I get why they're doing it and I certainly get why Husso is taking it. Glad he is not a threat to start against Colorado in the playoffs any more and that the Blues recouped value. Husso himself was a 4th round throw in for the Polak-Game 2 Legend trade
Wonder if they will try this before the 2nd round begins or wait until after a few picks to see who's still available?
Eff no to that, and he's going to Philly anyway per LeBrun. Which makes me wonder, handedness difference aside, if Sanheim or Provorov are going to be more available.
I fundamentally disagree with every bit of your assessment on Saad as a player. A very average player tasked with shutting down the league's best 5 man unit would get absolutely caved in. Saad played 43 minutes against Makar and 38 minutes against MacKinnon at 5 on 5 during the playoffs and was on the ice for zero goals against. The only other players to hold that group scoreless for 30+ minutes during the playoffs were Stamkos, Kucherov and Sergachev. You don't have a prayer of beating Colorado in a 7 game series unless you can contain Makar/MacKinnon. Very average players certainly can't and his performance in the playoffs wasn't a deviation from what he did in the regular season.
Thanks, I just rewatched that OT, which we completely dominated. Always brings me right back to that moment. Each time I rewatch I'm surprised to see Fabbri in the lineup that day. What a win.
I can understand the argument that it's not a great look to move on from a player so quickly after either a down or injury plagued season. But in an era where everything is on demand in the moment and patience has fallen by the wayside, these players should be self aware enough to understand that business is business and having part of your cake and selling the rest for someone else to eat is part of game they signed up for.
Well he just signed a 2 x 5m deal, which is 1.5m/year less than Krug is paid to put up numbers that are superior to Krug's offensively. It doesn't make much sense with the price paid in picks to acquire him, however, for the Blues to have done it, but I think if Philly wanted offense from the back end for cheap with a younger D-man, trading for TDA was a better move than grabbing Krug.
I don't see how anyone could be willing to give up value for him until we know that he isn't in Russia. Hearing Bettman and Guerin's 'no comments' that were very clearly crafted by legal teams told me that there is real belief that we are heading toward a worst case scenario here. This is obviously speculation, but Guerin's 'I can't talk about that' sounded to me like he is aware of a plan to sneak Kaprizov out of the country and doesn't want to make a comment that brings potential legal liability.
Yeah, unless a player/team can prove that the player isn't in Russia, I can't see a team giving much value in a trade.
Sorry, just don't want Tony DeAngelo anywhere near my favorite team. He's despicable
A quick google about his time with NYR should answer that question
No. Even if we round the roster out with young and league minimum type guys, we'd still need to move Scandella at a minimum. Just Barbashev wouldn't be enough due to our overages. I'm preparing for one or both of them walking.
Not without moving Barby. If we only move out Scandella, we have 9.5Mish to sign Perron, a backup goalie and replace Scandella. Its $9.75M with Rosen, Torop, and Brown as our extras. They all make $750k. We have to re-sign RFAs Kostin, Perunovich and Mikkola. If any of them make the team over the three above, they may cost a little more and we'd have a little less. Moving Barby would probably give us the extra little bit we'd need for that if we went cheap with our backup goalie.
