LeftWinger

So much for Fowler...8 year extension $6.5M per. Shattenkirk $6.65 per year. I would've been fine with that.

....so are we done?

Sorry, deleting my attachments, I have run out of room!

Colin Wilson to Colorado Id love to have these guys job...how cool would that be?

3 yrs. 9.5M Not too bad.

Well we know by experience there is no trade coming.

Guess it could be worse. If Kronner and E aren't ready to go, Daley is a good solid pickup. On the surface it sounds stupid, but if Kronner and E and Sproul can't go, Daley is a nice option. He's won 2 Cups in a row and can bring in some experience on what it takes in today's NHL to win. Your top pairing becomes Daley and Green out of the gate.

If Abby go $4.25M for scoring 23 goals once, Tatar will get at least $5M. That 25th goal last season was the money ball...er, puck. I say 6 years AAV $5.5M. Anything less would be a "hometown" discount. Maybe someone will tender him an offer sheet for 5.5M. I'll take the 1st and 3rd rounders.

Tatar will get $5M+ AA will be between $1M and $2M XO will be under $1.25M Don't know how we sign two D and a FWD, plus bring up another and still fit under the cap... I'm hoping XO stays under $1M and AA stays close to $1M. But Tatar will get every bit of $5M. At least! I see $5.5M in reality...

He only mad $575K last season, guarantee it wouldn't be for much more than that if at all...

Not exactly, but is a known lowballer. Maybe he's coming around from that, but IMO, it's too late. Damage done. We'll see what happens this summer...god I'm so tired of saying that. I like that he tries by signing players, but the problem is with the players you already have.

Id take another member of the Michigan Mafia...but is he any good? I mean, better than what we already have?

He overpays his own players that don't deserve it, but when it comes to trying to get free agents to come, they have to take a discount because Lidstrom did or Zetterberg did and, hey, it's Detroit. History man, history!

Oh! Didn't know about McKee! That's great news too! Now, will either of them get any kind of real shot here though? I certainly hope so!

We need an entire overhaul upstairs. We don't need any of his assts. taking over with the same philosophy. We need an entire new coaching staff, and have about 6-8 players sold off for whatever we can get. I guarantee we can get 6 and 7th round picks for all the players mentioned above in a fire sale. I don't care really. Of those players mentioned, I'd keep DD and Sheahan though. I would start by asking them to submit their list of teams in their clause and then contact those teams and take low picks just to get rid of them.

Not if Holland is going to screw the pooch with his top 10 picks though. I agree though, this team needs a rebuild not a retool, and that starts by dumping all the salary we can, even if its for 7th round picks....E, Nyquist, Helm, Howard, etc...we need to open up about $20M in cap and be one of those team that needs to meet the cap floor. Then we can maybe outbid some teams for a REAL upgrade to out team.

So let's pass on the best shooter in the draft...the decline is Holland's fault and he should've been dealt with years ago. He's proven over and over that he cannot function in a cap world. Back when we had superstars on this team players were lining up to take discounts to play on this original 6 team. Remember when pretty much everyone here made fun of Wiz when he came out and called out Holland for lowballing players and not paying them what they're worth? Well look where we are now, Holland now pays his players more than they're worth, but nobody really wants to come play here still because of Holland's past practices. Add that to now overpaying mediocre players and making stupid decisions. Helm, Abby, DD, Howard, Ericsson, Nyquist....the list goes on. I like Abby and DD, but he still overpaid them. Add that to the other wasted contracts and that's why we were the top paid team last season and missed the playoffs. When you're paying bottom 6 players and mediocre defensemen as much as we are, you have no room to improve your team. When your drafting projects instead of best player available, you belong in the Looney bin. This team will not compete for a Cup until 5-6 years after Holland's garbage contracts are gone and his junk players are dealt or cut.

I wonder why we haven't heard anything about Detroit and Nick Binino...

Just so we all know...RFA compensation.

I can see it now, Hartnell, Vanek and Daley.

Lost his battle with cancer. I wonder if he a Probie will go a few rounds up there? Of course then have few rounds as We'll! Rest in Peace Dave. https://www.google.com/amp/www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/former-edmonton-oiler-dave-semenko-passes-away-age-59/sn-amp/

Why are we after a 33 yo D man who score 19 points last season?

Welcome to Boston Trev. Ya, watch him become the D we all hoped he would be here...oue luck.

Yes but the cap can't just keep going up. Eventually it will burst. We, as fans, sat through how many strikes and lockouts because of this, and now player salary is getting out of hand. But, owners are making more and more as well, I get it. But it just has to pop sooner or later.

I don't know, that Lefty guy did a whole lot of off the subject name calling... We all kind of understand the anger towards Blashill though. Maybe it's for the good? Maybe he's trying to make them all complete players? I just remember when Larkin hit the scene he was right up there in points and superstar chat along with Eichel, et al. He went to All-star weekend and was part of all the buzz about future stars. Then it seemed like the more he learned Blashill's system, the more his numbers declined. Look at AA, he's electric, makes things happen offensively when he's on the ice. But all we hear is about he needs to get better. Sometimes you just have to let the snipers snipe. Plus his line combos are somewhat questionable at times...but maybe it's with good reason, We'll see...