I would like the Sens to claim Joey Anderson, we could still use a bottom six RW imo. Especially if Tkachuk doesn't sign until after the season starts. Joey Anderson would also be more of a long term fit than Ennis, who will probably get a contract to lift us above the floor if we don't sign Tkachuk by the start of the season. Also why did Buffalo waive Dell lol, are they running UPL or Tokarski as Craig Anderson's backup?

So Kessel could be traded in the coming weeks

Not in Coyotes plan this season

Only condition is he wants to go to a contender

Colorado makes the most sense as they got the space and assets to get him

How many injured players do the Senators have right now? Because if they have 2 more guys other than White (NHL/AHL) who got injured in camp, they can be placed on normal IR and the Sens can get over the floor without signing anyone.

Haven't been able to watch any preseason action yet so I'm not sure who's injured, but with White on IR I think you're right. It's probably more realistic for the Sens to try to claim Koivula to be 4C now, or spare forward if Bishop is the 4C. It's always nice to have a centre as the spare forward because they can switch to wing easier than a wing can switch to centre, and the Sens love their big guys. Signing Ennis to whatever and claiming Koivula (or keeping Greig around for 9 games to start the year, or bringing up like Aberg or something) would put us over the floor (just to check--the floor is 60.2mil right?).

Reaves is hurt. 😮

One good waiver grab could be seen in Seattle once Gourde returns. As Geekie could potentially get waived. As once Gourde returns center core will be Gourde, Wennberg, McCann, and Shehan.

Isn't Geekie better than Sheahan? I heard he was having a real good camp, but that was last week so things might've changed. In general it doesn't make sense to waive a young guy that they like though, like they took Geekie over Bean, Niederreiter, etc. he's probably staying in the lineup. And McCann can move to the wing too, he generally underwhelms after a couple weeks at centre.

So Kessel could be traded in the coming weeks

Not in Coyotes plan this season

Only condition is he wants to go to a contender

Colorado makes the most sense as they got the space and assets to get him

Honestly, I’d think that Arizona should claim some of these guys off waivers like Lind.

I think this is an incredibly hot take. Calling each of those guys a 60 point guy is generous seeing how neither of the wingers have actually hit 60 points since 2015 (and while Schwartz was on pace for 66 in 19-20 he was on pace for 43 this year and in 18-19), and McCann's career high is 35 points. I do think McCann will breakout, but a breakout for him would be 60 points. Maybe one or two of them hit 70 points, but most teams can field a better line even if these three combine for 200 points. This would be an elite 2nd line, but it's not a great 1st line. Also calling Tatar-Danault-Gallagher a top 5 line is a huge stretch as well, it's not better than Boston, Colorado, Tampa, Vegas, Edmonton, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Carolina, etc. offensively and most are more than capable defensively, which is secondary for a top line regardless. Same deal goes for ranking Seattle's top line, they simply don't have the firepower, even with a breakout season for McCann, to hang with other top lines offensively, and being a good shutdown line is something you want for your 2nd or 3rd line, you want your 1st line to light up the scoreboard. Like the Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik line of a few years ago was not a top 15 line because they were great defensively and scored 70 goals, they were just a good 2nd line.

Context matters. McCann was on pace for 61 points last season averaging 14 min of ice time. He’ll be playing 1st line minutes with better linemates this season. I think he’s a lock for 60-65 points this season. Eberle and Schwartz should be 55-60 pt guys as well. The line will score goals at a borderline elite rate and they won’t give up much because of their elite defensive play. Their goal share should be between 55-60% which would be a top 15 1st line.
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik were only a great line in 18-19 when they played 48 games together. They scored 4 goals per 60 minutes which is a 1st line rate.

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher was a top 5 1st line and neither of them were PPG players. This is MTL compared to BOS 1st line

To put that in perspective, Boston's Perfection line played almost the exact same number of minutes together in that time (1530)They had:60.4% shot share59.8% expected goal share61.9% actual goal share

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LOL

To be fair, your argument is mostly speculation. McCann is great but saying he is a lock for 60-65 points is an extremely hot take. I’d say maybe 55 but I doubt he almost doubles his career high

Let’s go caps. Kuznetsov looked great and so did VV. Also why do they do a shootout at the end of the game in preseason

Cause why not?

Haven't been able to watch any preseason action yet so I'm not sure who's injured, but with White on IR I think you're right. It's probably more realistic for the Sens to try to claim Koivula to be 4C now, or spare forward if Bishop is the 4C. It's always nice to have a centre as the spare forward because they can switch to wing easier than a wing can switch to centre, and the Sens love their big guys. Signing Ennis to whatever and claiming Koivula (or keeping Greig around for 9 games to start the year, or bringing up like Aberg or something) would put us over the floor (just to check--the floor is 60.2mil right?).

The Wild have an underrated future - I think they’ll be cup contenders in a few years. Beckman, Boldy, Rossi, Addison all look like studs.

Only thing holding them back is the salary cap