It seems Salomonsson is atleast a couple of years away. Will take him some time to get used to the NA game and ice. Hopefully he has a good transition year with the Moose. I think we're all really hopeful with him as our defensive prospect cupboard is pretty bare.
Spotrac will give you a better idea, but it goes off the final numbers, so you have do some math.
That would indicate that he is not an excellent center though
Strange is part of my carry-on baggage.
Names is a good 4C... he is not an excellent center mostly for the reasons you just pointed out again.
But he's not. I think with the way the Jets are constructed the bottom 6 centres take more d-zone draws. So when he was demoted to the bottom 6, he became a winger, with Barron taking the C duties. This year Arniel seems keen on Kupari taking that role, to have a RH option on defensive zone draws, who can also be a faceoff option on the PK. So Namestnikov is a default 2c, where draws aren't the be all, end all (probably 90% o-zone, neutral zone draws), and a winger otherwise in the lineup.
OK. Someone said it, with the exception of FO. I think it was a poor choice of words or a low bar for excellence. Yeah even though Pionk has been frustrating to watch the past couple of years there's still a lot to like about him. For me it's finding the right partner for him and I do think that can be Samberg. I don't think he's had a great camp yet but not worried about it
You don't like Kuz or Lundmark?
i do think he should be fine in a top-4 role, but it's still a tbd
I think Pionk is definitely not immune from criticism. In fact I would say the whole offseason started with people trying to ride him out of town, because of a bad game. One good playoff game is all that Miller has to show that he is even close to Pionk's level. TC hasn't shown him to be that close.this season, there's likely little to no opportunity to replace pionk with what we have. perhaps miller, but going from scratch to top-4 within a couple months i just cant see. last couple years, dillon-schmidt although sparingly used and mostly used in 22-23 performed pretty well together. i like samberg he's a v good 3rd pair dman, but struggled mightily in the POs last 2 years in a lesser role, against speedy high-fore check teams. paired with stanley doesn't help though. but now paired w/ mr chaos
somehow expansion utah gets 3 x top-4 capable dman (one had a m-ntc) via trades, but it's like blasphemy to think pionk can be replaced. so many shit on helle or ehlers for their POs and rightfully so, we lost the season b/c of pionk's game 5 performance but this routinely gets glossed over. i hope folks keep the same energy with the same pionk excuses towards the rest of the team.
I was responding to a post about names being an excellent center and then you kind of ran with it. So yes someone did say he was an excellent center.
I mean 2021 he played against Mc David/Draisaitl in the playoffs and won those matchups, so that wasn't a lost season. In fact he was playing well before Spezza kneed him in the head.
Lundmark has never impressed me much, but if he's able to go out there and play his steady low event game, that would be great. He hasn't shown he's capable of that at the NHL level yet though, and haven't seen much from his time in the AHL to think he'll have a good chance of doing so.
Oh how Rasmus Andersson would be a godsend to this team. Package 1st, Barlow and Stanley.
6 team NTC. What's the odds Winnipeg are on it? I could see Vancouver as his landing spot. Maybe Kings if Clarke isn't far enough along to replace Doughty.Oh how Rasmus Andersson would be a godsend to this team. Package 1st, Barlow and Stanley.
Hopefully Barlow can score 50 in Junior and some GM will be blinded by that stat alone and Jets can parlay him into immediate defensive help. Alas, Flames likely don’t trade him this season.
The sad reality is that even if a player doesn't have a NTC, if they don't want to be here, its probably not a good idea to trade for them anyway. It would disrupt the room and they'd be angling their way out anyway.
I would look at Tyler Tucker from St. Louis. With Stanley gone, Dillon gone, I think a defenseman with a bit of an edge could be a team need, when the games start to get more intense and chippy.
