He started the season at 4C in Montreal...he's always been a 4C in the NHL. He got insanely hot with an unsustainable shooting % in January which jacked his numbers significantly (conveniently on his UFA contract year).
Can't see it. Avs management has stated they see Drury as the 3C. The Avs also don't have alot of assets to be trading away for marginal upgrades. The 4th and 6th D needs some attention and the 2C if Necas isn't moved there.
Well that is kind of what I figured but its tough to tell positionally as Suzuki gets almost 16 min of even strength but lines 2, 3 and 4 are all with 30 seconds of even ice time so they roll those lines pretty evenly. Hes never had a chance to play additional minutes or on the power play to see if it even a possibilty to increase productivity. Was more postulating because he is high effort, decent speed with some skill like Lehky.
Yeah Armia would be super helpful. He’d be a very good 3rd liner instead of Wood.
Yeah he's a good fit and Bednar would love him....but he's a 3C
I mean we could probably use good C/RW depth anyway even on the 3rd line, he fits better than Armia as a depth peice skating and effort. Also anyone can be a 3C until they make that.jump. Watching some video he reminds me a little of Lehky but at C. Montreals bottom 3 lines get almost even ice time and hes out performing Dvorak and Dach, which isnt a mighty feat but wasn't too far off playing behind Monahan and Dvorak the last couple years at even strength. Some guys right now he has similar numbers too if you take away power play points which most 2Cs might not get here anyway: Evans (27), Kadri (26), Danault (28), Lundell (30), Donato (29), Bennett (29), Larkin (31), Nelson (33), JT Miller (22), Petterson (23), O'Reilly (22), Cozens (23), Zacha (28), Trocheck (27), Stephenson (23) and they all get substantially more even strength ice time. Plus reading through some of the player thread on the Mtl boards they don't have much bad to say about him, food for thought.
Gourde is injured and has regressed. McCann was actually someone I was thinking about, his propensity to shoot the puck would be welcome here
Wasn’t sure about Gourde’s injury status myself. McCann isn’t a center but he shoots the puck and he’s on a good contract. Necas and McCann would be tremendous together on line 2.
But my understanding is that the 1st 2 years from now doesn’t have the same value as next year’s 1st. Am I wrong about that?
I didn't aware it was that bad. I had just heard a rumor that St. Louis was apparently willing to listen on anyone but that they were not considering a fire sale per say. Sounds like a terrible decision to make for a GM, but that's just me. You don't partially sell your team into further continued mediocracy. You're supposed to sell everything that isn't nailed to the floor so you suck good enough to draft a new core to build around.
Considering we've heard rumors about other teams' interest in him, I would have to think CMac made it known at some point to other GMs he was available.
Hope your procedure wasn't as disappointing. Shooting blanks now? Or did you have a date with the black mamba.
Why do people keep trying to bump Drury to 4C? CMac even said he was brought in to be our 3C.
I'm sorry but when struggling to find a 2C on a team that already invested WAY too heavily into wingers as a percentage of the team's cap, the last thing I am doing this deadline is bringing in another top six winger. Even though I love Jared's game.
I would have to think that this is entirely dependent on the team giving up the 1st and how their roster is currently compiled and what their depth looks like.
Armia was a playoff beast with the Habs just like he was a playoff beast with the Jets. Saying he didn't have many points is saying you didn't watch him. When the Habs got to the cup finals in 2021 Lehky had great playoffs and finished with 4 points. Armia had 8 and he was arguably their best forward.
Does your dad keep telling you that he hates him or something?
