Stars99Lobo37
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If Voynov doesn't end up getting deported or getting a multi-year jail sentence, we could probably get him for a bargain basement price.
Straight up trollin now.
If Voynov doesn't end up getting deported or getting a multi-year jail sentence, we could probably get him for a bargain basement price.
One of Daley/Goligoski should go because it's not working.
I don't get why you guys think Dallas needs Hall?
You have plenty of talent at forward and the cap room next season to add more. It just happens that Nichushkin and Peverley are out for the season.
Next season you could easily end up with something like this:
Benn - Seguin - Nichushkin
N.Foligno(FA) - Spezza - Hemsky
Roussel - Eakin - Ritchie
McKenzie - Fiddler - Garbutt
Moen
I mean, that is one hell of a lineup if you ask me! I believe N.Foligno played with Spezza in Ottawa and they had some chemistry. So someone like that would be a great fit and you have the money to go after him too! It makes more sense to sign an FA or 2 then make trades where you could lose a good player...
The key concern is a 1st pair shutdown guy. If you read the BONUS question in this interview with Nill he admits to that himself:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=744214&navid=nhl:topheads
Dallas scouts at Philly/Tampa game tonight
Ideally Dallas would be looking to somehow get Stralman. Realistically it's for some useless Flyer
They had their chance at him and blew it.
Ideally Dallas would be looking to somehow get Stralman. Realistically it's for some useless Flyer
So many teams, including my Rangers, screwed up royally on the Anton.
BONUS QUESTION: Speaking of flexibility in the cap, do you view it that this team still needs a proverbial horse on the back end to carry you?
"We definitely do. We need a 25-minute-a-night guy that when you're ahead 2-1 with four minutes to go he's out there for three of those minutes. We need that type of player, one with a big heavy body. Probably other than 15 teams, everybody else needs that too, but that's what we're missing. Some of that is going to get taken care of internally as some of these guys develop, but we still need that veteran guy who can go out there and take control, settle things down when the game needs it, and finish off that last two minutes in the game."
Some of you are being absolutely absurd. If you have the opportunity to acquire a player with the elite talent of a Taylor Hall, who just a few months ago was considered the second best LW in the game, and not give up the best player in the deal, you make that trade without a second thought.
Before the start of this season, Hall was 6th in points over the last two seasons on an Edmonton team absolutely devoid of talent. It's more plausible than not that he would score at Seguin levels playing alongside some combination of Benn, Spezza, and Seguin.
It sounds like Hall wants to be "the guy" in Edmonton, because he has always been "the guy" there and feels that is his franchise. Edmonton is looking eagerly toward drafting McDavid and making him "the guy," which gives them an incentive to move Hall.
Hall doesn't make players around him better. McDavid will. Hall shouldn't be the lone superstar on the team, but he will never be able to let go of that expectation in Edmonton, even with McDavid there.
Edmonton has a plethora of other needs, including a blue chip goalie prospect, young defenders, and young wingers. They have one significantly valuable trade chip in Hall, and are in the position to possibly utilize it. It isn't crazy to think that you could land Hall in a deal centered around a couple of Campbell/Oleksiak/Eakin plus lesser pieces.
You ABSOLUTELY consider moving your 1st round pick this year if you think it will be in the 10-20 range. This draft is being massively overhyped because of the small number of extrmely elite prospects who are making plenty of other average players look pretty good.
Consider this list -- Danny Roussin (2nd), Danny Stewart (4th), MA Pouliot (1st), Mark Tobin (2nd), Michal Sersen+Eric Neilson (5th). I bet you've never heard of any of those players, because none of them ever made it to the NHL, but they have one thing in common - they played on a line with Sidney Crosby.
Outside of the 5-10 picks this year, this year might be even more of a crap shoot than normal. If you acquire Hall without giving up significant value from your NHL roster, this team's pick is not going to be in the top 10, no matter how poor the defense is.
Watching the EDM vs ARZ game right now. Hall is definitely getting moved soon. He gives 0 ****s out there when he doesn't have the puck.
Scrivens is amazing though.
Yeah that's why I've said you need to watch him now to see how bad it's gotten. He genuinely stopped giving a **** about the game. For all that we complain about the Stars players I've never thought that they actually don't care anymore if they win or lose.
Scrivens has had some rough games but he's also been excellent on other nights like tonight. He also called out the locker room problems on the team so the Oilers management probably hate him. He'd be a solid backup so if he became available I'd be happy if we got him
Yeah that's why I've said you need to watch him now to see how bad it's gotten. He genuinely stopped giving a **** about the game. For all that we complain about the Stars players I've never thought that they actually don't care anymore if they win or lose.
Scrivens has had some rough games but he's also been excellent on other nights like tonight. He also called out the locker room problems on the team so the Oilers management probably hate him. He'd be a solid backup so if he became available I'd be happy if we got him
Uh, Hall IS better than Jamie Benn.
Uh...okay
Skates faster in a straight line = better
Also scores more points playing with inferior teammates.