

The Bruins don't typically go for reclamation projects but they've also generally had stacked NHL rosters. I just figure with this bridge year and limited resources to improve it's worth a $1 million or whatever lottery ticket.
 
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I missed perhaps the most obvious Czech connection for Zadina, Jakob Lauko. Same age, same draft class, teamates on 2 WJC teams.

FWIW, Fluto made mention of the Bruins possibly being interested in Zadina in a blog post earlier this week. No idea if it's idle speculation like I'm doing (we have a lot of Czech's!) or if he's actually hearing things.
 
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Yeah, Zadina is absolutely worth bringing in. Advanced metrics seem to like him, he's been stuck in a dogshit organization with no talent to play with or veterans to learn from, and if he's taking a risk like this, a good coach is going to have a very motivated player to work with. Monty's a good fit for him too given how so much of his issues seem to be confidence based, like with DeBrusk.
 
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Flyers buyout Tony D.

View: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/1679883475405398018?s=20


He was originally supposed to be traded back to Carolina but they ran into CBA issues. Essentially, DeAngelo was traded from Carolina to Philly last summer on July 9 and Philly couldn't trade him back to Carolina with salary retention within a calendar year. There was some thought that they would just wait to execute the trade but appears that won't happen. Carolina seems to have pivoted to Orlov and it is reported that they and the Penguins are finalists for Erik Karlsson.

What a shame Tony D might be out of a job.
 
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View: https://twitter.com/katiejstrang/status/1679606053325922307?s=46
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Building off of this, apparently it started with a hit-and-run, then morphed into Galchenyuk threatening violence against not only the responding officer, but their family as well. The article attached also insinuated a racial slur against an AA officer on-scene.

View: https://twitter.com/12news/status/1679965071873589249?s=46&t=QgPlur015YjYmVsNzWFFfg


If I’m Bettman, two things happen immediately:

-he’s done indefinitely. He can’t be on the ice for any NHL team right now, mostly because…
-the league and PA need to get him the help he so obviously needs. Whether inpatient, outpatient, or whatever, the kid needs his head back on his shoulders before reinstatement is considered, but it’s be wrong for the league and PA to abandon him now.
 
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MiracleOfO2704 said:
Building off of this, apparently it started with a hit-and-run, then morphed into Galchenyuk threatening violence against not only the responding officer, but their family as well. The article attached also insinuated a racial slur against an AA officer on-scene.

View: https://twitter.com/12news/status/1679965071873589249?s=46&t=QgPlur015YjYmVsNzWFFfg


If I’m Bettman, two things happen immediately:

-he’s done indefinitely. He can’t be on the ice for any NHL team right now, mostly because…
-the league and PA need to get him the help he so obviously needs. Whether inpatient, outpatient, or whatever, the kid needs his head back on his shoulders before reinstatement is considered, but it’s be wrong for the league and PA to abandon him now.
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For his own safety, if nothing else. His anger displayed in this case is a classic indication of "suicide by cop" occurring in the future (unfortunately lost a former acquaintance in this way). Fortunately for Alex, these police officers must have had their wits about them and weren't at the end of a rough shift. Otherwise things could have gone a lot worse...
 
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Rocky Wirtz dead at 70. Talk about a checkered tenure. He took over for his father, the most hated owner this side of Jeremy Jacobs (at the time), back in 2009, and immediately put the team's games back on local TV. Since then he oversaw a dynasty, including ending the longest cup draught in the league, which was later tarnished (putting it lightly) by the Kyle Beech assault and cover up. It took the negative blowback from the assault for the team to clean house of a front office that had been largely unimpressive since the championship core that they inherited had long since grown old and ineffective.

With the trade of Kane, departure of Toews, and now death of Wirtz over the past five months, the organization is finally free of all (I think?) ties to the 2010 assault, and was gifted a possible generational superstar in the draft lottery, presenting the opportunity for a full re-boot of the franchise, however undeserved. It will be interesting to see how involved Rocky's son Danny, the 4th generation of Wirtzes to run the team, steers the ship going forward.
 
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Leafs send Matt Murray to LTIR, getting them closer to cap compliance.

Matt Murray: "Hmm, if I go to LTIR, I'll be $2.6M richer than if the Leafs buy me out"
Leafs: "Hmm, if Matt goes to LTIR, we get cap relief this year and we aren't on the hook for $2M next year from a buyout"
 
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Leafs send Matt Murray to LTIR, getting them closer to cap compliance.

Matt Murray: "Hmm, if I go to LTIR, I'll be $2.6M richer than if the Leafs buy me out"
Leafs: "Hmm, if Matt goes to LTIR, we get cap relief this year and we aren't on the hook for $2M next year from a buyout"
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The league is starting to care about cap circumvention and this one reaks of it. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
 
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The injury in question is a concussion so I doubt there will be pushback. That said there were rumors he was healthy in the playoffs and the Leafs just chose Woll over him. Murray is also 29 and entering his UFA year. I suspect something is legitimately wrong with his health, other than being paid to sit on the couch there's no real reason for him to want to sit out.

If the league was actually serious about cap circumvention the finger needs to be pointed at Arizona. $21 million of their cap is dead money to injured players being paid out by insurance companies. But of course they aren't so nothing will happen.
 
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cshea said:
The injury in question is a concussion so I doubt there will be pushback. That said there were rumors he was healthy in the playoffs and the Leafs just chose Woll over him. Murray is also 29 and entering his UFA year. I suspect something is legitimately wrong with his health, other than being paid to sit on the couch there's no real reason for him to want to sit out.

If the league was actually serious about cap circumvention the finger needs to be pointed at Arizona. $21 million of their cap is dead money to injured players being paid out by insurance companies. But of course they aren't so nothing will happen.
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He was listed as the healthy 3rd goalie in the playoffs. No injury designations at all for him. Obviously no idea if he's legit injured or not, but it is awfully convenient that they've ruled him "out for the year" already with no specifics and he was evidently healthy when the season ended. Or I could be reading WAY to much into things because I hate the Leafs. hahaha
 
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I don't like him but I think it's a reasonable contract. Probably 2 years too long but that's how they kept the AAV down. It's not a huge raise from what he has now ($5.16 to $6.5 AAV). The deal kicks in when the cap is supposed to start jumping significantly.

That's probably about the going rate for a consistent 20-25 goal guy, plus add the other stuff he brings to the table. Other than this year he's been pretty durable but I guess there's the risk the phsyical toll comes due and he falls off the cliff like Lucic and they're stuck with a $6.5 million enforcer. I do think Wilson is a better skater than Lucic and thus will remain effective in things other than fighting for longer than Lucic was.
 
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Is it me, or does three fairly marginal guys in their 30’s and a protected 1st round pick feel pretty damn light for a Norris winning D-man? I mean, his contract is even fairly reasonable going forward with 4 more years at $11.5m aav. What am I missing here ?
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I agree. I think SJ is the big loser here.

Montreal did really well given their role. Not earth shattering but getting rid of some dead weight seems to open the door to some of their up and coming kids.
 
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RG33 said:
Is it me, or does three fairly marginal guys in their 30’s and a protected 1st round pick feel pretty damn light for a Norris winning D-man? I mean, his contract is even fairly reasonable going forward with 4 more years at $11.5m aav. What am I missing here ?
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Karlsson does have a no move clause. Pittsburgh might have been the only place that he would waive it for that could take his contract.
 
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Karlsson is 33, makes $11.5 million for 4 more years, wanted out of SJ and held a NMC. San Jose was never getting a lot unless they retained a shit ton.
 
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RG33 said:
Is it me, or does three fairly marginal guys in their 30’s and a protected 1st round pick feel pretty damn light for a Norris winning D-man? I mean, his contract is even fairly reasonable going forward with 4 more years at $11.5m aav. What am I missing here ?
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That's still a heavy contract for an older D man whose value derives primarily from skating and playmaking. They got back some expiring deals which at least gives them some flexibility going forward even as they are still stuck with Vlasic and to a lesser extent Couture deals.
 
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