This does not explain why he is terrible in the defensive zone. I can live with the bad pinches and overaggressive play, a lot of offensive D are going to do that, but the lack of awareness of stick position and body position has nothing to do with goals, assists, or contracts.
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This does not explain why he is terrible in the defensive zone. I can live with the bad pinches and overaggressive play, a lot of offensive D are going to do that, but the lack of awareness of stick position and body position has nothing to do with goals, assists, or contracts.
Zippy316
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I’m somewhat intrigued by going with a trio of Stolarz, Allen, and Daws. Perhaps Hill instead of Stolarz or even a guy like Levi instead of Daws.
Similar to what Carolina and Buffalo did last year, it just gives goalies a lot of rest and you just ride the hot hand.
Stolarz would be preferred at a lower cap hit. Hill is just Markstrom on a longer term
Stolarz
Allen
Daws
Would be a brilliant trio. Stolarz issue is health, when hes healthy hes one of the best goalies around. Sunny knows it, he did it for him in FLA
Zippy316
aka Zippo
I didn’t realize Hill’s contract, was thinking more the caliber of goaltender.
Hard pass there. Between Stolarz relative health issues and Allen’s cramping issues, a trio makes a ton of sense.
Having a young goalie that has potential is the perfect third compliment there. They’re better served getting NHL minutes than AHL at this point.
A 15-30-35 split would keep everyone fresh.
Id add in obviously for this deal. Markstrom (maybe retain like 1 million) + asset for Stolarz
Even with retention we save about 1.5 million in cap
Not sure I'd consider it brilliant. Not puking and shitting all over themselves is really all I'm shooting for
Look at Stolarz stats when healthy. He cant play more thne 35 games but hes a very + GSAX goalie and had the best save % in hockey in back to back years.
Stolarz is a combined +35 GSAX in his L3 years
Allen is a +24 GSAX in his L3 years
Daws is a +3.4 GSAX in his L3 years
Markstrom is a +5 GSAX in his L3 years (for reference)
I would take this goaltending trio easily.
Any goaltending set up without Markstrom is probably an improvement, but if this trio were to bottom out and this team whiffed the playoffs because their goaltending imploded, I wouldn't exactly be surprised either.
I wouldn't be inspired by this goaltending, but I could see a world where they are perfectly fine in the regular season.
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This is hilarious considering folks on here like yourself wanted Markstrom and justified his greatness by his strong GSAX in Calgary....while those of us who actually watched him play knew that trade was awful value day 1. All I heard was but but but he was 7th in GSAX.
Forming opinions based solely on a spreadsheet "advanced" metric remains absurd and nonsensical.
All you need baby. Spreadsheets > Eyes - Thankfully we got our very own Tulsky level nerd in SunnyThis is hilarious considering folks on here like yourself wanted Markstrom and justified his greatness by his strong GSAX in Calgary....while those of us who actually watched him play knew that trade was awful value day 1. All I heard was but but but he was 7th in GSAX.
GSAX is the gold standard for goalies. All that Sunny should be looking at is GSAX / Salary.
Markstrom's salary is the issue not the player per say. Hes just a league average NHL goalie which is enough to win a cup.
Yeah stolarz when he was healthy last year hid a TON of problems for the leafs and unironically carried them to the playoffs
markstrom is good enough to win a cup the same way Frederick Anderson was good enough to win a cup
Dmitri Filpovic PDOcast "NJ are looking to add a big Power Forward this summer next to Jack Hughes - they are in on Matthew Knies and looking at Alex Tuch"
They were doing a mock draft, said that we like Belchetz in that mold but that he is a long term solution and they still want to add a power forward this offseason.
They were doing a mock draft, said that we like Belchetz in that mold but that he is a long term solution and they still want to add a power forward this offseason.
In fairness to Markstrom, the acquisition looked great at first. It wasn't until the injury that everything fell apart. He hasn't been the same since.This is hilarious considering folks on here like yourself wanted Markstrom and justified his greatness by his strong GSAX in Calgary....while those of us who actually watched him play knew that trade was awful value day 1. All I heard was but but but he was 7th in GSAX.
He was a .912 when he messed up his knee. Since then he's been like an .875.
I have no idea if this is all because of the knee or what, but there's a pretty clear line of demarcation it seems like.
I wouldn't be opposed to tuch. Get a great player for the money rather than 2 mid players
While it's certainly possible to clear up the space, I find it unlikely that they'll be able to clear the 11 million needed to sign him.
Yea its definitely and "out there" suggestion. But if you deal Mercer and like a Markstrom + buyout one of Tsyplakov / Noesen the money is there.
Option 2 is dealing Dougie and bridging Nemec if thats an option.
Fits the Florida Panthers style of cap team building. Spend money on the top guys, don't spend on depth.
Get rid of any bottom 6 guy making over like 4 million. And the money is there. Use analytics to find cheap UFAs to build out your roster.
But Tuch is an all around beast. PKer, great defender, right handed shot who scores 30+ goals.
Grits - Nico - Timo
Bratt - Jack - Tuch
And now you have a legit Top 6 who can do some damage.
Even that would still require Markstrom to waive early. He has a full no trade until 7/1 and doesn't have to provide his list until then. If he doesn't want to leave, I wouldn't be helping the devils out by turning that stuff in early lol
It's pretty easy with a bridge for Nemec assuming the number is 11 or less.
Noesen, Dougie, Tsaplykov would need to be the casualties
I like Tuch for the same reason I like Kyrou. He's a guy with great underlyings, great raw production, and it hasn't come mostly from the PP.
Tuch put up 66 points with just a minute and a half of PP time a night (PP2 usage is also very different than PP1 usage).
just 9 PP points in there.
Like I said, I find it unlikely. Especially since I don't think Dougie is going anywhere.
Big fish hunting is always unlikely but if we want tuch and tuch wants us we can make it happen
How good Buffalo is for a family? How many campings are in the area? Museums? May be Ruff likes Dougie and Dougie likes Ruff? Would be nice to trade one for one with sign and trade like Toronto and Tampa did day ago
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