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Forum: Seattle Kraken5 déc. 2018 à 16 h 8
Sujet: Seattle will officially begin play during the 2021-22 NHL season.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DragonRaptorHybrid</b></div><div>that idea seems good. I've also seen proposals for an 8-division league of 4 teams each, which I'm all down for. The only thing that gets complained about with re-alignment is "but muh rivalries," which... I'm generally more about maintaining geographic rivalries (e.g. Penguins-Flyers); my goal behind re-alignment would be to cut down on travel times and also minimize time zone cross-over. Any history-based rivalries, I don't especially care much about; I don't personally give a whit about hockey history.</div></div>

If I were to start from scratch, I would set it up as follows...

<strong>Northeast</strong>
Boston
Buffalo
Montreal
New Jersey
NY Islanders
NY Rangers
Ottawa
Toronto

<strong>East</strong>
Carolina
Columbus
Detroit
Florida
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay
Washington

<strong>Central</strong>
Calgary
Chicago
Dallas
Edmonton
Minnesota
Nashville
St. Louis
Winnipeg

<strong>West</strong>
Anaheim
Arizona
Colorado
Los Angeles
San Jose
Seattle
Vancouver
Vegas
Forum: Site Discussion5 déc. 2018 à 11 h 48
Sujet: New Feature Release: Redesigned trade engine
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Major Feature Update!<br><br>We&#39;ve completely redesigned our Trades engine from the ground up!<br><br>Features now include:<br>-multiple filters such as teams, 3-way trades, date ranges &amp; events (trade deadline, entry-draft) <br>-season breakdowns<br>-player search<a href="https://t.co/cHhDTXUzlH">https://t.co/cHhDTXUzlH</a> <a href="https://t.co/TQ2XS08NI9">pic.twitter.com/TQ2XS08NI9</a></p>&mdash; CapFriendly (<a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank"><a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank"><a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank">@CapFriendly</a></a></a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1070354170262249477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wondering what teams have ever been involved in a three-way trade?<br><br>Just click the 3-way filter on our new Trades engine: <a href="https://t.co/1fa4FPRVof">https://t.co/1fa4FPRVof</a> <a href="https://t.co/dFKogCFMdK">pic.twitter.com/dFKogCFMdK</a></p>&mdash; CapFriendly (<a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank"><a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank"><a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank">@CapFriendly</a></a></a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1070355311700140032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Trade engine is populated with every trade back to the 2004-05 season; however, we&#39;ve also included some additional notable trades.<br><br>For example, these are the results displayed when you search for &quot;Gretzky&quot;<a href="https://t.co/QVtpuwgEvI">https://t.co/QVtpuwgEvI</a><br><br>Any missing you want to see? Let us know! <a href="https://t.co/eY3AI61dMG">pic.twitter.com/eY3AI61dMG</a></p>&mdash; CapFriendly (<a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank"><a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank"><a href="/users/CapFriendly" target="_blank">@CapFriendly</a></a></a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1070357527769038849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Forum: NHL Trades10 sept. 2018 à 2 h 28
Sujet: (MTL / VGK) - Tatar, Suzuki, 2019 2nd for Pacioretty
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kopiino</b></div><div>Montreal comes out well and Vegas loses. 2 1st round picks (Veleno and Suzuki), 2 2nd round picks, and a 3rd round pick for Pacioretty is a pretty big loss when put in perspective</div></div>

Also put into perspective how Vegas got Suzuki and the 2019 2nd. Columbus sent the 2017 1st (Suzuki) 2019 2nd (just traded to habs) and Clarkson to Vegas in exchange for selecting William Karlsson. Vegas did trade a lot to get Tatar (1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks). So overall perspective heres the trade:

To Vegas: Pacioretty, Karlsson, Clarkson
To Montreal: Tatar, 2017 1st (Suzuki) 2019 2nd
To Detroit: 2018 1st (#30 Valeno) , 2019 2nd, 2021 3rd
To Columbus: expansion draft considerations

Gotta say Vegas comes out well. Not overly a big loss considering how they received the assets from Columbus and how many draft picks they acquired during the expansion draft.
Forum: NHL Signings31 juill. 2018 à 20 h 49
Sujet: Calgary Flames signed Garnet Hathaway (1 Year / $850,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DragonRaptorHybrid</b></div><div>Claiming anybody on waivers is a double-edged sword. You get to take somebody off another team's roster without giving up assets, but then that person has to be on your NHL roster and takes up a spot that might have gone to somebody else you liked more. Besides, at the beginning of the year, everybody's trying to figure out what their opening night roster will look like, and claiming somebody off waivers throws an additional wrench into that plan.

Sure, somebody could claim Hathaway off waivers, but it's more likely he'd turn into the next Frank Corrado than have a meaningful impact at the NHL level.</div></div>

Agreeed. And I wrote almost the exact same thing in response, LOL

I like what you said about the hecticness of the end of Camp and managing one’s own roster. Better the devil you know I suppose?

Who would be a likely waiver pick-up (or a trade subsequent to a revocation of Waivers)? I think Petan has a chance given Winnipeg’s forward depth. Any others? Vegas has too many forwards too.
Forum: NHL Trades20 juin 2018 à 17 h 1
Sujet: (MTL / ARI) - Domi for Galchenyuk
I don't know how anyone who watches the Habs with regularity can say this was a bad trade. Its simply a fresh start for two players with similar abilities.

Repeat after me: GALCHENYUK WAS NOT GOING TO BE A CENTER IN MONTREAL.

1) Habs didn't lose a center. They lost a winger. Whatever reason you want to believe as to why it didn't work out with him at center here are all valid. That doesn't change the fact that he wasn't going to play center for the current management so until Molson wises up, we lose nothing in that sense.

2) Whether you agree with it or not, Galchenyuk has not had a favorable ride here in MTL. Despite a few documented off ice incidences that were not hockey related, the current management has mismanaged this player and as result we had a player signed to short term contract that in theory would have no reason to re-up with the Habs based on the current relationship with management. We were losing Chucky at the end of his contract. No one know this for sure but if you were in his shoes, would you stay in this environment? I wouldn't.

3) Galchenyuk had a lower value than he should have. We Habs fans know how good he can be but what good is it if the current management won't use him as intended to hopefully improve his value? What happens if we have another year of Galchenyuk being played on the 4th line to "teach him a lesson? What if we have another off ice issue show its ugly face? We get another Hoffman situation.....Habs cashed in on Galchenyuk's current value because they knew they couldn't/wouldn't get it to where it needed to be to be worth something like a #1 center or what not. I'm not saying I agree with it. Simply pointing this out.

4) With Domi Habs get a Chucky replacement who is cheaper, younger, cost controlled longer, in a better relationship with management, etc etc Yeah Chucky is probably more talented but that extra talent is wasted here in MTL so we would not reap the benefits of it anyway. People keep pointing to the goals production. I like how people point to Domi's lack of goals scoring and the fact that he scored many in the empty net as such a negative. What kind of players players play the last minute of a 1 goal lead? Maybe we should go check which players lead the NHL in empty netters? They are different players. Domi is a better playmaker than Chucky is. The thought process here is that with Domi, they get less goals from him in particular but get more goals from his linemates as a result of him. Habs have plenty of guys who can score if given a good pass. They don't have talented players to create scoring chances. Galchenyuk's goals came mainly from his ability to finish not from his creation of offense. Domi can help with this. He also has character.....yada yada..yada.


This trade isn't a bad trade. I would be the first to **** all over MB if it was. Is it the trade that should of happened? No it shouldn't have. Chucky should have been placed at center and never taken away from it from the beginning. But he has and management has decided to deem him a winger and a winger only. Given this, Habs swapped out a player who didn't fit their mold anymore and had no incentive to want to remain with this team in the long haul. Swapping in a player who could replace Chucky's ability to create offense who also played a game that will be better suited for the style this management wants to play. Once again, I am not a fan of how this entire ordeal came about but of all the **** show trades MB has done, this one is not as bad as some are making it out to be.

Galchenyuk could score 30 goals as a center in Arizona, that's nice but it wouldn't happened here. What we can hope for is Domi to play to his potential within this teams style and structure. If he does, we won't be missing Chucky that much.