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I think that is his second IIHF suspension oddly enough, I think he headbutted someone before? I don't know what turns his brain into mush for international play because he doesn't do dirty stuff that I notice in the NHL.

Think this will be good for him, more KHL minutes yikes

what an awful play by joe here

I don't disagree with any of your assessments. He flashes some high end offensive talent, sometimes his vision and play-making combo is really fun to watch and he seems to have a pretty solid release on his shot. He'll probably stick in the power play specialist/third line sheltered minutes role at his peak which can be pretty valuable to a team if they don't overpay for it. But like you said, he drifts sometimes and I think that gets him lost in his own zone. At best with that, I think he can be invisible for large parts of games which is tough since you know he has the offense in there (but at least he isn't giving up chances?). I don't think he'll ever PK but I think I can envision him as a solid offensive minded third line winger if he finds more consistency in his game. From the "eye test" I didn't think he ever really looked completely outmatched or anything with his size. He was only a rookie playing 13 and a half minutes a night, and a good amount of his points were at even strength last season. I think there is hope he is still getting better at the NHL level, we'll see. But I'm pretty pleased with grabbing him in the second round of that draft specifically, tough to ask for more at this point. I will say, I thought he actually had more points than he did last season before checking, so I am probably higher on Beggren than people with more knowledge than me haha.

It is a shame we can't combine Zadina and Veleno into one player. Zadina actually appears fairly competent on the forecheck and he could really use Veleno's straight forward game play imo. Unfortunately the Filoe Zaleno player still would be incapable of scoring but what can you do. It would be nice if either player had a sort of Rasmussen emergence like last season but I honestly don't see it without things fundamentally changing in both of their games. At least Berggren seems to have utility from that draft....

My completely uneducated guess is the new GM ejects Keefe asap, but who knows. It seems like Dubas might sit out at least a season but maybe a team like the Pens gives him enough money to come back right away.

That game last night was nuts! I almost fell asleep before the end on the west coast. I'm kinda shocked about Dubas but he seems kinda worn out. I wonder when he'll come back to a team.

If you're trying to find value in Joe Veleno's offensive game/point production in the NHL you're going to have a bad time. But outside of starting a majority of his zone starts in the defensive zone he's largely been a negative elsewhere too so I'm hoping he can round out his defensive game a bit to be a bit of a fourth line PK guy. I'm not sure many saw him being some offensive dynamo in the NHL which is why he was there at the second to last pick of the first. Honestly that 2018 draft really doesn't have a lot of talent outside the top 4. You have a couple solid guys in Dobson and Farabee who both went top 15, and Q. Hughes if you like that type of d-man. Otherwise it is just like... Sharangovich in the later rounds. Kurashev has been pretty good and some defensemen like Durzi are kinda intriguing. But overall that draft was meh.

And the Blackhawks couldn't get any fans to the arena before being gifted Kane and Toews in the draft, crazy how people are more willing to support the teams when they're playing well!!!!!

Then you'll be happy to hear that the Hurricanes now have one of the best fanbases in the league. I was even in the area in the offseason and Hurricanes love was everywhere. Just because they don't play in Toronto doesn't mean they don't have a good fanbase.

Miro Heiskanen is so damn good

Oh I didn't consider the cost of acquiring anyone I thought the question was just who interests us. I have no idea how teams value RFA's that don't want to sign longterm with their current team so I can't really speak to his or PLD's potential trade value here. Probably too expensive but they're good players.

Nylander would be a huge addition. Hellebuyck is interesting especially as a local guy but I'm not sure if he fits with where the team is at. Otherwise PLD (if he signs an extension), DeBrincat or Boeser intrigue me. Not interested in the rest at all.

If I was an Oilers fan I would be absolutely disgusted with that Nurse contract. He looked absolutely awful defensively from what I saw most of the series. His decisions on where he places himself on net front plays is baffling to say the least.

I feel the same way! I am not sure if it is just me trying to cope but it makes me feel better about passing on them. Too many of those guys on a team and it is tough to win imo, but I'm no expert.

I haven't been very impressed with Nurse or Bouchard in their own zone this series but maybe I haven't seen enough of their games. They both made some awful plays a few games ago leading to goals against. It seems like they're more 4th forwards than actual defensemen most plays.

Had to share this hilarious GIF

Seabass finding his groove you love to see it

He's a....unique lookin fella

I would imagine that this means he would get more minutes in the KHL itself which would be great.

I would just worry that the hawks would sweep it under the rug so we wouldn't find out we had Bedard until years later.

Not before Weekes on ESPN announced Columbus at 3rd even though they hadn't done the drawing yet, the NHL really does try to make it seem as shady as possible.

Not surprised, but very annoyed

Apparently Walman is out of Worlds with a lower body injury now.......sounds not great but hopefully just precautionary.