2017 NHL Offseason Thread - Phil Kessel Signed a Baby

[Cail]

GMGM looks and sounds so depressed about this lol

[Cail]

As of now, VGK are only 5mil below the cap floor they had to be, need 6 more forwards, 3 more defense, and 1 more goalie (plus 4 randoms)

[Jamison]

GMGM looks and sounds so depressed about this lol

He's had a sour look on his face since Foley screwed up announcing the one pick.

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GM of the Year: Dave Poile

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Bob McKenzie‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie
One year deal for Deryk Engelland with VGK, $1M in salary and $1M in potential bonuses.

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GM of the Year: Dave Poile

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Jack Adams: John Tortorella

[NynJa]

Dude he's done... there is essentially zero chance he plays in 2018-2019... the "season off" angle is the start of the hawks trying to avoid the cap penalty hit if he retires with the cap circumventing deal from old CBA

Damn
Me n sep agree on something

6/49 jackpot, come to papa

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Jack Adams: John Tortorella

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David Pagnotta‏ @TheFourthPeriod
Grabovski has been skating for months in Toronto, but he will not be cleared to play next season for Vegas.

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Bill Masterton: Craig Anderson

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Expansion Draft

1st Set of Reveals:
Colorado Avalanche: Calvin Pickard
Vancouver Canucks: Luca Sbisa
Arizona Coyotes: Teemu Pulkkinen
New Jersey Devils: Jon Merrill
Buffalo Sabres: William Carrier.... VGK also acquires a 2017 6th Rd Pick
Dallas Stars: Cody Eakin
Detroit Red Wings: Tomas Nosek
Florida Panthers: Jonathan Marchessault..... VGK also acquires Reilly Smith. VGK sends a 2018 4th to FLA
Los Angeles Kings: Brayden McNabb

2nd Set of Reveals:
Carolina Hurricanes: Connor Brickley.... VGK also acquires a 2017 5th Rd Pick
Winnipeg Jets: Chris Thorburn..... something about a 1st Rd pick, but they said that's later...
Philadelphia Flyers: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Tampa Bay Lightning: Jason Garrison..... VGK also acquires Nikita Gusev, 2017 2nd, 2018 4th
New York Islanders: J.F. Berube..... VGK also acquires Mikhail Gravovski, Jake Bischoff, 2017 1st, 2019 2nd
Nashville Predators: James Neal
Calgary Flames: Deryk Engelland

3rd Set of Reveals:
Toronto Maple Leafs: Brendan Leipsic
Boston Bruins: Colin Miller
Ottawa Senators: Marc Methot
San Jose Sharks: David Schlemko
St. Louis Blues: David Perron
New York Rangers: Oscar Lindberg
Edmonton Oilers: Griffin Reinhart
Montreal Canadiens: Alexei Emelin

[Obsidian]

Calder voting:

[DFJS]

Lots of defense in this group.

[Obsidian]

Must really burn the Oilers to have given up so much for Reinhart, have him suck, and then lose him for nothing.

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Bob McKenzie‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie
Next five announcements from VGK (ANA, MIN, CBJ, CHI, PIT) -- a little later in show -- involve trades of some description.

[Obsidian]

Apparently the reason the Jets pick wasn't detailed is because there's some three-way draft trade thing going on with Vegas, the BJs and the Jets.

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/stat...99790301089792

[Cail]

Vegas already has the 18th highest payroll, with 6 more picks to come. and before 3-way trades tomorrow and Free Agency

[Cail]

Lady Byng: Johnny Gaudreau

[Cail]

Wow, I didn't know about the Bickell Shootout goal thing....