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Sounds like Stamkos and Marchessault headed to Nashville

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Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Stamkos 4/32 in Nashville.

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Chicago going hard — Tyler Bertuzzi, Tuevo Teravainen, Alec Martinez, Laurent Brossoit, Pat Maroon, Craig Smith

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Bruins get Lindholm!

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...nikita-zadorov

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Aero are you hoping for a Trouba trade?

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I certainly am.

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Yes, but only if it makes sense. We will likely need to retain as much as 50% of his contract depending on the team. I am all for freeing up cap space, but not if it doesn't really improve the blueline. Holding onto Trouba for 1 more year to see out the contract and then doing a sign and trade might be an option too.

The other thing is that he is greatly limiting the teams NY can deal with because he has made it clear that him and his wife want to live in certain markets. That was a big reason he signed in NY to begin with.

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Following up on the Trouba thing. Seeing a lot about how his wife is currently finishing her residency at a NYC hospital and they have a baby under 1 year old. This is playing a factor in him being resistant to a move. I keep seeing delusional Rangers fans freaking out about this online saying things like "I don't care!" "Trade him anyway, he is a pro, deal with it." Trouba apparently turned in a list that was strategically teams that likely wouldn't work for a trade. While reports are saying he has not said no to any trade talks yet, I think a lot of fans are falling to see a key point of all of this. Trouba can absolutely refuse to play if traded. The Rangers can go ahead and make a deal, but any team will want to talk to the player first to make sure they are on board with joining the team. If Trouba just flat out says "If I am traded here, I will not be joining the team and will not be playing this season" he can effectively squash that deal. He has made it clear that his wife's career is a key factor for them for years. Her salary will be their nest egg later into life too. Most NHL players are not married to someone with a great career of their own so I think a lot of fans are missing that key factor here. He doesn't need to play.

All of that said, I don't think he is trying to make it hard on the team either, but I don't blame him for looking out for his family's needs first.

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Trouba has $58 million in career earnings with another $16 mil guaranteed,,,,pretty sure $74 million in earnings is quite the nest egg itself

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huge shoutout to the GMBM - caps have made a bunch of VERY good moves

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Saw on the local Utah news tonight they’re planning a dedicated NHL arena outside of the Jazz arena. Makes. No. Sense.

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Yeah, who knows what they have spent. I have little faith in pro-athletes to manager their money, but hopefully he has. My point was that her salary is nothing to scoff at and would be more than enough to support their family. She will also be the one with a big career in their family into their 50's and 60's long past the time anyone even remembers who Trouba was.

I think fans have very unrealistic and problematic takes when it comes to player's lives. I get from a NY Rangers standpoint they want to move on from his cap hit. I get that he is no longer playing anywhere near the value of his contract. However, the man negotiated his contract, and they gave him those rights for a no-move and limited move after 15 years. He also has every right to decide what is best for his family. I can tell you with 100% certainty that if I had a baby under 1 year old and my wife was still finishing her residency at a local hospital, I would also be telling the Rangers I am staying, or I will only accept moves to NJ or the Islanders. Anything else and I am refusing to report to any other team.

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Does anyone know when single-game tickets go on sale for the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 2024-2025 season?

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I thought that was one of the conditions for getting the team?

I've heard there's gonna be some poor sightlines in the Delta Center

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Trouba has been out of gas the last two deep playoff runs. He plays too hard during the regular season. Keep him on the 2nd pair and not play him as much in the regular season and things should be good.

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I know it is an unpopular opinion in Rangers world right now, but I agree with you. I think he has more to give and this last season he never fully recovered from his injury. I think reduced minutes and a full offseason and he will be fine and maybe even able to step up and play his full game come playoffs.

Rangers fans (not me obviously) always massively panic and overreact. Fox was also getting flamed hard during these playoffs. I totally believe Trouba's contract is way too much money, but I am also cool with keeping him and either moving him as a part of a package at the deadline or just waiting out the contract at this point. I am not someone who thinks the window is closing in the next year or two. Especially when we have potential big upgrades coming from our prospect pool. The only thing that does concern me is Igor getting overpaid and crushing our cap.

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Kraken hire NHL's first woman assistant coach

That's a gino for the local team!

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the arena was not built with hockey in mind, so there are some beyond awful sightlines. like, cant see the goalie sightlines. theres no way it can be used as a permanent home for hockey.

idk if its part of the plan, but the jazz should just move to this new arena when its done. delta center is going to be 35+ years old at that point and they would need their own upgraded home soon enough anyway.

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so there is a good chance TJ Oshie may have played his last hockey game. the way he's talking sounds like he certainly won't play more than half a season next year

sucks seeing the old caps core finally starting to come to an end. backstrom last year also wasn't able to step aside on his own terms

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I am all for the Caps and Penguins being in full rebuilds for about a decade :lol

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Amen .

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Hey gang. A post a long time coming....

I wanted to relay a huge, public thank you to any and everyone who donated to the "swordo84 Oliers-happy-good-times-fund". I'm proud to share that collectively we made a $250 (cdn) donation to CureSMA Canada (https://curesma.ca/about-us/). This charity has been immensely helpful to me and my family in the past, and I always love an opportunity to donate more. We had a son stricken with SMA, and unfortunately lost him just short of being 4 months old. He would have turned 8 a week ago. Despite the likelihood of him being a Leafs fan, I made the donation on his birthday before we went out for our annual family fun day in his honour.

Again, from the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of my family, we deeply appreciate the generosity shown from complete strangers on a 90's band message board (what are we even doing here?! lol).

Time for puckdrop yet? Eager to see how I'll be disappointed this season :)

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What a great gesture, Swordo! Very touched I could play a small part in it

*stick taps*

Even though it's eight years ago, my thoughts to you and yours, too

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Haven't been around here in ages but popped on and saw this. I would have easily spent $250 celebrating if those dummies had pulled it off, so I put it to this instead. Family fun day in his honour sounds like a great traditon.

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Swordo, you said you were donating to a cause that was near and dear to your heart, I had no idea. I’m honored to have been a small part of his day. Much better than buying beers or Oilers gear.

Love this small little group of guys in here (even when your team demolishes us every year). :hug

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Much love, friends!

Training camps will be opening before we know it.

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:thumbsup

Appreciate you!

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I think i saw that some were on sale today/yesterday?

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thanks, do you have a Ticketmaster password or code? Thx again.