Commandant

I thought if anyone was gonna make a joke, that they'd ask if he was related to this guy.

Yup, when others load up, you need to match that or fall behind. We don't want to land in the mushy middle.

Add Tuch

Its the natural flow of contending and rebuilding. When we are ready to compete we are going to sell future assets to win now. We haven't mortgaged the future yet (nor should we), but there will come a time when its time to do that to try and win. Our goal is to win a cup, not be a playoff team that is good but not great and can't win indefinitely. When it was the deadline, the Panthers went and got Seth Jones and Brad Marchand. Do they care about the picks they traded away and the prospects drying up?

I think its more likely that Del Gaizo gets claimed than Trudeau. He's played 55 NHL games, including 46 last season. Guys like Trudeau, 4th rounders or later, with 0 NHL games, dozens clear waivers every year in training camp. I wouldn't worry at all about him.

Its not that unusual for RFAs to be yet to sign

Preach. Again we are in a thread where the trade is the 2021 31st overall pick for the 2021 17th overall pick. We traded two 1st rounders in a weak draft plus a 4th line winger, for a stud defenceman who is just 21 years old. If we were trading for 35 year olds, there might be a point here, but we are getting young assets who will be long term pieces of the club if they work out. Isn't that the goal of draftees, to find a long term piece if they work out. And draft picks are not guaranteed to work, while Dobson and Bolduc are already NHL proven. Its an insane thing to be concerned about in these deals. Its the family guy meme.... the boat or the mystery box... those draft picks could be anything, they could even be a young stud 25 minute a game D-man and a young 2nd line scoring winger with good defensive skill....

I agree, he's always been a defensive liabiliy who doesn' have enough offence.

Beauvillier to caps 2 years x 2.75 mil Disappointment intensifies

Its a question of why they dont show up. Marner sucking in the playoffs is cause hes soft. Its not cause of clutch/not clutch. Its that he cant handle tight checking.

Hes disappeared some.plauoffs in his career. Showed up this year 7 points in 8 games. But most years were bad. 21 points in 45 playoff games.

Gives the Blues breathing room on cap.

Orlov to San Jose 2x 6.5 The Sharks also claim Nick Leddy on waivers.

We have so many retired numbers and rightly so, we cant have special unwritten rules for numbers that arent retired