The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Speaking of which, though Hayden has only shown a flash or two when on the puck and looks a little behind everything the rest of the time, that was a scorer’s instinct to rip the shot off first time off his skate. Had he tried to corral it, Andersen would have been set and not surprised. So I’ll give him that.

-Hartman and Jurco were probably the best forwards on the night for the Hawks, and while TOOTBLAN has actually not swallowed his own vomit for a couple games I’d much rather give Jurco the rest of the slate to see if anything can’t be conjured. He’s got some skill and vision, and I don’t know where it says you can have too much of that. I certainly don’t need to see that much of the good Dr. or TOOTBLAN or Desjardins.

-While Panarin set up the winner, he had another game where he basically spends his time twiddling his thumbs and waiting for a one-timer. It’s not a major alert for now, because based on last year he will actually apply himself in the playoffs. It’s just annoying, and Schmaltz could use the help.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I'm glad The Committed Indian saw more from Tomas Jurco than they did from the guy with the game-tying goal or the guy with the game-winning assist.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Protected Lists
* Clubs will have two options for players they wish to protect in the Expansion Draft:

a) Seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender

b) Eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender

* All players who have currently effective and continuing "No Movement" clauses at the time of the Expansion Draft (and who to decline to waive such clauses) must be protected (and will be counted toward their club's applicable protection limits).

* All first- and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward their club's applicable protection limits).

Player Exposure Requirements
* All Clubs must meet the following minimum requirements regarding players exposed for selection in the Expansion Draft:

i) One defenseman who is a) under contract in 2017-18 and b) played in 40 or more NHL games the prior season OR played in 70 or more NHL games in the prior two seasons.

ii) Two forwards who are a) under contract in 2017-18 and b) played in 40 or more NHL games the prior season OR played in 70 or more NHL games in the prior two seasons.

iii) One goaltender who is under contract in 2017-18 or will be a restricted free agent at the expiration of his current contract immediately prior to 2017-18. If the club elects to make a restricted free agent goaltender available in order to meet this requirement, that goaltender must have received his qualifying offer prior to the submission of the club's protected list.

* Players with potential career-ending injuries who have missed more than the previous 60 consecutive games (or who otherwise have been confirmed to have a career-threatening injury) may not be used to satisfy a club's player exposure requirements, unless approval is received from the NHL. Such players also may be deemed exempt from selection by the League.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Hossa has a no-move clause and also has to be a protected player.

Isn't it so fucking dumb that we as fans of 30 NHL teams are all panicking over what George McPhee might do to our teams? This retard traded Filip Forsberg for Martin Erat and built year after year of fatally flawed Capitals teams dating way back to before Ovechkin even got there.

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expansion-draft-rules/c-281010592



By default, protections have to be issued to..

Toews
Kane
Seabrook
Keith
Hammer
Crawford

1st and 2nd year protected
Panerin
Schmaltz

My guess the 4 remaining protections will go to
Hartman
Anisimov
Krueger
Panik


My guess, Vegas takes TVR.....Unless they want a "name"...then maybe Hossa?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Would you play Hayden in the playoffs if Anisimov is back in time, and if so, with whom? And is anyone else worried about Kero sort of fading these last few games?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Oh and recapture would still be charged to the Hawks if Hossa waives his NMC and goes to Las Vegas, so you'd lose him for nothing and carry $4.275MM in dead cap space for four years. I guess you could trade him, but I still don't see a way you win that trade.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Hey, anything to help out the Coyotes, who have both of those contracts coming off the books this summer and will lose nearly $12.5MM in dead cap space. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Bettman changed the rules so that the Hawks could trade DeBrincat to the Coyotes in exchange for them carrying Hossa's recapture penalty.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I'm glad The Committed Indian saw more from Tomas Jurco than they did from the guy with the game-tying goal or the guy with the game-winning assist.

CapFriendly reports a NMC for Hossa. I tried to check General Fanager as well but it appears to have been wiped from existence and not even archived.

You know what the best solution to this expansion draft would be? Fold the Coyotes, transfer their entire 50-man roster and 75-man reserve list over to the Las Vegas franchise but without any of their dipshit coaches or management, and forget about the whole "expansion" mess.

For the love of god, please don't give those assholes clicks. I'd like to see Fels and McClure dropped from the 500 level ramp at the Comiskey.

Too small of a sample size with Hayden right now.

Those green Leafs unis are horrible .

Trae Young will be a bust. Book It!