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I just think sending a guy -- a 26 year old, big bodied center, no less -- who's having a bad year off to play for a team (a freaking division rival) with a coach, who supposedly loves him and his style of play, whom under he had his best year for anything LESS than a first round pick is screaming SCREAMING!! to bite Holland in the ass. ...and for all of LGW to say, "told you so." ...but that's just pragmatic me.

Funny how you say garbage in goal then bring up Bishop. Bishop was garbage until his first full season in Tampa. Why would you give up on our young goalies so fast when it took Bishop 5 seasons of moving from AHL to NHL and back and three teams to finally get going and lock down a starting job? Plus, Bishop is a UFA. He's not good for anything but a rental to a playoff team right now.

Vegas has an early window http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/las-vegas-will-have-exclusive-48-hour-window-to-negotiate-with-unprotected-free-agents "The expansion draft rules won’t allow for teams to leave free agents unprotected in order to scare Las Vegas away. The league’s newest club will get a 48-hour window to work out a deal with any free agents — restricted or unrestricted — before the expansion draft."

Our best D right now IMO! @DetroitRedWings: UPDATE: The #RedWings today signed defenseman Nick Jensen on a two-year contract extension.

Hahahaha I didn't even notice it said smith twice. Whoops. I just copy the tweet URL from my twitter app and paste onto the mobile site and it does it automatically. I primarily use my phone for LGW so I'm not sure if it works in the regular browser but I'd assume so? (edit: just tried it on my desktop in the bishop to LA thread and it worked)

I'm thinking it was just an easy signing to make. Maybe they wanted to get a deal in place before he had a chance to up his value... Typo I'm assuming... Better question is, did we call up Givani to play 3rd pair defense? EDIT: How do you quote tweets like that amato?

Wonder if this has anything to do with a smith deal falling through? Seems unlikely but this also seems like a weird time to focus on extending Jensen. Maybe it was just an easy process. Whatever the reason, I'm glad to have him.. Jensen has been exciting to watch and I hope he keeps getting better. Figured it'd be cheap. Could turn out to be a steal.. good signing indeed.

I don't think they "need" to go, but either should be moved in the right deal. Although I agree with the Hudler and Filppula comparison, teams do still need those types of secondary scorers. I just think this team needs a different look, and if either can be packaged for a high end defenseman this summer, we need to do it.

TSN says Eric Cernak is going to be a top 4, puck-moving Dman. He's listed 6'3", 203 lbs and righthanded. He was a 2nd round pick in 2015 (43rd overall). Could be a good pick up by Stevie. This could be a really bad trade for the Kings. If Quick plays the majority of the season and into the playoffs and they have significant success, they could have payed a 2nd round pick and a top 4 D man for a slightly upgraded backup who only plays a few games. I guess if they go far, they won't care that much, though. There must be significant concerns about Quick's recovery.

Yeah Budaj was the reason the Kings have the playoffs in the picture still by the time Quick was ready. After moving around the league and starting the season in the AHL i thought he was long done, but he came back and was rock solid and the Kings MVP. Sucks he just got cast aside like that and traded to Tampa and out of the playoffs after that performance. He saved the Kings season and they ship him out at first opportunity. Pretty s***ty move, but it is a business I guess. The trade for Bishop is kind of just asking for conflict, but it was obv a hard trade to not make. Quick is the starter an has been for years. He may welcome Bishop, but he may also not like another star goalie in the dressing room ready to snag his job if given opportunity. Could end up like our own Hasek/Joseph debacle. We'll see I guess. Course not. But he needs to re-sign first.

I wrote about it in the other thread in more detail. Here is the rule: The expansion draft rules won’t allow for teams to leave free agents unprotected in order to scare Las Vegas away. The league’s newest club will get a 48-hour window to work out a deal with any free agents — restricted or unrestricted — before the expansion draft.

Yes that's right. Vegas can speak with 100% off UFA's and if they sign one prior to the expansion draft, that signing counts as their "pick" from the team the player came from.

Your record is skipping.

Don't you mean Blashill singlehandedly destroyed Sheahan and Larkin's (along with a couple other Wings) 2017 campaign? Crosby? He's too old. I'll take McDavid. Please and thank you.

That's a good question, the only way I can see it is if LV has a lot of money to spend, they could throw stupid money at a player that is way above market value that they wouldnt come July 1st, other then that I dont know why. I wouldn't if I was a player.

If he doesnt pan out, he'll always have that youtube career to fall back on

love that hanzal deal that makes vanek a top piece and should get us a nice return

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting Kliq

They can only expose an RFA. Vegas will have a window to try and work out a deal with Bishop before the expansion draft, which would count as LA's lost player if he signs. BUT LA cannot use Bishop as their exposed goalie. It's still gonna be Zatkoff.

Got to feel bad for Budaj. The guy stood on his head all year, and now he's out of the playoff picture, nice reward for strong play. Hopefully he gets traded to a contender.

Yes.

At least Datsyuk's playoff appearance streak will continue.

I would take Bishop in Detroit over any of our goalies. I'm also not sure why the Kings would want him?

A high price to pay if that is the case. If they wanted to protect certrain players they could have just offered the pick to the LGK instead. My guess is that the don't trust their tandem Budaj/Quick. I can see why, but the way Budaj has played this season the price for them is way too high for my taste. Edit: I take it back, it's just a seven round pick. It's still stone cold regarding Budaj qho is one of the main reasons the Kings are holding a playoff spot.

How many pages did we have on Drew Effin' Miller? Jarnkrok? How many Dan Cleary threads did we have? if you don't wanna discuss this... there's probably a need for a new McJesus thread to be created, amirite?