IN THE HEARTS OF MEN Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 15 hours ago, Commandant said: Winnipeg is in win now mode. I don't think they want prospects or picks. They also have 17.5 million in space right now... (though they'd need three more forwards even after Laine and Connor) 17.5 million and 5 forwards to sign. 2 of them "want" 10+ mill each. Domi will get 8 if he can repeat LY success. Maybe it is Drouin and his affordable 5 million. he and Ehlers can re unite. Nonetheless I'd have to believe 5+ million would be the max salary going the other way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said: 4 Advanced issues found ▲ 3 1 hour ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said: 17.5 million and 5 forwards to sign. 2 of them "want" 10+ mill each. Domi will get 8 if he can repeat LY success. Maybe it is Drouin and his affordable 5 million. he and Ehlers can re unite. Nonetheless I'd have to believe 5+ million would be the max salary going the other way By the time Domi gets to RFA the cap will have gone up. The Jets will also be out from Kulikov's 4.3 million which is an over pay and can be replaced cheaper. Lets say they replace him at the same level. 3 of those forwards will make a total of under 3 million. Probably closer to 2.5 or 2.6, but lets say 3. They'd have 14.5 million + cap increase in 2020 for both Domi and Connor. Not an issue. The jets are in win now mode. They want talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Well, if by some miracle the Jets are (a) dumb enough to trade Laine and (b) dumb enough to prefer Drouin over Domi, why, we should be all over that like Ron Hextall on Chris Chelios. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 53 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Well, if by some miracle the Jets are (a) dumb enough to trade Laine and (b) dumb enough to prefer Drouin over Domi, why, we should be all over that like Ron Hextall on Chris Chelios. 100% If you can build a trade around Drouin being the main piece you do it. I like Drouin and still think he can be a impact player but like we all know Laine could become a superstar. Domi I’m definitely very hesitant though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehjay Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Well, if by some miracle the Jets are (a) dumb enough to trade Laine and (b) dumb enough to prefer Drouin over Domi, why, we should be all over that like Ron Hextall on Chris Chelios. how about a trade where we send Drouin for Connor? What would that look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 12:15 PM, dlbalr said: https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/jesse-puljujarvis-stubborn-streak-has-not-just-been-in-evidence-around-the-negotiating-table-9-things Apparently the Isles are most likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 21 hours ago, ehjay said: how about a trade where we send Drouin for Connor? What would that look like? Is like comparing Apples-Oranges, players arnt in same ballpark. Connor 75g 123pts in 1st 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Trizzak said: Apparently the Isles are most likely. One year, $1.2 million. That's way less than I thought he'd get. Nice pickup for them at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehjay Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 3 hours ago, DON said: Is like comparing Apples-Oranges, players arnt in same ballpark. Connor 75g 123pts in 1st 2 years. Sry if that came across as a 1v1 trade, I would imagine WIN would want something else with Drouin but I also think it would be less then what they would want with Drouin for Laine. I just don't know what MB would have to give up in that trade or even if it would take a 3rd team to make it happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 11 hours ago, ehjay said: Sry if that came across as a 1v1 trade, I would imagine WIN would want something else with Drouin but I also think it would be less then what they would want with Drouin for Laine. I just don't know what MB would have to give up in that trade or even if it would take a 3rd team to make it happen I'm not sure that Connor would be all that much less expensive than Laine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehjay Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 31 minutes ago, tomh009 said: I'm not sure that Connor would be all that much less expensive than Laine. High Qc taxes have me being frugal more and more lolllll I want give less anywhere these days for fair value (expand edit) Connor I think might be a good fit too. Man can play C/W sounds good. Laine got the badman Shot but from what I saw (last year the few WIN game I saw), Connor seems to have a bit more sand paper (heart) in in his game. With whatever it might cost less, I take Connor if I can swing a deal between the 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Drouin had his golf tournament and a couple tweets came out about him calling up Ducharme and working on some of his struggles from last year, also did a bit of work with Julien as well. Its promising to see him admit his faults and actively trying to improve. I remember reading an article on Nathan Mackinnon about how the last couple years he made an effort to start doing the things that separate good players from elite players. And he has absolutely broken out to a top 5 player in the league with this mindset as before just trying to get by on his skill alone just wasn’t getting him there. I think the same can happen for Drouin if he decides to take up this mindset because the skill is there. Now I’m not saying he will rise to a Mackinnon level but at least become the guy people thought he would be when he was drafted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 When I saw this thread bumped, I thought it might be for this: I wonder what they're still discussing...we know they made a big move last September. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, dlbalr said: When I saw this thread bumped, I thought it might be for this: I wonder what they're still discussing...we know they made a big move last September. Given that I'm one of the inexplicably small number of Habs fans who actually thinks MB should have done something to improve the team, I sure would welcome a September surprise. Here's hoping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 My guess is that the move involves Alzer somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 My guess is that they take on a contract from a team who needs room to sign one of their rfas The question is. Will they get an actual player for super cheap? Or are they taking on a bad contract and adding prospects and draft picks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 What I got from that is Julien is expecting MB to go after an impact player that will help us right now. Probably a trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Friedman said on Tim and Sid yesterday that the Habs still have interest in Gardiner. It's Defensemen Blackjack and Bergevin keeps saying, "Hit me." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dlbalr Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Pominville doesn't seem to think there's much to these talks: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, dlbalr said: Pominville doesn't seem to think there's much to these talks: I hope there isnt. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, dlbalr said: Pominville doesn't seem to think there's much to these talks: Pominville's agent would be the one negotiating... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 A minor note - apparently the Habs were interested in signing Gaetan Haas over the last year or two. He mentioned that there was a team that tried to sign him last summer but he didn't have an opt-out in his contract. Considering the amount of turnover down the middle over the last year, I wonder if Montreal was that team that was trying to get him back in 2018. https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/swiss-forward-gaetan-haas-could-fill-the-3c-hole-for-edmonton-oilers/wcm/b1ed91c8-da71-42ff-a458-5a5f9b1d9db2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Two things: 1) Apologies for the forum outage yesterday. We're trying to update some stuff but it hasn't been going as well as we'd hoped. It's still being looked at. 2) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmethead Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 6 hours ago, dlbalr said: Two things: 1) Apologies for the forum outage yesterday. We're trying to update some stuff but it hasn't been going as well as we'd hoped. It's still being looked at. 2) There goes that.. Surprised MB didn’t come in with a. higher offer than Carolina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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