NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[The BBKL Insider]

i like ROR on the wing, esp playing with Duchene and Pap

should be a deadly trio

[kimmer]

It's possible that he still pk's and shit. And also on top of that, if this wing experiment pans out and he ends up scoring 85+ pts, he wud become a better version of James neal

[The BBKL Insider]

yup, i actually like ROR on the wing better tbh.

edit- just sucks for his bbkl owner that he'll be stuck at C for 20 games.

[Robin Hood]

You guys are crazy.

1. COL is trying to point out to the trade market that it does not need to trade Stastny.
2. ROR will hands down be a C on PK units. He is their best PKing C.
3. Even strength, I can see COL trying ROR on the wing. But it will prove to be counter productive as their Checking line will find a hard time matching up against top units without ROR.
4. Putting Stastny as a Line 3C makes no sense as 6.7M esp this year doesn't do anything for anyone.
5. Stastny is likely getting traded.
6. Even if ROR plays wing all year in every situation (which will never happen) does not mean in 2014-2015, he is not back to C.
7. This plan could change by the 2nd period of the first game of COL's season. Lines shuffled with MacKinnon on line 2 wing and ROR on line 3 C.

Really surprises me when a coach just says one thing in August and it gets taken as gospel.

That being said, I'll wait for Lee to accept the bet. If he doesn't Paul, I'll call him a pussy and make the bet with you.

[The BBKL Insider]

ACADIE-BATHURST PROSPECT BOYD COLLAPSES, DIES AT AGE 16

http://www.tsn.ca/chl/story/?id=429635


Sad to see a young kid pass away, no one knows the cause as of yet - team doctors said he was healthy during all of his fitness training.

[anton]

well at least he's "excited" about playing the wing

http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2013/08 ... che/14218/

[CAM]

Oh...I'm excited to have PAP on that line.

[Lee]

Petrell to NLA, Wellwood as well.. Maybe.

[Lee]

#CBJ D Dalton Prout expected to miss six weeks after surgery to repair abdominal tear. Unlikely he would play any preseason games.

[Shep]

SWEET!

[Lee]

Landeskog signs seven-year extension (7 yrs, $39M)

[The BBKL Insider]

5.57 PER

great deal in 2 years.

[Lee]

Yup for sure. Sweetheart deal.

[Shep]

Nice.

[Lee]

Deal also doesn't kick in yet either. he has another year on his ELC

[The BBKL Insider]

according to TSN that's the type of deal Kadri has been pushing for.

he wants around 5mil over a long deal, they suspected 7-8 years.

Whereas, Nonis has been offering a bridge contract (1-2 years around 2.5ish per)

[The BBKL Insider]

The names Cody Franson and Nazem Kadri may inspire panic in certain parts of Leafs Nation, but there are no signs of any Toronto Maple Leafs executives running about as if their hair is on fire.

Both players are restricted free agents and neither is close to signing a new contract, hence the panic. Leafs general manager David Nonis politely declined to discuss the matter in detail Wednesday, but he did give a strong impression he is managing to sleep well.

This is not to say getting both players signed with only $4.9-million (U.S.) left under next season’s salary cap of $64.3-million will be a piece of cake. But Nonis has options, which include starting the 2013-14 NHL season one or even two players under the 23-man roster limit. Plus, training camp is almost a month away, with the deadline for getting to the payroll limit even farther out.

The key player in this poker game is Kadri. He is younger than Franson (22, compared to 26) and has much-less NHL experience at 99 career games, compared to four full seasons for the defenceman. Both blossomed last season, with Kadri running up 44 points in 48 games as the No. 2 centre, while Franson led Leafs’ blueliners in points (29).

Kadri is coming off his entry-level contract, which was a hit of $1.72-million on the salary cap last season, compared to Franson’s $1.2-million.

By all accounts, Kadri wants a big raise and a long-term contract, one that reflects the star quality he has showed from time-to-time. In 99 NHL games, Kadri has 26 goals and 37 assists, respectable numbers but hardly ones that merit an immediate bump to, say, $4-million a year.

At this point, Nonis can produce a little more than $6-million in cap space by keeping only one of Paul Ranger or Korbinian Holzer as a spare defenceman and going with no extra forwards. But the majority of that cap space is ticketed for Franson.

There's an article in the Globe and Mail this morning, essentially stating the same thing as TSN.

[Lee]

The Oilers will probably nab Holzer if we expose him to waivers.

[kimmer]

2.0M FOR FRANSON
2.0M FOR KADRI

[cliff11]

the leafs should do a one year deal for both then lock them up long term next off season when the cap goes up