Tuesday’s Dump & Chase: Hello Hockey, My Old Friend

Poile Discusses Preds Personnel as Training Camp Continues
Poile gives his thoughts on Tolvanen’s NHL chances, dodges questions about Josi’s contract, and tries to figure out the puzzle that is Kyle Turris.

Canucks reach three-year extension with Brock Boeser | ESPN
$5.875 million AAV, which is just a fantastic deal for Vancouver.

Birth of son, Marner deal, love-in on The Rock cap Tavares’ unforgettable week | Sportsnet
John Tavares witnessed the birth of his son Jace last Wednesday, but there’s still no word on what kind of pajamas the young lad will wear.

Just keep the Naboo Starfighters away from that kid’s dome, John.

Flyers agree to six-year, $33M deal with RFA Travis Konecny | Sportsnet
$5.5 million AAV for Konecny, and that seems perfectly reasonable to me.

No they can’t.

After surviving trial by fire, Horvat ‘ready’ for Canucks’ captaincy | Sportsnet
“Unable to crush Bo Horvat last season, the Vancouver Canucks should soon put him out of his misery and just name him captain.”

Now that is one hell of a lede.

Darren Ferris: Mitch Marner received two offer sheets before re-signing with Toronto Maple Leafs | TSN
Apparently Marner received two separate offer sheets over the summer, both of which he obviously declined.

There’s no concrete information on who provided the offer sheets, but speculation suggests Montreal and Columbus.

Young Bucks: Breaking down the remaining RFAs this summer | The Hockey News
Point, Laine, Connor, Rantanen, Tkachuk…. It’s September 17th and there’s still lots of talent out there without contracts.

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