Confirmed with Link: Devils sign Tomas Tatar - 2 years @ $4.5M AAV
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Any significant production would be a bounce back, to be snarky. But I think you are very possibly right. The bar is set low. He had good hands in tight spaces once upon a time and he actually got a lot of good looks at scoring chances last year. If he can finish like 15 or 20 this year he can be quite positive.
I completely agree that it's key for him to get going early. It could do wonders for his confidence, to show that this is a different season, and for the team's confidence in him.
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Took a big shitz for Nemec
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After watching those highlights of Tatar with some of the goals coming from a breakaway I thought I would look into Tatar's shootout stats. Only 30 attempts throughout his career with 9 goals which works out to be a 30% success rate. Then I went to look at his percentage compared to all NHL players. I discovered that Dougie Hamilton is 9th all-time in NHL history in shootout percentage with 6 goals in 11 attempts.
But will she tell him to score goals like Shara's wife did?
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But I thought nobody wanted him because he got benched in the playoffs?
Im going to bench you in the playoffs!
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Hubba hubba. I’ve been looking for white shoes like those.
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In Soviet Russia playoffs bench you!
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I think it and you say something completely different. It’s like we can’t read minds or something.
Wasn’t into signing T-Sauce but he’s a devil now and I support him 100%. Can’t be worse than Johnsson, right? RIGHT?
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I think Johnsson is a potential bounce back candidate. Hopefully he can be a 3rd line option at the least.
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I feel like the Johnsson hate has gotta be one of the most overblown things I've seen on this board. I'm not a fan either but we've had like twenty scrubs that were just as bad over the last decade. And didn't get COVID?
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Plus trading him now is pointless: he'd bring back absolutely nothing as he's at the nadir of his value, so even a minor bounce back next season could actually turn him into an asset, whether for us or as a chip. I think with a regular season with the proper scheduling for days off, practice time, not having COVID, etc., he should absolutely improve next season to at least be a decent piece for the bottom six.
I'll just repeat what I said before: this is a good signing with really just about no downside. If Tatar is a bust, he's a bust, it's not like we're hurting for cap space. But the odds of him being a straight-up bust seem minimal; in a best case scenario he gives our young centers an experienced winger to work and develop with and acts as an ideal stop gap until our better wing prospects are ready to make the big club, all while helping us get back to competing for a playoff spot, while in a more negative scenario he's a perfectly decent player on a still-young-but-still-struggling team that can likely be traded for a nice return given the short term he's signed to.
If he was blocking someone who was ready to break through and take a top wing spot I'd be annoyed, but Marty was right awhile back when talking to the press about the organization's past bad habit of rushing prospects to the NHL; as a stopgap, Tatar gives Holtz, Mercer, Foote, and others a chance to marinate longer in Utica or get a chance to play more sheltered minutes in the NHL if they get the call and they don't want to toss them in the deep end right away. And if one of them does take the job by the throat? Well, not like Tatar is here on a massive contract, so those issues can be worked around in some manner or another.
Obviously this isn't like the Hamilton deal; Fitz clearly envisions Hamilton being around and making an impact when this club is ready to actually fight for a deep playoff run. But Tatar can help the process of the Devils working towards that point, whether as an on-ice help to the young guys or eventually as a trade chip. Good job on this one. I'm in no hurry to see any other big signings/trades this offseason, but if anything does go down I hope it's either something worth giving something up for ala the Hamilton signing, or it's moves for some veteran depth to back up the young guys in case of injuries.
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Things to remember;
Unfortunately, there was very little production from the Vets last season.
Tatar is bonus production.
Unfortunately, there was very little production from the Vets last season.
Tatar is bonus production.
I'm trying not to read too much into this last season for anybody, either positively or negatively, given the circumstances with Covid, a tightened schedule, lack of practices, etc.
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Tatar - Hughes - Sharangovich
Zacha - Hischier - Bratt
Johnsson - Boqvist/Mercer/UFA - Kuokkanen
Wood - McLeod - Zetterlund/Studenic/UFA
Graves - Hamilton
Smith - Severson
Siegenthaler - Subban
Blackwood - Bernier
Johnsson is not an NHL top 9 forward, but the rest of it seems pretty intriguing.
Zacha is far superior to Tatar on the wing. But the problem with Zacha is the Devils cannot play him at center, he is far superior on the wing than center.
Zacha has potential to be better sure, I don't see it happening as a complete player, but at no point in his career has he ever been better then Tatar.
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