AvsCOL
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Even from Friedman, I don't see there being much truth to this. Regardless of this "5th in whatever" non-sense, he had 31 goals last year, and he just turned 24 years old...
Can't see someone being keen on letting someone like that go, ESPECIALLY a team in a rebuild.
Can't see someone being keen on letting someone like that go, ESPECIALLY a team in a rebuild.
You literally quoted the leafs players stats this year so I said AAs stats this year and you said his stats don't matter this year only what he did that year mattered so then I bring up that year and you change it to age then you change it to contract... you are picking what fits your naritive to make it seem like Saad received nothing of value in the first trade so we don't trade our actual assets for him if we trade for him. Childish...
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Great job backpedaling. Now he won't do his 30 points of the week because he is being 'taken out of context'. I like Friedman and his insider info, but please THINK before writing things down. This has got to be the 2nd time this year he backpedaled and blamed it on the fans for 'taking things out of context' when he clearly wrote it. Guy needs to take an English class if that's the case.
Love Saad, but he is nothing more than a good complimentary player
CBJ made a big trade for him and gave him a big contract and to a degree I think Jarmo had the expectations that he would be a cornerstone star, but like most wingers, he wont carry the water for the team.
Jarmo kind of shot himself in the foot by getting a good complimentary winger and then trading his top center for a dman
CBJ made a big trade for him and gave him a big contract and to a degree I think Jarmo had the expectations that he would be a cornerstone star, but like most wingers, he wont carry the water for the team.
Jarmo kind of shot himself in the foot by getting a good complimentary winger and then trading his top center for a dman
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I had thought that initially as well. BUT, Wennberg is playing with Saad and is currently leading the league in assists and outplaying Johansen. I was disappointed in the Joey for Jones trade at first but have since come around and accepted it as a good hockey trade, but am now leaning towards the idea that we won the trade and are better with Jones anchoring the defense rather than having Johansen floating around, wondering if he felt like playing hard each night.
Saad just needs to work on his finish. He gets so many breakaways with his speed, he just has no move once he gets in close besides trying to go 5 hole. But I agree he will never be the cornerstone player. He has won cups as a good complimentary player, and I hope he can do the exact same with CBJ eventually. He is only going to get better, so he will not be traded.
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Hello Johnny
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Well congrats then. Glad you're happy with the trades, but they havent exactly resulted in team success
ManofSteel55
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If Freidman has a rumor, he typically spells out that he actually has a source. I think you are correct, Freidman is just musing about possibilities here, not a true trade rumor, just speculation.
Uhh, yes they have. Look at the Jackets record, GAA, and other metrics since they traded Johansen for Jones. Wennberg has finally grown into the 1C role. We're all quite content with the returns we got, and have two young, core pieces in Jones and Saad that will be huge pieces to the puzzle in the future. Oh and go take a look at the Jackets current record...I think we're doing fine at the moment
Uhh, yes they have. Look at the Jackets record, GAA, and other metrics since they traded Johansen for Jones. Wennberg has finally grown into the 1C role. We're all quite content with the returns we got, and have two young, core pieces in Jones and Saad that will be huge pieces to the puzzle in the future. Oh and go take a look at the Jackets current record...I think we're doing fine at the moment
9th in the east isnt exactly wowing anyone less than a quarter of the season in
Sheesh go look at how many games in hand they have over most teams (between 1-3 games over everyone ahead of them). Most people wrote them off to finish in the bottom-5 of the league again. Considering 8-4-2 is tied for the best start to a season through 14 games in franchise history, I'd say us CBJ fans are content.
games in hand =/= wins and more points automatically
as of today, CBJ is not a playoff team
Boston had a bunch of games in hand on Detroit down the stretch last year and lost nearly every damn one of them
I understand that, but also go look at the CBJ's schedule after this weekend. Some vary favorable matchups against underperforming and/or injury riddled teams. They play Colorado x2, Calgary x2, Tampa x2, Florida, Arizona x2, Detroit, Edmonton, NYI and Vancouver over the next 13 games.
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Could you image Saad on McDavid's LW...I believe he played RW too in Chicago on a line with Hossa-Toews, no?
Saad anywhere on McDavid's line would be wonderful
Saad anywhere on McDavid's line would be wonderful
hooverdam
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Yeah, this reminds me of when he said that Malkin "might welcome a change of scenery" then backpedaled like crazy when people took it exactly as it was said. He can be very careless with his words sometimes, and IMO this is the main difference between him and McKenzie: McKenzie will not print anything he's unsure of or that shouldn't be out there yet, because he understands the weight his words have.
