Most of his salary is paid via signing bonus. He can be bought out, but they'd only save a small amount on the cap hit

GG:pokerface::lawl:

If Benning and Gillis had a baby they would create the best GM ever.

Max Domi is such a tool. I hope he gets his clock punched !

Claude Julien is the real fucking tool... making excuses for players and pretending his players aren’t dirty since 2009

I know it’s preseason but...... Demko is not looking very good

neither is the D
or this game

but I know.. its pre season :awwyeah:

Nice goal by Sutter, assist to EP

He actually has the perfect contract for Melnyk. After Jul 1st next year hes owed 9mil over 3 years at a 6mil cap hit per year.
For that cheap fuck hed be saving 3 mil off the min cap. Problem is Eriksson has a NTC next year, then a limited after it.


On the other hand if the Canucks retained 50% of it next year there would be a lot of teams interested in Eriksson at 3million as that's a good deal.

That was against a team that just got back from China.

Edler tripped by his own feet, shadows of his old self ... let a short-handed breakaway get by him.

Backland made Demko look like an ECHL goalie.

Can't wait till $15-$20 tickets flood CL.

The D is the biggest issue with this team....and don't get greens excuse for juolevi not playing. He said something along the lines of sautner was suppose to play all along but there was a mix up with some BS that is said juolevi was in. Kind of weird since juolevi has only played one pre season game....

Juolevi is starting to look like a big bust at this point... other D men chosen after him are wayyyyyyyy farther ahead in development than he is.... Demko has been shelled for 8 goals on 25 shots or something ridiculous like that...

Only bright spots for me this preseason are Petersson and Goldobin... even Dahlen has been invisible and Gaudette looks like Gaunce 2.0

Wut. Goldobins been playing like crap too.

How is Juolevi looking like a big bust? Hes looking like he should of been a top 10 pick, not top 5. That doesnt make him a bust.
This will be his 3rd season after his draft and he will be getting nhl games at some point this year. Thats quite acceptable for a dman.Hes also just coming off of back surgery

Neither Dahlen or Gaudette were making the team this year as both need to adjust to the pro game/na game. More over Gaudettes ceiling is a 3c/2nd line winger while Dahlen is realistically a 2nd line winger if he pans out.

Demko has played like shit.. but the d in font of him is shit amd it does take goalies awhile to get going in preseason. But hes just looked lost.

Motte has looked good too.. thats hardly a bright spot though

Anyone else think Leipsic could be a 20+ goal scorer?

Keep in mind that for the goalies, especially the younger goalies, a goaltending coach change can really throw them off.

Who are the other D you speak of? Sorry I forgot who was in OJ draft class. As I see it though the team isn't going anywhere anyway so time is on OJ side while we continue to stack up some young players.

It's going to be a longg season this year and hopefully we get lucky for the lottery

What preseason have you been watching? Goldobin and Petersson are our entire offence outside of Horvat... and if Juloevi isn’t having massive development issues why has he played only 1 out of 4 preseason games? Does that sound like development?

Sergachev and McAvoy were both taken after Juolevi. They’re not the only ones but they’re the biggest standouts off the top of my head.

i agree with 68style....the thing with our young skilled forwards is with green they have to literally play a perfect game or else they don't get minutes is the way I see it.

Petersson is going to be a stud but I do see some spots in his game that need work on. I notice he does get knocked on his ass from time to time but his skill does make up for it.

Goldy literally can have a hat trick but if he fucks up defensively he will be benched.

Jakey v you would think in pre season you would give the kid some more minutes but green is keeping him in that 12minute a night area.

Juolevi not playing lastnight kind of worries me with where he is at with his game. I mean his first pre season game was very underwhelming. To choose him in the top 5 pick was a huuuuuge mistake I mean yeah maybe a first rounder but not at 5. He just seems uninterested when I have seen him play. Doesn't look like a big point producer and doesn't really drive the play. Thank god they got Quinn hughes at least haha

Maybe he's a bust but we shall see how he does in Utica. Maybe the surgery hindered his progression. We shall se etho. I just want a shot at the other Hughes next draft

Goldobin played good the first game with Petersson. Since then Ive seen him skating like crap and throwing the puck to the other team a lot. Lots of turnovers.
I hope he makes the team because he does have good offensive skills. But the turnovers are going to get him in the doghouse and could lead to a lot of blowouts this year


Yea, McAvoy and Sergachev have leap frogged him. Sergachev was probably the right choice at the time... or a forward, but it was obvious we were going with a D in that draft.. But hes still on the path to being a top 2-3 dman, more likely a 3. Looking at the draft, the only other D from he first round who has done something is chychrun and Id take OJ over him still. Remember D are usually slower to develop.

If OJ didn't have the surgery he would of more than likely been getting to start in the NHL this year before being sent down. As he was unable to train and doesn't have the muscles/weight yet for the corners hes going to have to start in the A and go from there.

People are pissed with him because he doesn't do anything flashy. He just quietly does everything. Its kind of like how lots of people have hated Edler for many years, but Edler was still a solid 2-3 D

all we have against OJ is.
1. potential NHL Fortnite stud
2. is a slow project thanks to surgery..


hmm

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The new Flyers mascot, Gritty, looks awful.


-reminds me of the Muppet Show character Animal that played the drums. :lawl:

The Canucks mascot Fin looks much more fan friendly than this monstrosity. LUL

OJ played tonight... let Kovalchuk get past him... and on the 2 on 1 he didn’t even try to catch up to his check who scored... how can a guy who isn’t even in the league look as disinterested as Eriksson?

Maybe he's the video game nerd that everyone was talking about :pokerface:

Damn, they look bad! Somebody just posted some season tickets for like face value in the FS section ... good luck with that!