Aug 8, 2023
Banter
Belgium - GP / Good beer
Nurburgring
D-Day beaches
Stratford
Grindstone
Title Player Kevin Lowe - connect him to Jeff Jackson
Kevin Lowe - 92-93 Rangers James Patrick -> 86-87 Rangers Jeff Jackson
Feedback - Nora - wants another 9 years and a ScuttlePuck t-shirt!
News
Signings and trades since last episode:
BIG Signings - overall, not many big ones, tons of low - middle end. Cap not going up has really squeezed the UFAs
Tom Wilson - Caps 7 years $6.5MM - man alive
Ilya Sorokin - Islanders - $8.25 x 8
Dmitry Orlov - Hurricanes $7.75 x 2 - smart AGM - pay high, but he’s 31 so not overpaying for long time
Anze Kopitar - $7MM x 2
Alex Debrincat - $7.875 x 4 - Det
Sebastien Aho - $9.75 x 8
Tarasenko - OTT - $5 x 1
Oilers - pretty quiet
Connor Brown
Ryan McLeod (RFA)
Jeff Jackson CEO of Hockey operations!
Leafs - clearly adding sandpaper
Sens add Korpisalo and Tarasenko - interesting
Guess the 5th
Dubas announced he will be GM and promptly completes 3-way trade to secure Erik Karlsson
- interested to see how San Jose approaches next few seasons
- Dubas as GM - surprised?
- names Amanda Kessel, Trevor Daley as Special Assistants to GM - thoughts?