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[Kevin Musto]

I'm still curious if Soderstrom is coming over. Could influence how quick you move Murphy

no shot Chayka's pet would survive in the NHL

 

[featherhawk]

Murphy to Florida if Ekblad leaves?

potentially, Murphy will most certainly have teams calling KD about him.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Well maybe get a 2nd rounder for Murphy at 50% at the TDL

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Well maybe get a 2nd rounder for Murphy at 50% at the TDL

at that point its a free asset, if a solid return is there then maybe they should consider moving him this summer given his injury history

 

[MicronMega]

One thing for certain in these playoffs, heavy skill and balls wins games. Florida is man handling Carolina with the physical play. Soft skill doesn't survive when the game gets gritty.

 

[Kevin Musto]

One thing for certain in these playoffs, heavy skill and balls wins games. Florida is man handling Carolina with the physical play. Soft skill doesn't survive when the game gets gritty.

Carolina is constructed entirely around fancy stats

It's a team that only wins on computer simulations

 

[Toews2Bickell]

need game breakers and they have none atm

 

[Space umpire]

need game breakers and they have none atm

They tried!

 

[Toews2Bickell]

what is the o/u brind'amour is boston's hc by end of next week lol

 

[Mjul Qvist]

What do you think it would take in trade for Shane Pinto?

 

[Pertti]

Vlasic, Rinzel, Murphy, Kaiser, Crevier, Del Mastro, Allan. There’s seven and you can have KK and Lev down in Rockford.

Rinzel had few games. Del Mastro was scracth often at the end of the season. Allan was back in Rockford. All of them are still able to go Rockford and should.

Crevier and Kaiser(maybe) would have to go throw waivers so I would keep them in NHL.

 

[eklund2chicago]

I'm still curious if Soderstrom is coming over. Could influence how quick you move Murphy

He’s apparently having a kid this summer so not sure he goes over just to play in the AHL. I think it also depends on if Lev is in the AHL next year or not. Feels like Rinzel and Murphy are going to be the two of the three RHD but the last one is up for grabs between Lev/Söderstrom (or maybe they trade/sign someone else).

 

[MHO]

Rinzel had few games. Del Mastro was scracth often at the end of the season. Allan was back in Rockford. All of them are still able to go Rockford and should.

Crevier and Kaiser(maybe) would have to go throw waivers so I would keep them in NHL.

They're probably going to sign another vet D. Nothing fancy but someone to provide some experience back there. That said, Rinzel showed me enough that he's ready. He was their best D in every game he played. Del Mastro was scratched but it wasn't because of his play but more because they wanted to give minutes to other guys like KK, Kaiser, and Rinzel plus Murphy, Vlasic, Crevier, and Martinez were on the roster.

Allan is probably going to get traded. He'll be a sweetener for something else as he clearly has been passed by other players (Vlasic, Kaiser, Korchinski, and Del Mastro).

Call me crazy but I could see Crevier getting an offer sheet. He's not that great but he's 6'8, right handed, and can skate. An offer sheet of $1.5M is zero compensation in return and under $2.3M is only a 3rd round pick.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

What do you think it would take in trade for Shane Pinto?

Dont see any reason the Sens would move him at this point

 

[ello]

One thing for certain in these playoffs, heavy skill and balls wins games. Florida is man handling Carolina with the physical play. Soft skill doesn't survive when the game gets gritty.

Yea Florida is not the team that we're going to emulate lol. They don't have a single forward in their top 6 under 6'1 and Marchard who plays on their third line is the only player they have under 6 foot.

They don't have anyone like Bedard on their roster

 

[Mjul Qvist]

Dont see any reason the Sens would move him at this point

That´s probably true but someone like him would be nice to have. Relatively young who is probably getting better and big frame center.

 

[ndgt10]

Is this the slowest rebuild ever? How many top 3 picks do we need to get back in playoff contention? SMH

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Yea Florida is not the team that we're going to emulate lol. They don't have a single forward in their top 6 under 6'1 and Marchard who plays on their third line is the only player they have under 6 foot.

They don't have anyone like Bedard on their roster

This is why I would look to take Frondell and have him center Bedard, but that's just my opinion...I have my concerns about Bedard's game thriving in playoff hockey if he's asked to play center

 

[ColbyChaos]

Is this the slowest rebuild ever? How many top 3 picks do we need to get back in playoff contention? SMH

The Kane and Toews hawks had 3

The pens had a bunch of top 5 picks from 02-06

We are just now seeing our first rounders from the 2022 class show up you are just impatient this isn’t the nba where a single top pick turns a team into a playoff contender

 

[dj Mahoney]

Is this the slowest rebuild ever? How many top 3 picks do we need to get back in playoff contention? SMH

The Yzerplan is double, PATIENCE

 

[Sarava]

Yea Florida is not the team that we're going to emulate lol. They don't have a single forward in their top 6 under 6'1 and Marchard who plays on their third line is the only player they have under 6 foot.

They don't have anyone like Bedard on their roster

Definitely not, but the Hawks seriously need to start building in that direction - even if you'll never get that far.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Yzerman didn't even really do a full teardown, they tried to make compete now moves too early and are now stuck in the middle

 

[dreadpirateroberts]

One thing for certain in these playoffs, heavy skill and balls wins games. Florida is man handling Carolina with the physical play. Soft skill doesn't survive when the game gets gritty.

I think the takeaway from this series is that size does matter in the playoffs. 12 forwards and 6 defensemen on the Panthers roster are 6’1” or taller. Marchand is their only small forward at 5’9” and he’s playing on their 3rd line. The next closest are Rodrigues and Samoskevich at 5’11”. In the end, you can have small forwards, but you frankly can only have so many on your roster and you need to insulate those players with size around them.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Hawks seemed to have figured this out on defense, although Korchinski does not fit the mold at all, but Vlasic, Rinzel, Levshunov, EDM, Crevier etc do

 

[RememberTheRoar]

I think the takeaway from this series is that size does matter in the playoffs. 12 forwards and 6 defensemen on the Panthers roster are 6’1” or taller. Marchand is their only small forward at 5’9” and he’s playing on their 3rd line. The next closest are Rodrigues and Samoskevich at 5’11”. In the end, you can have small forwards, but you frankly can only have so many on your roster and you need to insulate those players with size around them.

I was thinking the same thing last night. Every forward added from here on out should be 6’2” and 200 pounds or larger. Bedard and Nazar can be the two “small” guys, and Moore is kind of in between