Speculation: Armchair GM Thread

[Porter Stoutheart]

I'm surprised we aren't in the mix for Mittelstadt. He seems like the kind of wishy-washy #2C the Preds might like to use in place of Svechkov?

 

[BigFatCat999]

I wonder if Trotz is on the phone now

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

It has been speculated that NHL GMs are under orders to keep any of their wheeling and dealing under wraps during the break, so as not to distract from the silly tournament. So we may have to wait a couple weeks for any new news.

 

[Armourboy]

If trades overshadow your tournament then it wasn't much of one to start with.

 

[wmupreds]

If trades overshadow your tournament then it wasn't much of one to start with.

Kind of silly anyway. I don't understand how keeping hockey on peoples' minds is somehow a bad thing.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I suspect that sort of thing won't work in the modern world anyway. It's an old school mentality. But even if there are a lot of old school GMs still around, they still are going to tell players, and there is now a whole social media world that is going to run with things, so they may have figured out that there's really no way to control this kind of information release. Better to not bother. So I doubt any information embargo is really going to stand up in practice.

 

[Soundgarden]

Looks like we claimed Englund from LA off waivers.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Looks like we claimed Englund from LA off waivers.

It gives me some optimism about us potentially trading Lauzon and/or Schenn?

Picking up Friedman and now Englund could be good news on that front?

As I understand it, Englund is a pretty tough depth guy, no puckhandling or puck movement whatsoever, but frankly we do need somebody who will just be big and mean where it really counts most - in front of Saros. If he plays an old school throwback stay-at-home style, that's good. For now. It's not like the bar to improving our defense is very high atm.

Of course it could also mean they are planning to keep Stastney in Milwaukee, and/or send Wilsby back, and/or some of the injuries we have are going to last longer than we hoped. So who knows.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

It gives me some optimism about us potentially trading Lauzon and/or Schenn?

Picking up Friedman and now Englund could be good news on that front?

As I understand it, Englund is a pretty tough depth guy, no puckhandling or movement whatsoever, but frankly we do need somebody who will just be big and mean where it really counts most - in front of Saros. If he plays an old school throwback stay-at-home style, that's good. For now. It's not like the bar to improving our defense is very high atm.

Of course it could also mean they are planning to keep Stastney in Milwaukee, and/or send Wilsby back, and/or some of the injuries we have are going to last longer than we hoped. So who knows.

Hasn't Schenn been good in the playoffs? Would be great to get a pick for him at the deadline (or ASAP)

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Hasn't Schenn been good in the playoffs? Would be great to get a pick for him at the deadline (or ASAP)

I don't know, Trotz seemed to reference it when he signed him, but even waaaay back then Schenn was only a part time player for the Cup runs in Tampa? And that was like 5 years ago?

Regardless, there is a perception around the league that he is good, he some of that "intangibles" magic attached to his name, so if we can leverage that to get anything back for him, that'd be great. We can frame it as rewarding Schenn with a chance to win a Cup and participate in the playoffs again, whatever sells it.

 

[Softball99]

Schenn is BoroCop with a cup. But, with Bruno trying to challenge his inner Zidlicky, maybe his value has risen lol.

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

I am choosing to believe we brought in two Dmen because one/both of Schenn or Lauzon are on the move

 

[herzausstein]

I want to believe this guy and the future considerations fella are solely to boost AHL depth and play as 7th dman so we dont have to continue to steal from MIL. I can also see us sending Wilsby, Svechkov, Kemell, and L'Heureux back down as the season is a complete bust. Take some contracts at the deadline for a pick to help facilitate trades and maybe move schenn, lauzon, and nyquist.

But this guy is probably seen as our savior. We lost our way with the lauzon injury. We arent hard enough to play against.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Twitterverse seems to think this is sign lay on may be out for year.

 

[Armourboy]

It's probably just depth so they can rest some guys with injuries if they need too. Even Trotz has figured out this season is over so might as well start prepping for the next.

 

[wmupreds]

Schenn is BoroCop with a cup. But, with Bruno trying to challenge his inner Zidlicky, maybe his value has risen lol.

Frankly I think Boro was better than Schenn.

 

[Legionnaire11]

Frankly I think Boro was better than Schenn.

Once upon a time Schenn was a much better player than Borowiecki. But in terms of their Predators tenure? Boro all day for me. He wasn't particularly good, but at least he was fiery and brought a needed dimension of toughness to the team. Schenn is just kind of there, on his best days.

 

[wmupreds]

I thought Boro was a real solid 6/7 for us, even outside of the toughness. He knew his limitations and played a simple, solid game. Don't really care about the fighting but he actually used hitting pretty effectively unlike certain current Preds that find themselves out of position all the time.

Schenn is just cooked. He probably was better than Boro earlier in his career but he can't skate anywhere near well enough to be an everyday guy at this point. Probably would be OK enough as a 7.

 

[Predsanddead24]

We also don't do Schenn any favors with the situations we put him in or the system we attempt to play. I thought last season when we put him and Stastney together that they made a perfectly adequate 3rd pair where Stastney could cover for Schenn's lack of skating ability and Schenn could play more of a bruiser role.

 

[herzausstein]

I remember Boro fondly as a real team player. Schenn is actually a decent 6th dman but he keeps getting elevated due to the idiocy of the coaching staff. That isnt his fault