BillsFan4 Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Dante said: It would be great karma if the Sharks submitted an offer sheet for Matthews next year. Since we will have lots of cap space. Him being a hometown boy (San Ramon, Ca)he can come home just like Tavares! He was born in CA, but he moved to Arizona when he was just an infant. That is where he was raised and considers home. But i I still hope SJ offer-sheets him! That would be amazing. lol
Dante Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: He was born in CA, but he moved to Arizona when he was just an infant. That is where he was raised and considers home. But i I still hope SJ offer-sheets him! That would be amazing. lol I know it's a stretch claiming him as Bay Area. What the hell why not? 1
plenzmd1 Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Dr. Who said: What is your current opinion of Risto? I still think with reduced minutes, he can be valuable to the team going forward. Some seem to think he is a good chip to help acquire a top six winger. I dunno. Certainly, Botterill has now packed the pipeline for D. I think he has a long way to go. As many mention, maybe reduced minutes and responsibility playing on a 2nd pair open's his game up, but there is no doubt he has regressed the past two seasons. 2 hours ago, shrader said: I'm not sure what the purpose of an offer sheet would be. Toronto is going to back the brinks truck up to his house anyway. You can't stick them with a cap hit they weren't already expecting and they certainly don't have any issues with spending money. If you are going to offer sheet anyone next year, its Marner. That's the one that will put a hurting on their cap. Like you said, Matthews aint getting out of there......although there is some rumblings up that way maybe Babcock wins a war between the two..have to see where THAT goes this season.
BillsFan4 Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I think he has a long way to go. As many mention, maybe reduced minutes and responsibility playing on a 2nd pair open's his game up, but there is no doubt he has regressed the past two seasons. If you are going to offer sheet anyone next year, its Marner. That's the one that will put a hurting on their cap. Like you said, Matthews aint getting out of there......although there is some rumblings up that way maybe Babcock wins a war between the two..have to see where THAT goes this season. Personally,I think/hope Ristolainen just needs a better defensive partner and reduced minutes (as well as a better overall team surrounding him, obviously). You already seen his underlying analytics get better this season, when he finally got to play with a competent D partner (Scandella). Risto has just been in over his head in his time in Buffalo. Such a young kid shouldn't be playing close to 30mins a night (which was like top 3, or close to it, in the entire NHL iirc). Especially with no help. And his QoC is damn tough too. He plays some of the toughest minutes/match ups in the NHL. I am very anxious to see what a reduced role and a bit of sheltering (like every other young defenseman gets the benefit of) will do for Risto's game. As well as a better team around him. It's hard to put up good underlying numbers on such a bad, low scoring team (especially when you're on the ice for 1/2 the game). I am hopeful you will see a much better version of Rasmus Ristolainen once Dahlin gets himself established. As far as Matthews/Marner, I doubt you'll be able to pry either out of Toronto. But if the goal of an offer sheet is to screw the Leafs salary cap and maybe shake loose other good players, or as revenge in the case of Lou Lamoriello, I actually think Matthews might be more susceptible to an offer sheet than Marner. Mitch Marner is a hometown Toronto boy. Grew up a leafs fan and is living his dream, just like Tavares. Who knows, He may not even be willing to sign an offer sheet (unless TO is really low-balling him or something). Matthews though, he's an Arizona boy and he could be a malcontent by then. There's already rumors of a rift already. I can see why... Matthews plays about 15mins ES per game. And about 2mins of PP time. Most young stars, and top line players, play about 20+ ES per game, and about 4mins on the PP (or at least 3+). If Bozak was taking away ES and PP time from Matthews, I don't see it getting any better with John Tavares there. You know Babcock is playing him as #1C. Most likely they get both locked up before July 1st next year. It will be interesting to follow, though. A free agent like JT basically never hit the market, so we've never seen a team who has such a good, young #1C already, go out into free agency and sign a #1C to one of the biggest contracts in the NHL. 3 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Looks like it's for $1.5M https://www.capfriendly.com/players/robin-lehner 1
plenzmd1 Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 Good points Billsfan, and I am hopeful as well he comes back to his form of two years ago. The Matthews thing could get interesting, I agree. But absent coach/player drama , I think Mathews will absolutely be getting what JT did, if not more , but maybe not so Marner. So I think the Leafs would plan on getting Mitch for a bit cheaper.. and that’s where ya hit! 1
BillsFan4 Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: Good points Billsfan, and I am hopeful as well he comes back to his form of two years ago. The Matthews thing could get interesting, I agree. But absent coach/player drama , I think Mathews will absolutely be getting what JT did, if not more , but maybe not so Marner. So I think the Leafs would plan on getting Mitch for a bit cheaper.. and that’s where ya hit! Very true about Marner. I heard he was going to be asking for Eichel money... I found it interesting that both Matthews and Marner wanted to wait until next offseason to sign extensions, instead of signing now (since they are eligible for a new deal as of July 1st). That tells me that they are both looking to get Paid. I don't know if signing JT changes anything... Maybe his contract will serve as a "cap" for the team, where no one will want to ask for more than $11M now? Hope not, though. I want to see Matthews/Marner sign for as much as possible! lol (or get offer-sheeted...)
snafu Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 4 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: Good points Billsfan, and I am hopeful as well he comes back to his form of two years ago. The Matthews thing could get interesting, I agree. But absent coach/player drama , I think Mathews will absolutely be getting what JT did, if not more , but maybe not so Marner. So I think the Leafs would plan on getting Mitch for a bit cheaper.. and that’s where ya hit! Though I tend to agree with your assessment of him, I would hate it if they traded Ristolainen. Especially now that the focus is properly on upgrading the D corps. I think we will see him settle in as an indispensable vet this coming year. Overall, I like the blueline moves so far, and I'm actually looking forward to seeing how this team progresses this season. It is a work in progress, but the direction seems right. I can see the "process" with the Sabres more than I see it with the Bills.
BillsFan4 Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 Wow. I still cant believe that, for the Senators, it has actually come to trading Erik Karlsson. I don't really see how you can win that trade... Heard they may have actually offered him $10M per year, which is kind of surprising if true (you know, Melnyk and all...). I guess EK wants $11M (Doughty deal). They said neither party is at all interested in budging from their number. if EK would truly stay for $1M more per year, why wouldn't you do it?!! By this point there's probably a lot more to it though.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) On 7/3/2018 at 10:56 PM, BillsFan4 said: Wow. I still cant believe that, for the Senators, it has actually come to trading Erik Karlsson. I don't really see how you can win that trade... ...By this point there's probably a lot more to it though. Intentional tank? I'm just speculating. Edited July 6, 2018 by Ridgewaycynic2013 You know you're OCD when 2 days later, you edit punctuation.
BillsFan4 Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) On 7/4/2018 at 6:46 AM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Intentional tank? I'm just speculating, Yeah, It kind of seems like they're going into full rebuild mode. But, they don't have their 1st round pick next year! They sent it to Colorado in that Matt Duchene trade. And there's no top 0 protection. Colorado could damn well end up with the #1 overall pick... Poor Senators fans. lol On 7/3/2018 at 6:08 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Lou Lamoriello says "Because I'm Lou Lamoriello, I will get the NYI their 2015 1st round pick back that they traded 3yrs ago in the Vanek deal!" Buffalo traded the NYI #21 overall pick for Robin Lehner, and now the NYI have Lehner... lol. Edited July 5, 2018 by BillsFan4
JohnC Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 On 6/19/2018 at 8:42 AM, eball said: Fantastic article by Kris Baker on The Athletic about how the Sabres may approach the draft after selecting Dahlin. Incredibly comprehensive; I'll definitely go back to read up on the prospects after the draft. Kris Baker is a gem. His knowledge of prospects from all over the world is at an encyclopedia level. When he is on WGR talking hockey he has a talent for giving a concise summary on any prospect that is brought up. What stands out when listening to him is that he has a genuine passion for hockey and evaluating talent. He is someone worth listening to.
26CornerBlitz Posted July 5, 2018 Author Posted July 5, 2018 Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
BillsFan4 Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Will be interesting to see how this plays out. It'll likely all depend on what type of AAV all 3 are willing to sign for. All 3 are eligible to sign extensions now, but Nylander is the only one who needs an extension before next season. If Matthews and Marner truly aren't interested in signing an extension this year, as rumored, then I would guess that's because they are hoping to get as much $$ as they possibly can. Toronto has that Brandon Pridham though. He was the NHL's salary cap expert before he was hired by Shanahan. There's not many people more knowledgeable when it comes to the salary cap system. Like you said, Itll be interesting to see how this plays out.
26CornerBlitz Posted July 5, 2018 Author Posted July 5, 2018 The Sens and Canadiens are both in for rough seasons.
26CornerBlitz Posted July 6, 2018 Author Posted July 6, 2018 (edited) Edited July 6, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz
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