Someone please take @JimEIV fishing and bring lots of beer.
*bourbonSomeone please take @JimEIV fishing and bring lots of beer.
make sure you bring enough for everyoneSomeone please take @JimEIV fishing and bring lots of beer.
I did make a Dano meme out of this to respond with.
But is he out of breath?
Nico already looks constipated. We are so f***ing back.
This is on systems/coaching. Need to have a more solid plan B team game to keep afloat when injuries happen. I’m optimistic that Keefe is an upgrade there.Unfortunately, I agree. The team plays completely different without him. It makes me very uneasy.
I'm hoping we don't confirm or deny this over the course of the year, and if we do, I'm hoping having a solid system will alleviate it, but in the past it's been very bad when he misses extended time.
Just do the two years Fitz...give Mercer the same contract Bratt got... You don't have the space for the third year so just stop it.
Their production per game is almost identical - Bratt signed his first deal for 2 years - $2,750,000 3 years ago. That easily equates to 2 years - 3.5 today. Just do it...
I'm sure whoever the capologist is, they are insisting on that 3rd year but they're not willing to pay extra for it. They don't have the space for AAV to be over 4M and go into the season with any sort of cushion.
Two years throws a monkey wrench into their projections...with Noesen and Palat still on the books, Nemec needing a contract and a Nico extension up coming ... can't have Dawson coming off two years with arbitration rights... A 3rd year gets Noesen and Palat off the books and frees up 9+ million...too bad, not Dawson's problem. Just do the two years and end this.
Mercer's points/60 in his contract year was a touch more than HALF of what Bratt put up in his contract yearJust do the two years Fitz...give Mercer the same contract Bratt got... You don't have the space for the third year so just stop it.
Their production per game is almost identical - Bratt signed his first deal for 2 years - $2,750,000 3 years ago. That easily equates to 2 years - 3.5 today. Just do it...
I'm sure whoever the capologist is, they are insisting on that 3rd year but they're not willing to pay extra for it. They don't have the space for AAV to be over 4M and go into the season with any sort of cushion.
Two years throws a monkey wrench into their projections...with Noesen and Palat still on the books, Nemec needing a contract and a Nico extension up coming ... can't have Dawson coming off two years with arbitration rights... A 3rd year gets Noesen and Palat off the books and frees up 9+ million...too bad, not Dawson's problem. Just do the two years and end this.
Harley just outscored Mercer by 14 points as a DEFENSEMAN who didn't even play on PP1.That Tomas Harley deal is bad for NJ
If Harley is worth $4M for two years Mercer is easily worth closer to 5.
For cripes sake Mercer has 64 career goals... Harley has 53 career points.
Mercer's points/60 in his contract year was a touch more than HALF of what Bratt put up in his contract year
1.4 vs 2.3 is not even close.You got some faulty numbers there...or you don't know the contract years in question?
Bratts last year of his ELC he did 2.3 P/60
Dawson did 1.4 P/60
Their 3 years combined average Bratt did 1.9, 2.6, 2.3 = 2.26
Dawson 3 years combined average
1.9, 2.5, 1.4 = 1.93
It's kind of funny though.. that the fact that he gets dinged for playing every game and not getting injured...as well as a lot of those 5v5 minutes come following PK work...and never being scratched like Bratt and yet after a down year his P/60 is still very close
On ice =/= Good to go, unfortunately
The debate was over ages ago - Mercer was bad with Nico, and he was bad with Jack. Both guys were significantly worse with him, and it wasn't just explained by the fact that Bratt would usually be the guy who would play RW with them when Mercer wasn't.
The Devils cannot commit long-term to a player who has bad results with both of their top 2 centers. I feel confident Mercer can overcome this, he has great small area skills and enough speed and smarts to become a solid forward.
lol