The probability of getting many injuries next year is lower, doesn't mean anything though, we could have even more injuries. But the probability is on our side.
Armia and Drouin are not scape goats they are garbage.
"Gurianov will be fine, he's our second best shooter after Caufield, we need shooters with deadly shots. He's got great size and speed. He's a keeper."
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I agree that he has the tools but if he can’t use them with regularity there will be a loud minority or majority that doing to call him garbage… just like Armia and Drouin which are both NHL level player but because the were high pick and might be considered over paid are being trashed.
Dubois is a C and Slaf a W. If Slaf can show he belongs in the top six, thy will place him there. Dach can go back on a wing with Suzuki and Caufield.
If the salary cap remains the same or closer, very, very few teams can afford to acquire expensive dead wood like that. Hughes has also his own cap to manage. He is not very intrested to pay $$$ to get rid of players. (of course, he has done it for players who were about to be UFA like Chiarot, Kulak and Dadonov.) But not guys with another full year or two on their contract (Hoffman, Armia or Dvorak and maybe Edmundson).
Yes the audition continues, but I've already seen enough to give him at least a 1 year deal. He has the speed and skill and deserves to be tried in the top 6 next season. A fresh start in a healthy top 6 with Dach centering him.
Danault is playing top six in L.A. too. When he was around, there were not much other guys who could play top 6 C until Suzuki showed up. For a couple of seasons, him, Tatar and Gally were among the best line 5v5 in the whole NHL.
Hoffman only has one year. I'm not sure whether Hughes would retain 50%. Before getting Monahan, he had said he would not be interested to take on contracts for 1sts. Then he did just that. Last year he was active at TDL, this year quiet. Things change. We'll see if he trades Hoffman at 50% retained, buys him out, or rides out the final year of his contract. Gallagher needs to go on permanent LTIR. Armia needs to go to Laval.
Danault is a good #2, he was #1 here for way too long. To me he's really a #3 because he doesn't make his wingers any better. On a perfect team he's your #3 and gets 40 points while playing the shut down role. I don't like his offense, it comes at the expense of his wingers, the perfect example was how Radulov didn't like playing with him as he was on a show me deal showcased by his return to the NHL and wanted points. I still think Danault should have been kept over Gallagher, you didn't need a crystal ball to see what was coming.
Probabilities don't work like that. Past events do not influence future events. Flipping coins, the probability to get tails 2 times in a row are 25%. If I flip that coin, and get tails on the first throw, I have 50% to get tails on the 2nd throw, not 25%. Hence, the fact that we've had injuries in the last 2 years do not lower the probability of getting injuries in the future seasons.
You should ask Tatar and Gally..... And if he was #1 , it is simply because caoches had no other guys to put up there. Same with DD long time ago now. Blame the GM's
That's an extremely fair point but if a competent GM like the one who has assembled a good team in Dallas gives him away for Dadonov....what does that tell you?two goals in 43 games...how many did Drouin get in the same...Oh nevermind!
Well first off in the case of injuries it simply isn't true that the past events do not influence future events. But ignoring that, the odds are we will have less injuries next year not because we are due for better injury luck but because in standalone the odds of having similar or more is in itself a low probability.
