SteveCangialosi123
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As much as I don’t want this guy on the team at all, the fact that he can be fully buried in the minors with no penalty makes the deal tolerable.
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I think I understand this one more so than the Toffoli one if for not other reason than Wennberg will play defense, plays center and is only 2 years.
That 5M AAV will never not look hilarious though
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Let's say Jack, Timo, Nico and Brat score that amount.
Jack - 40
Timo - 40
Nico - 30
Bratt - 30
And below estimates based on past few years and potential of Hughes/Nemec.
Mercer - 25
Haula - 15
Noesen - 14
Palat - 10
Cotter - 10
Bastian - 5
Lazar - 7
Hamilton - 20
Pesce - 4
L Hughes - 15
Siegenthalar - 3
Dillon - 5
Nemec - 8
That will get us at 281 goals which will be 10 goals shy of 2022-2023. That would be an excellent amount of goals. However, that's assuming these guys all stay healthy and hit around their expected amount.
Also without one more skilled guy in the top 6, it may cause production to drop in the top 6. We can't afford to have Palat, Foote or Haula in the top 6.
With that said, I don't think Fitz is done. I think he acknowledges this and will add to the top 6.
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I fully support this deal and those like it. I think it's a fine gamble by Montreal
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Their version of a Hughes deal, strike before the iron's hot. He inarguably even had a better 2nd NHL season than Jack did.
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Yeah, I think MacDermid to the minors is off the table. As much as it would excite me.
However, I think there's a real chance any of Bastian, DeSimone and Foote (if he even counts, he's not even signed at the moment) are buried in the minors. If not all of them.
I'm not not even convinced DeSimone was ever gonna be an NHL roster guy unless injuries started happening. Since we re-signed him we've sinceadded 3 more defensemen that weren't here when he was signed (Kovacevic, Pesce, Dillon) and we've only lost one (Marino) in that time. I do think Bahl was already gone by the time we re-signed DeSimone, wasn't he? I believe the Markstrom trade predated that signing by about a week.
However, I think there's a real chance any of Bastian, DeSimone and Foote (if he even counts, he's not even signed at the moment) are buried in the minors. If not all of them.
I'm not not even convinced DeSimone was ever gonna be an NHL roster guy unless injuries started happening. Since we re-signed him we've sinceadded 3 more defensemen that weren't here when he was signed (Kovacevic, Pesce, Dillon) and we've only lost one (Marino) in that time. I do think Bahl was already gone by the time we re-signed DeSimone, wasn't he? I believe the Markstrom trade predated that signing by about a week.
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He had to have like pissed off the entire league at some point or something.
This is true but at some point the house is going to come down. You can only nickel and dime for so long
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Skej
Turbo
Noesen
Guentzel
On top of already shaky goaltending
That’s tough
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https://twitter.com/pierrevlebrun/status/1807866730120630296?s=46
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I know ill get shit for this because hes the hated player on this team cause of his contract, but...
If Palat sticks on a line with Nico or Jack hes getting 50 points this year under Keefe
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Ghost was quite good last year, I thought. Savvy signing by Carolina
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Seems too cheap, good for WPG though, but I'd say he is probably worth a lot more than that as a player.
He got the odd man out card. Kinda sucks for hin, but oh well. Maybe he will carve out something there.
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Uh no it's just his last two full years in San Jose >>> his five games with us in terms of his next contract, they really were that bad. But at least Winnipeg gives him a better chance to be relevant next offseason in FA.
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I thought for sure they were gonna cap dump Andersen on Chicago or some shit. And they still could, I'm just not sure why they would right now.
If they make the playoffs then he's only gonna torpedo them again like he did against the Rangers. Unless he's sitting in the doctor's office during the playoffs, which very well could be the case, as that's a social club for him at this point.
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I like that contract for Montreal. Slaf made huge strides the last 30-40 games last year.
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Liking where the Devils are ending up, overall; far as I'm concerned you can never have too much depth on the blueline, they've added some size (no, won't stop some from taking runs at our top players, but can simply make the Devils tougher to play against in close and tight situations), goaltending should be considerably better, and Fitz clearly does want another solid guy for the top six, so let's see where his aim shifts now that Nashville's done throwing their bags around.
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