Quoting: Gofnut999
Rumor is Ullmark blocked a trade to Ottawa in offseason..
Let’s get real:
Ullmark gets to submit a brand new 15 team list and it’s just for 1 year so he can take a little risk.
Put every Pacific division team on the list. Put the remaining Canadian teams. Still have 3.
Add. Col, Zona being the west teams left and Columbus because they are Columbus.
He can remove Vegas, Dallas, Winnipeg, Seattle as they are not going to need or trade for goalie barring an injury and if they did it would just be a few months.
Then he can add NJ, Philly, Det, Wash.
Guess what…he does not get traded unless he is willing, and he isn’t, because there is nobody not on his list that wants or needs him.
There is zero chance Ottawa is not on his list. 🤷🏻♂️
My belief based on reports
1. All west coast teams are on his NMC because of distance away from family
*** (not sure if that is his immediate family in the US or those in Sweden who supposedly visit him quite a bit or both).
2. All Canadian teams are in his NMC because of tax reasons
He craves stability and Boston is easily the most stable situation now, but I seriously doubt he systematically rigs his NMC to take out teams that could offer him more stability and an extension timed to when he’s been the best goalie in the league for the past two years.
Maybe that will be the case, but I would guess his representation would talk him out of it because Boston will NO LONGER offer long term stability compared to other teams. With regards to stability, it might be one of the least stable situations for him if any team is willing to offer an extension
Whether a contract extension opens up the East coast Canadian teams or a team like LA is an open question when it will be the only time where additional stability is added onto the equation.
I love Linus and would be just as happy with him staying for the year at his salary. We have the cap room to keep him unless we get a haul. Trading him for cap relief would be utterly stupid and Sweeney is not stupid.