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Realistically Silovs still has a lot to prove, one run of high end play does not make a guy an NHL level starting goaltender. Demko is the guy until he's not, questions of health and ideal load are warranted but he's still the guy. Other tenders have had hot runs too, even come playoff time, it's alright to be excited about Silovs but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Flames are gonna do well in a Markstrom trade imo, if they can get a 1st and a good prospect that's a win imo He ain't the future in Calgary and everyone knows it, the only real big issue is that this year's batch of UFA goaltenders isn't anything special, do they throw Wolf to the wolves?

Florida's a tough match up for them, Edmonton's powerplay is their bread and butter but Florida's just so good defensively Agreed, Florida's a more well rounded team in general

That may have been close to their best tbh, Edmonton's that is, Florida has at least another gear or three

It's neat, the score did the same thing not too long ago, they really aren't your typical finalist https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2922551/how-the-eastern-conference-champion-panthers-were-built

Their approach to team building flies in the face of most cup winners

Yeah, teams gotta pay their dues before getting their shot, it's very rare for a team to come out of nowhere and win Playoff experience is huge

Good, fuck both of those guys

Give him a cup and he's probably a hall of famer Tonight wasn't Florida's best, they're a better team than they looked like, but it doesn't matter how you win so long as you do

Sometimes you need your tender to step up, Bob did

Strong Type O influence

He could ultimately make more this way, yes. But I don't think he's someone who'll bet on himself the way Pettersson did, we'll see though, I could be wrong.

Seems unlikely he gets the 8M he's supposedly pursuing, but that'll probably still get him closer to 7.4-7.75M imo. I think the Canucks will have to come up or trade him, arbitration is a loss for them.

I get why folks like him. He's got size, he plays rough, he provides an intimidation factor, and he has a history of providing a bit of offense. But some folks seem to be so enamored by the fact that he played top 4 minutes and put up 8 points in 13 playoff games that they forget he's a D who's never broken 22 points in a single season. I think recency bias and a desire to have a tougher D on the back end cloud the judgement of some folks. Yeah, he put up 14 goals with the Flames the season prior to this one but that's also his career high, and the only time he's broken 10 goals. Prior to that his career high was 7 goals in 17-18 and 18-19. I don't personally see him as a keep at all costs sort of player, even if I'd prefer to keep him. He's a bit of a unicorn in terms of size, sure, but he's not the only D out there who can bring an edge, physicality, and some solid skating. Management's gotta have a BATNA, and a line in the sand. You said it yesterday, it's not as if there's a lack of alternative D out there.

For the Canucks, sure. Doesn't make sense for Hronek to not try and secure a long-term, big money bag though. He's coming off three straight 38+ point seasons, he almost hit 50 this season, he may never have a better opportunity to cash in.

He had an impressive playoffs, that doesn't mean overpay. He wouldn't be the first to do so, he won't be the last, but I don't place as much emphasis on this run we just had even if the NHL is very much a "what have you done for me lately" league. But I suppose what's considered an overpay is relative. Anything more than 5-5.25x5 would be an overpay imo. Sure, he could get more term elsewhere but you've gotta draw a line somewhere.

It's appealing up front but probably limits our options in the bottom six and on D imo Guentzel will probably cost 9+ If they go after Guentzel they'll need cost effective players elsewhere in the lineup

That'd be fine, he could get more elsewhere, and likely a bigger role

That'd be fine, term depending Anything closer to 6M is too much for him imo, regardless of whether he'd get it via UFA or not