Was VERY happy with the Reimer pick up. He is a great goalie that was playing on a poorly defensive team. Smart move on the Panthers and his part to come here, especially with Luongo going on the way out.
Yeah that was Mike Conley for the Memphis Grizzles. The reason why players are getting max deals in the nba is because the cap hit increased from 70 million to 94 million.
I really like the moves that the Devils have made recently. Hopefully these new guys work well together with members of last year's roster and possibly make the playoffs this upcoming season. Go Devils.
+Ghetto Ugandan Which explains why Schneider had the 4th best save percentage in the league with an offense that produced the least amount of 5 on 5 goals in the league last season.
+Ghetto Ugandan lol, Schneiders a top 3 goalie. Their Defense is average, and offense is starting to look good with Hall, Henrique, Camellari, and Zacha. don't know what your on about.
As a panthers fan I can say watch out. with this signing of riemer we are gonna do very well and make the playoffs now we have EKBLAD for 9 years and we just resigned trocheck and acquired demers in ufa we are stacked!!!
As a panthers fan I'm glad he is gone he had a good 6 year run but his play is going down and he only had 6 goals and 25 assists. Happy we got rid of a 37 year old defenseman for a young team
I've never liked the Habs but i'm kinda hoping that Radulov tears it up, he definitely has the talent and he has matured A LOT since his last stint in the NHL.
in my opinion Montreal won the trade when it comes to a short term perspective. Weber is a stud but he's only got 4-6 years left in him. Nashville won in a long term perspective because Subban has at least 7 or 8 years left in him.
As a Bruins fan, backes was the PERFECT signing. Fills the physical gap that lucic left, while adding discipline, more skill, leadership, and another center. I am very happy for the future :)
The Eriksson signing was more to make the seasons competitive. Not for the reason of winning. Who plays with the Sedins if not Eriksson? Thats why the Canucks got them.
Johnny does not know what is happening on the other side of the nation. Vancouver is doing a slow transition to stay competitive but are focusing on a rebuild. Johnny thinks every team is either really bad or really good. There has to be a middle and that middle is always aiming to move up. Erikssons deal is a lengthy one which means he will be with some young guys in the future to help them. Its a process Johnny! A process!
+Whistleblower So, he's there to help your team win and also play with your future prospects. The problem is, you won't have future prospects if you keep being competitive and only staying in the middle (unless you're fucking Detroit and can find gold regularly)
Krecji won't be traded. I seriously hope he won't be traded. He's younger than Backes, he's very good defensively, and he was one of our most consistent forwards last year in terms of offence.
Boeser, Horvat, Virtanen, Baertschi, Etem, Gaunce, Rodin, Cassels, Grenier, Labate, Tryamkin, Pedan, Hutton, Tanev, Subban, Juolevi, Gudbranson, Demko, and Garteig. All of these prospects have a bright future with the Canucks, and are Good prospects who can be dominant players. You are right when you say that we won't commit to a full rebuild, but the signing was about having a veteran scoring presence after the Sedins retire, since Burrows and Edler most likely won't be there
benning didnt trade hammer because no one wanted to give up something for him. canucks have very good prospects coming up like boeser and demko. signing eriksson will help the team win and at the same time give the kids experience.
Its frustrating man ! I mean Melnyk keeps saying were are a win now team and yet didn't sign anyone or make any trades in the most active free agent season we have seen in years.
and Dorion says that he is happy with the actual team, the same team that missed the playoffs with one of the worst defenses in the league. It's a fucking joke
The canucks had an Injury riddled season last year with almost a quarter of our roster injuried and notably our second line center, Sutter out the most of the season. But take a look at the sharks, last year YOU WOULDN'T EVEN think the sharks were a CONTENDER For the cup but guess what, they went to the FINALS. The canucks may be better than u think Johnny. Also, we've acquired players that are on the edge of being really good, beartchi and Etem. But the only thing i agree here is the Hamhuis situation, we rly messed up there.
As a Red Wings fan, I really like all of our signings. The Vanek deal was great for us imo. It's a low risk high reward kind of deal. If he doesn't do good, it's whatever, it's a one year deal. If he does do good then we can re-sign him. The Ott deal is okay. It does provide us that toughness we've needed which is fantastic.
Canucks fan here, I have no idea what Canucks were doing. I also listened to Benning at an event, and he said Hamhuis was super close to being traded to Dallas or Chicago. Dallas got Russel so they didn't need him, I don't remember about Chicago. And he said he really wants to stay in Vancouver, he tried everything to stay here, but Benning wouldn't offer him a contract.
Calgary won on free agency. We had 2 things to sort out. A gritty right winger and a backup Goaltender. Troy Brouwer is going to be a good player beside Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. Chad Johnson played 45 games last year. That's amazing since we have Brian Elliot who played around that amount so if Elliot can not handle 60+ games we have Johnson who can handle 40+ games. I would say Calgary Won the Free Agent Frenzy in my opinion as we got what we needed. We may of lost Colborne but we now have Klimchuk, Shinkuruk, Tkachuk, Poitier, etc. As some of the Tsn guys said, Calgary can make it back into the playoffs with this roster and they may have the best goaltending situation related with cost. Elliot 2.5 and Johnson 1.7, that is only 4.2 million. We were paying Hiller 4.5 and Ramo 3. we just made back 3 million for forwards and d-man. Calgary can make it to the playoffs, them being a big impact and winning. No. That is still 2-3 years away.
Brian Cambell to the Blackhawks is goin be great cus we get a better defensive line up which with a new veteran can soar to greater heights for our rookies in Chicago
Johnny you mentioned that Benning should have traded Hamhuis at the deadline and he tried with Chicago and Dallas, but Dallas went with Russell and they ran out of time with Chicago. So instead of having an old player with a left shot that does not fit anymore in Vancouver, Benning went and got Gudbranson a 6'5 right shot that is 23 for a prospect and a 2nd a lot better trade then Hall for Larsson!
As a Blackhawks fan, I think re-signing Brian Campbell to a one-year deal was a move that had to be made. While it does worry me that three out of Chicago's top four defensemen are over 30 years old, and Niklas Hjalmarsson is 29, it takes pressure off of the young guys like Trevor van Riemsdyk and Erik Gustafsson, who were forced into larger roles last season. I assume that Campbell will be on the second pairing with Seabrook, which should have better results than the Seabrook - TVR pairing, which was not good at all.
We shall see who wins the cup first Johnny: Canucks or the Leafs. Right now it looks like the Leafs cuz you guys have the a great young roster and a fantastic coach but who knows. 🇨🇦
Dale Weise signed a 4-year deal with Philly, and Ryan White signed with Arizona. Don't really see the purpose of those deals, but I guess the Flyers wanted a younger and bigger grinder since their re-tooling, and Arizona is in the rebuilding stages and might want to use White as trade bait for more draft picks since it's only a 1 year deal.
To me the Yzerman love as "the best gm" is a bit confusing. Yeah everything worked out this year, and hes made good moves in the past, but he nearly lost both Drouin and Stamkos. If either of those scenarios go the other way we would all be calling him the worst GM. The guy sticks to his plans, which is bold and respectable, but you can only play with fire for so long before it bites you in the ass, or something like that.
Tbh I think he's one of the worst in the league, other than benning (the nucks gm I think I spelt it wrong) the Callahan trade wasn't great, in a couple years the cap is going to kill him, he's going to have trouble signing players like: kuch, Johnson, krillorn, bishop etc
tampa made it to the conference final this year and had 9 draft picks in this years draft..........??????? lol hes probably the best gm in the league with the best of problems right now
Chris Loeffen I'm not knocking what Tampa did this year because you still have to win the games, but they played Detroit and the Islanders in the first 2 rounds. No one had an easier draw to the finals. Sure they eventually took Shitsburg to 7, but after they had to go through the Rangers and Caps. Tampa was the 6 seed in the conference, it makes no sense why they got to play the 8th and 5th seed. The divisional playoff format is a fucking joke.
I think that Carolina will contend in the east next season. Yeah, they didn't sign a star player but they signed 2 decent players that can put up points and they have an incredibly young team and can only get better.
I think that the Isles are going to do fine in their division. The Isles replaced Okposo with Ladd, and Martin with Chimera. The one hole I'm worried about is the one Nielsen left. But, I think a guy like Strome or Nelson can fill that hole, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Isles make a trade before the season.
The bruins will actually probably hold onto Krejci, because Backes is naturally a wing, so they will put him on the wing, and they are also looking to sign Kris Russell
You have to understand that the Canucks management does not want a rebuild. You can say we have to rebuild but that won't change unless the owners of the team want to rebuild
Ladd went to the isles to replace okposo who went to buffalo. We didnt over spend. Losing Neilsen and Matt martin(who is a leaf now) hurts because the best 4th line in the nhl is no longer a thing martin- cizakas - clutterbuck rip
i am a wild fan. and we have not done shit in 10 years but the thing is we don't need to rebuild we have 2 all star vets and we got new management thats what we needed . sure we did not do well in the play offs but u can't blame the wild we got a new coach in the end of the season
Johnny the Wild Signed Stall because they need him on the penalty kill and hes a Koivu 2.0 we dont need him to score goals we need him to keep the puck out of the net that was Lamairs philosophy when we entered the league and it still sticks with the Wild organization
Johnny, Canucks have one of the best prospect pools. There defence is set. Hutton could be a top 2 player if he keeps playing like he did. Gudbranson top 4. Tanev top could play top minutes. Sbisa is alright. Tryamkin is next Chara. Jeoulevi is like an Erik Karlsson. They are all under 30. They got the best goaltender prospect in the NHL with Thatcher Demko. Also Markstrom can prove he can play as a starter. Bo Horvat had 40 points and has been getting more points every year. He is like a toews. Brock Boeser could be a 1st line sniper or 2nd line. Baertschi will hit 20 goals. Im not even naming all the prospects. Canucks can make the playoffs in the next 5 years or less. Bad teams need some good players on it and veteran
Johnny make a long video at the start of next season and talk about everything they did in the off season and talk about the pros and cons and your prediction on that team maybe even make it into a lot series. Maybe 5 teams a video
okay so Vancouver's owner told Benning he isn't allowed to rebuild his team, so he got a competitive defenseman in Erik Gudbranson and loui Eriksson. so if they could get a better goaltender than ryan miller and acquire some more decent forwards to cap of the bottom six, I think they could be a playoff contender.
Bruins can't give away krejci, he really has so much talent and in my opinion is underrated. He just had a rough season with injuries. But if you remember in the beginning of the season, krejci was one of the top players in the league statistically along with guys like patfuck kane
I don't like the term given to Eriksson but that's what you had to give signing for top free agents. While I agree that a full reset is needed in Lotus land, it's hard to do with the Twins signed still for two years. Problem is that ownership have a lot of say too...
I think the Staal signing with Minnesota is an ok deal. I sat down and thought about it and it could end up being just like Vanek, but if Staal produces more than Vanek did, I say it's a good deal. I do think that the Wild needed to make a move for a top 6 forward and Staal is just hitting the end of his prime. All I'm hoping for right now is that he will produce and maybe we can go further in the playoffs. Otherwise I think it's almost time for a rebuild with the Minnesota Wild
okposo to the sabres is a great deal for buffalo. they need a bit more scoring and okposo is sure to get 20+ goals with o'rielly and rienhart playing with him. he is an assist machine too. i think buffalo had a great off season grabbing a better defenseman and forward. hopefully lehner can fight off the injury bug and give them a strong year. leafs look to be great in a few years, not looking forward to facing them. glad to see tampa managed to keep stamkos from walking and druin. devils picking up hall is wonderful, they got a superstar for fairly cheap and should get results from him. great off season for a lot of teams, dont wanna ramble on anymore. what was your favorite move for the off season? would love to know
lol, all i can say is eriksson is definitely not hurting vancouver - with gudbranson, eriksson, and a healthy sutter, i think the nucks have a good chance at a playoff spot.
As long as they get rid of Krejci I'm ok with it. My only problem is that in the Backes interview, it sounded like they were pitching it as "a three headed dog down the middle" so does that mean they are keeping him? . I guess they must be trading Spooner? There's no way they'll have him playing the 4th. But I don't really like that because we already lost Kholkehchev to the KHL and without either of them they will have absolutely no centers for the future.
Dan Hamhuis was going to Dallas at the TDL but their owner blocked the trade 😂😂 so the Stars still got their guy and didn't have to give any assets to trade
Lucic's 10 games missed were suspensions! Lol
lol
Well thats good that means he is never injured
I'm pretty sure only 2 were
You're an idiot
Dude I was just kidding I was just pointing out that he has been suspended before
Lucic said good bye to his playoff career after that deal lol
Being an oiler fan that's very true😂
+MattyT94 then you're not a true oilers fan. Stupid bandwagonner
+Clout King063 Oilers got rid of their top scorer this season. There are still years to wait. I honestly see eberle or RNH leaving aswell
nah
+Clout King063 dude they don't have a goalie all their defenseman were all flops except larsson
5:19... he was another clarkson lol
Really liking these post-comms Johnny! Loving the focus on league news instead of the shootout.
Roman polak is back with leafs lol
That's the only thing leafs have done in free agency
+Hockey_ _402 Matt Martin
+ReaceDeace yea
Was VERY happy with the Reimer pick up. He is a great goalie that was playing on a poorly defensive team. Smart move on the Panthers and his part to come here, especially with Luongo going on the way out.
NBA has paid $1 Billion in 1 day to players in free agency and $130 million to one guy that's 3.7K per hour
One guy got 153 million
Yeah that was Mike Conley for the Memphis Grizzles. The reason why players are getting max deals in the nba is because the cap hit increased from 70 million to 94 million.
+Chris Harcourt Ya ik crazy haha
That's good news for sports. The popularity of the NBA is on the rise so they can pay their players more.
NBA has a far higher salary cap, and there's only 12 players in a roster.
I really like the moves that the Devils have made recently. Hopefully these new guys work well together with members of last year's roster and possibly make the playoffs this upcoming season. Go Devils.
lol defense is so trash and their goalie is mediocre. And no depth
I'm not a Devils fan but I am liking how they are looking over the next few years
+TheNuggetHD the devils are the most boring team in the league
+Ghetto Ugandan Which explains why Schneider had the 4th best save percentage in the league with an offense that produced the least amount of 5 on 5 goals in the league last season.
+Ghetto Ugandan lol, Schneiders a top 3 goalie. Their Defense is average, and offense is starting to look good with Hall, Henrique, Camellari, and Zacha. don't know what your on about.
As a panthers fan I can say watch out. with this signing of riemer we are gonna do very well and make the playoffs now we have EKBLAD for 9 years and we just resigned trocheck and acquired demers in ufa we are stacked!!!
Panthers are coming
I'm an Isles fan. I'm fucking scared, Ekblad and Yandle, then guys like Demers to fill out top 4. Another good scoring F would help, but watch out
+Jeremy Forman I'm lucky I'm a kings fan.
The battle of Florida between Tampa Bay and Florida needs to happen just like how the battle of California between L.A and Anaheim.
+drew dawg in a 2nd round that is. wouldn't be that great if it was the 1st round
John you are and always will be my favourite youtuber. Thanks for making my day
Johnny roasting Benning LOL!
I'm so happy Campbell is back in Chicago
Same dude
Ya defensive depth
Bandwagons
As a panthers fan I'm glad he is gone he had a good 6 year run but his play is going down and he only had 6 goals and 25 assists. Happy we got rid of a 37 year old defenseman for a young team
+Jared Sanders yea but getting any defencemen in Chicago would be a huge improvement
so basically Montreal traded Subban for Webber and Radulov. what do you guys think about the trade?
And Edmonton traded Hall for Larsson and Lucic. Pretty much and it's pretty good
+Adam Morash yeah I say oilers won that easy! hopefully we can see the Oilers in the playoffs this year
I've never liked the Habs but i'm kinda hoping that Radulov tears it up, he definitely has the talent and he has matured A LOT since his last stint in the NHL.
Well basically they didn't, because they signed Radulov from the Russian League
in my opinion Montreal won the trade when it comes to a short term perspective. Weber is a stud but he's only got 4-6 years left in him. Nashville won in a long term perspective because Subban has at least 7 or 8 years left in him.
Binghamton looks fantastic with the Senators signings, fantastic job Dorion and Melnyk
As a Bruins fan, backes was the PERFECT signing. Fills the physical gap that lucic left, while adding discipline, more skill, leadership, and another center. I am very happy for the future :)
And will most likely be getting us another D-man... Krejci is more than likely gone before the season start
+Sneaky V praying for shattenkirk 🙏🏻
+Sneaky V Sweeney said he is keeping Krejci
He plays kinda like Bergeron since he was a nominee for a selke trophy in 2011-2012 season
Nicholas Alzugaray When did he say that
I think both the Florida teams did the best during the free agency period. Tampa and Florida are going to be dangerous teams for many years to come
lol they signed a goalie who will be lucky to have a career as a starting goalie I guess
Demers Yandle Resigned Trocheck Ekblad Smith etc
Johnny you are preaching this shit. Keep it up brotha
Love the Hawks bringing Campbell back completes our top 4
Thank you for telling everyone what all real Vancouver fans should want
I am pretty pumped with Calgary signing Brouwer.
So many captains left their team during free agency. Ladd, Staal, Backes
Only Backes was a captain
+tough they were captains
+MasterPittsburghFan7 ya but they didn't leave their team team during free agency as captains
Shea weber too
as a canucks fan i agree. and its the sedins contracts that stop us from rebuilding. the signing itself didnt affect much.
The Eriksson signing was more to make the seasons competitive. Not for the reason of winning. Who plays with the Sedins if not Eriksson? Thats why the Canucks got them.
Johnny does not know what is happening on the other side of the nation. Vancouver is doing a slow transition to stay competitive but are focusing on a rebuild. Johnny thinks every team is either really bad or really good. There has to be a middle and that middle is always aiming to move up. Erikssons deal is a lengthy one which means he will be with some young guys in the future to help them. Its a process Johnny! A process!
+Whistleblower
So, he's there to help your team win and also play with your future prospects.
The problem is, you won't have future prospects if you keep being competitive and only staying in the middle (unless you're fucking Detroit and can find gold regularly)
+Reydriel But we do have future prospects. Being competitive doesn't negate future prospects. Why kind of stupid logic is that?
Do you know where Patrice Bergeron and Jamie Benn were picked? They are now top 10 centres in the league.
+Mario776 benn is a left-wing
TB made it to the finals, and then the ECF the following year. Welcome to the life of a Rangers fan.
Krecji won't be traded. I seriously hope he won't be traded. He's younger than Backes, he's very good defensively, and he was one of our most consistent forwards last year in terms of offence.
Boeser, Horvat, Virtanen, Baertschi, Etem, Gaunce, Rodin, Cassels, Grenier, Labate, Tryamkin, Pedan, Hutton, Tanev, Subban, Juolevi, Gudbranson, Demko, and Garteig.
All of these prospects have a bright future with the Canucks, and are Good prospects who can be dominant players.
You are right when you say that we won't commit to a full rebuild, but the signing was about having a veteran scoring presence after the Sedins retire, since Burrows and Edler most likely won't be there
benning didnt trade hammer because no one wanted to give up something for him. canucks have very good prospects coming up like boeser and demko. signing eriksson will help the team win and at the same time give the kids experience.
Ottawa still havnt fucking singled anyone and they have lots of cap room !
Forget the Free Agency while Melnyk is the owner of that team.
Its frustrating man ! I mean Melnyk keeps saying were are a win now team and yet didn't sign anyone or make any trades in the most active free agent season we have seen in years.
They even dropped Wiercioch, they could have easily signed Mikkel Boedker
and Dorion says that he is happy with the actual team, the same team that missed the playoffs with one of the worst defenses in the league. It's a fucking joke
Maybe cuz the ppl they asked have not decided
The canucks had an Injury riddled season last year with almost a quarter of our roster injuried and notably our second line center, Sutter out the most of the season. But take a look at the sharks, last year YOU WOULDN'T EVEN think the sharks were a CONTENDER For the cup but guess what, they went to the FINALS. The canucks may be better than u think Johnny. Also, we've acquired players that are on the edge of being really good, beartchi and Etem. But the only thing i agree here is the Hamhuis situation, we rly messed up there.
I 100% agree with johnny on vancouver and its what I've wanted them to Rebuild since that first round exit
Don't worry Johnny, You arn't pissing off us Vancouver fans. We hate our management. It's time for a full rebuild.
As a Red Wings fan, I really like all of our signings. The Vanek deal was great for us imo. It's a low risk high reward kind of deal. If he doesn't do good, it's whatever, it's a one year deal. If he does do good then we can re-sign him. The Ott deal is okay. It does provide us that toughness we've needed which is fantastic.
Canucks fan here, I have no idea what Canucks were doing. I also listened to Benning at an event, and he said Hamhuis was super close to being traded to Dallas or Chicago. Dallas got Russel so they didn't need him, I don't remember about Chicago. And he said he really wants to stay in Vancouver, he tried everything to stay here, but Benning wouldn't offer him a contract.
Neilsen to the wings is probably the most underrated signing so far
As a Canucks fan I completely agree with what you said
Calgary won on free agency. We had 2 things to sort out. A gritty right winger and a backup Goaltender. Troy Brouwer is going to be a good player beside Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. Chad Johnson played 45 games last year. That's amazing since we have Brian Elliot who played around that amount so if Elliot can not handle 60+ games we have Johnson who can handle 40+ games. I would say Calgary Won the Free Agent Frenzy in my opinion as we got what we needed. We may of lost Colborne but we now have Klimchuk, Shinkuruk, Tkachuk, Poitier, etc. As some of the Tsn guys said, Calgary can make it back into the playoffs with this roster and they may have the best goaltending situation related with cost. Elliot 2.5 and Johnson 1.7, that is only 4.2 million. We were paying Hiller 4.5 and Ramo 3. we just made back 3 million for forwards and d-man. Calgary can make it to the playoffs, them being a big impact and winning. No. That is still 2-3 years away.
I believe Buffalo and Edmonton have a good looking future, considering their prospects and the players that they've signed this summer!!
Drunk goof will be swallowing his words when he sees the canucks in a few years
Hell yeah! That's what I'm talking about.
only thing they missing is future number one centre
Bo Horvat is our future number 1 Centre
At the bottom of the league?
+Tma MasterChief maybe
Brian Cambell to the Blackhawks is goin be great cus we get a better defensive line up which with a new veteran can soar to greater heights for our rookies in Chicago
I'm a Canucks fan and I definitely agree with u Johnny
What the difference between tea and England
The tea stayed in the cup longer
Johnny you mentioned that Benning should have traded Hamhuis at the deadline and he tried with Chicago and Dallas, but Dallas went with Russell and they ran out of time with Chicago. So instead of having an old player with a left shot that does not fit anymore in Vancouver, Benning went and got Gudbranson a 6'5 right shot that is 23 for a prospect and a 2nd a lot better trade then Hall for Larsson!
Cant believe how much money radulov left on the table that he could have in khl/or that chinese team. He really wants to play in NHL
Montreal: trades Subban because of attitude/locker room issues, goes out and signs fucking Radulov.
I 100% agree with what you said about Vancouver.
Johnny I agree with you as a Canucks fan
As a Blackhawks fan, I think re-signing Brian Campbell to a one-year deal was a move that had to be made. While it does worry me that three out of Chicago's top four defensemen are over 30 years old, and Niklas Hjalmarsson is 29, it takes pressure off of the young guys like Trevor van Riemsdyk and Erik Gustafsson, who were forced into larger roles last season. I assume that Campbell will be on the second pairing with Seabrook, which should have better results than the Seabrook - TVR pairing, which was not good at all.
TVR had a bad year, was very disappointed. In fact the whole defense was disappointing. I'm hoping soup stabilizes everything.
lifelong canucks fan. But johnny, you are 100% on point. Eriksson was a terrible signing. Im glad you see i too.
As a Canucks fan... Johnny hit the nail on the head. We are never going to win a cup like this. 😢
Chris Stewart is back in the state of hockey
LOOOOL dude in another video you were literally yelling about how much you're gonna love Stamkos in a Leafs jersey.
What video? I have to watch it
We shall see who wins the cup first Johnny: Canucks or the Leafs. Right now it looks like the Leafs cuz you guys have the a great young roster and a fantastic coach but who knows. 🇨🇦
Former Boston G.M. brings Lucic to Edmonton. Oilers have lacked toughness and grittiness. Lucic brings that. Boston fans miss him!
Johnny the type of guy to swallow his gum on purpose while watching the Leafs
As a Canucks fan I think that signing Loui Erikson was a big mistake the Canucks need a major rebuild
Dale Weise signed a 4-year deal with Philly, and Ryan White signed with Arizona. Don't really see the purpose of those deals, but I guess the Flyers wanted a younger and bigger grinder since their re-tooling, and Arizona is in the rebuilding stages and might want to use White as trade bait for more draft picks since it's only a 1 year deal.
To me the Yzerman love as "the best gm" is a bit confusing. Yeah everything worked out this year, and hes made good moves in the past, but he nearly lost both Drouin and Stamkos. If either of those scenarios go the other way we would all be calling him the worst GM. The guy sticks to his plans, which is bold and respectable, but you can only play with fire for so long before it bites you in the ass, or something like that.
Tbh I think he's one of the worst in the league, other than benning (the nucks gm I think I spelt it wrong) the Callahan trade wasn't great, in a couple years the cap is going to kill him, he's going to have trouble signing players like: kuch, Johnson, krillorn, bishop etc
+B0GGIEMAN101 bishop will be gone next year or this year
+B0GGIEMAN101 you don't know what your talking about
tampa made it to the conference final this year and had 9 draft picks in this years draft..........??????? lol hes probably the best gm in the league with the best of problems right now
Chris Loeffen I'm not knocking what Tampa did this year because you still have to win the games, but they played Detroit and the Islanders in the first 2 rounds. No one had an easier draw to the finals. Sure they eventually took Shitsburg to 7, but after they had to go through the Rangers and Caps. Tampa was the 6 seed in the conference, it makes no sense why they got to play the 8th and 5th seed. The divisional playoff format is a fucking joke.
I think that Carolina will contend in the east next season. Yeah, they didn't sign a star player but they signed 2 decent players that can put up points and they have an incredibly young team and can only get better.
I think that the Isles are going to do fine in their division. The Isles replaced Okposo with Ladd, and Martin with Chimera. The one hole I'm worried about is the one Nielsen left. But, I think a guy like Strome or Nelson can fill that hole, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Isles make a trade before the season.
If you missed it Washington has practically replaced the entire bottom 6 forwards
Johnny in the game there is a kid name Ryan swell I. Free agency and he is a 95 overall
i cant beleve that tampa bay traded ben bishop for peter poodi
As a Canucks fan I completely agree. Bring on the rebuild already
The bruins will actually probably hold onto Krejci, because Backes is naturally a wing, so they will put him on the wing, and they are also looking to sign Kris Russell
Okposo was like the biggest free agent next to Lucic and you barely even mention him lol
You have to understand that the Canucks management does not want a rebuild. You can say we have to rebuild but that won't change unless the owners of the team want to rebuild
I definitely agree with him on Vancouver loui erikkson is an on off player yes he can score but he will slow your team from winning a cup In the end
Ladd went to the isles to replace okposo who went to buffalo. We didnt over spend. Losing Neilsen and Matt martin(who is a leaf now) hurts because the best 4th line in the nhl is no longer a thing martin- cizakas - clutterbuck rip
we got parentau back though
+NHL 17 Parenteau sucks
+WolfpackZGaming i know i'm just trying to stay positive but yesterday was a rough day
+WolfpackZGaming if u put a piece of plywood out there it will get 20 goals playing with Tavares. he got vanek a 20 goal season. and vanek is awful
+Brian Bron in the past 4 seasons, he had under 50 points. Meanwhile, Tavares had a 471 point season. So yeah, parenteau sucks
i am a wild fan. and we have not done shit in 10 years but the thing is we don't need to rebuild we have 2 all star vets and we got new management thats what we needed . sure we did not do well in the play offs but u can't blame the wild we got a new coach in the end of the season
Johnny the Wild Signed Stall because they need him on the penalty kill and hes a Koivu 2.0 we dont need him to score goals we need him to keep the puck out of the net that was Lamairs philosophy when we entered the league and it still sticks with the Wild organization
Johnny, Canucks have one of the best prospect pools. There defence is set. Hutton could be a top 2 player if he keeps playing like he did. Gudbranson top 4. Tanev top could play top minutes. Sbisa is alright. Tryamkin is next Chara. Jeoulevi is like an Erik Karlsson. They are all under 30. They got the best goaltender prospect in the NHL with Thatcher Demko. Also Markstrom can prove he can play as a starter. Bo Horvat had 40 points and has been getting more points every year. He is like a toews. Brock Boeser could be a 1st line sniper or 2nd line. Baertschi will hit 20 goals. Im not even naming all the prospects. Canucks can make the playoffs in the next 5 years or less. Bad teams need some good players on it and veteran
Johnny make a long video at the start of next season and talk about everything they did in the off season and talk about the pros and cons and your prediction on that team maybe even make it into a lot series. Maybe 5 teams a video
hopefully cullen resigns with Pittsburgh and not to Minnesota
No way boy! He better be coming back to Minny!
He's retiring..
Geoff S no he isnt
+Jean-Luc Schinosi where's your proof that he isn't?
+Geoff S www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2016/07/03/Penguins-still-waiting-to-find-out-if-Cullen-will-return/stories/201607030199
okay so Vancouver's owner told Benning he isn't allowed to rebuild his team, so he got a competitive defenseman in Erik Gudbranson and loui Eriksson. so if they could get a better goaltender than ryan miller and acquire some more decent forwards to cap of the bottom six, I think they could be a playoff contender.
no it looks like Malcolm Subban is also heading out of Boston for Tyson Barrie the Bruins might need to add a pick
Bruins can't give away krejci, he really has so much talent and in my opinion is underrated. He just had a rough season with injuries. But if you remember in the beginning of the season, krejci was one of the top players in the league statistically along with guys like patfuck kane
Johnny is the definition of the ultimate bias leaf fan
I agree with you on the Canucks trade
I don't like the term given to Eriksson but that's what you had to give signing for top free agents. While I agree that a full reset is needed in Lotus land, it's hard to do with the Twins signed still for two years. Problem is that ownership have a lot of say too...
I think the Staal signing with Minnesota is an ok deal. I sat down and thought about it and it could end up being just like Vanek, but if Staal produces more than Vanek did, I say it's a good deal. I do think that the Wild needed to make a move for a top 6 forward and Staal is just hitting the end of his prime. All I'm hoping for right now is that he will produce and maybe we can go further in the playoffs. Otherwise I think it's almost time for a rebuild with the Minnesota Wild
The canucks are gonna play some hockey games this season
As a canucks fan, you are 100% right. Idk what management is doing...
Roman Polak back with the Leafs!😂
okposo to the sabres is a great deal for buffalo. they need a bit more scoring and okposo is sure to get 20+ goals with o'rielly and rienhart playing with him. he is an assist machine too. i think buffalo had a great off season grabbing a better defenseman and forward. hopefully lehner can fight off the injury bug and give them a strong year. leafs look to be great in a few years, not looking forward to facing them. glad to see tampa managed to keep stamkos from walking and druin. devils picking up hall is wonderful, they got a superstar for fairly cheap and should get results from him. great off season for a lot of teams, dont wanna ramble on anymore. what was your favorite move for the off season? would love to know
Brian Campbell signed with the Chicago Blackhawks he won the cup with them in 2010!! 😃 GO HAWKS
We lost a lot. Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen and Matt Martin. We signed Andrew Ladd, Jason Chimera and PA Parenteau, but we still lost.
I personally think Brian Campbell to the hawks was the best signing.
Nothing on Brian Campbell coming back to the Blackhawks?
Johnny for your next gm mode please do the Vancouver Canucks I know you have done them before but we need more help then ever right now
Eriksson in Vancouver is a great fit
They still need number one centre
He's a winger
And Eriksson has only had a good season in his contract year.. and he's not getting younger
+AJAX BEATZ lol
u fucking idiot, we're no where near ready for the playoffs, we need to rebuild. Trade everyone over the age of 26 except those named Sedin.
+AJAX BEATZ no shit
lol, all i can say is eriksson is definitely not hurting vancouver - with gudbranson, eriksson, and a healthy sutter, i think the nucks have a good chance at a playoff spot.
I'm happy with Backes. I don't care what you people have to say about the contract length and money amount
It's a good signing but they need to get rid of Krejci for a D-man before the season starts
+Sneaky V yeah that's a good idea
+Sneaky V I agree
As long as they get rid of Krejci I'm ok with it. My only problem is that in the Backes interview, it sounded like they were pitching it as "a three headed dog down the middle" so does that mean they are keeping him? . I guess they must be trading Spooner? There's no way they'll have him playing the 4th. But I don't really like that because we already lost Kholkehchev to the KHL and without either of them they will have absolutely no centers for the future.
+Joe Danger I don't think they'll trade Spooner. If anything it will probably be Krejci for a younger defenseman for our 1st D pairing
Happy days for a Tampa fan!
Jonny!! Bruins picked up backes!!! Woo
Vincent Trochek just signed with the Panthers
Reacting to the draft shootout com? Would love to hear what you have to say
I see lucic scoring 30 in two yeats
*years
Maybe with both years combined
+M Stegy nah he scores 20 and with mcdavid I see him doing a lot better. I mean mcdavid made Yakupov good and Yakupov is worse than lucic
Probably 35-40 goals and with 80 assists in 2 years
+Maisen Deschene Kane got 106 this year I highly doubt LUCIC gets more than 100 points in in a season ever
When Thornton missed at 4:50 I was so upset
Florida is going to be the beasts of the east in the coming years
Dan Hamhuis was going to Dallas at the TDL but their owner blocked the trade 😂😂 so the Stars still got their guy and didn't have to give any assets to trade