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Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 10 at 3:46 p.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Jackson Blake (3 Years / $925,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NorthernLeafsFan05</b></div><div>And just like that, the Canes get ANOTHER top prospect under contract. In Blake's DY, he was playing High School hockey before he ended the season with the Chicago Steel, which is just a huge testament to the talent on the Canes scouting staff. Blake is a LEGIT prospect, getting him in the 4th round and now securing him with a contract was huge for Carolina. Their future is genuinely incredible, what a fantastic move.

Interesting that this isnt a future ELC. Not convinced he's going to be a guy the Canes lean on in the playoffs, maybe he gets a few games down the stretch just for the sake of getting him playing. Regardless, this is a great signing</div></div>

Not only that…he was barred from playing varsity hockey in Minnesota in his Sophomore year until end of January since he changed High Schools very late in the process (when he didn’t make NTDP, he returned home from Shattuck). And he didn’t play senior year…so it was just his junior season (and half of sophomore season).
Forum: NHLMar. 11 at 12:40 a.m.
Thread: How early would the Pens pick have to be for Dubas to choose to defer it?
The phrasing on the Karlsson trade condition is that if the Penguins' pick is in the top 10 Dubas can choose to defer the pick to 2025, not that he has to. Considering how fortunate they were with the health of their big 4 this year and the fact that the youngest of them is Karlsson who has a significant injury history and will be 34 before the season starts and the others will be 37,37, and 38, and they lost a guy who was a point per game player through 3/4 of the season this year, there's a decent chance next year they drop in the standings beyond where they are this year. If the pick is in the 8-10 range I feel like it would make sense for them to just give up this year's pick instead of waiting until next year and risking it being even earlier. On the other hand, deferring when they don't have to would be admitting they're expecting to do worse and that could be tough to do while Crosby's still there and playing well.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 7 at 12:36 p.m.
Forum: NHLMar. 6 at 12:14 p.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #4: Deadline is Approaching
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>Apparently it’s only a 3rd and a 4th

Like what the heck are you doing Ottawa, that might be the single worst return for a rental at the deadline I’ve ever seen</div></div>

Tarasenko has fired 4 agents in 24 months.

He is waiving his ntc for a future contract.

As predicted, he was super cheap to any team who would do that.

I’d predict he’s a panther for 3-4 more years.

Think of it like this:

It’s kinda hard to sign tarasenko if signing him means you have to pay a first round pick. Nobody would do that.

He had to be cheap to get what he wanted. Thus fully using the full ntc. If he’d only waive for 1 team, it’s a take it or leave it situation. Even if there’s no deal in Florida, he gets to be on the absolute premium team to show himself off, but he’d have that too at in Vegas, the lightning, Dallas, Edmonton - but if he waives for them all his price goes up, and it’s harder to decided to go down the path with him.

This is from 2 weeks ago from me, easier to read:


“He forced a full no trade during the off-season. He’s going to want term to waive.

If any team approaches with an extension, then that’s the only team he would waive for. His agents will have spoken with literally every viable team just this last off season, twice. Two seperate agents.

If a player only waives for one team, their value is the lowest possible.“

As an endnote that I edited it:

The senators had to agree to this when they signed him or it’s tampering times infinity.
Forum: NHLFeb. 18 at 12:58 p.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #3: After Further Review...
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CantStopWontStop</b></div><div>New trade deadline prediction: this is not a sellers market or a buyers market, this is a deal brokers market. Teams like Chicago, Buffalo, Nashville, and Anaheim are positioned to “win” the deadline.



I’ve been trying to come up with common sense deals.

While there is nuance such as Sergachev giving some LTIR space, the contending teams just don’t have space and I’m finding it hard to even identify cap dumps from many teams. There are so few middle men and they will be in demand. I find it odd these mechanisms potentially would give the biggest reward to those who spent the least.</div></div>

This will be the last, best opportunity for teams to broker deals and take on cap.
With the cap finally rising again, there will still be several teams in tight situations, but there will be more cap space in the league as a whole to mitigate it.
Should result in less dumps overall and lower prices for accomodating cap.