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WolfHouse
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Kuemper and big save dave have the kings in first place .... bizarre season
voyageur
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I think the emergence of Brandt Clarke, who is 5th in defensemen scoring so far this year, helps. Including a beauty spinorama on Pietrangelo last week. I'd say he is the front runner for the Calder (edit he isn't eligble after playing 9 games 2 seasons ago, and 16 last season) The Kings had the framework to be a good defensive team. Getting rid of Dubois probably helped them in terms of penalties taken. But Dubois is having a decent season. Nothing special, he'd be tied for 12th on the Jets scoring so far. Connor Mc Michael has taken some key minutes from him though, on the PP.
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bustamente
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I don't know if he ever gets back or can even do anything close to what he used to do
Landeskog type situation is that constant reminder that a professional sports career comes with no guarantees. I'm sure those types of situations enter into players minds when they sign contracts. Sometimes a little more term beats the shit out of a little more AAV.
Clarke is a fantastic young player.
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When the PLD to LA rumors started, I was really hoping him or Byfield would be the centerpiece coming back
That said, I'm still super happy with the return
WolfHouse
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Was a bummer when we got the second round pick traded for Durzi and not just Durzi
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It’s like we don’t exist and I have to say it thrills me.
bustamente
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I don't need validation from any of the sport networks, let them talk about the Leafs till they are blue in the face as the Jets go merrily on there way collecting points
Nashville is actually worse than San Jose. I'm sure it won't last but wow what a disappointing start. Just goes to show that opening up the wallet during free agency is not always the best course of action.
Maybe another cancelled outing at the Sphere is in order.
Maybe another cancelled outing at the Sphere is in order.
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Both Vegas with Marchessault and Tampa with Stamkos moved on from those guys knowing full well that they were only shells of the players they once were. Nevermind signing the guys, I was blown away with how much they both got from Trotz.
I'm still rather amazed that we still have a lot of older players getting high dollar contracts around the league. It's understandable in the cases like Wheeler/Scheifele/Hellebuyck - guys around 30 who sign 7-8 year deals that may not age well. Those contracts seem unavoidable because the UFA market would pay them as much or more given their performance at the time.
I had thought when we shifted to seeing a large number of players jump straight from ELC to 7 or 8 year deals we might see those legacy type contract go away, but nope, it just doesn't seem to happen. I suppose there's beauty in that for Winnipeg in that the Stamkos' of the world wouldn't come here anyway, so it removes the temptation from Chevy of trying to offer them.
Teams definitely have a need for veteran players, especially quality vets like Scheifele and Helle. But I'm definitely in line with Whilee's notion of exercising caution with players once they reach the UFA years as we've extracted good economic value from their ELC/RFA years. Think Trouba for example. Painful to lose him, but his UFA years haven't looked all that exceptional. There are a few other examples. I'm hoping we'll take that view with Pionk (though he was a different scenario entirely), in spite of his improved play this year. Let someone else pay for his dwindling twilight years.
