Derek Difani

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@ZachCav Got to think the injury kept the price down

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@Seanolith No more @frank_seravalli is a win in my book

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@PatrickCPresent @FriedgeHNIC @TheHockeyNews Ducks just the first ones through this door. It’s about to get wild, pun intended.

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Leo turned down 8x 10.5 prior to last year. I'm not sure going much more than that at that point would have been super smart. Sounds like he also didn't want to sign before Bedard. Interesting

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@sweetannieod Good thing @victoryplustv doesn’t have a contract with him. Oh.

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@PatrickCPresent @TheHockeyNews Without additional assets it would be upsetting to lose him. Adding Michkov or additional assets, disappointing but not awful

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@ZachCav Vatrano and a 3rd should solve some problems.

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@PatrickCPresent Really interesting. I guess if Verbeek thought an OS was going to be 15 then it makes some sense to try and negotiate down from the ask. Unfortunately Briere went nuts. Looking at the contracts signed since the OS, Briere is not getting any Xmas cards from other gms

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@Felix_Sicard Rethink the Minty extension? See Nemec, Simon.

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@JSTQC @Felix_Sicard Jacob Trouba 8.25

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@LightTheLamp748 @Felix_Sicard Grier. He’s paying Trouba and Nurse what Leo will get. Would you rather have Leo Carlsson or Jacob Trouba and Darnell Nurse.

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@Felix_Sicard Grier traded for Nurse with no retention.

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@sweetannieod We’re just the first ones through the door. It’s about to get crazy IMO.

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@ZachCav I tend to think we’re just the first ones through the door on this. I expect to see some eye popping numbers coming soon. Briere unleashed a real problem for the NHL with his reckless offer sheet. And they’re going arbitration on Zegras and Drysdale. Whoops

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@Felix_Sicard And Leo isn’t worth anywhere close to 18, but apparently that’s the market. Sign Cutter and Beckett to whatever they want now to avoid lunacy later.

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@JFreshHockey Why would any young player sign early at this point? Just wait for an insane offer sheet.

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@Felix_Sicard Minny has a cap hit on KK for 17. It’s not THAT problematic. The issue is we’ve drafted well so we have some incoming. Cutter at 11 would be helpful and I’d try my hardest on Beckett to get him in under 10, but honestly I’m not sure why any young player would sign anything now

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@Felix_Sicard This isn’t that crazy at this point. We have to pay Leo 18 on a cap hit v the 12-13 that was expected. Not great but it’s basically Vatrano.

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@ReindeerGames91 Fine, his trade value is worth about that’s

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@ReindeerGames91 67 points in 74 games, but I think they match this lunacy