Mr.TaterSalad

Who first reported this Aaron Ekblad rumor?

Why aren't we taking on a bad contract like an Andrew Wiggins or equivalent and trying to get multiple picks out of such a deal? That to me seems like the strategy Trajan ought to be taking, bad contracts for draft capital. With signing Harris, it seems that takes away much of the cap space needed to pull off that type of deal.

Why did Stan Van Langdon bother to sign Harris? Does he think he'll be able to meaningfully compete with Harris out there on the floor or does he think this will get them to 30 wins next year? Honestly, I'd rather suck/continue tanking yet again and have a shot at a top (well 5th) lottery pick then bring in Harris and get this team to 25 or 30 wins. That feels like we're going right back to the SVG days. All lame jokes and SVG comparisons aside, it's only a 2 year deal, so how bad can it be for our long-term plans and player development?

I'm going to ask the Ronald Reagan question here. After today's flurry of moves and the draft over the weekend, are we better than we were a year ago?

Literally WTF? We signed Kenny's worst signing in Edmonton?

Lindholm to the Bruins sucks if he bounces back to the player he's been most of his career. It sucks for us as Red Wing fans because he's now in our division on one if its best teams. Every year for the past two seasons I've predicted the downfall of the Boston Bruins and that they'd take a step back. I'm done predicting that now.

I really was hoping to get Matt Roy, but not on a 7 year deal. I wanted a 4 or 5 year deal at very most. I really think Washington is going to rue the day in years 5-6-7 of that deal when Roy is 35+ and his play is declining.

Nashville adds three huge contracts in one day with Stamkos, Marchessault, and Skjei. How are they under the cap now?

Matt Roy getting 7 years is 🤢. I like Matt Roy, but that is a deal they are going to regret in years 5-6-7 of the deal. Washington frankly should have hit the reset button and started their rebuild. Instead, they're doing what Kenny did here circa 2014-2017 and trying to fend off the inevitable decline of an aging team with aging stars.

Jake Guentzel signs with Tampa Bay. So he's off our radar now and probably was once we resigned Kaner.

Maybe Kane just really wants to be .500 lol. In all seriousness, considering he could have probably gotten more money from someone else or gone to a Cup contender, I am shocked he chose to return. This is very welcome news though.

Who do we think they use a buyout on at this point, if anyone? I know the Wallman trade sorta acted as a buyout already, but who is the most likely candidate? I know we always talk about Holl and Petry, for good reason too. However, could Andrew Copp be a dark horse candidate to be bought out and replaced with Kasper, Danielson, or a free agent signing?

Sounds like we may have gotten a steal here. I haven't watched a minute of tape on the kid, but based on the scouting report you shared I'm excited.

What does Trouba coming in mean for Ghost coming back now, if anything?

The Rangers retaining some of Trouba's salary will make this a much better deal in my eyes, assuming we didn't give up something insane. Trouba will be an asset to this team all in all. Will he be the guy that got 50 points in Winnipeg a few seasons back, no likely not, but he can't be any worse than running the dead body of Petry or Holl out there every night. I'd probably have gone for Matt Roy myself, but I'm not going to hate this deal unless the trade valuation is way out of sorts. After this deal is done it'd be nice to go out get Trevor Zegras, but I think I'm living in fantasyland with that one. Maybe Jonathan Marchessault as a consolation prize to replace Kane.

Edit, duplicate post.

It's a message board where we express our opinions. I don't need to be lectured by you and neither does anyone else here. You're welcome to sign up and volunteer with the MDP to knock doors as I have professor. https://michigandems.com/volunteer/ But since your now in charge of filtering and regulating opinions around here please let me know what to type next.

Have you looked at my avatar. I'd say that answers it. Would I prefer someone else, yes. I've wanted a competitive primary process all along.

Baby Bert then in terms of the physicality?

Whose a good NHL comparison for MBN? David Perron with better skating ability?

Eiserman still on the board.

MBN it is, I was hoping for Yeiserman

We'll draft someone completely unexpected here lol

Eiser Time???

I'd love to move up and get Tij Iginla or Beckett Sennecke if we're not trading the pick entirely.