Avs don't want or need Lundqvist, you can dump his cap elsewhere

Sabres should reject but these days who knows what they're going to do. Probably not as far off as people think. Maybe add a midround pick.

I thought the same thing. Maybe our own 3rd back.

Can't think of a team that needs a RHD less than the NYR and Montour has been one of the worst in the league for the last couple seasons.

Mostly because he’s been forced to play LD. Try him on his natural side.

....when we say couple seasons we mean his time in Anaheim too when he was on his natural side opposite Lindholm lol.

at the moment his on-ice value over the past 2 seasons (about half of which was spent not in Buffalo) has been about equal to guys like Marc Staal, Johnny Boychuk and Roman Polak.

I don't believe NYR will trade Lundqvist. But if they do St. Louis just got a 3rd round pick for Jake Allen and with NYR retaining 50% of Lundqvist salary, Allen and Lundqvist have the same cap hit and each have one year term remaining on their contract. So if traded, Lundqvist should bring back a 3rd round pick. Unless Montreal got ripped off.

If they don't trade him, they are buying him out.

Maybe Georgiev gets traded instead? If Georgiev is traded and Lundqvist retires after his contract expires, there will be lots of goalies available for trade with teams only being allowed to protect one goalie for the upcoming expansion draft

No, it's not going to be Georgiev who gets traded. They already made their decision.

JD and/or(?) Gorton said that next season NYR will go with two goalies, not three. Did you hear something different?

No, I heard the same thing. The two they are going into next season with are Shesterkin and Georgiev. If a trade can't come together, Lundqvist is going to be bought out.

Yup, see below.

Yup, see below.

That is simply not true, see below.

Absolutely, his stats were significantly better last year.


IDK about that comparison with Staal and Boychuk because if you go to howVizHome=no#3" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://public.tableau.com/views/SKATR2019-2020/SKATR?:embed=y&:display_count=y&howVizHome=no#3
Montour is head and shoulders better than they, especially if you compare last year against them.
This I know and it is easily verifiable:
Montour had the best +/-, 5 on 5 SV% and second best PDO of all Sabre skaters.
Only Ristolainen had more TOI/gm than Montour (yup Dahlin ranked third)
Buffalo's defense gave up fewer 5 on 5 goals than all but 8 teams, all of them playoffs.
This with definitely sub par GK.
His stats with Sabres suffered terribly playing for Krueger as did Miller, Okposo, Vesey, Hutton, Sheary, Rodrigues and of course Skinner.
All had career worse years under Krueger.
Montour is NOT bad, and he is a top 4 defenseman.
I guess if Pegula said cut the cap, GM Kim may make this trade.
Oops, Kim will pull the strings on puppet Kevyn "sycophant" Adams and the trade may be made.