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Seems like a pretty decent return.

Pretty good return for Ottawa. If they end up with two 1st rounders for Duchene, that would soften the blow of what it took to get him in the first place. Especially if the balls knock them out of the top 3. Duchene better not talk s*** about Torts in some Columbus Uber. Because Tortorella doesn't play

I would assume this year since we have 3...

It’s All good man I’m hoping we get rid of more spare parts , wish we’d shop green with him locked up next season we’d get a great return ... I’m hoping this all gets done prior to Monday just to see Jeff O’Neil lose his s*** on tsn hahaha

The Leafs thing is fake news, unfortunately. That's why I deleted it. Fake NHL Trade Rumors Twitter got me. They got me real good. I've always liked Bowey. Bowey + a 2nd? I am more than ok with this!

For Madison Bowey and a 2020 2nd... Wow Kenny!!!

That's what I said! Meh. Depends on what some other GM wants to place, as a pure gift, on Holland's doorstep while he golfs. That's how it goes right?

My buddy is saying deal is in place with Winnepeg. Nyquist + Jensen For 2019 1st and 2020 2nd Just waiting on Winnepeg.

None. Babcock isn't the answer. He's like Phil Jackson. Great coach if he's got the best team in the league. The Wings need Blashill because he is good with developing players. The problem is the older players locked into the most horrible contracts. That's what Stevie needs to fix.

Cool. I think we are loaded on the 5yh round this year, so probably this year.

Caps getting a 5th back from us

Real GMs get s*** done early. Only the luck-ass ones get s*** done late. That's what I was saying!

This trade should have waited about 6 hours... Columbus are in Ottawa tonight. They should have waiting until midway through warmups and just told Duchene to switch jerseys...

Is it to make room for Sateri? I haven't really been keeping up with the roster/cap situation, so your guess is as good as mine.

LGRW!!

And the only cure is the dry air of Calgary?

Tank Watch: https://www.nhl.com/standings/2018/league Wings are third from the bottom. The Sens, Kings, and Oilers should all be relegated to the AHL.

#parity

First try...

I think you're reaching a bit here. Right now we're trying to get a new core together. Once we complete that task (which, if we're being honest, probably happens at least two or three years from now, not in September of 2019), we can think about contending. Once we're thinking about contending, Nyquist has likely aged out of relevance and we can justify paying for someone who's better than Nyquist because we'll be looking to win a Cup and that's what contending teams do -- they give up futures for immediate gain.

I know this makes LGWs Nation excited to hear, but I worry that this is just a hand-out from Holland via Khan, preparing the fan base for a crappy return. 4:00pm Feb 25, 2019. Ken Holland: edit: grammar

I just keep coming back to the term question. If Nyquist is cool with two years? Cool, bring him back. Three years? Doesn't excite me, but I could maybe live with it. Anything longer than three years? Hard pass. He's going to be 30 soon and he's having a career year in a contract year, so 1) I don't trust that he isn't going to immediately revert to a 48-point player, and 2) he ought to be looking to get paid. I don't know that signing him necessarily sets us up for a cap crunch in the near future, but it's ~$5M that we don't really need to be giving him (imo) and ~$5M that we wouldn't be able to give to a younger player and/or a UFA target. I'd like to think we're entering that stage of the rebuild where every cap-related decision the GM makes is extremely important, and I'd like to think that with the younger forwards taking over, Holland understands that Nyquist (at ~$5M) is more a luxury than he is a necessity.

Neither is this...