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Huh? This is a very team friendly contract... You don't think Gardiner is worth $4.05M per?

I would do it, if I had the time. But I will watch the video and give you guys a summary. There is nothing funny about our language by the way. We Germans don't have fun. Ever.

He gave an interview to the German section of NHL.com. In it he stated that he will miss his parents, but they are only one flight over the Atlantic away. Guess where his parents live: Mannheim, Germany. So if he doesn't stay in NA, he will stay in Mexico our South America. Here's the interview btw: https://www.nhl.com/de/video/moritz-seider-im-nhl-interview/t-277542274/c-68750203

even he he could make the wings as a third pair d-man. I think playing a more prominent role in GR with less pressure would be the better fit.

Holland missed out on Brassard and Filppula. Should've predicted he'd chase Sheahan next.

He's a better man than me.

one and a half hours till the first taste of hockey

Marleau already has a full time gig...Babysitting Marner.

Sounds like Marleau is going elsewhere though. Shame they might not be reunited for another run.

yeah, it looks a bit like the young guys want to be paid for potential and as long there is one dumb enough GM to do so, the other GM´s will follow like sheep. I mean the last few years the salaries have gone up significantly, but 7.15 for a player who has 2 seasons under his belt with 65 and 47 points? What would he have cost if he had scored 65 points again, $8.5M? Boeser is comparable to Keller point and gamewise and $7M+ will put Vancouver in serious trouble, will be interesting to see where they settle on shorter term contracts

Indeed. Used to be guys had to play 4, or 5 seasons at the NHL level before they got their big $$$ contract (and in most cases the contract length was 3, or 4 seasons). Some of these GMs need to be saved from themselves.

Prospects Tournament starts tomorrow night at 7:00pm EST vs. Chicago! Myself and @ely s have been chatting in the "Prospects" thread, but thought I'd add it here as well...

Yea but it's kinda fun lol

Totally agree about the goaltending. It's a bit of a truism to say that you need a hot goaltender to win the Cup, but it's hard to build around that. In fact, it's one of those rare situations where having the "best" goaltender hardly ensures you'll have "good" playoff goaltending. Consider that NONE of Luongo, Lundqvist, or Price have a Cup. Also totally agree that a group you can "build around" is a better situation than a few "elite" guys. But that's where I think positional strength matters. For instance, say you've got a couple workhorse centers but they're guys who don't score a ton relative to their peers. No problem if you collective group of wingers do score more than their peers. I don't think we need Super high scoring (80-100 point centers). Another 70 pts. guy will do as long as he's an assist machine. Because I think ALL of our top 6 wingers (and maybe one of our 3rd liners too) are going to score 20-30 goals. In this thought experiment lets use a Claude Giroux type. A top 9 of Larkin, Giroux, Veleno, Mantha, Bert, AA, Zadina, Ras/Berggren/Mastrosime/Svech, probably brutalizes opposition defenses without a single "elite" talent. Same with the defense. I think they need to collectively be able to put up points, without the need for any one player to be an offensive stud. A couple 30 point guys paired with a couple 40 point guys are a really good top four as long as they can defend competently.

Lets change the phrasing to "players you can build a team around" instead of elite. I think you can build a team around Larkin... I don't think you can build a team around Mantha or Bertuzzi. Likewise I think you can build a team Tarasenko, ROR, and Pietrangelo. That's what I think we need. 2 more solid building blocks that can help the D-Boss. I don't really care too much exactly where they slot in, but I'd like at least one to be a Dman. Hopefully that's Seider or Hronek. St. Louis really lucked into a HOT rookie goalie this year. I'm far from convinced Binnington is the real deal yet, but we'll see.

I just want to reiterate that I think Svech is still an unknown, not that he's somehow definitely better than Puljujarvi. As such, I'd rather see what we have in him before we trade him. Why do I think he's an unknown? Three years ago he played two games in the NHL and looked lost, but he tore up the AHL. Then two years ago he had a down year for most of the season in the AHL, but got called up at the end of the season for 14 games. The first 6 of those games he was a non-factor. Then he scored 4 points in his last 8 games and earned a little more ice time each game. Then finally, going into last year he started out the pre-season looking pretty good, scoring 2g and 1a in 5 games, and looked very much like he'd make the team. Then he blew out his knee and the rest is history. Again, I realize it's a small sample size including a pre-season. But there's enough there for me to want to see if what else he's got. Whereas with Puljujarvi I see a guy who's been given ample opportunity and squandered it, with Svech I see a guy who may be a productive player with that same opportunity. I could be wrong, but that's my rationale. You've made your point man. We all get that you don't think Zadina is going to be all that good. Maybe not. But bringing it up at every opportunity isn't contributing in any way to the discussion.

Kind of expected but it's sad to see another player retire from those great Wings teams of 10 years ago. Makes me feel old. I'll never forget the day he killed Martin Havlat.

Kronwall gets very emotional about retirement in this interview. Fighting back tears the whole time.