darth5
No!
I still can't believe they did an 8 yr contract on Saros. I could have lived with 6 yrs, he probably has 4 near peak years. The last 4 on that contract, ouch.
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Armourboy
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Saros might be good for the first 4 years of that deal. You better have someone ready to transition by year 5 which means you need a couple of prospects working up now.
Bringer of Jollity
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On the bright side he'll probably be a more effective 5v5 player those last 4 than Stamkos currently is.
f***, that's not bright at all. Nevermind.
I think the 8 years was inevitable. Just how it works with core players these days. That's a major reason a lot of us didn't want him re-signed at all.
Scoresberg
Perpetual Mediocrity
101st_fan
I taught Yoda
Makes sense - we lost two bodies in Fabbro and Tomasino, need some depth for Milwaukee. Sounds like he was a healthy scratch for their AHL team.
AHL depth. Gotta backfill the roster decimation that’s happening down there
Trotz purposely did most of the decimating of the NHL roster
sarcasticHow would the group feel about a change-of-scenery Frost for Novak swap? I think they're similar players and both struggling a bit this season. Frost is RFA at the end of the season, probably similar 2nd line center upside as Novak, though is a bit younger. Philly might like a little sweetener
I’d take a frost for Novak trade in a heartbeat.
Armourboy
Hey! We suck!
How about a Torts for Bruno swap? I might like that better.
Viqsi
"that chick from Ohio"
YES. One hundred percent. You joke but I think that would be absolutely fantastic for this franchise.
Armourboy
Hey! We suck!
Who said I was joking? Philly has been a tire fire of a franchise for a long time, they need a tire fire of a coach to go along with it.
Scoresberg
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Sign me up. Doubt Novak is a guy Philly would target, though, even with a sweetener.
Porter Stoutheart
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Once again we're doing a fantastic job of tanking any value Novak might have had. Nobody wants a light offense-only forward making $3.5M who has 4 pts on the season. In his past incarnations when he was scoring above 0.5ppg with a bargain contract, folks would have been all over him. Now he has 3 years at good money and the worst team in the league can't even get points out of him. Philly isn't going to want him, nobody is going to want him. Not even for a 4th round pick in 2027.
Scoresberg
Perpetual Mediocrity
Once again we're doing a fantastic job of tanking any value Novak might have had. Nobody wants a light offense-only forward making $3.5M who has 4 pts on the season. In his past incarnations when he was scoring above 0.5ppg with a bargain contract, folks would have been all over him. Now he has 3 years at good money and the worst team in the league can't even get points out of him. Philly isn't going to want him, nobody is going to want him. Not even for a 4th round pick in 2027.
Predsanddead24
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It is pretty wild that when you look at the roster this season the only people playing well are Saros and Forsberg (although even he’s having a relatively down year). I really don’t even understand who guys who succeeded in the same system last year have regressed so much.
Armourboy
Hey! We suck!
Like I said, I'm not sold its exactly the same system. As I said before, outside of Josi, I don't recall the Dmen making a point to be this involved offensively. They would take shots, and they would pinch, but it was alot more like what you see from most teams.
My second reason for thinking that is that no one has been good running it.
I gotta wonder if that is why Highnote got the boot. Was he more or less tempering some of the silliness of it and Brunette wasn't happy about it? Dunno just pondering.
Preds Partisan
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I wasn't a Dan Hinote guy mainly because he was a holdover from The Lizard Man. But alot of people did think he was a good coach and were displeased when his contract wasn't renewed. Who knows the real reason but since very little of what the organization has done the last year makes any sense maybe you are on to something.
