GMs come back from lunch and decide to go crazy

Ovechkin's deal is 5-years, $47.5M ($9.5M AAV)

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 27, 2021

Only good thing about this deal is that he has a chance to break Gretzky's record

Yandle to Philly

So the Caps are going to try and hold their window open for another 5 years.

Also, he'll need to score an average of 33 goals a season to get past Gretzkys record.

No wonder Dubas didnt make that trade. 5.8mill ooff

Just doing some goal math … Alex Ovechkin (730 goals) can average 33 goals per season for the next five seasons to break Wayne Gretzky’s goal record (894).

— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) July 27, 2021

Holy cow

For a team that wanted defence, they go get Yandle and Risto who're not too good at defence.

I understand the signing - hate it tho for WSH

Really cause to me Philly makes 0 sense for him as they got Ristolinen, Ellis, and Provorov. If anything Boston made more sense as he would fill in the hole Krug left

I guess they really dont want to miss the playoffs this year lul

Reimer gonna be the Sharks new goalie - that’s my bet

Philly either makes a great move or a dumb move, no inbetween

Smartest GM this offseason so far:
1. Steve Yzerman
Dumbest GM this season:
1. Stan Bowmen

so I'm going to take off my mod hat and put on my "irrational sports fan" hat for a second.

BRING MARC-ANDRÉ FLEURY BACK TO THE PENGUINS
SOMEBODY AS NICE AS FLEURY DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE WITH A MORALLY BANKRUPT ORGANIZATION LIKE THE BLACKHAWKS
GIVE HIM ONE LAST KICK AT THE CAN WITH CROSBY MALKIN AND LETANG
DO IT RON BRING MY BOY HOME

alright, mod hat back on now.

Yzerman was meh imo, not bad but not the best. Re-signed Staal for more than he should have, traded a 2nd for Leddy, etc.

Yandle to PHI -- 1 year, $900K, NTC. Forgot he has played for Vigneault, so knows the coach.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 27, 2021

Try to tell the difference (hard).

Both are cooked

Well he is a very capable goalie… when he’s healthy.

Sure the Leafs wouldn’t be able to afford it, but it’s still a great contract.

Oh forgot he was a New York Ranger

Stars 2014 draft class — Julius Honka, Brett Pollock, Alexander Peters, Michael Prapavessis, Brent Moran, Miro Karjalainen, Aaron Haydon, John Nyberg & Patrick Sanvido — totaled 87 NHL games played (all for Stars) with 2 goals and 11 assists.

Honka: 87 GP, 2 goals, 11 assists.

That draft was beyond horrible for Dallas.

The same draft was not super great for MTL. We only got Jake Evans in the 7th round who started to make an impact only this season.

Amen