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This does not bode well for Necas or Drury, I'm afraid. Roslovic was making $4M AAV in Columbus and NY the last 2 years. Canes gotta unload someone to sign Jarvy, and I don't even know what Roslovic is getting from the Canes.

And, with your proposed lines, Drury needs to have a true breakout year, KK needs to live up to his salary and the team will need a way to win 1-goal games.

Tough losing some of the guys, but letting Nosen walk on a 3 year deal at $2.75 AAV is almost unforgiveable. It amounts to not giving him a raise from $850k or so to $2.75M; let's just call it $1.9M. Really?

Next question: who are the centers this season? Aho, Jarvis, Staal, Necas?

Ghost played okay his first time here. Was PP QB last year and put up some respectable numbers. Wouldn't mind Okposo and/or Roslovic, either. Needless to say, this will be far from the best scoring blue line in the league.

Canes announced QOs to: Coghlan, Necas, Drury and Jarvis.

Canes need to get Skjei and figure it out with Necas now that Guentzel is gone. Lot of offense gone, and nothing has come in yet.

Tampa looks to be 7 for $9M versus Carolina's 8 for 8 deal. Florida has the better offer with no state taxes, but they're old and not a realistic shot at the Cup any time soon.

No, but with the Skinner issue (he's not giving up his no-movement clause and he's got 3 years left on a 8 yrs for $72M), attendance issues and a disappointing year, all signs point to a mini-rebuild of sorts. They have #14 and 2 2nd round picks in this draft. Hell, I'd throw in KK and retain 30% of his salary this season for Tuch and #14.

Martin Necas to Buffalo for Alex Tuch and the #14 pick. I'll do that deal right now, no questions.

Speaking of a top 10 pick, NJ is rumored to be dangling that #10 pick for Necas.

If they release him, it's only to make room for Necas or another younger player. He's under contract for another 3 seasons @ $9M AAV. And he's 32 years old. Buffalo has about $24M in cap space.

https://www.wusf.org/sports/2024-05-15/jaguars-and-jacksonville-detail-plans-to-spend-1-4-billion-on-a-stadium-of-the-future The 63,000-seat, open-air stadium will include a translucent covering that’s the equivalent of “wearing shades in the sun,” Lamping said. It's expected to lower outside temperatures by 15 degrees. The stadium plan also includes 140% more concourse space, 190 new points of sale, 16 new escaladers, 12 new elevators and 12 new restrooms. Capacity could be expanded to 71,500 to accommodate the annual Florida-Georgia college football rivalry, the Gator Bowl, a College Football Playoff game or a Final Four basketball tournament. Pools and a party deck would remain in the north end zone. The city and the Jaguars still hope to add substantial development to the surrounding area, which is expected to include a University of Florida satellite campus that would bring in 10,000 graduate students. Deegan called the surrounding area critical to the development of the downtown area.

Okay. Technically, yes. Building a new venue on the old footprint 4 times as wide as the existing structure and adding a sunshade roof that will cover all seating areas. I could tear down your entire house except for one bathroom and, technically, it's a reno.

Wow. Jacksonville just announced a new stadium deal for $1.4B. Charlotte and the Panthers are doing a $1.3B reno.

KK has been scratched in 3 games in 3 years with the Canes. Say what you will about him (he is overpaid for his performance), but I also blame RBA for some of that. He's not properly matched on his line and his opportunities are far and few between. But we've all seen what he's capable of when he's on the right line.

Paying a backup or a 50/50 goalie $4.5M a year is ridiculous. Knowing he'll be injured at some point and likely miss 20 games, play in maybe 25 or 30 behind Kochetkov, $4.5M is also irresponsible and not smart.

Here's what we've learned about Freddie over the past 3 seasons: 2021-2022: 52 (reg season) games played with a 2.17 GAA and 922 SV %. No post season due to injury 2022-2023: 34 (reg season) games played with a 2.48 GAA and 903 SV %. 9 playoff games were better with a 1.83 GAA and a 927 SV %. He was far better in the post season than the regular season, but a short season due to injury. 2023-2024: 16 (reg season) games played with a 1.84 GAA and a 932 SV %. 10 playoff games with a 2.62 GAA and a 895 SV%. Another short season due to injury. But the glaring number here should be the fact that with 246 regular season games over the past 3 seasons, Freddie has only played 102 of those. We have paid him $4.5M to play in a total of 50 regular season games and 19 post season games over the past 2 years.

And yet there are only 7 stadiums which are older. And 5 of those have had far more costly renovations which truly make them younger than their original opening date.

That's what I became after selling my PSLs year ago. Almost 10 years as a casual fan, watching 1 or maybe parts of 2 games a week with no allegiance to anyone. Far less stressful, less emotional investment and the ability to see the reality of the league as an entertainment business and nothing more.

Yeah, but the Panthers haven't left..... yet...

A Ph.D. in chemistry from Cal Berkeley, a 2-year postdoctoral study at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington and holds 27 US patents. 12 years in the tech industry managing research teams for nanotechnology in areas such as DNA sequencing and solar energy. Yep.... hockey guy. He brings some sand paper to the front office.

Kings sent Pierre Luc-Dubois to the Caps for Darcy Kuemper. Calgary sends Markstrom to NJ for Bahl (D) and a 1st round pick (top 10). 2 goalies moved...

I was a very young Little Leaguer watching Mays play. A great 2-way player. Was sad to watch him stay too long and his last year or so with the Mets was hard to watch. He was 93.

I was a very young Little Leaguer watching Mays play. A great 2-way player. Was sad to watch him stay too long and his last year or so with the Mets was hard to watch. He was 93.