Player Discussion Alex DeBrincat

[bicboi64]

I don't see much upside with Sokolov personally. Too slow and skills or lack thereof doesn't help him

Although its an apples to oranges comparison due to their difference in hockey IQ, but Stone was a meh skater and not the fastest. If Sokolov puts the work in...you never know

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I don't see much upside with Sokolov personally. Too slow and skills or lack thereof doesn't help him

not what we need now. If we had a really solid LW on the 3rd line maybe. I'd rather invest in Greig .. and we should not have both.

 

[Tundraman]

Would it be (wrong/illegal/use whatever term you want) if Dorion discreetly contacted Andlauer to ask him how he feels about committing long term to DeBrincat should he want to stay at a certain price?

 

[Union2017]

Would it be (wrong/illegal/use whatever term you want) if Dorion discreetly contacted Andlauer to ask him how he feels about committing long term to DeBrincat should he want to stay at a certain price?

Well after Vegas won the cup while being $14M over the salary cap, I don’t think that should be an issue

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Being a multi-millionaire or billionaire in the US is way better than being one in Canada lol.

Typically worse for everyone else though.

Yeah, not many places in the world that are better for rich people than America.

But, it's not like Canada is Siberia or the Congo. Life in this country is pretty damned good when you have 7 or 8 figures in your bank account.

It just sounds incredibly spoiled and soft to complain about silly things like temperature measurements and fast food.

 

[Alex1234]

Yeah, not many places in the world that are better for rich people than America.

But, it's not like Canada is Siberia or the Congo. Life in this country is pretty damned good when you have 7 or 8 figures in your bank account.

It just sounds incredibly spoiled and soft to complain about silly things like temperature measurements and fast food.

And not very intelligent
If you cannot convert miles to kms lol

I bet brady is laughing at this guy non stop

 

[Cosmix]

Would it be (wrong/illegal/use whatever term you want) if Dorion discreetly contacted Andlauer to ask him how he feels about committing long term to DeBrincat should he want to stay at a certain price?

Dorion would have to go through the current top executive and owner to reach out to Andlauer to seek his input. It would not be "wrong" or "illegal" to do so. I think it would be prudent!

 

[Cosmix]

I don't see much upside with Sokolov personally. Too slow and skills or lack thereof doesn't help him

I feel the same way; however, his stats are not far off from Mark Stone's stats at about the same age, so I think it is too early to write him off. He might blossom like Stone did. I am willing to give him a chance.

 

[Silencio]

My Swiftian proposal for any player who cites not wanting to live in Canada as a reason for leaving a team north of the border is that their salary be reduced by the same percentage as the percentage of hockey related revenue contributed by Canadian teams (somewhere around 35 percent if I recall correctly). Don’t want to play here? Fine, that’s your right. But don’t expect Canadian hockey fans to subsidize your multimillion dollar lifestyle either.

 

[SENStastic]

I feel the same way; however, his stats are not far off from Mark Stone's stats at about the same age, so I think it is too early to write him off. He might blossom like Stone did. I am willing to give him a chance.

Biggest difference is his two way game, which is completely lacking apparently, and makes him half the player Stone was. Soko should still get some time on the 3rd line next year just to see if he has the potential to stick, it's make it or break it for him now. If he can't make the jump next season, doubt he'll ever become an NHL player unfortunately.

 

[SlapJack]

Well after Vegas won the cup while being $14M over the salary cap, I don’t think that should be an issue

You really count Lehner and Weber as guys that put Vegas over the cap? It's not the same as Tampa having Kucherov on IR all year then starring in the playoffs. Those guys contributed nothing

 

[Masked]

I feel the same way; however, his stats are not far off from Mark Stone's stats at about the same age, so I think it is too early to write him off. He might blossom like Stone did. I am willing to give him a chance.

At the same age Stone was coming off a 64 point rookie season in the NHL. How is that not far off?

Assen na yo!

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Tsn1200 just said that the 4 leaked teams on debrincats trade list are all low tax states.

Kid just wants as much money as possible. He's as good as gone.

 

[JD1]

We don't really know what the issue is with DeBrincat. Does he simply not want to be in this city or was the unsettled ownership situation and the possibility of being signed then traded an issue for him.

Dorion knows the issue. If it's the latter, I'm sure there's going to be contact between Andlauer and the DeBrincat camp

Tsn1200 just said that the 4 leaked teams on debrincats trade list are all low tax states.

Kid just wants as much money as possible. He's as good as gone.

Ya that's true, all low tax states. But why wouldn't TB be on his list too? Why Florida and not TB?

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Ya that's true, all low tax states. But why wouldn't TB be on his list too? Why Florida and not TB?

Tampa doesn't have much cap room? And their core all have somewhat team friendly contracts. If he's looking for top dollar, Tampa ain't the place to go.

 

[GCK]

Wonder if DeBrincat’s camp circles back on an extension now that the ownership drama appears to be settled.

Let’s hope he doesn’t circle back. Give the next Hockey Ops crew some flexibility to make some moves.

 

[ottawah]

I feel the same way; however, his stats are not far off from Mark Stone's stats at about the same age, so I think it is too early to write him off. He might blossom like Stone did. I am willing to give him a chance.

And for every 100 players like Stone with those stats and that age, 99.9 do not turn into stone. Heck 75 do not even make it as an NHL regular.

Maybe he can do it, but the odds are very low.

 

[GCK]

Dont think Formenton will be playing any time soon either.

I really don’t get this. In all the 2018 WJC team discussion there is only 1 thing we know as fact - John Doe #1 had consensual sex with the woman as she has clearly stated in her statements.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[Big Muddy]

Can the arbitration term be 2 years in Debrincat's case, or just one year? I think he still has one RFA year left (this year).

I guess $7.65 m for one year (or two years which would be better) helps a little whether the plan is to trade him or keep him. But how much better is it, and will it make much of a difference especially for the trade scenario?

The profile for a team that would be interested in Debrincat would be a team that has strong playoff aspirations (they are going for it) and cap room. I don't see rebuilding teams (i.e., Flyers have been mentioned) as being a logical landing spot.

I never liked the trade and the one-year term (and a maybe year) that brought him here.

I'm thinking Alex is looking for a big payday, or doesn't want to be in Canada, or both. If Alex and his family really wanted to be here, you'd think a contract with a long term would be attractive for him.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[xVolchenkov]

Totally understandable. That being said, it he doesn’t want to stay, f*** him.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

I don't fault him at all, but Ottawa is closer to home than every team on his list other than Detroit. He wants home or warm weather/low tax and that's fine. We don't need the "home" excuse.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

I'm getting old and my brain is fuzzy, but getting a 1-year arbitration contract means we can't trade him for a full year...right? Or is that waivers (putting a guy on waivers, you can't get him back for a year) I'm thinking of?