Previous season thread:
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=55798.0Training camp is upon us, but let us revel in what happened in this offseason. Well, a lot of free agents signed for a buttload of money. I think the final total of dollars in free agents for the league in the contracts signed has to be over $1 Billion. Lots of "named" value defensemen had signed to some rather lengthy and huge contracts.
There are still some RFAs that are key players to their respective teams that still needs a deal. Kirill Kaprizov (Wild), Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes (Canucks), Brady Tkachuk (Senators), and many others.
Will guys like Jack Eichel or Vladimir Tarasenko get traded before the season starts?
Also, the NHL stated that they will, reluctantly it seems, move forward with sending their players to the Olympics for the Winter Games next year. However, and why the question marks in the title, it seems like they will have an out clause if certain things does not look favorable to their decision. They will have until January to opt out, I think.
Anywho, let's us enjoy this full season and maybe we can go see a game or two live. I'm looking at the Kings' weekend home game schedules and not many great matchups there for the rest of 2021. They are playing the Habs on 10/30, but that's the same day as the DT show in LA, and I already bought the tickets for DT, oh well.
Edit: Shoot, I actually have a better subtitle in mind. I forgot about Seattle. We'll see what surprises they have for us in their first season.