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NHL Rumors and Speculation
- Travis Yost (TSN): Reckons the Sens or Red Wings are in a good position to capitalize on an excellent opportunity to improve their depth on the wing for cheap if they were to trade for Jonathan Marchessault (VGK).
- “A player like Marchessault would immediately move into the top six (and stay there for years) for both of these franchises, and, quite frankly, it’s not often a player of his caliber becomes available in this manner. This is where being opportunistic with cap space – and knowing how to mitigate the risks associated with putting all of your eggs in the prospect basket – can really put rebuilding organizations in a position of strength.”
BLH’s Thoughts: Yost takes things down an analytical route in that article, but aside from that, picking up a player as good as Jonathan Marchessault for pennies on the dollar when you’re a club chalked full of young impressionable hockey players is nothing but good GM-ing in my opinion.
Here’s the rub with Marchessault though. His production has declined at a rapid rate since he was picked up by the Golden Knights three seasons ago. In year one he had 75pts in 77 games, in year two that eroded to 59pts in 82 games, and in year three he couldn’t even breka the 50pt barrier in 66 games…
So, while on one side of the coin, you look at what he’s done in the past and the kind of player he is and you think that’s a really decent player there. But on the other side of it, there’s a rapidly diminishing asset and Vegas might be the real winner if they can move Marchessault.
- Mark Masters (TSN): Jack Quinn having never been invited to a Hockey Canada event before is starting to find his feet this year but he’s not just satisfied with making the team.
BLH’s Thoughts: Quinn is going to surprise a lot of people who’ve never seen him play I think. He plays old-school Canadian hockey and he’s a sniper to boot. I hope the d-men on the other squads are ready for him because he’s going to be a handful for them.
- Emily Sadler (Sportsnet): Says the Philadelphia Flyers have crept into the Mike Hoffman sweepstakes.
BLH’s Thoughts: Any reason why Philly would be serious players for Hoffman? They’ve only got a shade over $2M in cap space and the Flyers depth at forward is quite deep. I don’t see it personally.
- Adam Gretz (NBC): Has made a list 25 players deep of the best second-year players for this upcoming 2020-21 NHL season. The top-ten are as follows,
- 1. Cale Makar (COL) 2. Quinn Hughes (VAN) 3. Adam Fox (NYR) 4. Ilya Samsonov (WAS) 5. Nick Suzuki (MTL) 6. Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) 7. John Marino (PIT) 8. Dominik Kubalik (CHI) 9. Victor Olofsson (BUF) 10. Denis Gurianov (DAL)
- For Oilers fans, Ethan Bear was #18 but no Kailer Yamamoto.
- The Score: Check out this minimalist list of the remaining UFAs available sorted by position.
- Pierre LeBrun (The Athletic): “What I see here is the (Florida) Panthers trying to deploy the kind of time and resources into goaltending that Major League Baseball teams do for pitching.”
BLH’s Thoughts: Speaking of diminishing talents. The Panthers have $10M Goalie Bob on their books for another six years and there’s no way he’s getting bought out or traded, so they’re doing the next best thing, attempting to find a way to get him back into form in addition to developing what the have coming up so that when it is time to transition to the next guy (Spencer Knight), it will be seamless.
I like this idea of having a specialized department for positions. It’s a step in the right directions for Florida and you can’t really argue with who they have running it in Roberto Luongo, his brother, the legendary Francois Allaire, and former NHL goalie Rob Tallas. That’s shit ton of knowledge to tap into.
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