2023-24 NHL Season Thread.

[Rylon]

Solid pick, Nylander has some pedigree.

Hornqvist for Neal is the trade

hornqvist and spaling

[VanillaO]

James Neal ends up on the Predators? If the name fits, I guess.

[Rylon]

James Neal ends up on the Predators? If the name fits, I guess.

It's a shame. His release was ridiculous. Pure goal scorer hands and fits so well with a good center. But apparently the character issues extend beyond his on ice behavior

[Armourboy]

Well not a trade any of us were expecting, but it does make us better skill wise. Horns is a junk goal guy, and I really liked him, but I'm just not sure he fits with the new coach. He has some of if not the worst hands in the NHL and I'm not sure that goes well with Lavi's system.

Spaling is a solid 3rd-4th liner that you can kind of plug in anywhere, and is fairly decent on face offs too.

Not real happy with Neal's character flaws, but maybe a team out of the spot light in a new division kind of resets things.

I think its a good trade for us, but we still need a Center bad.

[Rylon]

Well not a trade any of us were expecting, but it does make us better skill wise. Horns is a junk goal guy, and I really liked him, but I'm just not sure he fits with the new coach. He has some of if not the worst hands in the NHL and I'm not sure that goes well with Lavi's system.

Spaling is a solid 3rd-4th liner that you can kind of plug in anywhere, and is fairly decent on face offs too.

Not real happy with Neal's character flaws, but maybe a team out of the spot light in a new division kind of resets things.

I think its a good trade for us, but we still need a Center bad.

I think both teams benefit. Neal wore out his welcome in pittsburgh and adds scoring touch to the preds, the pens get a decent winger with net front presence and someone to work in to what I assume to be a completely rebuilt 3rd and 4th line

[Masqerader]

Leafs trade gunnarson to blues for polak

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=455924

[VanillaO]

I straight up do not understand this trade... Gunnarsson had better possession numbers on a worse possession team playing against tougher competition every night... Yet we trade him, a pick, AND RETAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN SALARY for 2 years....? What in the fuck is Nonis on? I realize they don't really care for advanced stats, but blatantly ignoring them..? What the fuck was Shanahan brought in to do, exactly?

[Rennadrel]

I wouldn't have a problem with the trade if there wasn't salary retention tied to it for two years. It isn't much though. We will see how this deal pans out.

St Louis got Fabbri out of Guelph. That kid was amazing this year, it was great watching him play. Give him another year or two in junior and then watch out, he should be able to crack the top 6 after that. 45 goals and 42 assists in 58 regular season games, 28 points in the OHL playoffs, if you were to ask me, I'd say he was a dark horse pick in the draft and that he will be a top 6 forward in no time. In 2012-2013 he had 33 points with Guelph in 59 games. I dunno if he can crack the roster out of training camp since he is kind of small and the west is pretty big and physical, but he should develop well. The kid was the OHL playoff MVP and it was well earned, he can only get better with more experience.

[Armourboy]

I think both teams benefit. Neal wore out his welcome in pittsburgh and adds scoring touch to the preds, the pens get a decent winger with net front presence and someone to work in to what I assume to be a completely rebuilt 3rd and 4th line

Yeah Spals is a 3rd/4th guy. His advantage though is that he can play both Wing and Center. He's solid on the PK as well. The only reason he was really included is that he was unsigned and was looking for a bit more than Poile thought he was worth. Combine that with the fact we have a glut of younger 3rd line type guys in the AHL and he was expendable.

Just for some neat trivia, I'm not sure of the exact ending number, but at one point the Preds were 22-1 or something when he scored a goal.

[Zeoni]

Sam Bennett, perfect !

So Buffalo gets 2 firsts next year. Jesus fuck could you imagine if they came out of it with McDavid AND Eichel because Garth Snow is a champ. I can't imagine what will happen. Over a year away but still. Islanders better all in on not finishing 30th this year, they can't afford to have been fucked in the ass like that.

[Armourboy]

Sam Bennett, perfect !

So Buffalo gets 2 firsts next year. Jesus fuck could you imagine if they came out of it with McDavid AND Eichel because Garth Snow is a champ. I can't imagine what will happen. Over a year away but still. Islanders better all in on not finishing 30th this year, they can't afford to have been fucked in the ass like that.

Its the Islanders, of course its going to happen.

[Rennadrel]

Teddy Purcell from Tampa Bay to Edmonton for Sam Gagner.

[Masqerader]

Teddy Purcell from Tampa Bay to Edmonton for Sam Gagner.

Gagner has been traded to PHX

[VanillaO]

Going for some fun in the sun, and lower taxes... and out to the desert? Poor guy. What a harsh reality when you get traded with another guy for a 6th because no one wants your contract.

[Armourboy]

Going for some fun in the sun, and lower taxes... and out to the desert? Poor guy. What a harsh reality when you get traded with another guy for a 6th because no one wants your contract.

You know part of him for a second was like " Heck yeah, Tampa here I come".

Then like a bit later it was a line of expletives.

[Zeoni]

Ganger isn't that bad, good for Phoenix. Hopefully a change in scenery does him well.

[Tradewind]

Bollig...neat I guess?

[draynay]

Am I correct in seeing Yzerman traded two players for a 6th round pick? Interesting...

[Skayaq]

Did you guys miss that it is no longer Phoenix Coyotes, but Arizona Coyotes?

[Masqerader]

Yes Arizona

Leafs to buy out Gleason