2024-25 Roster Thread #1: The Beginninging

[scumpup]

He was just f***ing skating the top line in practice!?

The org loves to bully players. simple as that Beef. You've seen it over and over. I'm not even a crazy Cates fan but he sure as hell belongs on this roster.

 

[deadhead]

He was just f***ing skating the top line in practice!?

And Desleuriers was the 4th line center, just placeholders so other players would be in the same spots they will be in the game.

Numbers game, it's either Laughton or Cates as 4LW.
Cates was centering Farabee and Brink in practice during TC, so he's the fall back if Luchanko isn't ready.

 

[freakydallas13]

And Desleuriers was the 4th line center, just placeholders so other players would be in the same spots they will be in the game.

Numbers game, it's either Laughton or Cates as 4LW.
Cates was centering Farabee and Brink in practice during TC, so he's the fall back if Luchanko isn't ready.

Nic D is a lot closer to a 4C than Cates is to a 1C.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

He was just f***ing skating the top line in practice!?

does Cates have family in Vancouver ?

asking for a friend...

 

[Beef Invictus]

And Desleuriers was the 4th line center, just placeholders so other players would be in the same spots they will be in the game.

Numbers game, it's either Laughton or Cates as 4LW.
Cates was centering Farabee and Brink in practice during TC, so he's the fall back if Luchanko isn't ready.

Seems to me like a clear case of a veteran who shouldnt be here blocking a young player.

 

[mr figgles]

Imagine kicking cates off the 4th line for the corpse of Scott Laughton. A player who has been mediocre his entire career and is now aging out. Laughton is a bust btw.

They actually did alright drafting Laughton. That draft was a trash heap.

 

[Curufinwe]

JOB is a bust, Rusbtov is a bust, Morin is a bust.... Laughton is miles away from being a bust.

 

[scumpup]

JOB is a bust, Rusbtov is a bust, Morin is a bust.... Laughton is miles away from being a bust.

Laughton wasn't flipped for a 1st round pick (his ceiling of usefulness to any team). Bust.