If one of the big 2 gets hurt ,,who do you feel better filling in at #2 Kerf or Kadri? For this 1 thing alone , i pay 1m extra cap hit
who would be a better 2nd LW right now Kerf or Kadri?
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If one of the big 2 gets hurt ,,who do you feel better filling in at #2 Kerf or Kadri? For this 1 thing alone , i pay 1m extra cap hit
who would be a better 2nd LW right now Kerf or Kadri?
Buds17
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Kadri. I'd have to also know how last and this season's teams would have looked otherwise though. Still, the exercise would be a moot point as they essentially traded Kadri twice. That clearly indicates they were determined to move him.
It just means they were dead wrong twice.
Shipping out Kadri is one of the worst moves we have made in decades
SeaOfBlue
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It doesn't even come on the radar. It was an absolute necessity, and the right move. Kadri was given a ton of chances and he has made far too many mistakes.
The only real mistake was probably not trading him after signing Tavares, but Babcock wanted "three 1C's" on his team.
BertCorbeau
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I know people lament not drafting Carter Hart but he has not been that good.
I mean he's still an upgrade on Koshkov, but he was never going to be a Vezina caliber guy IMO
SeaOfBlue
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Philly may be another team who may want a guy like Andersen, if we get a team like Chicago to retain the 50% on him.
Habs win in a 6 round shootout.
I'm happy about that. I know, I shouldn't root for the Habs, but this year I'm rooting for the Habs, Sens and Flames, because somehow I hate the other teams more, and I'd LOVE to somehow go through the Sens then Habs to make the conference finals.
Don't see the Sens climbing back in it but I hope they do. Can't stand Edmonton (because of their fans on here) Jets are just....not sure, just don't care about them. And you know what happens with Canucks fans when things are going well.
Anyway, just my feeling about around the league regarding the North Division. I'd love to see it end Leafs, Flames, Habs, Sens in that order in the final standings.
I'm happy about that. I know, I shouldn't root for the Habs, but this year I'm rooting for the Habs, Sens and Flames, because somehow I hate the other teams more, and I'd LOVE to somehow go through the Sens then Habs to make the conference finals.
Don't see the Sens climbing back in it but I hope they do. Can't stand Edmonton (because of their fans on here) Jets are just....not sure, just don't care about them. And you know what happens with Canucks fans when things are going well.
Anyway, just my feeling about around the league regarding the North Division. I'd love to see it end Leafs, Flames, Habs, Sens in that order in the final standings.
Jets will make the final 4, just too much fire power and having Helle in net. Habs and Flames will squeeze in. Just don’t think Oilers can keep up.
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Mcdavid scores again. Gonna be a bit of an indictment on Matthews if he chokes away an 8 goal lead land loses the rocket. Not that losing to McDavid is anything to be ashamed of but every year coming up just a bit short of accomplishing anything significant.
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Maybe, but it's McDavid.
And other years, it's Ovi who's spoon fed goal scoring chances from his slot on the PP.
Matthews also tends to go on little slumps, so perhaps he's in one now.
We'll see. Don't think any Leafs fan is unthrilled to have Matthews in any way shape or form though.
hamzarocks
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Mcdavid is going to sweep all 4 awards this year. Having the best non-big 4 (Gretzky, Howe, Orr, Lemieux) season ever but its in 8 team league so factoring that probably a top 10ish player season (not a top 10 year all-time as those 4 had bunch of years better than this one for 97, but the only other guys with comparable dominant years would be 2008 Ovi, Jagr in a year in 90s, maybe Bobby Hull, prime Domnik Hasek years, and maybe some really old legends)
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BertCorbeau
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It stings but Matthews has notably been dealing with a wrist injury and also missed 5 games this season because of said injury.
Rants Mulliniks
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I will take Brodie over Kadri any day for what it means for team results.
1. He's playing injured, and he's still putting up one of the best goal-scoring seasons in the cap era. He's not "choking" because the best player in the world temporarily tied him with significantly more games played and PP time.
2. You can "accomplish something significant" without getting a shiny piece of metal.
McSnypsky
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I kinda wonder this, what if Brodie was traded for Kadri, how different would the team be and how would have the playoffs turned out?
RealisticLeaf55
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I wonder with these rest days we have in hand, along with games in hand, how it will play out for us for the remaining 24 games or so. God knows our boys need a rest. Seems like everyone is injured.
Just need the oilers and jets to go on a losing streak and us to catch fire with Campbell back and we can reclaim a chokehold on the North again.
Just need the oilers and jets to go on a losing streak and us to catch fire with Campbell back and we can reclaim a chokehold on the North again.
Rants Mulliniks
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It's a very good question. The Kadri trade is one of the few knocks on Dubas but it appears his initial assessment (wanting to trade for Brodie) was bang on. We'll never know.
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This whole obsession with the Kadri trade history is bewildering. Kadri was gone, no matter what. The suspensions were just the straw that broke the camel's back, after years of disciplinary issues, internal suspensions, publicly being called out by Shanahan for needing to mature, and run in's with many coaches. He was shopped around the league, vetoed at least one trade, and then ended up going to Colorado, for a needed RHD, and a replacement C. The RHD didn't work out..
But, here people are criticizing the trade, as if they have some knowledge that better packages were available from other teams, that Kadri didn't veto a trade for. It wasn't as if his internal discipline issues were a secret, and his repeated immaturity, suspensions at the wrong time, ect, were well known. Do people really believe that somehow a problem behaviour player gets moved for a premium? That the list of suitors, willing to trade for him, that he didn't veto, was vast, and would have created a bidding war? Dubas is well known for calling all the GM's, so he would have known what he could get, and what the max return was.
The reality here is, people have some outsized expectations of what they should expect on a return of a damaged asset. I'd guess, some of these people will still ignore the realities of the situation, and be complaining about his in a decade.
But, here people are criticizing the trade, as if they have some knowledge that better packages were available from other teams, that Kadri didn't veto a trade for. It wasn't as if his internal discipline issues were a secret, and his repeated immaturity, suspensions at the wrong time, ect, were well known. Do people really believe that somehow a problem behaviour player gets moved for a premium? That the list of suitors, willing to trade for him, that he didn't veto, was vast, and would have created a bidding war? Dubas is well known for calling all the GM's, so he would have known what he could get, and what the max return was.
The reality here is, people have some outsized expectations of what they should expect on a return of a damaged asset. I'd guess, some of these people will still ignore the realities of the situation, and be complaining about his in a decade.
Martin Skoula
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I liked the guy but he isn't a piece worth regretting, he's not that good. Avs fans are constantly hot and cold about him and talk about upgrading at 2C pretty often.
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