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Forum: NHLAug. 25, 2022 at 4:33 p.m.
Thread: 2021-2022 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #12 - On The Links
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BuFfaLOFaN</b></div><div>Alexander Nikishin? Who is this kid. Haven't been 2 up on prospects but apparently this guy is a top of the lineup/middle lineup potential Dman for the Canes?</div></div>

Source?

I wasn't too high on Nikishin when we drafted him in the 3rd round back in 2020, but apparently he's improved a bit in the KHL. He's essentially a big heavy defenseman with a nice shot. He's set to play in the KHL for next season, so he can't play for the Canes yet. Considering his potential and our defense pipeline already, I could see him being a higher end bottom pair guy at best for the Hurricanes. This may have been talking about Nikishin playing on the top pair for his KHL club.
Forum: General Fantasy TalkAug. 6, 2022 at 11:41 p.m.
Thread: Looking to join a Dynasty League
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>Let me know if you find a good one to join; I've been a longtime commissioner of regular keeper leagues but never joined a dynasty league and would be interested.</div></div>

I'm no expert, as I'm new to dynasty leagues as well, but here is the link for the available leagues in <a href="https://www.fantrax.com/newui/publicLeagues.go?sport=NHL" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Fantrax</a>

Some options have a plus on the side for a quick description from the commissioner, and all of those first 3 with a description option look solid and I think I've narrowed down to those 3 now.

You can also click on the league name to see more details and rules for the league you're looking at.

Hope this helps and you find a league you like. If so, let me know and I may join as well.
Forum: General Fantasy TalkAug. 6, 2022 at 4:57 p.m.
Thread: Looking to join a Dynasty League
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MatthewsFan</b></div><div>Zinger

As an average Joe who has never played anything beyond dominating basic head-to-head points fantasy hockey leagues, I'm interested in getting into a keeper or dynasty league this season. I was wondering if anyone could give me the general rundown of what a dynasty league would be like plus the best places to sign up. This may not be the right place to ask this, but since the "General Fantasy Talk" forums are drier than Arizona, I figured I'd ask here.

Just moved your comment over here.

<a href="https://www.fantrax.com/fantasy/games/season-long/nhl" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Fantrax</a> is the best. You need a good commissioner who is involved but it’s one of the best for Dynasty leagues</div></div>

Thanks, I'll check out Fantrax.
Forum: NHLAug. 4, 2022 at 10:25 p.m.
Thread: 2021-2022 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #10 - Kadri oh Kadri, wherefore art thou Kadri?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Devil</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Which NHL teams improved the most this offseason? <a href="https://twitter.com/domluszczyszyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@domluszczyszyn</a>'s model weighs in:◽️ "The Red Wings are back on the rise"◽️ "This team is still going to be putrid"◽️ The "Schrodinger’s Kadri" dilemma for COL<a href="https://t.co/PCnt2YXyCY" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/PCnt2YXyCY</a> <a href="https://t.co/WHuAPfGPJR" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/WHuAPfGPJR</a></p>— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNHL/status/1555305165435146242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">August 4, 2022</a></blockquote>



Don't get why Carolina is in the negatives</div></div>

Yeah it doesn't add up.

-We brought in Burns to play the top pair with Slavin and run the powerplay, basically taking over DeAngelo's responsibilities but with a better player for our system.
-We acquired Max Pacioretty who can play on either of the top 2 LW.
-Hurricanes also acquired Kase who will fit great on the 3rd line wing.
-Acquired Dylan Coghlan who can probably play the bottom pair with Bear if we ditch Gardiner.
-Acquired Lane Pederson who will be a solid young extra forward.
-Signed Dzingel to light the lamp in the bottom 6.
-Also signed MacEachern, Stromwall, Lagesson, and Sawchenko to add depth to the system and fill out the Wolves lineup.

While losing
-Tony DeAngelo who I won't miss much and I think Burns can easily replace him.
-Vincent Trocheck who will be replaced by Kotkaniemi who's on track to keep growing and improve well on the 2nd line this season.
-Brendan Smith who we can let go to have more playing time somewhere else and he clears up spots for youngsters to come up.
-Ian Cole who will be replaced by Dylan Coghlan or Jake Gardiner and I definitely wouldn't have signed him for 3 million anyways.
-Max Domi who can be replaced by Jack Drury who is expected to have a breakout rookie season.
-Steven Lorentz who is replaced by Lane Pederson.
-Eetu Makiniemi who is replaced by Zach Sawchenko.
-Nino Niederreiter whose spot can be taken by the great Max Pacioretty.
-Plus losing notable minor league players (Lyon, Smallman, Jacobs, Leivo, Poturalski, Warm, LaFontaine, Smith) who could use a new team and that are replaced by up and coming prospects.

So really we only got better and fixed our team where it needed to be patched up. Plus most of those swaps we had were upgrades.

Burns in for DeAngelo (Upgrade in my opinion)
Patches in for Nino (Major Upgrade)
Pederson in for Lorentz (Meh)
Drury up for Domi (Upgrade to get Drury playing time)
Kotkaniemi takes Trocheck's spot at center (Small downgrade but could get better)
Coghlan in for Cole (Should be an upgrade as Coghlan grows)
Kase cleans up the empty spots on the wing from some lineup shifts and KK to center

That's why I don't often rely on win value numbers like that.
Forum: NHLAug. 1, 2022 at 11:26 a.m.
Thread: 2021-2022 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #10 - Kadri oh Kadri, wherefore art thou Kadri?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PointStamkosVasilevskiy219188</b></div><div>Current USA WJC '22 Roster:

Goaltenders:

Remington Koepple (2023 draft eligible)

Kaidan Mbereko (2023 draft eligible)

Andrew Oke (2023 draft eligible)

Defensemen:

Sean Behrens (COL)

Brock Faber (MIN)

Aidan Hreschuk (CBJ)

Luke Hughes (NJD)

Wyatt Kaiser (CHI)

Tyler Kleven (OTT)

Ian Moore (ANA)

Jack Peart (MIN)

Jacob Truscott (VAN)

Forwards:

Brett Berard (NYR)

Thomas Bordeleau (SJS)

Logan Cooley (ARZ)

Matt Coronato (CGY)

Riley Duran (BOS)

Dominic James (CHI)

Matt Knies (TOR)

Carter Mazur (DET)

Hunter McKown (2023 draft eligible)

Frank Nazar (CHI)

Sasha Pastujov (ANA)

Mackie Samoskevich (FLA)

Red Savage (DET)

Landon Slaggert (CHI)

Charlie Stramel (2023 draft eligible)

NOTE: Issac Howard, Ryan Chesley, Lane Huston, Cutter Gauthier, Rutger McGroarty, and Jimmy Snuggerud all got cut. Still a heck of a team.</div></div>

This is gonna be a great team. I'm disappointed that Scott Morrow didn't make the team over some of those guys, though.
Forum: Carolina HurricanesJul. 26, 2022 at 2:22 p.m.
Thread: Reviewing Every Carolina Hurricanes Trade From the 2009-10 Season to Present.
Trade 2
August 31, 2009

:hurricanes acquires
F - Rob Hennigar

:islanders acquires
F - Bobby Hughes

Carolina acquires Rob Hennigar, a mediocre AHL/ECHL forward. Hennigar only played one season split between the Hurricanes AHL and ECHL affiliates where he recorded 5 points in 6 AHL games and 23 points in 17 ECHL games during the 2009-10 season. The following season, Hennigar left to play for the Victoria Salmon Kings in the ECHL and is now retired.

The Islanders acquired Bobby Hughes, who was also a pretty mediocre AHL/ECHL forward, but Hughes was 4 years younger. However, Bobby Hughes only played 5 games in the Islanders system with Bridgeport where he recorded 0 points before leaving to play for the Utah Grizzlies in the ECHL.

Looking at this trade, it was really one of those pointless minor league trades that seem to occur every once in a while. I'd say the Hurricanes won this trade solely due to the fact that they got a full season out of Hennigar where he produced well in the minors, while the Islanders got only 5 games out of Hughes in their system.

7/26/22
Forum: Carolina HurricanesJul. 26, 2022 at 12:18 p.m.
Thread: Reviewing Every Carolina Hurricanes Trade From the 2009-10 Season to Present.
Trade 1
July 24, 2009

:hurricanes acquires
D - Aaron Ward

:bruins acquires
F - Patrick Eaves
2010 4th Round Draft Pick (97th Overall, F - Craig Cunningham)

Carolina brings back Aaron Ward who was a solid defenseman in the '06 cup run. Ward played 61 games with the Hurricanes where he recorded a total 11 points before he was flipped at the deadline to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for goaltender, Justin Pogge and a 2010 4th Round pick that the Hurricanes used to select forward, Justin Shugg. Justin Pogge, 23 at the time, looked like a solid young goalie prospect but continued to post average numbers in the minor leagues and never made the jump up to the Hurricanes roster before exiting in the 2011 off-season as a free agent (signed by Phoenix). Now he's still kicking around in the European leagues posting meh numbers. Justin Shugg played in the minors for a few years where he played only decently, and got in 3 games in the 2014-15 season for the Hurricanes. After the 2015-16 season, Shugg signed in the KHL and has played in Europe ever since.

Boston acquires Patrick Eaves, but they immediately bought out the final two years of his contract. This allowed Eaves to leave to free agency where he was signed by Detroit. Boston also received a 4th round pick in the 2010 draft, and they used that pick to select over-ager forward Craig Cunningham from Vancouver in the WHL. Cunningham played one more season in the WHL before hopping into AHL action where he posted a total of 82 points in 151 regular season games over his first two seasons. In the 2013-14 season, Cunningham got 2 games of NHL action, but spent the rest of the season in the minors. In 2014-15 however, Cunningham played 32 NHL games with the Bruins, recording 2 goals and a total of 3 points before he was claimed on waivers by Arizona.

Altogether, the Hurricanes received 61 games from a solid bottom 4 defenseman in Aaron Ward, 2 seasons of a young AHL goalie that never made the big jump to the Hurricanes with Justin Pogge, and 5 seasons of a serviceable AHL forward with 3 NHL games sprinkled in there from Justin Shugg. The Bruins received a cheap buyout that didn't really change anything, and 3 seasons in the AHL plus 35 NHL games from a 4th line/extra forward in Craig Cunningham. In the end, I think the Hurricanes got the better out of this trade.

7/26/22
Forum: NHLJul. 25, 2022 at 7:31 p.m.
Thread: 2021-2022 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #9 - The Demise (Revival?) of Calgary
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justaBoss</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome back, Zinger!The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Canes</a> have inked Ryan Dzingel to a one-year, two-way contract.Details » <a href="https://t.co/O3ux4U7htK" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/O3ux4U7htK</a> <a href="https://t.co/wslXAEoDnM" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/wslXAEoDnM</a></p>— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1551706212911259649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote>



zinger</div></div>

Words can't describe how hyped I am right now.

Zinger is headed back to Carolina baby!

I'm glad I have summoned Waddell to give this man a second chance.