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Also significant risk after that injury. It makes zero sense to have a 8.5M LD after Hughes…
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God I hate our defense going into the season.
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Hakanpaa at 1.5Mx2 is a vastly better signing than Desharnais at 2x2 imo
Yea, hes a rich family guy with two cups now and knows itll be short term. He’ll field offers and talk it over with his fam first
I agree with the cap accumulation, but we're starting at like 200k. Trading more assets for Buch (for a year, given how this year went) doesn't instill me with confidence either though.
I don't disagree, but I feel we had that anyway. Getting more expensive players then who is available internally, that are mostly of the same level, isn't something we had to do. It's clear there wasn't a plan B after Guentzel, and Allvin just went and spent his pocket money on things he didn't need. At least that's how I feel about our signings. Debrusk is the only player head and shoulders above cheaper or younger guys being called up from our roster. I'd rather have the cap space over most of the players we got.
Canucks with 2.1M left with Silovs to sign. Having 1M in left over cap space may come in handy later when making trades.
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Allvin & the chickmunks absolutely killed it today, again all of their targets and contracts are bang on and players I liked/wanted.
Add a bit of youth and skill, ideally cheap or elc and we're willing the division again. Atleast one of Kylington, brannstrom, boqvist, or hopefully McGroarty would be nice swing for the fence.
Also down for random Laine, Pinto, necas tier addition somehow.
Add a bit of youth and skill, ideally cheap or elc and we're willing the division again. Atleast one of Kylington, brannstrom, boqvist, or hopefully McGroarty would be nice swing for the fence.
Also down for random Laine, Pinto, necas tier addition somehow.
He and two lower cap hit guys we have internally would feel better to me than Myers, Desharnais and Forbort on D, and, say, Debrusk as a forward.
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The D was excellent in the playoffs, basically the same D as last year with Forbort & Deshairnais replacing Zadorov & Cole on the bottom pairing.
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It very much feels like they fumbled the ball on the 1 yard line.
Up to 4.5M to spend on a RD, Carrier and Walker still available, already signed a big bottom pairing d-man...and they got another one.
Mr. Canucklehead
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I feel like another shoe has to drop on the blueline. Our lack of puck moving ability outside of Hughes and Hronek is crazy.
I really like our forward group as of today - it got a lot deeper. Our defense is big, but some improvement is needed.
I really like our forward group as of today - it got a lot deeper. Our defense is big, but some improvement is needed.
Not too different what we were going into last season.
The thing is going in too free agency, you know there were no silver bullets going into free agency, at least none on any contracts I'd want to carry for six years. Improvement on that was always going to have come from trade or even from drafted players.
I still wouldn't mind grabbing Boqvist for some secondary puck moving, but even he would be part part of a menagerie of fringe guys.
Mr. Canucklehead
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Also, Abbotsford’s forward group is still in serious need of some additions. Nate Smith, barring an unexpected breakout at that level, isn’t going to cut it.
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So many teams absolutely crapped the bed bigtime today, just a ton of absolutely awful contracts.
Pumped we didn't sign any of them, value deals only for big D Allvin.
Pumped we didn't sign any of them, value deals only for big D Allvin.
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We better pray to the f***ing hockey gods that Hronek doesn't get injured or else Hughes will get to experience 2022-23 again
I mean it doesn’t have to be Buch, that’s just an example. I have no idea who are the rentals this year other than him.
I think Sherwood, Heinen and Debrusk are all clear upgrades from a system perspective. We will be a harder team to play against with these guys. If Debrusk can mesh with Petey then all we need is that 1 TDL to fill out that line.
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Kylington Boqvist would be great gambles. Considering where we are i prefer Kylington but his mental health issues are hugely concerning. I can''t believe how much money he's pissed away at this stage of his career and wonder if he can be relied upon at all
i don't hate any of the signings today (debrusk got too much term and i could do without one of forbort and desharnais but the rest are good) but i don't see the plan
they needed high end talent and they spent like 13m on just some guys. even dubrusk is closer to just some guy than a legit star. they're into ltir again so they can't even add in season without moving out money. unless they have a garland trade on deck i don't see how this team is good
they're gonna need career performances from miller, hughes, pettersson, boeser and demko to be a legit team
they needed high end talent and they spent like 13m on just some guys. even dubrusk is closer to just some guy than a legit star. they're into ltir again so they can't even add in season without moving out money. unless they have a garland trade on deck i don't see how this team is good
they're gonna need career performances from miller, hughes, pettersson, boeser and demko to be a legit team
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