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NHL 2021-22 SEASON OT: Let's Get Kraken!

Parch

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Well that wasn't exactly a goaltending showcase. Teams will make adjustments, but both teams need a goalie to show up.
 
astroturfing

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lets go Tampa! would love nothing more than a threepeat, to see a real dynasty. so many legends could be made.

i think Florida will get rightfully swept, their goaltending just isnt there. and their powerplay is completely inept. try again next year.
 
calder

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6. Brock Boeser, RW, Vancouver Canucks

Boeser will be the subject of one of the most interesting RFA negotiations in an off-season for the second time in his career. After scoring 75 goals in his first 197 games, the first negotiation resulted in him earning a three-year deal from the Canucks in 2019 that paid him $5.875 million per year through this past season. That deal came on the heels of Timo Meier signing a four-year, $6-million-per-year deal with a $10-million salary in the fourth year. Both deals took place prior to the 2020 change to the CBA that now limits qualifying offers to no more than 20 percent higher than a contract's average annual value. At the time, it meant Meier's qualifying offer would be $10 million, a nuance that became relevant to the Boeser negotiation. In order to settle at a lower AAV, the Canucks agreed to give Boeser a $7.5-million salary in the final year of the deal, a far cry from Meier's $10 million but still a healthy qualifying offer number. Boeser's entitlement to that qualifying offer has now been talk show fodder in Vancouver for almost a year, if not longer.

Boeser is still a big part of the Canucks' offense and a fan favorite, but he hasn't been able to replicate the numbers he put up during his entry-level contract. In the three seasons of his bridge deal, he has battled injuries and has been limited to 16, 23 and 23 goals. Factoring in that two of those seasons came on shortened schedules, his production still amounts to 27.6 goals per 82 games over that span. Solid, but perhaps not quite on par with the $7.5-million qualifying offer number. There seem to be four possible outcomes to the Boeser drama. First, the parties could negotiate a deal with some term at a number below the Q.O. That depends on whether Canucks' management sees Boeser as a long-term fit in Vancouver. Second, the team could accept the fate of the Q.O and sign Boeser to a one-year deal at $7.5 million and then decide on his future over the course of next season. Canucks' president Jim Rutherford has publicly stated he is not opposed to doing just that, but he is also on record as saying the Canucks are trying to find ways to shave off cap space. That leads to the third and fourth options. The club could take Boeser to team-elected salary arbitration, where an award as low as 85 percent of the qualifying offer (or $6.375 million) can be sought by the team (a number that could be used as leverage to lower the AAV in an option No. 1 signing). Or the club could trade Boeser before the Q.O. deadline, but any team acquiring him would face the same dilemma. In any event, the Boeser situation will be interesting. My projection: Get your popcorn ready (and pencil in Timo Meier as next year's most interesting RFA negotiation).
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Top 10 restricted free agents of 2022: Part 1 (6-10)

Which RFA negotiations are the biggest bank-breakers to watch this offseason?
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Interesting indeed.
 
Gunstar Legend

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So instead of just exercising Hynes' one year option, Poile flat-out extends him.

If I had any self-respect, I'd stop bothering with the Preds.
 

Something Creative

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calder said:
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Top 10 restricted free agents of 2022: Part 1 (6-10)

Which RFA negotiations are the biggest bank-breakers to watch this offseason?
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Interesting indeed.
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I'm just glad it's not Benning trying to navigate issues like this. The man could only think in two dimensions.

Boeser is fine. He's not going to sign for a bargain so I'd be fine if he were traded. Put that value elsewhere.

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Avitus

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Refs got the no goal call right, dragged Markstrom a lot more than it initially looked like

edit: lol
 
Moose

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Our underdog Avs #FindAWay in game 3 of the series.
 
Dead Guy

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Man fuck off Tampa. You've already won two in a row let someone else have it.

Makes it worse that it's a team that doesn't matter. They're probably dead last in Florida in public recognition behind the fucking Rays for fuck sake.
 
Moose

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Probably Binnington's burner account included in this.
 
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