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If the only other option is handicapping yourself for a giant “maybe”, then yes.So you just keep going forward with a roster that you believe isnt enough to win a cup?
Ok.
Super duper.
If the only other option is handicapping yourself for a giant “maybe”, then yes.So you just keep going forward with a roster that you believe isnt enough to win a cup?
Ok.
Super duper.
a bunch of ways i can see this playing out
- sprong is a message to hög that even with a 20 ESG season under his belt his spot isn’t guaranteed, keeps him working hard over the summer to round out his game, not just improving on the stuff he’s already good at (and which will likely get him his raise for next contract)
- after some initial juggling, tocc settles on the three new wingers and boeser in the top six, the dakota blue garlands line to round out the top nine, all lines he trusts, and we see a super sheltered but highly dangerous fourth line of hög and sprong with suter babysitting them
- podkolzin gets icetime when injuries and slumps allow but is told to be patient because his spot will open back up at the deadline and pod spends the year, and hopefully already is this offseason, going to rick tocchet camp and learning how to raise his ceiling and scope of game from a momesso to closer to a late 80s philadelphia tocchet (and realistically this just means that it’s sprong and not pdg, who i’m guessing we lose on waivers, that’s blocking him anyway)
- at the deadline, sprong has something like 18 goals and 35 pts and we sell high on him
- or conversely, none of the above and allvin somehow manages to package hög at what might be peak value for a cheaper second pair LD, with that team or a third party eating the poolman contract
The Sprong signing gives us another right shot who can slot into the top 6. It really does give us a ton of flexibility. I can see us rolling with something like this to start the season.
Hoglander-Miller-Boeser
Debrusk-Ep-Sprong
Joshua-Blueger-Garland
Heinen-Suter-Sherwood
Deeeeep
That fwd group is looking goodThe Sprong signing gives us another right shot who can slot into the top 6. It really does give us a ton of flexibility. I can see us rolling with something like this to start the season.
Hoglander-Miller-Boeser
Debrusk-Ep-Sprong
Joshua-Blueger-Garland
Heinen-Suter-Sherwood
Deeeeep
Wait...what?So you just keep going forward with a roster that you believe isnt enough to win a cup?
Ok.
Super duper.
I have a suspicion Heinen (which my phone keeps correcting to Heineken for some reason) will be pencilled in with Miller-Boeser to start, he’s theoretically just too good an approximation of what Suter brought to that line to ignore (smart, relatively responsible player that reads well off skilled line mates), which will allow them to move Suter back to C.
Sprong will probably be in competition for Pettersson’s line in camp, along with a few other guys. DeBrusk can play both wings so it’s sort of open season.
100%
What I like about our forward groups is the flexibility our forward have.
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You do if you are trying to win the cup and dont think the current roster is enough.
Maybe they're comparable in terms of goals and assists.....but one guy, Kuzmenko, was making $5m a season; while Sprong comes in at $975,000.I like the signing, its a no risk for the cost. I am not a fan of Sprong's defensive game. He is a Kuzmenko comparable, and hopefully he will learn to play on both sides of the puck.
Yeah, trading Hoglander to move off of Poolman, only to then trade futures to rent a deadline player feels steep.Which is asinine to use Hoglander for. You don’t handicap yourself at the start of the season to “maybe” upgrade at the deadline
Because he doesn’t hit and forecheck like an animal?He would absolutely bite you in the ass. Dude hits and forechecks like an animal and can chip in 20+ goals and is cheap. Why would you trade that?
I am guessing you can get rid of Poolman’s contract like 1/4 into the season but trading to a team that’s struggling for some of some expensive NHL tweeners that make too much money.Huh? It’s about gaining 3.5m in accumulating cap space for a much larger deal, or several, during the season.
Sir, I challenge you to a duel.I’m hearing that we’ve signed Sprong for 1 year at $975K. Will confirm soon
I am guessing you can get rid of Poolman’s contract like 1/4 into the season but trading to a team that’s struggling for some of some expensive NHL tweeners that make too much money.
I mean there are tweeners that make too much money for teams to want to pay to go to the AHl. Like we can make a trade for like 2 guys that make like 900K each and they other team might do it because they pay less real money.Canucks wouldn't have the capspace, even with accrual and contracts getting cheaper, to make that realistic
I mean there are tweeners that make too much money for teams to want to pay to go to the AHl. Like we can make a trade for like 2 guys that make like 900K each and they other team might do it because they pay less real money.
I mean even if you get rid of him like 1/4 into the season, you will still accrue cap, just not as much.Then be maxed out on contracts. Which isn’t that big a deal because you can always just include a marginal player or prospect but it doesn’t help.
Getting rid of Pooman makes the most sense before the season starts purely because of the flexibility in dealing with injuries and accruing cap space.