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Player Discussion Chris Tierney (C)
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Big Muddy
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Or, if worse comes worse, just move him at the deadline. Don't like the idea of blowing more assets on him. That just compounds bad with more bad.
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trentmccleary
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Protect Tierney so that Seattle legitimately considers White or Dadonov in the expansion draft. Dadonov gets selected.
Tierney plays on the 3rd line again next year.
He gets traded for a 2nd or a 3rd at the trade deadline.
Next summer, nearly $10 million is removed from the books in Tierney and Dadonov. Leaving only White and Murray, as longer term expensive contracts for players we hope will improve to earn more of their salaries.
Tierney plays on the 3rd line again next year.
He gets traded for a 2nd or a 3rd at the trade deadline.
Next summer, nearly $10 million is removed from the books in Tierney and Dadonov. Leaving only White and Murray, as longer term expensive contracts for players we hope will improve to earn more of their salaries.
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At first glance it seems like he is just attempting a backhand shot and just executed it poorly. I watched the clip a few times and another idea came to mind. Right when Tierney is receiving the pass Connor Brown has got free from the d man and looks like he is going behind the net to the left corner but then quickly cuts back towards the right post. Given Brown's speed maybe Tierney thought he would chip the puck to the corner, Brown would get it and send it back to him for a one timer on his forehand. He looks down at the puck and chips it into the corner and as he looks up Brown has cut back in on the right post and now he has given the puck away.
Maybe it was the attempted backhand shot or maybe it was the play I have speculated but either way it was executed poorly. Tierney doesn't have much of a shot so he could just have so little confidence that he looks for a pass when in an undefended prime shooting position. We also know that Tierney is very uncomfortable with physical play and avoids taking hits to make plays or spending much time in the dirty areas so it is possible that he panics when in such a position and rushes shot and pass attempts.
Whatever that play was, it the worst of all the options he had, regardless of how awful the execution was.
He must have thought he had a D on his back or something but that was terrible.
He has been playing much better lately though - that line he is on fits his game very well.
He must have thought he had a D on his back or something but that was terrible.
He has been playing much better lately though - that line he is on fits his game very well.
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They are good 4th line... Watson will help too. Other than L2 the forward lines look good.
I think he was trying a backhand shot on goal. If it was on goal it might score or create a rebound for Brown. That's my guess.
Tierney is a slow skater, not physical and trending downward in value. He will probably be with the team next season because he has little trade value.
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Tierney has negative value right now. If we could have traded him we would have already.
Y’all would have claimed Cobourn and Gudbranson had ‘negative trade value’ right up until the moment we traded them.
Tierney is not nearly as bad as some people go on about, some people just seem to hung up on a player.
He’ll either get exposed or be traded by next year’s deadline. He’s a serviceable NHL player.
Tierney is not nearly as bad as some people go on about, some people just seem to hung up on a player.
He’ll either get exposed or be traded by next year’s deadline. He’s a serviceable NHL player.
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ReginKarlssonLehner
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Then hopefully nets us a 2nd in deep draft. Would be best parting gift.
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Absolutely- I like the idea of PD constantly flipping away these players for 2-7 RD picks - they do well in that range.
Flipping old vets or UFAs demanding long term high salary contracts is probably going to occur more often in the future with our owner, the Covid problem, the lower revenues in a small Canadian market, the attractiveness of USA-based teams in warmer climates, etc.
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Thats okay - most those guys don’t do well in their retirement contracts anyway. Best to take futures.
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Chris Tierny is a very serviceable player who can play up & down the lineup, however, he is also easily replaced by better younger players. I don't see much difference between Tierny & White tbh other than White is younger & signed to a higher salary & longer term right now.
I think at some point Ottawa needs to move on from both these players unless White miraculously becomes a much better player, which I doubt. I'm hoping that L. Brown replaces one of them this yr & if not, that one of our other centres replace them eventually & upgrade the position.
I think at some point Ottawa needs to move on from both these players unless White miraculously becomes a much better player, which I doubt. I'm hoping that L. Brown replaces one of them this yr & if not, that one of our other centres replace them eventually & upgrade the position.
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I agree … it only costs $4 mill to use Toerney next year and you probably recoup a pick … it will cost $11 million minimum to buy out White and we won’t get a pick.
We should move on from White ASAP unless the sens have info he’s improved his game.
Tierney is much more attractive as a 4C who can PK to me at $4 million and a 4RD…
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They have been paying 4C’s that for years … Arti got it last year as the 5thC, Boedker the year before not to mention the crap they got out of Ryan and White the past few years. Tierney is far from our worst valued contract over the last 3 years.
He has a $3.5 cap hit based on the way they structured his two year deal.
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Why not for one year? It's not like they are paying a bunch of other guys big money.
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bert
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He has no future with this organization and if he doesnt start playing with any jam at all he wont be in the league for long. If so it will be on one year 750 k contracts as a filler player. People are right he doesnt hurt your team outside of the fact he doesnt really try and score. He is sound defensively but is rarely engaged. Chris Tierney would have been a great player in the trap era, he would have fit in great on a Jaques Lemaire coached team. No event hockey. However hockey isnt played this way anymore, you have to have skill or a willingness to get dirty to play in the league while being defensively responsible. The team should be able to ship him out for a pick at the deadline.
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