I agree with most of this except maybe your point B. IMO they are after a dman because Byram is going out in another trade for a 2C not because they think they need help at D. I might be wrong though. It has happened in the past a couple of times.
Or, like @Linds speculated previously, they are looking to move Byram or Girard for that #2C and want a second pairing guy to replace him. If we do move either of those two, I would hope we go after someone at least capable of being a #4, not just a #6.
I think Kevin is trying to transform himself into meme.
IDK how anyone works with Seravalli. Comes across as extremely unlikeable. On his Pod, he's always interrupting and talking down on what anyone else thinks. Like he thinks the rest of them are all stupid. Maybe it's just the East Coast thing, but he seems like a huge jerk.I think Kevin is trying to transform himself into meme.
IMO Friedman and Seravalli are the two guys who have a good source in the league office. When things are about to go down... they have a good idea of it. When it comes to the chatter... their connections are weak. Weekes hears a lot of chatter and likes to have fun with things, but is a bit trigger happy. Dregs is Dregs... fun mouthpiece, but very clearly tied to a few agents and he's more than willing to have their messaging. CJ and LeBrun... these are the guys who are much more measured and try to be accurate. They will hold onto things prior to stating. They may not get the exact drop of when it is happening, but they tend to have the better pulse. LeBrun clearly more connected and better.
He doesn't have a f***ing clue about how hockey is actually played it seems. His analysis of players is so off it's incredible how the guy works in hockey.
I agree with most of this except maybe your point B. IMO they are after a dman because Byram is going out in another trade for a 2C not because they think they need help at D. I might be wrong though. It has happened in the past a couple of times.
A very good summary on the insiders. No one else is really worth mentioning in this category btw. Pagnotta tries but he's just not connected/respected enough.I think Kevin is trying to transform himself into meme.
IMO Friedman and Seravalli are the two guys who have a good source in the league office. When things are about to go down... they have a good idea of it. When it comes to the chatter... their connections are weak. Weekes hears a lot of chatter and likes to have fun with things, but is a bit trigger happy. Dregs is Dregs... fun mouthpiece, but very clearly tied to a few agents and he's more than willing to have their messaging. CJ and LeBrun... these are the guys who are much more measured and try to be accurate. They will hold onto things prior to stating. They may not get the exact drop of when it is happening, but they tend to have the better pulse. LeBrun clearly more connected and better.
I think this management group has shown they would prefer a longer term solution, not just go rental hunting. And the options are much better if you go for a player under term/control. I mean Henrique and that's about it for the rental #2C market. It's going to be expensive anyway with moving out RyJo, so might as well go a bit further for a better player.
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I think so too. Trades that get that far along tend to eventually be finished.
His podcast was such a huge disappointment to me. The last couple of years were painful IMO. He clearly wanted to retire.
I think he's a bit overrated. Not in terms of his actual insider job, he really was the best and as good as Friedman is, Bob was better. But I didn't really care for Bobfathers radio hits or studio analysis.
Agreed. He's a more intense AJ.
No f***ing way! A forward? insightful!LeBrun:
As far as I can tell, the playoff contenders trying to land a forward before Friday’s trade deadline are the Knights and Oilers, as mentioned, plus the New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche.
LeBrun rumblings: Golden Knights vs. Oilers in the forward trade market, latest on Devils-Markstrom, more
Also a week ahead of the NHL trade deadline: The Kraken look at extending UFA forwards, and what Tyler Seguin's injury means for the Stars.
Come on Hench, drop the name.
Not disagreeing, but with benefit of hindsight, Tippett probably turned out to be better than anything the Avs had in their offer.
Both of these things are true but I still like him for some reason. Probably my favorite hockey podcast these days.
See that's actually what I miss about him. His podcasts tended to meander a bit and he'd talk about a lot of personal non-hockey stuff, but he did it in such a folksy and avuncular manner that I was still entertained.
Yep. He just easily gives up and agrees with Frank, or says something like "Well, yeah, IDK" and moves on to another subject. Like he knows it's Frank's Pod, so he'd not going to challenge him on anything, or he has before and knows how it will go, so he doesn't want to deal with it. Like a husband just giving in to his bitchy wife not to make things worse.What's funny is the guy with Seravalli on the podcast knows hockey and he's constantly getting rebuted for his opinions.
