NHL 2020-21 season Fantasy & Chat thread

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Cup odds

Colorado +500
TB +600
Vegas +700
Toronto +1000
Boston +1200

TB with the 3 peat .

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The New York Rangers locked up their goaltender of the future Monday by agreeing to re-sign Igor Shesterkin to a four-year contract.

Shesterkin wasn’t the only restricted free agent goalie to sign on Monday: The Philadelphia Flyers re-signed Carter Hart to a three-year, $11.9 million deal, and the Washington Capitals re-signed Ilya Samsonov to a one-year, $2 million contract.

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Samsonov signs one-year, $2 million contract with Capitals

Goalie was restricted free agent, won 13 games in second NHL season

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Ilya Samsonov signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Washington Capitals on Monday.

The 24-year-old goalie was a restricted free agent after going 13-4-1 with a 2.69 goals-against average, .902 save percentage and two shutouts in 19 regular-season games (18 starts) last season, which included two stints in NHL COVID-19 protocol.
Samsonov, who went 0-3 with a 2.99 GAA and an .899 save percentage in three Stanley Cup Playoff games, made 40 saves in his return in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup First Round before a miscommunication with Capitals defenseman Justin Schultz led to the winning goal in a 3-2 double-overtime loss to the Boston Bruins. Washington lost the series in five games.
Selected by Washington in the first round (No. 22) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Samsonov is 29-10-3 with a 2.61 GAA, .908 save percentage and three shutouts in 45 regular-season games (40 starts).
He was second in wins (16) and fourth in GAA (2.55) among rookies in 2019-20 (minimum 10 games).

The Capitals re-acquired goalie Vitek Vanecek from the Seattle Kraken on July 28 after he was selected in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft on July 21.
The 25-year-old was 21-10-4 with a 2.69 GAA, .908 save percentage and two shutouts in 37 games (36 starts) last season, his first the NHL, and led rookies in wins. He played in one playoff game before he was injured and missed the remainder of the postseason.
Selected by Washington in the second round (No. 39) of the 2014 NHL Draft, Vanecek has one season remaining on a three-year contract he signed with Washington on July 1, 2019.
Goalie Craig Anderson, who played in four regular-season games and two postseason games with Washington last season, signed a one-year, $750000 contract with the Buffalo Sabres on July 28.
The Capitals previously re-signed forward Alex Ovechkin to a five-year, $47.5 million contract ($9.5 million average annual value) on July 27.

[Stallion]

Tampa Bay could definately 3 peat.

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NAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed defenseman Josh Mahura and left wings Max Comtois and Max Jones.
Comtois got a two-year contract through the 2022-23 season, and Jones signed a three-year deal through 2024. Mahura's contract is for two years, and it is a two-way deal in the upcoming season only.

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Tony Esposito dies at 78, Hockey Hall of Fame goalie

Won 418 games for Black Hawks from 1969-84, had pancreatic cancer

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Tony Esposito dies at 78, Hockey Hall of Fame goalie

Won 418 games for Black Hawks from 1969-84, had pancreatic cancer

RIP Tony, glad he's in the HOF.

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The Florida Panthers signed newly acquired forward Sam Reinhart to a three-year, $19.5 million contract Wednesday.

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The Florida Panthers signed newly acquired forward Sam Reinhart to a three-year, $19.5 million contract Wednesday.

Sabres go from worst to worstest.

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Sabres go from worst to worstest.

They just can`t seem to get it right .

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Sabres are on what seems like a 20 year rebuild.

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Neal Pionk signing a four-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets with an average annual value of $5.875 million,

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Joe Thornton to play 24th NHL season after signing with Florida Panthers


Star center Joe Thornton has signed a one-year deal with the Florida Panthers for the 24th season of his legendary career.
Thornton, 42, will earn $750,000 on the deal, with no bonuses or incentives.

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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has undergone wrist surgery and is expected to need a "minimum" of six weeks to recover.
The club made the announcement Friday, the same day the reigning Rocket Richard Trophy winner went under the knife following "consultations with specialists and Maple Leafs medical staff."

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The Vancouver Canucks and recently acquired forward Jason Dickinson avoided an arbitration hearing by signing off on a three-year deal on Saturday.
The deal will pay Dickinson $2.65 million per season.

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Joe Thornton to play 24th NHL season after signing with Florida Panthers

Star center Joe Thornton has signed a one-year deal with the Florida Panthers for the 24th season of his legendary career.
Thornton, 42, will earn $750,000 on the deal, with no bonuses or incentives.

He should be a decent 4th line player for Florida and doesn’t cost Panthers much.

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He should be a decent 4th line player for Florida and doesn’t cost Panthers much.

Yep , good signing .

Same thing with Correy Perry to the Lightning .

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Preseason games around 5 weeks away .

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Sometimes contract negotiations can be difficult and frustrating, but it doesn't sound like Adam Erne's dealings with the Red Wings this summer were anything like that.
Erne and the Wings settled on a two-year contract Sunday worth $4.2 million ($2.1 million salary cap hit).

[Otters27]

What's the Update on Evander Kane?. Is he getting kicked out of the league

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Saros signs four-year contract with Predators, avoids arbitration

Goalie gets $20 million, expected to be starter for Nashville

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San Jose Sharks star Evander Kane has been photographed with a model two weeks after his pregnant estranged wife accused them of having an affair.
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Anna Kane made the accusation at the end of July on Instagram, claiming he cheated on her with his ex, Mara Teigen. She also called out Kane’s alleged gambling addiction and claimed that he throws hockey games.

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So much drama with Kane, he’s a definite liability now if he wasn’t before.

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So much drama with Kane, he’s a definite liability now if he wasn’t before.

I wouldn`t want him near my team .

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his teammates want him gone but Sharks can't find a team interested in Kane


Sharks made a lot of bad moves last few years. Kane looking the worst of all.

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Sharks had their shot 4 or 5 yers ago and couldn`t close the deal .


They are on the rebuild .

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said it was his belief that the Arizona Coyotes front office was committed to staying in the greater Phoenix area, despite finding out that the City of Glendale decided against renewing its lease with the NHL franchise.
The news broke in the middle of an interview Bettman was giving to New York-based radio show Carton and Roberts.

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said it was his belief that the Arizona Coyotes front office was committed to staying in the greater Phoenix area, despite finding out that the City of Glendale decided against renewing its lease with the NHL franchise.
The news broke in the middle of an interview Bettman was giving to New York-based radio show Carton and Roberts.

Arizona and hockey never seemed right .

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Longtime New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is retiring from professional hockey.



In 2020, after 15 seasons with the Rangers, the two sides announced they'd be moving on from one another. Lundqvist signed with the Washington Capitals on a one-year deal, but would never take the ice for his new team due to a heart condition that required open-heart surgery in January. Lundqvist remarkably returned to practice one month later, but then said he would not be returning between the pipes for the rest of the season.

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Arizona and hockey never seemed right .

Maybe, but Auston Matthews grew up in Arizona, and Tampa is similar with a great franchise.

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Maybe, but Auston Matthews grew up in Arizona, and Tampa is similar with a great franchise.

Good point about Matthews .

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Michigan had three high picks in the draft and all three guys are returning to Michigan for another season.

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Coach Cooper took the Cup to Gretzky Hockey School in Idaho. The kids in camp must've freaked out.

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Coach Cooper took the Cup to Gretzky Hockey School in Idaho. The kids in camp must've freaked out.

Very cool for the kids .

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The New York Rangers announced Sunday night that franchise legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert has passed away. He was 80.
Gilbert suited up at forward for the Rangers from 1960-78, finishing his NHL career with 406 goals and 1,021 total points. The Montreal native was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982.