What's your feeling about goaltending?? Hart seemed to take a huge step in the wrong direction this year, tho like you said, the whole team struggled all year.

he looked a lot better then the year before so i think he took a step in the right direction the covid season really seemed to fuck with him this year he looked pretty good the team was just terrible defensively
he wasnt quite the stud hes shown he can be but he played pretty good for the most part he had some ups and down but hes 23 thats somewhat expected even vet goalies have some pretty bad streaks and this team was ass

im not that worried about goaltending hes still 23 has lots of promise most goalies are just hitting their prime around now

and since you aked about goaltending in general fedotov/sandstrom seem to be getting the chance to fight for the #2 which i like
sandstrom has looked decent he hasnt gotten a win yet but this season not many wins to be had by any goalie lol his first game in the nhl he made like a 46 save OT performance
fedotov is like a 5 year KHL vet that won silver at olympics so hes supposed to be pretty good but we will see how he adapts

This post was edited by dragoneth on Jun 12 2022 10:34am

TSN Hockey@TSNHockey
Swiss National League’s HC Lugano has announced that the team has signed goaltender Mikko Koskinen to a two-year contract: http://tsn.ca/1.1812307

simths contract is up too
oilers finally free of thier goalies!? you think they go for gibson? rumours are hes up for grabs
twitter seems to think leafs are getting gibson and cambell is going to the oilers ^^

This post was edited by dragoneth on Jun 13 2022 11:57am

they need a guy who has experience winning a couple cups

We have Smith one more year. Keith and Smith will announce by july1 if they will continue playing next year or call it quits. Keith could fuck hawks over a bit but not like they need the cap room going into a rebuild anyway.

This post was edited by Subzer0isGG on Jun 13 2022 12:01pm

how would keith fuck the hawks over? i dont think there is recapture unless the contract was signed 35+ and he signed like a 10 year deal or something didnt he?
smith should retire but even if he doesnt 2.2 for a back up isnt THAT bad you guys can still go get a starter and have a decent back up

This post was edited by dragoneth on Jun 13 2022 12:28pm

If Keith were to retire after the 21-22 season:

Blackhawks would have a 5.5m caphit in 22-23 and 2m caphit in 23-24

Oilers would lose his actual 5.5m caphit in 22-23 and instead would have a 3.4m negative caphit (cap savings), for a swing of 8.9mill.

Correct me if it's wrong


And of Smith retires were still put his 2.2mill. But can go get a goalie.

Holland goal this summer must be to convince Keith to leave 1.5mill on the table and retire lol

This post was edited by Subzer0isGG on Jun 13 2022 12:46pm

If Duncan Keith retired this summer, his $5.5M cap hit would be removed for the Oilers and they would get a $3.4M recapture cap credit (negative cap hit). The Blackhawks would have $7.5M of recapture cap hit, allocated as $5.5M in 22-23 & $2M in 23-24.

yep you're right,
also friedman reported that Smith is more likely to return than Keith.


This post was edited by Secksii on Jun 13 2022 01:20pm

I'm salivating at the thought of Keith retiring now.

oh thats neat
is the recapture just on years that are 35+ on the contract then now?


yeah that would be pretty sick to get 8.9m cap space lol