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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29 at 6:32 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 20 at 11:12 a.m.
Thread: Blue Jackets Current Cap Situation After AHL Moves
Basically if Laine takes up $7.5M this year, they would need to shed about $1.3M, (inserting Laine and moving Olivier down) but probably would need to shed more, like Nyquist's salary, to be more comfortably under the cap.
In 2023 though, the 4 big contracts they would need to handle would be Tex, Gav, Peeke, and Laine, especially if Tex continues to break out
(not sure what his personal issues/leave was all about, but I could see him possibly bolting back to Europe like Hofmann did).
There won't be enough $$$ to go around if the cap only goes up another $1.5M-$2.0M.
That Gudbranson contract of $4M is about twice as high as it should be, and really hurts them.
Also, IMO, Marchenko seems to be much more likely to stay up and play over Chinakov
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19 at 4:48 p.m.
Thread: Crybaby PLD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Koskinen_The_Great</b></div><div>He's upset that he was outed that he rather do home improvement shopping at Home Depot than off ice workouts lol

Paul Stastny said after the season that the Jets dressing room is poison. A reporter from the Winnipeg Free Press that retired also said the locker room was filled with the worst human beings he ever met. Paul Maurice, the coach, quit midway through the season. Shall I go on??!

jets need to tear it down. Chevy shouldnt even be a GM after the Chicago fiasco.</div></div>

I didn't hear about all that.
I know the Hoffman/Karlsson thing in Ottawa brought that team to its knees for a spell, until it was solved via trades. Move them both out.
It sounds like the degeneration of the Jets' locker room has been going bad for quite a while, Dubois aside.
Just curious how many others in there are creating problems.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19 at 2:01 p.m.
Thread: Crybaby PLD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy739</b></div><div>OS 7x7
WPG can match or dont
MTL really doesnt care lol

If they dont its a 1st ,2nd and a 3rd round pick
If they do then over time PLD will become Toxic and moved for less
If they're lucky they'll get a Oreilly return or a little less then given Oreilly&gt;PLD as he wins Faceoffs at Elite Level(been #1 a few times)

MTL OS is just daring WPG to F themselves over
By Proxy it eliminates them as a future contender tying up cap and a roster spot by someone who hates them
As seen in CBJ if ignored long enough PLD will get increasingly aggressive

Either way Accepted or Not
WPG walks away worse no matter what
Their only out is to accept the OS and hope MTL's
unprotected 1st is a good one and PLD does the same to them triggering a Tank</div></div>

It stands to reason if PLD really wants to play for the Habs, he would need to take less $$$, especially via an offer sheet since Montreal would have less time to move money around.
Not to mention he would probably need to give a hometown discount since everybody knows just how bad he wants to play there, including Montreal.
Winnepeg should cut and run from him just like Columbus did. Part of it was definitely Torts, but it seems he carries some emotional baggage wherever he goes.
Laine was a very respectable return for PLD, and we are hoping that the Gaudreau signing will help sway Laine to sign long-term as well.
Like you indicate above, who knows, after a couple years in Montreal, PLD may just revert back to his old miserable self.
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