Raspewtin
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Machinehead
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"If ye desire that a player be a 4th liner, ye shall make him a 4th liner."
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McRanger92
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He's had a rookie year Hagelin type impact after the call-up, unfortunately Laviolette only plays veterans who slack off and this team cannot defend at all.
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The hustle is so appreciated. Hoping it rubs off on some vets.
McRanger92
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That's the part that scares me. Where do you think Fox and Lafreniere are learning their bad habits?
The Crypto Guy
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well...4 years later drury finally added the type of player to the roster i've been begging for and it instantly provides the loose pucks and broken defensive structures that open up the ice. i'm not saying this to claim i'm some genius....i'm saying this because anybody with half a brain who knows anything at all about hockey could see we needed this type of skillset by the end of warmups.
ideally we can add another piece like this....i'd be kicking the tires on names around the market who fit the mold...doesn't matter as much where they are in terms of potential/level of production so much as what the price is and what the lineup looks like if the move costs an nhl roster piece...don't think konecny is an option anymore but can check, or why not see if buf could be talked into moving benson given their panic level. more realistically at the higher end of the market i'd imagine gourde or farrabee are options. then guys like hoglander/tanev/jake evans are options that might come slightly cheaper. i also think you could hit a home run adding someone with that type of motor toiling on someones ahl roster you can add for virtually nothing - maybe you find a younger tanev/lomberg or better.
not saying that's a cure-all, but i definitely would want to inject one more high motor/high puck pressure menace to the lineup that doesn't cost anything meaningful from the current roster and see what that looks like first. i could easily see it playing out phenomenally if drury identifies the right piece at the right price. i wouldn't be surprised if that was enough to let them cruise to the deadline with a ton of cap space accrued - that's where they could be fairly aggressive bidders on the dman market and potentially add someone like maroon for some size/physicality/playoff player.
ideally we can add another piece like this....i'd be kicking the tires on names around the market who fit the mold...doesn't matter as much where they are in terms of potential/level of production so much as what the price is and what the lineup looks like if the move costs an nhl roster piece...don't think konecny is an option anymore but can check, or why not see if buf could be talked into moving benson given their panic level. more realistically at the higher end of the market i'd imagine gourde or farrabee are options. then guys like hoglander/tanev/jake evans are options that might come slightly cheaper. i also think you could hit a home run adding someone with that type of motor toiling on someones ahl roster you can add for virtually nothing - maybe you find a younger tanev/lomberg or better.
not saying that's a cure-all, but i definitely would want to inject one more high motor/high puck pressure menace to the lineup that doesn't cost anything meaningful from the current roster and see what that looks like first. i could easily see it playing out phenomenally if drury identifies the right piece at the right price. i wouldn't be surprised if that was enough to let them cruise to the deadline with a ton of cap space accrued - that's where they could be fairly aggressive bidders on the dman market and potentially add someone like maroon for some size/physicality/playoff player.
