Azzuri
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Castillo's latest has me HYPED for next year: No Pavelski, No Problem: Why the Stars Will Be Even Better Next Season
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starsfan86
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Yeah, nothing has me more excited than seeing 132 regular season points vanish from thin air with Duchene and Pavelski not returning.
starsfan86
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True. But we were all wishing Pavs was a healthy scratch in the playoffs. I wish he had enough juice left in him for this last run. Duchene could still return
Sure, I'm not advocating to bring him back - but it's a big regular season production loss. We didn't have to worry about the team making playoffs going into the regular season because they were so deep.
There's still the draft and free agency to wade through but with only ~17M in cap space to spend on like 10 roster spots, there is no convincing me that this team is in a better place now than it was last September.
I think it's absolutely nuts to peg this organization to get back to the WCF when you consider the losses in Pavelski/Duchene/Tanev.
starsfan86
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Yeah, I keep telling myself this year was our chance. If we buyout Suter or trade Faksa then I will have more hope for next season (if we spend the money wisely).
Azzuri
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Those players get replaced by someone... Maybe Mavs doesn't produce the same amount as Duchene, but he won't produce zero. They'll sign some winger to play in the top 9 most likely who will pick up some points. Wyjo will get Pavs' PP minutes and see an increase over his current production. It's not all gone in a vacuum.
Right now i would love to see:
Robo-Hintz-Seguin
Marchment-Wyatt-XXX
Benn-Bourque-Stankoven
Steel-Dell-Smith
Dadanov can fill that top 9 RW spot for a bit until the TDL, or they'll go for Kane/Ehlers/someone. Will we have as many regular season points among forwards? Probably not. Having so many 20 goal scorers was nice, but the vets weren't able to replicate it when the playoff intensity went up. We were slow and old. Giving those minutes to the kids will be an improvement IMO. But it allows us to have more youth and speed in our top 9. Which may give us more energy for these long fight/back to back games/slow first periods in the grind. Not to mention the value of development years for Mavs/Logan/Wyatt.
Most importantly, 3 top 9 ELCs lets us redistribute money into the blueline depth which is desperately needed.
A question mark going into next season will be Seguins health.
Had to be heavily managed in the last part of this year. Toughed out playoffs and played well, but concern his injury is degenerative and will continue to be a problem.
Would be wise to sign Duchene if for no other reason acknowledge Dallas would be a top 6 injury away from being lean on offense.
Had to be heavily managed in the last part of this year. Toughed out playoffs and played well, but concern his injury is degenerative and will continue to be a problem.
Would be wise to sign Duchene if for no other reason acknowledge Dallas would be a top 6 injury away from being lean on offense.
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Yes. As we all know, nothing's more important than players with points. Quick, somebody tell Florida.
Their rookies with no experience have really helped them get to b2b cup finals too
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Duchene said in an interview Seguin would need surgery after the season. I'm curious to see what it is and whether it's the same right leg he's had get completely wrecked so far.
In the last 2 years, we have had a great Benn and average Seguin, and then an above average Sequin and below average Benn. Realistically, I think Nill will plan on both having down years next year.
And, the thing about the top 9 this year was that spreading out the ice time was supposed to help them be rested for the playoffs, but we appeared to run out of gas, so maybe more rest time was needed for anyone over 30. Maybe even 28 or so.
And, the thing about the top 9 this year was that spreading out the ice time was supposed to help them be rested for the playoffs, but we appeared to run out of gas, so maybe more rest time was needed for anyone over 30. Maybe even 28 or so.
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I more concerned with the Suter buyout going to an "if"
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There still hasn't been an official injury report yet, has there?
Guess we won't know until after the playoffs
Guess we won't know until after the playoffs
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This is part of the reason I am anti-signing bottom 6 players who don't kill. For as effective as Craig Smith was for a lot of the season his presence has the knock-on effect of meaning Hintz/Seguin/Benn have to kill penalties. I don't care if they're good at it or whatever, just no. That's time you could be keeping them fresh, especially Hintz. The team has to think strategically with the entire year in their minds and not just what is in front of them.
starsfan86
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I recall Duchene saying in the interview that he will need offseason surgery. I wonder what happens if we put him on ltir. We will definitely need to improve the offense.
Beat me to it.
Ladies and gents, here are This year’s buyout candidates, or “Duchenes” if you will.
Not much to look at, but Cam Atkinson is interesting. Always loved his game.
Not much to look at, but Cam Atkinson is interesting. Always loved his game.
Troy McClure
Suter will never be scratched
That's usually stuff said either in a post game press conference or the day after the season ends when guys are cleaning out their stuff. I've not seen any report on who was playing with what injury other than the confirmation about Tanev's ankle injury.
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Off-Topic - I was subscribed to the athletic but since there stars content is now non-existent. Anybody know of any other good sites that cover Sports in a similar way or just NHL? Thinking Dave Castillo is one but thats purely stars wondering if theres anything similar to the Athletic NHL.
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EPRinkside is the truth. It's heavy on draft and prospect stuff, but Sean writes there and has some excellent features, depending on your tolerance for Ryan Lambert (I like him), his columns are always fun reads, and Dimitri Filipovic is one of the best analysts in hockey (admittedly biased because he lets me make MMA and boxing analogies on his show but still).
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