There are a couple of groups which may nonetheless be seeking to make strikes this offseason
Adam Proteau of The Hockey News: We’ve hit the month of August, and issues across the NHL have slowed down. There are some groups that might nonetheless be seeking to maintain some enterprise.
Calgary Flames – There may be nonetheless hypothesis as to what the Flames will do with defenseman Rasmus Andersson. The Flames need to compete, however buying and selling Andersson would set them again. They will’t compete with the highest workforce, so accumulating future belongings could also be not be a nasty factor.
Edmonton Oilers – Will the Oilers go one other 12 months with Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard? There may be additionally the Connor McDavid extension stuff. The Oilers have simply over $200,000 in cap area, and the highest UFA goalies are Alexandar Georgiev, Ilya Samsonov, and James Reimer. They might have to attend till the commerce deadline.
Minnesota Wild – It’s speculated that RFA ahead Marco Rossi doesn’t match into the Wild’s long-term plans. They may do a one- or two-year deal and see if that adjustments something.
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Montreal Canadiens – The Canadiens can put Carey Worth and his $10.5 million cap on the LTIR and may have $4.57 million in projected cap area to play with. They need to make the playoffs this 12 months, in order that they’ll seemingly use that cap area someday between now and the commerce deadline.
Toronto Maple Leafs – (after the re-signing of Nick Roberston the Leafs now have simply over $1 million on projected cap area). It’s exhausting to see the place Robertson suits within the Leafs roster. They might look to commerce him. There’s nonetheless some room to presumably convey somebody in on PTO, like they did final 12 months with Max Pacioretty.
Nick Robertson’s future with the Toronto Maple Leafs remains to be in query
Chris Johnston of The Athletic: So the Toronto Maple Leafs settled earlier than wage arbitration with Nick Robertson on a one-year deal at $1.825 million. Regardless of the signing, his future with the Maple Leafs remains to be in query.
Robertson requested for a commerce final summer time, and his enjoying time was lower to simply three of 13 video games within the playoffs. The Leafs may very well be seeking to transfer wage out, and he may very well be a bit that joins David Kampf and Calle Jarnkrok.
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The 23-year-old does nonetheless have an offensive upside if he can acquire the coaches’ belief. He must play higher on the opposite facet of the puck and make higher puck selections.
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