Quoting: Celtics21
1. If you offered Forbort or Grz, Lohrei, a 2nd, and a prospect like Merkulov, Harrison or Jelvik for Hanifin (w/ enough retention to make him salary neutral to Forbort or Grz) … I think it should be a serious consideration. Only way Boston does that is if they feel there is a risk that he may sign elsewhere. Reports are he has a large contingent of family and friends the Bruins game two days ago, If they are confident, they keep the players and the picks
2. Linus Ullmark is 4th in the league in GSAx/60 for goaltenders with more than 15 starts. Hes at .501. Talbott is 32nd at .081. They are not even remotely close. That said, the Kings leadership staff has made the decision to go with a cheap goalie and hope for league average performance. That’s what they are getting. Its by design, so they won’t trade for Ullmark, I could see a scenario where they offer PLD for Ullmark and other considerations to get out of that contract, but they probably show patience based on their public disclosures about their goalie positions. If they did that, it would be more to get off of PLD than to acquire Ullmark even though it gives them more much long term salary flexibility
Their GAA and SV% are almost identical. Yes a deeper dive shows that is misleading due to the inordinate amount of high danger chances Ully has faced this year. Considering their tandem’s cap hit they have gotten plenty of bang for their buck. Their lack of cap space makes it difficult to upgrade.
No interest at all in PLD…none…but i have been toying around with 3 way deals, with Ully/Grizz/3rd piece going to LA, PLD going somewhere (Chicago or Montreal being the ones I use most), and high end prospects to Boston.
Fixes a pair of LA problems while moving PLD before trade protection kicks in.
Boston gets a blue chip center prospect, light blue but blue, and other decent piece(s) and cap space to pursue Noah + needs.
Fun to play around with, but pipe dream.