Holtz is he a longer development curve? Figured he was a bust not making an impact by now.Jealousy is never a good look.
Tampa could have said the same thing over the past couple seasons when the Avs were the hot new thing. That is just Jersey right now. They have an excellent core of players, nice mix of vets, play a modern-high tempo style... they are a great team and the most likely top contending team over the next 5 years. How great this year is yet to be determined. Their goaltending is suspect and we don't know how they will shore up the team or fit in their young prospects who are nearly ready (Hughes, Foote, Holtz, Nemec). Neither team is really in its final form and won't be until the spring.
Yeah, Dach wasn't too mature tonight but that call I would have been furious about, too. He goes into the boards to battle Tkachuk and gets an interference call despite Tkachuk having the puck.
A little longer… always been a bit raw. But he’s unlikely to be a ppg winger imo. More of a 2nd line sort. Depends on if you feel that is a bust.
I like Verbeek's chances of building a contender around Bedard than the Oiler's chances of winning with McDavid/Draisaitl. It's a shame really but they just are awfully handcuffed with cap mismanagement and not nearly good enough support.
Brother, the only player on our team the Oilers would move Leon Draisaitl for is Cale Makar. They wouldn't even entertain Nathan MacKinnon.
Sakic really should have tried harder to rob Chia of Leon while he was there.
With the structure in place, the Avs players at the time didn't think they'd get paid at their value in Colorado.
Talk about misinterpreting what I said.Leave it to you to completely pull a hot take outta nowhere.
He didn't "admit" to anything, still maintains he wanted to go to a team that was playoff-bound (while also acknowledging the Avs bounced back and made the playoffs the very next year) and also said it was his last shot at a big payday. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't mean that was his primary motivation.
If we're villainizing Avs and former Avs who wanted to get paid then I guess we'd better starting burning in effigy the images of Tyson Barrie, Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, and Gabriel Landeskog. ESPECIALLY Landeskog since that was a rough negotiation. All those players put up way, way more resistance at the table than Duchene ever did during his time in Colorado.
Don’t tell that to the captain who was like 8 minutes from going to FA.
Same captain as when Duchene was here. 1) even if Duchene was purely motivated financially. Who cares
