The 2018/19 NHL Chat & Fantasy Thread

[mr. leisure]

I wonder why Nashville let Subban go? Fine with me.

Has to be a salary dump .

[mr. leisure]

Longtime Penguins, Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik retires after 15 seasons in NHL

The two-time Stanley Cup champion played more than 1,000 games over the course of his career

[yisman]

Nashville still did well in trading Weber's bad contract for Subban in the first place

[mr. leisure]

Panthers' goalie Roberto Luongo retires after 19 seasons, ranks third in all-time wins

[yisman]

it was time

very good career for strombone

[mr. leisure]

Phil Kessel traded to Arizona Coyotes, Alex Galchenyuk to Penguins in return

[yisman]

pavelski to dallas

duchene to nashville

[yisman]

Artemi Panarin to the Rangers?

Columbus going to be a shell of themselves.

[hotcross]

pavelski to dallas

wow, he was the captain on San Jose

Dallas already has Jamie Benn as captain, that won't change

Pavelski is 35 years old, but has stayed pretty consistent with season points scored in the mid-60's the past 3 years. Had 38 goals last season for the Sharks, which tied his personal 2nd-best season for goals in his entire 13-year career.

Pavelski did play out his 5-year contract with the Sharks and was an Unrestricted Free Agent

[yisman]

toronto traded kadri to colorado, got barrie and kerfoot

[yisman]

news has gone quiet the last 2 days ago

[mr. leisure]

Sharks had to give up resigning some good players because of the huge money they gave to Karlsson .

[yisman]

yeah they had given out a huge contract to Burns too

too many good players

Kane, Couture, etc.

[yisman]

Nashville looks like a scary team now.

[hotcross]

is this guy gonna retire or what? He had a 1-year contract for $5 million, now a UFA

Thornton's bid to win the Stanley Cup for the first time fell short when the Sharks were eliminated by the Blues in the conference final last season, he showed he still can contribute. Thornton, who turns 40 on July 2, had 51 points (16 goals, 35 assists) in 73 regular-season games and 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games. Thornton loves life in California, and in May he said that he's "a Shark," so it's hard to envision him going far (if anywhere) if he does continue playing. Thornton has 1,478 points (413 goals, 1,065 assists) in 1,566 regular-season games and 133 points (31 goals, 102 assists) in 179 playoff games with the Sharks and Bruins.

[aggieshawn]

Panthers' goalie Roberto Luongo retires after 19 seasons, ranks third in all-time wins

Awesome, guy. Got to hang out with him a few times.

[yisman]

Awesome, guy. Got to hang out with him a few times.

His Twitter is often entertaining https://twitter.com/strombone1

[yisman]

Blackhawks get Alex Nylander from Sabres

[hotcross]

Chicago also signed goalie Robin Lehner to a 1-year deal

[yisman]

Ferland to Vancouver for 4 years.

[BarkingToad]

Binnington signs 2 year deal with Blues at $4.4 million per year

[yisman]

he must've been an RFA

just brought up this past season

[hotcross]

Jakub Vrana signed a two-year, $6.7 million contract with the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. It has an average annual value of $3.35 million.


The 23-year-old forward, who was a restricted free agent, had NHL career highs in goals (24), assists (23) and points (47) and was plus-20 in 82 regular-season games for the Capitals last season. He had no points in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games.

[yisman]

he has potential. perhaps an expanded role next season

[mr. leisure]

Jakub Vrana signed a two-year, $6.7 million contract with the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. It has an average annual value of $3.35 million.


The 23-year-old forward, who was a restricted free agent, had NHL career highs in goals (24), assists (23) and points (47) and was plus-20 in 82 regular-season games for the Capitals last season. He had no points in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games.

Bargain , good signing .

[yisman]

Seattle close to naming Ron Francis as their GM

[mr. leisure]

Penguins' Matt Cullen announces his retirement . Cullen, 42, was the NHL's oldest active player .

[yisman]

been a while since he was a factor

hung on a long time

[hotcross]

Jacob Trouba agreed to terms on a seven-year, $56 million contract with the New York Rangers on Friday. It has an average annual value of $8 million.


The 25-year-old defenseman was a restricted free agent and was scheduled to have a salary arbitration hearing July 25.
Trouba had an NHL career-high 50 points (eight goals, 42 assists) in 82 games for the Winnipeg Jets last season, and one assist in six Stanley Cup Playoff games. Trouba was traded to New York on June 17 for defenseman Neal Pionk and a first-round pick (No. 20) in the 2019 NHL Draft.

[yisman]

startling trade and quite an overpay

[hotcross]

Milan Lucic was traded to the Calgary Flames by the Edmonton Oilers for James Neal on 7/19/19.

Calgary also receives a conditional third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. Edmonton will retain 12.5 percent of Lucic's remaining contract.

[yisman]

Neal is much better than Lucic

[mr. leisure]

Neal is much better than Lucic

Yep , the Oilers won that trade .

[hotcross]

the writeup mentioned Lucic wanted to go to a team that has a chance to win

talk about the pot calling the kettle black

both players are 31-years old

[yisman]

That leadership ability spurred them to hire Francis on Thursday as general manager of the yet-to-be-named team - well ahead of their schedule.
''Ownership made an incredible commitment . in supporting this idea of let's do this a year early,'' Leiweke said. ''If we're really here working for our fans, let's reward their belief. They said we're willing to make this commitment a year early. We're willing to bring on a general manager earlier than any other expansion team in the history of the NHL and that gift of an additional year will serve us well and give us a chance to scout and build and plan. But we had to find the right person.''
They believe the 56-year-old Francis is that person, announcing his hiring at a news conference that was attended by the mayor and a state senator. He'll have complete control of building the organization under Leiweke. He said he's already drawn up an organizational chart that will guide hiring as the team prepares to open play in 2021 as the NHL's 32nd franchise.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ron-fr...4142--nhl.html