Jargon
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I think the Sharks will have a TON of bottom pairing NHL defensemen, in fact. Just barely anything better than that.
Speculation: 2023-24-25 Sharks Roster Discussion
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I think the Sharks will have a TON of bottom pairing NHL defensemen, in fact. Just barely anything better than that.
cheechoo
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Kylington is a UFA this summer. Elite skater, tidy with the puck and pretty good defensively. He's a guy I'd like GMMG to target.
OrrNumber4
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I think a priority should be a legit top-4 defenseman with experience. Someone to give some protection to the defense, the way Hertl/Couture/Granlund stabilize the forward group. Even amongst the numerous bottom-pairing dmen they have, there's a lack of NHL experience; only Benning has more than 400 games.
cheechoo
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I don't think you're finding that guy in this pile tbh, it's slim pickings.
Kylington is the one guy that stands out to me.
He played 73 games on a team that won 50 and was a +34. That season for the Flames only Chris Tanev of the defenders started less of his shifts in the offensive zone, so he wasn't sheltered. The opposite actually. All while having positive 5v5 metrics.
We could use an all situations puck mover. He'd help our young forwards tremendously and I don't think he'd command a massive commitment financially. Could be a really shrewd signing.
Edit: Unless you want Noah Hanifin, who I don't think is realistic. He likely gets traded to a team his agents have prior communication with and then extended right? Can't see Conroy letting him walk for free after the Gaudreau saga. He'll also probably get something ridiculous like 8x8+++.
Kylington is the one guy that stands out to me.
He played 73 games on a team that won 50 and was a +34. That season for the Flames only Chris Tanev of the defenders started less of his shifts in the offensive zone, so he wasn't sheltered. The opposite actually. All while having positive 5v5 metrics.
We could use an all situations puck mover. He'd help our young forwards tremendously and I don't think he'd command a massive commitment financially. Could be a really shrewd signing.
Edit: Unless you want Noah Hanifin, who I don't think is realistic. He likely gets traded to a team his agents have prior communication with and then extended right? Can't see Conroy letting him walk for free after the Gaudreau saga. He'll also probably get something ridiculous like 8x8+++.
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I feel like I either didn’t communicate my point very well, or you didn’t glean it from my comments.
To be clear, I don’t have a personal issue with someone using recreational drugs. I feel like if you wanna hit the bong at home, pop some molly at a festival, touch the end of time with DMT, do some lines at the bachelor party, or embark on a transformative ayahuasca spiritual journey; hey, that’s your business. If one feels like that enriches their life and isn’t actively harming anyone, I have no problem with that. If one can do those things and still maintain their professionalism and productivity, I got no problem working alongside them.
To that end, it seems to be a, not so secret, secret that many NHLers do coke to some degree. There could be one or more players currently on the Sharks with some sort of habit. If I’m GMMG, I’m not overly concerned with ensuring any acquisitions have a pristine past. These are young men making millions; thinking some GM machinations are going to keep all the young prospects on the straight and narrow seems naive in the extreme.
In Ružička‘s case my qualms are not at all that he did some coke. Frankly, I’d be surprised if any NHLer with a personality even remotely resembling extrovert hasn’t done some coke at some point in their career. If the team finds out a player is abusing drugs they should send them through treatment, let them take stock, and have another go at things.
My issue with Ružička is he’s seemingly about as stupid as one can get. Frankly, I cannot fathom the absolute dearth of intelligence it takes to think posting a video of oneself mid coke binge to social media could lead to anything other than catastrophically negative outcomes to one’s career. If someone needed to explain that to him prior to this event, what are the other seemingly dead obvious things needing to be explained? Is he just a walking time-bomb of poor decisions? It’s precisely that level of moronity I’d aim to keep off the team. I understand NHL players, as a population, aren’t necessarily known to be the brightest bulbs but this level of stupid should be avoided at all costs.
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Regarding Ružička (and drug use in general) - I think it's incredibly shortsighted to say it's their own business if someone uses drugs. The world of drugs is criminal, to put it lightly, and the scope of using drugs goes way beyond only the user and the local, immediate source of drugs.
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I don't think Zadina is worth the contract spot. He's just a warm body who has played his way out of the NHL and doesn't really do anything useful at an NHL level.
I'd rather just take a chance on someone new.
Play him for free and doesn't count as a contract spot, then maybe give him a chance. But if he is more then those 2 things then nope no chance.
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Hockey players love some nose beers but making it known is the issue.
There is a history of players being traded because they loved to party.
You would hope that people would have learned from Jimmy Hayes but with NHL money they are probably testing and/or getting pure stuff
There is a history of players being traded because they loved to party.
You would hope that people would have learned from Jimmy Hayes but with NHL money they are probably testing and/or getting pure stuff
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If we’re trading him, we better be getting a 1st or equivalent prospect. Otherwise, just keep him IMO.
Gecklund
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Exactly what Jux said. Only way we should consider dealing him is for a first. Personally I’d take 2 2nds for him but I don’t think Grier would.
Hodge
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Yeah it's not like the Coyotes have done anything cheap in the past like stiff every single one of their vendors or aggressively acquire retired players in order to reach the cap floor.
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I'm on team Keep Ferraro, he's definitely the future captain
Gonna need a 1st and a 2nd to even consider it
Gonna need a 1st and a 2nd to even consider it
Personally hope we have a lot more talented players to give the captaincy to soon. If your picking top 5 for multiple years and Ferraro is still the best captain candidate that would be a serious problem.
Alaskanice
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Agreed. Mario is so much better than others here give him credit for. He’s learning to grow into a better player.
Perhaps Musty will turn out to be the next Owen Nolan and Captain of your San Jose Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarks!!!
Jargon
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I’m not sure if he’s a captain, but there’s something about Musty that just screams future star to me. He just has a swagger to him, I’ve got really high hopes.
LadyStanley
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my initial draft of that post contained, "He's got that swagger"
I also have insanely high hopes for his future. I looked up height/weight and Musty is 6'2" 200 lbs and Owen Nolan at 6'1" 205lbs.*
*I was lazy and only looked at hockeydb for height/weight. I usually go down a rabbit hole of looking at multiple websites for height and weight... not this time!
Dear GMMG, how tall is Quentin Musty really? Are you sure? I can go find out for you for 10K and any other players on the same team or the team they're playing if you want to pick a date. I'll weigh and measure additional players, provided they're available at the same date of the intial target player, for an additional 2K each. Hasso won't even notice, it'd be like taking the pfennige from his aschenbecher.
It sounds like Edmonton or Toronto may give up a 1st for Ferraro, so I'd take that
Jargon
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The hardest choice is deciding which one will combust in the playoffs. Probably both but how quickly?!
Anomie2029
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To be honest, he has been getting worse each season. The only argument in his favor is that he is still young.
But anyone suggesting his trajectory is a positive one is not watching the games.
