And so it begins...

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

We're already paying Kulikov our broken-player money. Once he's off the books, we could replace him with another back-injury prone player. 

Is he ready to go this year? The world wide web isn't telling me much.

2 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Is he ready to go this year? The world wide web isn't telling me much.

To the trainers table? Most definitely! 

If the Jets want another middle-of-the-pack LD, they can just re-sign Morrow.

8 minutes ago, JCon said:

To the trainers table? Most definitely! 

The webz did tell me he's frustrated with the media questions about his back.

Really? Bubble wrap time. 

22 minutes ago, Goalie said:

The Fact Anaheim is on Faulks no trade list but Winnipeg isn't.. That's a sign of a good Minnesota boy. Is he ideal? No. Is he better than everyone on the team except Buff and Morrissey? Yup. 

Speaking of Minnesota, with our current D situation I'd take Matt Dumba off their hands. 🙂

52 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

If the Jets want another middle-of-the-pack LD, they can just re-sign Morrow.

PTO with.. Rangers

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Is he ready to go this year? The world wide web isn't telling me much.

He's #2 on the current depth chart

22 minutes ago, Goalie said:

PTO with.. Rangers

Did not know that.

Zero issues if we can get a solid d-man for Perreault.   If you want to talk about a guy who is streaky and can go cold for long periods of time he's easily replaceable with one of our many young guys.    

The back end this year is going to be a tough thing to watch without Buff, but the guys that suit up will get a world of game experience  probably wont win to much but we will find out what we have 

https://www.tsn.ca/video/sens-sign-chabot-to-eight-year-64-million-extension~1783526

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.tsn.ca/video/sens-sign-chabot-to-eight-year-64-million-extension~1783526

 

Friedman says Jets have interest in signing Ben Hutton... Interesting part is Hutton signed with LA. Swing and a miss again For Friedman

5 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Friedman says Jets have interest in signing Ben Hutton... Interesting part is Hutton signed with LA. Swing and a miss again For Friedman

He said they HAD interest. From 31 Thoughts: 

1. Winnipeg had interest in Ben Hutton, but had to wait until things settled before formalizing anything. Hutton had to get started, and the Kings were ready. 

 

Another it looks like another chip has fallen with Bolts' Brayden Point signing a 3-year bridge with a $6.75M AAV.

Makes me wonder what effect this has, if any, on both Laine and Rantanen.

Edited September 23, 20196 yr by blue_gold_84

6 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Another it looks like another chip has fallen with Bolts' Brayden Point signing a 3-year bridge with a $6.75M AAV.

Makes me wonder what effect this has, if any, on both Laine and Rantanen.

Laine for Rantanen

Good deal for TB though. Bad in that he's UFA after it's over. Another 26yr old UFA 😡

 

Edited September 23, 20196 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Laine for Rantanen

Good deal for TB though. Bad in that he's UFA after it's over. Another 26yr old UFA 😡

 

According to Cap Friendly, he would still be RFA at the conclusion of this deal. The$9 million salary in year 3 though means a minimum qualifying offer of just under$10 million. If TB doesn't offer that then he would become aUFA. 

40 minutes ago, Tony Fresco said:

According to Cap Friendly, he would still be RFA at the conclusion of this deal. The$9 million salary in year 3 though means a minimum qualifying offer of just under$10 million. If TB doesn't offer that then he would become aUFA. 

No wonder the nhlpa doesn’t want to open this deal up early ha...  they’ve outwitted the owners again

9 minutes ago, Floyd said:

No wonder the nhlpa doesn’t want to open this deal up early ha...  they’ve outwitted the owners again

They haven't outwitted the owners, the size of the pie is exactly the same! Owners don't care how that pie is sliced. 

10 minutes ago, JCon said:

They haven't outwitted the owners, the size of the pie is exactly the same! Owners don't care how that pie is sliced. 

Owners thought RFA would slow down salary escalation - it has instead sped it up

league will need to increase salary cap in a major way or maybe they really don’t care - could be ha

12 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Owners thought RFA would slow down salary escalation - it has instead sped it up

league will need to increase salary cap in a major way or maybe they really don’t care - could be ha

Salary cap is tied to revenues. The owners have a cap to protect themselves. The RFA was set for older players to protect themselves against the younger ones. The younger ones have gamed the system. 

This is player-vs-player. The owners don't care. The only costs they're incurring are the upfront, bonuses, which I'm sure will be cut down during the next CBA negotiations. 

Edited September 23, 20196 yr by JCon

Wonder if the Jets two RFA's will be the last to sign, I thought at least one would have signed by now.

28 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Wonder if the Jets two RFA's will be the last to sign, I thought at least one would have signed by now.

Tkachuk waiting for KConn to sign and vice-versa.

The Carolina Hurricanes have traded defenceman Justin Faulk to the St. Louis Blues.

The Hurricanes have also sent a 2020 fifth-round pick to St. Louis. In exchange, St. Louis is sending defenceman Joel Edmundson, forward prospect Dominik Bokk and a 2021 seventh-round pick to Carolina.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/blues-acquire-justin-faulk-hurricanes-sign-seven-year-extension/

Edited September 24, 20196 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

On 2019-09-23 at 1:57 PM, JCon said:

Salary cap is tied to revenues. The owners have a cap to protect themselves. The RFA was set for older players to protect themselves against the younger ones. The younger ones have gamed the system. 

This is player-vs-player. The owners don't care. The only costs they're incurring are the upfront, bonuses, which I'm sure will be cut down during the next CBA negotiations. 

I think some of the owners care a fair bit about massive signing bonuses for relatively unproven players... and about having to buy out older players to afford their own RFAs... not the original plan at all

Flames sign Keith's offspring.  Conner next signing?