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I think that contract is essentially unmovable, but I agree that he's looked better under Monty.Big money contract, you say. Maybe Jim Nill would like to add the veteran leadership and truculence brought by one Brayden Schenn. He could be the guy to push them over the top!
Schenn has looked better under Monty...I'll give him that.
The thread on their board about these two has some hilariously pathetic takes.Oilers fans are going to talk about HollyBro for years, just like Blues fans and Pietro.
Dallas will have lots of cap by the TDL, but I’m not sure what they can do with it except take on a couple bad contracts. If I were Nill, I’d wait for the offseason when the JRob situation clears up. He is pretty much a goner.I think that contract is essentially unmovable, but I agree that he's looked better under Monty.
Back to Dallas though, I wonder if they have interest in Trouba. RHD is their thinnest position on the NHL roster and they have very little snarl on the back end. They would be more than justified telling the Rangers that they have to take back Dumba's contract to help make the money work, so they would at least be shedding $2M+ of bad money while taking on Trouba's bad money.
Dallas will have lots of cap by the TDL, but I’m not sure what they can do with it except take on a couple bad contracts. If I were Nill, I’d wait for the offseason when the JRob situation clears up. He is pretty much a goner.
Dallas is barely playoff-worthy and barely better than the teams chasing them.
It’s not a so terrible of a problem that Nill can’t fix it. They need to a better bottom pairing D and should focus on that.I imagine the 4-6 month recovery timeline for Seguin's procedures means his 9.85m of LTIR can be used to make a high cap hit acquisition today, rather than waiting for the TDL.
Benn, Dadonov and Duchene are all pending UFAs, so they have a fair amount of cap space to work with acquiring someone with term if there's a fit out there. That's 14.75m opening up that if these 3 players return it will be for significantly less than Benn makes now, or a reasonable pay bump for Duchene. Dadonov I think is gone as a 36 y/o UFA due to the other younger internal options.
Bourque, Johnston and Lundkvist are all RFAs this summer, but Dallas has been bridging a lot of their players recently - if they take that route for 2 of 3 and extend the most promising player here long-term that's not too daunting.
Edit: some cleaning up of a poorly worded sentence.
Also, looking at the standings, I think Dallas will probably add sooner rather than later, because they don't have a huge points lead (they do have games in hand over the WC 1&2, C 1&2 and teams chasing them). There isn't very much separation in the playoff picture right now and they have to be watching the Blues with some wariness since the coaching change - nobody expects us to keep up a 0.875 points percentage, but we've gone from a team that was almost certainly missing the playoffs to one that is playing itself into the mix for a spot.
I think that contract is essentially unmovable, but I agree that he's looked better under Monty.
Back to Dallas though, I wonder if they have interest in Trouba. RHD is their thinnest position on the NHL roster and they have very little snarl on the back end. They would be more than justified telling the Rangers that they have to take back Dumba's contract to help make the money work, so they would at least be shedding $2M+ of bad money while taking on Trouba's bad money.
You are really obsessed with tearing down Dallas. They have a great, young roster with the key pieces in place that all contending teams need. They are good and will be good for many years. Move on.Dallas will have lots of cap by the TDL, but I’m not sure what they can do with it except take on a couple bad contracts. If I were Nill, I’d wait for the offseason when the JRob situation clears up. He is pretty much a goner.
Dallas is barely playoff-worthy and barely better than the teams chasing them.
I’m not moving on from an extremely satisfying thought experiment that is fluid and dynamic. I started all of this to push back on the blind Dallas worship around here and to counter what is believed to be a great, young roster. It’s not. They have several great pieces, but that is not a great, young roster.You are really obsessed with tearing down Dallas. They have a great, young roster with the key pieces in place that all contending teams need. They are good and will be good for many years. Move on.
Okie dokieFun, dynamic word problem. Satisfying and fluid thought experiment. I don’t know what that means but ok, Chief. You do you. Dallas will the Central and I don’t think there’s another roster in the NHL I would trade for other than maybe Florida.
A loon? Is that the best you got? An insult that is lame. But you do you. Trust the polls. We see how that works out.They are currently betting favorites to win the Central despite being in 3rd place and trailing the division leader by 6 pts and only having a game in hand. There’s a fine line between thinking for yourself and being a loon. You seem to fall into the latter category. But YOU. DO. YOU.
Dumba had a few very good years with the Wild, but he is a shell of his former self and it just hasn't worked out in Dallas.I thought Dumba was supposed to be good?
Dumba had a few very good years with the Wild, but he is a shell of his former self and it just hasn't worked out in Dallas.
I have no doubt that Nill has a couple deals cooking to get scoring now and also a plan for the defense. I can see someone like Malkin joining the Stars and then maybe Geno goes full merc after this season..
The Supergroup experiment in Nashville has failed. I wonder if Nill is trying for Stamkos.
Yes. 2@ 4.5I would definitely take ROR back and his contract is only for 2 years after this one right?
Big money contract, you say. Maybe Jim Nill would like to add the veteran leadership and truculence brought by one Brayden Schenn. He could be the guy to push them over the top!
Schenn has looked better under Monty...I'll give him that.
What are ya? A loon?!i'll add to the dallas doubt and think it's well-warranted. hintz and heiskanen just aren't reliable enough as your 1C and 1D. far too many games where they are absent or outcompeted by the opposing team. just like zibanejad and fox in new york. the central being a weaker division also means dallas just has to be good, but not great to make the playoffs and that seems to be their sweet spot. wouldn't rule out them entering the playoffs as a wild card if the avs go on a run at some point or get a goalie. really doubt they win the division or have home ice in the playoffs. they just lose too much on the road so far. maybe their top line finally starts producing at a higher rate and things change, but right now they live or dive with oettinger and their depth scoring.