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I got Paul Kariya, Phil Esposito and... Marc-André Bergeron??? One of these things is not like the other.

Super interesting. Thanks for posting

The rumour is that the agent (who represents both Aho and Point) steered them toward offersheeting Aho when they initially inquired about Point. Don't know if there is any truth to it, but perhaps this indicates Point isn't interested.

This reads like a slap in the face to Aho.

7x7 for Lee the plan B and the Isles.

It's sarcasm. Also, stop ruining my day.

I've decided Lee is totally worth 9M AAV and I'll be fine if MTL does it. Not letting anyone or anything ruin July 1 for me.

Friedman talking of an offer to Lee of 7y/8M That sounds... bad.

Dreger reporting Myers and Canucks are finalizing the details.

It’s necessary if they intend to sign a big name. They still have to sign a backup, Armia and Lehkonen. That did not leave enough money for a top UFA. There have also been rumours of an offer sheet. That could be fun, though unlikely. Still, I’ll be dreaming of Provorov tonight...

Deslauriers also shipped out to ANA. We had too many NHL contracts signed. This makes room. Never heard anything about Letang. Not sure I see why either team would do that. A UFA seems more likely. To my knowledge, Duchene is the only one who actually met with the team. There have been rumours of the team having interest in Lee, though I didn’t hear anything about him being interested. Never really heard anything concrete about Gardiner. Just people surmising it’d be a good fit. I also wonder if Bergevin could be tempted to give Sekera a shot. Could be a low risk gamble.

We acquired him for two second rounders three years ago. Seems like a fair return. Just stings that one of those picks ended up Debrincat, but who knows who we would have drafted at that spot.

For picks. 2nd and 7th in 2020; 3rd in 2021. Habs also sending a 7th in 2021. Bergevin making room. I was a fan of Shaw. Thought he brought something important to the table and never agreed his contract was too much. Curious to know who that money is for, though.

Kessel and a fourth rounder for Galchenyuk and PO Joseph

I’m kidding around. It wasn’t that terrible a deal. But it’s definitely an overpay. It is a cap dump in the sense that TB needed to get rid of him, just as Nashville needed to move Subban. No need to give up a first in that scenario, especially not one that has a good chance of being a lottery pick.

-"Hey Jim. It's Julien BriseBois. Listen, I'm in a real bind here. I need to get rid of Miller's contract. You think you can help me out?" -""I dunno. What were you thinking?" -"Well, maybe something like the Marleau deal with Carolina" -"What was that one? I haven't heard it yet" -"Well, they gave up a lottery protected first, but in our case I thought maybe a third could..." -"Let me stop you right there, buddy. You got yourself a deal! We'll give you a first and a third. But I want that first lottery protected. I'll throw in Mazanec to make it happen. We good?" -"Wait, what? No I meant we would be giv.. uh... Yeah, no this works."

Of course you do! First round pick for free, so to speak.

Means NJD won the Weber trade, IMO.

TOR trade 2020 1st round pick to CAR to get rid of Marleau.

If the Preds sign Duchene, they’ll somehow be on both sides of that equation this season.

Big weekend for NJD! Maybe Hall starts to think this an’t looking so bad. Funny to see teams giving silly amounts of money to guys like Hayes, etc, while other teams are having to sell players at a discount to fit under the cap.

Santini, Davies and two 2nds!

not sure on the return yet

You nailed that top two like a boss, though.

Caufield baby!!!! Unbelievable!