2017 NHL Offseason Thread - Phil Kessel Signed a Baby

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Dan Milstein-Hockey‏ @HockeyAgent1
Nikita Gusev rights traded to Las Vegas. While no immediate plans to sign in the NHL. We will visit the team in the near future.

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Vezina: Sergei Bobrovsky

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[Outlaw]

Ask for asylum while your at it Bobrovsky!

[DFJS]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. I really hate that fucking deal just to keep Josh Manson and Sammy vatanen.

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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

Final Set of Reveals:
Anaheim Ducks: Clayton Stoner..... VGK also acquires Shea Theodore
Minnesota Wild: Erik Haula..... VGK also acquires Alex Tuch to VGK for third rounder in 17 or 18 draft.
Columbus Blue Jackets: William Karlsson..... VGK also acquires David Clarkson, 2017 1st, 2019 2nd. VGK sends CLB 1st to WPG
Chicago Blackhawks: Trevor van Riemsdyk
Pittsburgh Penguins: Marc-Andre Fleury..... VGK also acquires 2020 2nd pick
Washington Capitals: Nate Schmidt

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Bob McKenzie‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie
Erik Haula's new contract with VGK is three years with an AAV of $2.75M. Was an RFA.

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As of now, Vegas as the 2nd highest team salary behind only Chicago

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/goldenknights

[Sepukku]

I don't get it, VGK sends Columbus's first to Winnipeg... for what? To draft chris thorburn?

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Bob McKenzie‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie
DAL has shown interest in VGK D man Marc Methot. As I mentioned, much speculation TVR is Carolina bound.

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I don't get it, VGK sends Columbus's first to Winnipeg... for what? To draft chris thorburn?

Sounds like they basically flipped picks. WPG got CBJ's pick from Vegas, Vegas got WPG's 1st Rd pick:

So #NHLJets trade down in first round this year, from 13th to 24th, and send 2019 third-rounder to Vegas.

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Hart: Connor MacDavid

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Glad to see I wasn't the only one confused by that. Setting aside my disgust, Vegas is going to have a decent defense. Only upside I can see moving forward is the ducks have drafted very well defensively the last few years. Guess we will be seeing Jacob Larsson more next year.

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Casual fans aren't the ones doing the voting. Anyone with a vote should probably know how good the best defenseman in the league is.

You would think so. Hell until some changes happened the baseball hof voters, half of them no longer had anything to do with the game or didn't vote which was the equivalent of saying no one deserves to get in. Wouldn't be surprised if the same principle applies to the NHL.

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Hart: Connor MacDavid

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You would think so. Hell until some changes happened the baseball hof voters, half of them no longer had anything to do with the game or didn't vote which was the equivalent of saying no one deserves to get in. Wouldn't be surprised if the same principle applies to the NHL.

To be fair, the baseball HOF doesn't even really mean anything if it's flooded with juicers.

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Vegas draft picks the next 3 years:

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David Clarkson is the highest-paid Vegas forward.

lol.

[Sepukku]

The subtle jab the NBA BG caucus took on us by putting the mystery mithra on their offseason thread is hilarious... we should have rata get up in their thread trying to talk NBA free agency and shit with them for revenge

[Obsidian]

They're just jealous that our off-season thread actually matters. Nothing anyone does in the NBA this year is going to stop the Warriors.