NHL Offseason 2011

[italian_stallion21]

Might as well have a thread for the rest of the NHL too, with a HUGE trade today.

Philly sends Jeff Carter to the BJ's for a 1st, 3rd and Jacob Voracek. Speculation that they are also trading Mike Richards to the Kings for Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds.

With rumblings that Bryzgalov wants to be paid, and it sounds like a $7M/year cap hit making him the highest paid goalie in the league, is it worth it to have to trade away both Carter and Richards to make it happen?

 

[italian_stallion21]

And no sooner do I post that confirmation comes through and Richards is gone to the Kings for Simmonds and Schenn. Wow.

 

[The Franchise]

Philly is run by morons

Milbury take over as GM?

 

[bulljive]

And no sooner do I post that confirmation comes through and Richards is gone to the Kings for Simmonds and Schenn. Wow.

wow. Kings are going to have a solid team next year if they can stay healthy.

 

[Regs]

Same thing was said last year!

 

[italian_stallion21]

The Western conference as a whole is insane now. East should be a cake walk for the top teams.

 

[johnnybluenose]

Disagree. The West has just as much shite, SJ is in decline, Wings are in decline, Hawks are still reeling from being gutted last off season.

Only Van remains essentially unchanged at the core and has a relatively youthful core and set of top players. LA are on the rise as are Phoenix... but their goaltending will need sorting.

East has some excellent teams that have spread out talent and depth (See Boston in SCF) Pittsburgh will again be a beast with a healthy Malkin and Sid next year. Washington is SUPER young and still coming along.

I don't see one conference as being stronger than another.

 

[The Franchise]

there are 4 good teams Pens, Bruins, Canucks and Hawks next year

 

[girth]

Leafs?

 

[italian_stallion21]

Confirmed reports that Winnipeg will be renamed as the Jets, avoiding a huge mistake in my opinion had they changed it to something else.

 

[italian_stallion21]

John Michael Liles to the Laff's for a 2nd round pick.

 

[italian_stallion21]

Ryan Smyth back to the Oilers for Gilbert Brule and a 4th rounder.

 

[Regs]

Maybe Bono can give him a lift.

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Philly is run by morons

Milbury take over as GM?

I kind of agree.......but Leafs fans really shouldn't be talking bad about any other teams. Agreed?

 

[The Franchise]

I kind of agree.......but Leafs fans really shouldn't be talking bad about any other teams. Agreed?

Difference is Leafs were run by a bunch of morons......

 

[STD]

When did Burk get fired?

 

[Bronco]

.......but Leafs fans really shouldn't be talking bad about any other teams.

It's what we do Cap.......it's really all we've got right now.

 

[italian_stallion21]

Andrew Ladd signed with Winnipeg for 5 years, $22M, not a bad deal.

 

[johnnybluenose]

That is a very good deal for the Jets.

Ladd's comments in a TSN article almost make you think he was willing to take less as long as he got to stay somewhere permanently and had a chance to put down roots. This is his 4th city over 3 teams over 4 years. Pretty Tough for a 25 year old guy, who isn't a journeyman at the end of his career trying to squeeze what's left of NHL earning out his career...

4.4 for a guy that age with 2 cups is a smoking deal for Winnipeg. That might be one of the best for both parties deals I've seen signed this offseason.