I mean he had 11 pts in 7 SCF games but the overall stat kind of hides the fact 8 of them came in 2 games and 10 in 3 games. He had 1 point in the other 4 combined. So it was kind of all or nothing.
Don't forget Tampa and Colorado also making big moves to win their Cups.
Key is getting the elite talent and not paying good talent elite money and then trying to convince yourself they are elite. Question is does he pay the price to get them, you aren't getting a guy like that as an UFA without giving them a retirement type deal. The other option is a trade, and is he willing to come off the players it will take to get that elite talent.
These two things are different as in the Florida/Vegas moves are like chickens and draft picks are like eggs.
Totatally agree. F all this tanking BS.
A true elite talent hitting UFA is exceedingly rare, unless they're past their prime already. We can get good filler there, but even if we had the perfect sales pitch and plenty of cash, the game-changing-#1C we need so badly is so rarely going to be there.
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Florida also got help from the 2013 2nd overall pick Barkov and 2014 1st overall pick Ekblad.
Yeah and understandably. Even his playoff sv% is very meh this season. The games he was on it though he was quite good. In the 4 wins against Edmonton, he allowed 0, 1, 3, 1 goals against. That's gonna be hard to beat.
Viciously. Predatorially.
I think we're all ok with that. But tbh, I don't think teams are trading their superstars for just prospects either. Best you could hope for in the "predatorial" sense is finally trying an offer sheet, but that hits your next several years of those types of prospects, when they are still unspent draft picks, as opposed to it actually being those specific prospects themselves.
I'm sure he'd like another one and all but he's probably not too fussed in the scheme of things.
Find a Center that is a good offersheet target, get it signed and hope it isnt matched, then hope he doesnt turn out like Kotkaniemi.Viciously. Predatorially.
I'd be very reluctant to give up any nonproected 1sts. We made the playoffs this year, but there are multiple versions of this season we probably end up with a top 10 or even top 5 pick.
I mean, this year it's sort of an option to try that with Necas, and then I guess if you are paying him stupid money, it's not too much stupider to try to convert him back to center.
For a true #1C, I have a hard time believing the offer sheet isn't matched, even if it means moving out other pieces. If went this route, it has to be a risky acquisition with issues (not-a-real-center like Necas, unproven like Kotkaniemi, etc). If, say, Hughes was an RFA, NJD would do whatever it takes to match.
Who all are the centers (or could be centers that are supposedly available)?I mean, this year it's sort of an option to try that with Necas, and then I guess if you are paying him stupid money, it's not too much stupider to try to convert him back to center.
Probably correct. Players to think about though
