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Preds would be dumb not to consider trading him. Stamkos, Josi, ROR, Nyquist — they won’t be here forever. Now is the time to push your chips in. Add a Top 4 D and they will be in business.
All good, it was 1A and 1BWallstedt may have something to say about that....you ranked him number 1 like 3 months ago.
Iowa Wild is putrid. Askarov winning 5 of 7 is more indicative of the team, then the player.Askarov needs another season in the AHL.
I would like to see him have a winning playoff record instead of going 2-3, then getting injured.
The Admirals made it to the WCF the last 2 seasons. Askarov had very good AHL teams in front of him and was paired with good goalies each season. He needs a little improvement to move up to the NHL.
He has been compared to Jesper Wallstedt of the Iowa Wild. Askarov has won 5 of 7 head-to-head regular season match ups against Wallstedt, so Askarov is the better goalie. There are 2 or 3 other AHL goalies that he needs to surpass by working on his consistency.
I saw him play about 20 games last season, plus his home playoff games. He was very good by AHL standards. He just needs to work on not overplaying the puck and his positioning a little. He tends to give up a soft goal early, then he looks like Ken Dryden after that. He needs to be Dryden for 60 minutes, not 50 or 55.
If we were to look at it from a both teams are kind of pissed at the end of a trade perspective, i.e. something approaching fair value, I would say Musty for Askarov fits the bill.Musty +Bystedt
I don't recall seeing many, if any, proposals for Askarov that actually upgrade us in the now window, or couldn't be completed with other trade pieces we have. If such a deal pops up, it's obviously worth exploring, but otherwise there's just no urgency to deal him for the sake of dealing him.Preds would be dumb not to consider trading him. Stamkos, Josi, ROR, Nyquist — they won’t be here forever. Now is the time to push your chips in. Add a Top 4 D and they will be in business.
Preds would be dumb not to consider trading him. Stamkos, Josi, ROR, Nyquist — they won’t be here forever. Now is the time to push your chips in. Add a Top 4 D and they will be in business.
Don't have room for his cap hit even if Trotz was willing to do it. Not to mention we can probably get that deal done without using Askarov in the process.ie Matheson
We'd take back salary of course. This is was discussed in previous pages, but no Preds fans wanted to move anyone. Or didn't see him as an upgrade, which he is.Don't have room for his cap hit even if Trotz was willing to do it.
Nashville is definitely too tight on the Cap to be able to work anything like that. Where sometimes teams have bad(ish) contracts they wouldn't mind dumping, the Preds instead have dead Cap from the Duchene/Johansen/Turris purgings. So there just isn't any way for the Preds to balance that much Cap out.I'm a bit surprised I don't see the Leafs need a goalie argument and push Marner for Askarov talk. Maybe Nashville ate too much cap to do it now. But it would fit both teams
It wasn't an appealing proposal. Overrated Matheson's value to us (even if he may be an upgrade), underrated how we perceived the "salary" pieces being sent along, and just isn't the type of upgrade that should require Askarov to make work.We'd take back salary of course. This is was discussed in previous pages, but no Preds fans wanted to move anyone. Or didn't see him as an upgrade, which he is.
There was no complete offer proposed. If anyone included salary they would send back to us, I'd propose one. If Matheson is an upgrade and Fowler could replace your prospect goalie with another highly touted one, but with a better timeline to work with Saros' age and contract, I don't see the lack of appeal.It wasn't an appealing proposal. Overrated Matheson's value to us (even if he may be an upgrade), underrated how we perceived the "salary" pieces being sent along, and just isn't the type of upgrade that should require Askarov to make work.
Preds have Josi/Skjei/Lauzon on the left side of the D. We could use an upgrade at RHD, but Fabbro and Carrier (with Schenn on the bottom pairing) are perfectly serviceable absent a young RHD that is a current upgrade being available. There is just insufficient interest for us in a 30 y/o offensive LHD with numbers bloated by heavy PP and overall usage and an inferior goalie prospectThere was no complete offer proposed. If anyone included salary they would send back to us, I'd propose one. If Matheson is an upgrade and Fowler could replace your prospect goalie with another highly touted one, but with a better timeline to work with Saros' age and contract, I don't see the lack of appeal.
I don’t think so.
Trotz was reported to have offered Askarov + our 1st to try to move into the top 5/#5 IF one of the 4 centers at the top of the draft were available. Obviously nobody took him up on the offer, but he was targeting a very specific asset with Askarov (a young top 6/first line center), which is a bit different from being shopped/openly available.there were reports that last yeat the Preds were trying to get the 5th overal pick from the Habs and it was runored that Askarov was part of the offer.
I wouldn't call that shopping a player, but this is likely the cause of people think he was being shopped. But in reality there was jusy something Nashville wanted and were willing to include him if needed to get it done.
Agree completely. This will be Saros' team until 2033 - we will have plenty of time to find a replacement for him during that time.Preds would be dumb not to consider trading him. Stamkos, Josi, ROR, Nyquist — they won’t be here forever. Now is the time to push your chips in. Add a Top 4 D and they will be in business.
So for a top F or D prospect who is likewise 2-3 years from making any impact in the NHL. It's alright, but it comes back around to: who is that prospect?Agree completely. This will be Saros' team until 2033 - we will have plenty of time to find a replacement for him during that time.
With his moves in FA, Trotz essentially opened up a three-year Cup window for this team, during which you need to go pretty much all-in. Trading Askarov now for a similar type of player, who's not a goalie could help the team's chances significantly.
Trading him 3-4 years down the road (which you will still need to do as Saros have NMC and Askarov therefore cannot take the net from him) doesn't do anything as this team is most likely headed into a true rebuild then.
Preds brought back Mitch Korn specifically to help with his development. And they want him to play 50-60 games and actually show he can hold down a #1 job in the AHL playoffs, as opposed to starting 15-20 games and sitting on the bench in Nashville. Which is better for his development again?If I was Askarov id request a trade and not report to the A if told to
And thats not because hes too good for the A, maybe he needs more seasoning - its because Nashville is dicking around with his development now
Either move on from Yaroslav or lose value on him when he asks out
The problem with Matheson for nashville (and most teams):We'd take back salary of course. This is was discussed in previous pages, but no Preds fans wanted to move anyone. Or didn't see him as an upgrade, which he is.
This is what’s gonna happen I think. Trade now or he gets madIf I was Askarov id request a trade and not report to the A if told to
And thats not because hes too good for the A, maybe he needs more seasoning - its because Nashville is dicking around with his development now
Either move on from Yaroslav or lose value on him when he asks out
So maybe he needs more seasoning, but regardless he should refuse to report to the A, where he will get that seasoning, if he doesn’t get a spot where he’ll be sitting on the bench for 60+ games?If I was Askarov id request a trade and not report to the A if told to
And thats not because hes too good for the A, maybe he needs more seasoning - its because Nashville is dicking around with his development now
Either move on from Yaroslav or lose value on him when he asks out
Why would he choose to lose out on multiple millions for the A when a team can have him start or backup half a schedule and work his way toward a real NHL deal?Preds brought back Mitch Korn specifically to help with his development. And they want him to play 50-60 games and actually show he can hold down a #1 job in the AHL playoffs, as opposed to starting 15-20 games and sitting on the bench in Nashville. Which is better for his development again?
Hes never starting in Nashville - why would he be amicable to a club that just said 'we dont need you' by signing their 29yo goalie to eight years?So maybe he needs more seasoning, but regardless he should refuse to report to the A, where he will get that seasoning, if he doesn’t get a spot where he’ll be sitting on the bench for 60+ games?
Its only logical - plus he has the KHL in his back pocket. He needs to do whats right for him since the team clearly hasnt done that for AskarovThis is what’s gonna happen I think. Trade now or he gets mad