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Its been reported some teams will have internal cap ceilings next year. Ottawa guaranteed to be among them. Talks also about how there is ownership in the NHL who is looking to sell their franchises. Again Ottawa probably in that group. The NHL(unlike, say, the NFL) relies heavily on attendence for revenue. Whats the look out for next season right now? Only 62 games? Thats a 25 percent drop in ticket sales. And probably huge drops in merch sales and other gameday related revenue. And thats if there will be any fans in the arenas at all. I really hope Chris Ilitch sees this as an opportunity to make us stronger for the future and to not put financial restraints on Yzerman! Many teams out there that have the capspace to weaponize but maybe can't because ownership wont let them.

I’m sure Holland is starting to feel some heat with how his club has been performing, or should I say underperforming. He might be willing to part with picks/prospects for Mantha.

The "rise" and "fall" of some of these players is completely media driven. I highly doubt it's as much of a thing inside NHL organizations. Most of these players haven't played a single game in 6 months, so not a whole lot has changed. Sure, some of the European players can alter their stock slightly, since they're actually playing again, but even then, I doubt a team that has heavily scouted a Stutzle or Raymond are seeing anything they didn't already know about the player. The meetings / interviews since March could change things slightly as well, but again, teams (general managers / scouts) have gotten to know these kids inside and out long before the stoppage. I would think if Sanderson were ranked 5th on a team's draft board back in March, he's still right around there in September / October.

Raymond has 4 goals in 5 preseason SEL games. So many good players to pick from at 4. I think I'd rather be Ottawa then NYR heading into this draft.

Especially before this draft when these kids havent played hockey in 6 months.

How good a forward is is clearly defined by how he places in Selke voting. Lol.

I believe he was a member of the Icelandic powerhouse team that eventually fell to Gordon Bombay's Team USA in the junior Olympics final.

Give us all your bad contracts and 1st round picks...

JVR is still a very useful player. Sooooo, I'd trade for him and Philly's 23rd overall. Then flip JVR to a contender and retain about 2.5 million per year, for a couple of 2nds or a decent prospect.

More like "Howard's belly BTFO"

I just hope he can find more Kucherov's and Point's in the 2nd and third rounds of the draft.