Pretty sure if tanev could decide he’d want to head home to the leafs and that’s a pretty poor offer for tanev honestly

Happiness is inversely related to expectations

Would be surprised if they did a sign and trade mid-season. More likely a trade…then extension.

Romanov is one of the Islanders better defenseman, and he's young. Attaching Wahlstrom and a 1st rounder on top of giving him 8m per would set them back.

Yegors looking like a better gamble all the time. Moving Zadorov before Kylington started skating was smart.

The return wasn't great but it would have been worse if everyone knew we needed the cap space.

Regarding the trades, I don't think the Islanders can subtract Romanov and get much better defensively.

The Tanev trade sounds good to me, I like big Bahls.

Toronto is kind of a fickle market. There are probably some locals that have NMC’s that prevent them from going there. Friedman said as much on 32 thoughts.

Calgary is going to take the best package possible. How many trade deadline guys sign long term agreements before free agency?

Not many only the best of players

So you take two LHD from NJ and they have noone to replace those 2... decline

Any one else feeling empathic:to Flames fans? Watching their best players likely leave and hoping for a return that makes them happy in another 5 years.

I like the Islander deal in terms of value. Not a massive fan of Wahlstrom, but you can sell him to your fan base until they see him play.

The NJ deal looks odd.

Devils would rather hang on to Bahl, especially with Hamilton out long term which pushes Luke to the right side