MillionDollarCam

I’ve just seen the hold up is Miller’s contract. He’s an RFA. No new contact, no trade.

Where’s this coming from?

Oh Lord that’s interesting.

You’ll get a kick out of this, I was on HFBoards and the rangers fans were like ‘we better be getting Nikishin back’… delusional ass fanbase.

Current Roster: G - LaMelo Ball, Collin Sexton, K.J. Simpson (two-way) G - Kon Knueppel, Pat Connaughton, Liam McNeeley, Nick Smith, DaQuan Jeffries (non-guaranteed), Damion Baugh (two-way) F - Brandon Miller, Josh Green, Josh Okogie (non-guaranteed), Sion James F - Miles Bridges, Grant Williams, Tidjane Salaun C - Moussa Diabate (non-guaranteed), Ryan Kalkbrenner, Mason Plumlee Simpson and James most likely project as our two way guys and it’s unlikely Jeffries or Baugh make the roster. That puts the Hornets at a roster of 15 but they can open up another spot by waiving Okogie.

More whites than a French vineyard.

Skjei fetched a first, Miller is definitely worth a first and is only 25. He was really good until last year but the whole Rangers team was ass last year.

I love Miller. Have always thought he’s a perfect fit for the Canes. Got to move someone out though.

I don’t love Granlund but he’s the only 2C option out there right now. Since we have a ton of cap space I’d give him a bloated two year contract and basically pay Ehlers whatever. I’d also ship KK out for whatever and bring back Kuzy to center the fourth line. If we can move Ghost out and bring in someone like Karlsson then I’d go ahead and do that. I also don’t hate Burns for one more year. It’s a huge no on Orlov though. Rod would have to get over himself and let Chatfield play his off side though. Otherwise you simply can’t bring Burns back because he’s a third pairing guy who needs a speedy guy like Chatfield that can bail him out. Ehlers - Aho - Jarvis Svechnikov - Granlund - Stankoven Carrier - Staal - Martinook Hall - Kuznetsov - Blake Jankowski - Robinson Slavin - Karlsson Nikishin - Walker Chatfield - Burns Morrow

As long as he’s the third guy I’m good with it. This isn’t exactly a punt year but in no way are the Hornets competing for a championship. Might as well see what Moose and Kalk can do with extended minutes.

The market turned really bad for the Canes really fast. This turned out to be a terrible year to have a lot of cap space with how much the cap rose. At this point I suspect they’ll make a hard run at Ehlers and then run everything else back.

Lazy player who doesn’t play defense.

Don’t think Ayton fits the culture of this team.

Not tendering Tre Mann a QO may change the way the Hornets feel about Sexton. Maybe they view him as LaMelo’s backup and plan on starting Kon with Green backing up Kon. So we’re currently looking at: G - Ball, Sexton, Simpson G - Knueppel, Green, Smith, James F - Miller, Williams, Okogie, McNeeley F - Bridges, Salaun C - Diabate, Kalkbrenner

Tre Mann’s option was not picked up, he’s now an unrestricted free agent.

Assuming Mann is back I’d go ahead and move Green and the first rounder from PHX for a starting center. I prefer Okogie to Green anyway.

That’s valid lol

Current Roster: G - LaMelo Ball, Tre Mann (needs QO), K.J. Simpson (two-way), Vasilije Micic (buy-out candidate) G - Collin Sexton, Kon Knueppel, Liam McNeeley, Nick Smith, DaQuan Jeffries (non-guaranteed), Damion Baugh (two-way) F - Brandon Miller, Josh Green, Josh Okogie (non-guaranteed), Sion James F - Miles Bridges, Grant Williams, Tidjane Salaun C - Moussa Diabate (non-guaranteed), Ryan Kalkbrenner Doubt Micic is on the roster, don’t see the Hornets keeping Jeffries either, Baugh’s two-way probably gets terminated, and I could see James being on a two-way. That would leave the Hornets one roster spot to address the center position… (2) G - Ball, Mann, Simpson (two-way) (4) G - Sexton, Knueppel, McNeeley, Smith (3) F - Miller, Green, Okogie, James (two-way) (3) F - Bridges, Williams, Salaun (2) C - Diabate, Kalkbrenner We could open one extra roster spot by waiving Okogie.

And a 2030 second round pick for Nurkic.

I think Cerrato will surprise some folks. The last two players the Canes have selected that were PPG players as freshmen were Jackson Blake and Bradly Nadeau. Cerrato’s in pretty good company as a PPG producer as a freshmen. He’s also a fantastic skater. Sure, he’s an overager but I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s centering the 4th line in a couple years.

Malcom Spence is the best player remaining, hope he’s there.

Personally I’d give him one more chance with a loaded roster. This year it felt like we were playing with a fringe first line, a third line, and two fourth lines. We definitely overachieved and I think the reason we are disappointed is because the end result is the same but we weren’t supposed to be here. I’d give Rod one more go before moving on.

Time to find a whole ass second line in free agency.

Lmao to be fair I’d be more pissed if we lost in seven games. I’ve gotten pretty used to this whole swept in the ECF deal.

Now that this series is over. Rantanen made the right choice.