NHL 2021-22 season Fantasy & Chat thread

**Stallion** · 07-12-22, 04:50 PM

I think Montreal made the wrong choice with the #1 pick.

**mr. leisure** · 07-12-22, 07:26 PM

Wild trade Cam Talbot to Senators in exchange for Filip Gustavsson

The Minnesota Wild traded goaltender Cam Talbot to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goalie Filip Gustavsson on Tuesday. Minnesota is not retaining any of Talbot's salary.
"I’m excited about the move," Talbot said. "They already had a good young core and they made some good moves at the draft and have the space to still make a splash the next couple days. Looking forward to joining the group and helping to lead them back to the playoffs."
Talbot, 35, is going to the sixth team in his NHL career. Last season, he posted a 32-12-4 record with a 2.77 goals against average and .911 save percentage.
Gustavsson, 24, joins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in Minnesota. He recorded a 5-12-1 record with a 3.55 GAA and .892 SV% last season. Minnesota has $4.279 million in additional cap space, which can potentially be used to sign prospects Marco Rossi, Calen Addison and Adam Beckman or other free agents.
This is the second trade involving a goaltender in consecutive days for the Senators. On Monday, Ottawa traded goalie Matt Murray to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Wild (53-22-7) finished second in the Central Division before losing to the St. Louis Blues in the playoffs. The Senators (33-42-7) placed seventh in the Atlantic Division, missing the playoffs.

**Checkerboard** · 07-13-22, 07:01 AM

Senators wheelin and dealin... Hope it pans out for them!

**hotcross** · 07-13-22, 07:58 AM

But what is Toronto thinking about acquiring Murray???

**DwightShrute** · 07-13-22, 07:54 PM

Crazy day in free agency today.

Johnny Hockey to Columbus.

Detroit did the best IMO. Charot, Perron and Copp. Trading for Husso a couple days ago

Oilers getting Campbell in goal

Are the Leafs better in net now?

**mr. leisure** · 07-13-22, 09:06 PM

Campbell got 5 years , 25 million from the Oilers … Yikes !

**DwightShrute** · 07-13-22, 09:43 PM

Sportsnet.ca

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/signings

**Checkerboard** · 07-14-22, 06:17 AM

Originally posted by hotcross

But what is Toronto thinking about acquiring Murray???

Might be the Sault Ste Marie Greyhound lineage that tipped the scale on this iffy move. For better or for worse, Dubas seems inclined to shaping things around Soo connections.

**hotcross** · 07-14-22, 03:41 PM

It does seem to be the case with Toronto

I wonder if teams are placing less importance on goalies specifically, and perhaps more on defensemen. Maybe they just see a lack of any super-human goalies out there.

Shesterkin might be the exception, but wouldn't be surprised to see some decline from him in the coming season.

Vasilevskiy kinda looked tired in the Cup Final series.

**mr. leisure** · 07-14-22, 05:37 PM

Murray and Samsonov in an open competition. 😙 see how that shakes out .

**Stallion** · 07-14-22, 05:54 PM

Johnny Hockey signs for almost 10 mil a season, Jack Campbell for 25 mil.... Just ridiculous, teams are waaaaay over paying for guys.

**Checkerboard** · 07-15-22, 06:57 AM

Originally posted by hotcross

It does seem to be the case with Toronto

I wonder if teams are placing less importance on goalies specifically, and perhaps more on defensemen. Maybe they just see a lack of any super-human goalies out there.

Shesterkin might be the exception, but wouldn't be surprised to see some decline from him in the coming season.

Vasilevskiy kinda looked tired in the Cup Final series.

Yes, it seems that consistent defensemen have become more of a coveted commodity than ever before.

**mr. leisure** · 07-15-22, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by Checkerboard

Senators wheelin and dealin... Hope it pans out for them!

They should be a fun team to watch next year . 👍

**mr. leisure** · 07-16-22, 04:25 PM

Jeff Petry traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh. Montreal in rebuild mode .

**Checkerboard** · 07-17-22, 07:52 AM

NYR sign Trochek to 7 years. Final 4 team going 'all in' trying to get over the hump?

**mr. leisure** · 07-17-22, 12:03 PM

I would go after Matthew Tkachuk if I was a GM . 👍

**Stallion** · 07-17-22, 01:45 PM

Montreal is definately in rebuild mode, I worry about Carey Price and whether he will stick around for it or not.

**Checkerboard** · 07-18-22, 09:27 AM

Jack Johnson and his kids enjoyed eating ice cream from the Cup during the trophy's tour visit to Dublin.

**mr. leisure** · 07-18-22, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by Stallion

Montreal is definately in rebuild mode, I worry about Carey Price and whether he will stick around for it or not.

Hope he gets his health issues taken care of too . ✅

**Checkerboard** · 07-19-22, 09:25 AM

Toronto just extended forward Pierre Engvall's contract by a year, $2.25 million cap.

**mr. leisure** · 07-19-22, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by mr. leisure

I would go after Matthew Tkachuk if I was a GM . 👍

Flames filled for salary arbitration. Looks like he is staying put .

**Checkerboard** · 07-21-22, 09:55 AM

Originally posted by mr. leisure

Flames filled for salary arbitration. Looks like he is staying put .

He becomes unrestricted free agent next year. May end up in St louis, where he grew up and his dad played.

**mr. leisure** · 07-21-22, 11:17 AM

Originally posted by Checkerboard

He becomes unrestricted free agent next year. May end up in St louis, where he grew up and his dad played.

Love his game , I think a lot of teams will want him . 👍

**Checkerboard** · 07-22-22, 06:39 AM

Originally posted by mr. leisure

Love his game , I think a lot of teams will want him . ��

Good luck in July Dog of the Day MLB contest. Stay in the money!

The Kid got off to an insane start this month.

**mr. leisure** · 07-22-22, 01:42 PM

Thanks brother, had the giants last night for a loss need to rebound today . ✅

**mr. leisure** · 07-23-22, 09:01 AM

Huge trade …

Tkachuk traded to Florida for Huberdeau and a couple of other players and a draft pick . He signed a 8 year 76 million contract with the panthers . 💰

**DwightShrute** · 07-23-22, 09:12 AM

**Checkerboard** · 07-23-22, 09:33 AM

Originally posted by mr. leisure

Huge trade …

Tkachuk traded to Florida for Huberdeau and a couple of other players and a draft pick . He signed a 8 year 76 million contract with the panthers . ��

Florida was one of the teams he listed as wanting to go to.

**DwightShrute** · 07-23-22, 09:51 AM

Originally posted by Checkerboard

Florida was one of the teams he listed as wanting to go to.

It's a pretty good deal for both teams. I am a huge Tkachuk fan. Tkachuk was leaving no matter what and he's an elite player. Calgary got an elite player in return. A top 10 in the league player. American going to play in the US and 2 Canadians going up to Canada.

Both teams had a disappointing playoffs and both players were basically absent during the post season, so something needed to done.

Both Huberdeau and Weegar have one year left on their contacts. I assume the conditional pick will if Calgary will be able to sign Huberdeau. If they do sign him, then its a pretty even trade with Calgary maybe even winning it. Weegar could be the wildcard if he over exceeds in Calgary.

**Checkerboard** · 07-24-22, 08:09 AM

I can't find any elaboration of the condition(s) on that Calgary 2025 first round pick from Florida, anybody know?

**mr. leisure** · 07-24-22, 09:26 AM

Agree , good trade for both teams. 👍

**Checkerboard** · 07-25-22, 11:03 AM

Sturm has the Cup in Augsburg right now, after signing a 3 year contract with with the Sharks earlier this month.

**mr. leisure** · 07-25-22, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by Checkerboard

Sturm has the Cup in Augsburg right now, after signing a 3 year contract with with the Sharks earlier this month.

Yeah , the cup is doing it’s European tour right now. 👍

**DwightShrute** · 07-25-22, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by mr. leisure

Agree , good trade for both teams. 

bookies agree

**DwightShrute** · 07-25-22, 08:19 PM

"On road trips, Scott Bowman would leave a stick with the hotel front desk at curfew time, asking the clerk to get players to sign it. It was his simple way of deciphering which players were coming in late.
If anybody asked me for an autograph late at night, I always signed 'Darren McCarty"
-Brendan Shanahan