Player Discussion Dominik Kubalik

[Adele Dazeem]

True. I could see him get back to 30 again. But we still need depth so add Tarasenko and we’ll be looking pretty damn good.

Or Tatar. We're looking good on paper.

 

[Matsens15]

Would be a great option for the third line, which means he'll end up on the second.


I still stan Mikkel Bødker.

I stan Milan Michalek

 

[swiftwin]

I stan Milan Michalek

Nick Paul

 

[Stylizer1]

Soon to be 28yo who wasn’t qualified by Chicago before his last season with Detroit. Should play on the third line but will be slotted as Debrincat’s replacement for now.

Also, don’t know how he’ll fit in with Norris. They both want to be stationned on the top right circle to hammer pucks home. That’s how he got a majority of his goals last season.

Michalek 2.0

 

[HSF]

Michalek 2.0

atleast he could play the PK

 

[Ghost of Jody Hull]

Vanilla player who doesn’t really fit anywhere in the lineup. Shoot first guy who doesn’t score a lot, isn’t very good defensively, and doesn’t hit.

He’s a great player to have if you’re a bottom 5 team looking to fill out a roster.

Maybe he’ll prove me wrong but I don’t expect much.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Vanilla player who doesn’t really fit anywhere in the lineup. Shoot first guy who doesn’t score a lot, isn’t very good defensively, and doesn’t hit.

He’s a great player to have if you’re a bottom 5 team looking to fill out a roster.

Maybe he’ll prove me wrong but I don’t expect much.

You just described DJ Smith if he was an NHL player (except for the no hitting part). Should be great.

 

[senswon]

20ish goals like Formenton... could be a good replacement for 3LW

 

[Ghost of Jody Hull]

20ish goals like Formenton... could be a good replacement for 3LW

Didn’t he just score 20 while playing with Larkin and getting prime PP time? He’s not scoring the same amount on a 3rd line. Formenton is a much better fit as a 3rd liner.

 

[HSF]

20ish goals like Formenton... could be a good replacement for 3LW

Lets not forget the speed and physical play that Formenton brings and Kulabik won't. Not sure if Kulabik really fits in

 

[Loach]

Lets not forget the speed and physical play that Formenton brings and Kulabik won't. Not sure if Kulabik really fits in

Chris Tierny 2.0

 

[Senator Stanley]

He's valuable because Pierre Dorion can go in front of the media and call him a replacement for DeBrincat on the 2nd line. Prepare to hear "20 goal scorer" and "scored almost as many goals as DeBrincat" repeated over and over by Dorion and his media mouthpieces.

 

[Emerica]

He's valuable because Pierre Dorion can go in front of the media and call him a replacement for DeBrincat on the 2nd line. Prepare to hear "20 goal scorer" and "scored almost as many goals as DeBrincat" repeated over and over by Dorion and his media mouthpieces.

Garrioch has already said “He could play a top-line role here” in his article

 

[Senator Stanley]

Garrioch has already said “He could play a top-line role here” in his article

"We've liked him for a long time. No, we didn't sign him when he was on the UFA scrap heap a year ago, but we've liked the player for a very long time. Proudest day, gotta go, have a girlfriend."

 

[BondraTime]

Garrioch has already said “He could play a top-line role here” in his article

Would make complete sense to break up the 2nd best line in Sens history to add Kubalik.

 

[Mingus Dew]

Guy seems fine. Milquetoast.

Probably won’t be here after this year.

 

[aragorn]

Lets not forget the speed and physical play that Formenton brings and Kulabik won't. Not sure if Kulabik really fits in

That would still be two better players who both produced more individually than everyone we had in the bottom six last yr. It remains to be seen how well Kubalik could do with Norris & Batherson feeding him pucks or Forms who was just getting his NHL career started & had 32 pts as a rookie.

Guy seems fine. Milquetoast.

Probably won’t be here after this year.

You spelled milk wrong.

 

[StoicSensFan]

Guy seems fine. Milquetoast.

Probably won’t be here after this year.

Me checking the dictionary

 

[swiftwin]

He's valuable because Pierre Dorion can go in front of the media and call him a replacement for DeBrincat on the 2nd line. Prepare to hear "20 goal scorer" and "scored almost as many goals as DeBrincat" repeated over and over by Dorion and his media mouthpieces.

Lol, you're good at this.

Let me try:

DeBrincat had 27 goals, while Kubalik had 20 goals.
DeBrincat only had 3 more even strength goals than Kubalik (16vs13)
BrBrincat averaged 19mins/game while Kubalik was only at 14:55
Not only that, but DeBrincat was a -31, while Kubalik was a -15 on a worse team
And DeBrincat makes $7.8M, while Kubalik only makes $2.5M
And Kubalik is only 2 years older than DeBrincat

...and you're telling me that they're the ones who gave us a 1st round pick on top???

 

[L'Aveuglette]

If he wasnt the main piece coming back in the DBC trade I'd honestly be very happy with this acquisition. He fortifies our shallow bottom-6 and seems like an overall likeable guy.

But if we don't go out and get Tarasenko or his equivalent, and Kubalik is forced into our top-6, I'm not a fan.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Let me try:

DeBrincat had 27 goals, while Kubalik had 20 goals.
DeBrincat only had 3 more even strength goals than Kubalik (16vs13)
BrBrincat averaged 19mins/game while Kubalik was only at 14:55
Not only that, but DeBrincat was a -31, while Kubalik was a -15 on a worse team
And DeBrincat makes $7.8M, while Kubalik only makes $2.5M
And Kubalik is only 2 years older than DeBrincat

...and you're telling me that they're the ones who gave us a 1st round pick on top???

So what you're saying is it was incredibly stupid to trade a ton for DeBrincat to pay him 6.4M in cap (9M in real dollars) when we could have just signed Kubalik for 2.5M?

 

[Daffy]

If he wasnt the main piece coming back in the DBC trade I'd honestly be very happy with this acquisition. He fortifies our shallow bottom-6 and seems like an overall likeable guy.

But if we don't go out and get Tarasenko or his equivalent, and Kubalik is forced into our top-6, I'm not a fan.

Nothing wrong with Kubalik in the top 6. You don't need six stars in the top 6. What we need is better depth. We'll see who we add from here.

 

[swiftwin]

So what you're saying is it was incredibly stupid to trade a ton for DeBrincat to pay him 6.4M in cap (9M in real dollars) when we could have just signed Kubalik for 2.5M?

So what you're saying is that Yzerman was really stupid to trade for DeBrincat than?

 

[Hale The Villain]

So what you're saying is that Yzerman was really stupid to trade for DeBrincat than?

No I believe DeBrincat is a vastly superior player to Kubalik.

You're the one making the argument Kubalik is as good or better.

Would love to hear you explain how you can believe that while also believing it was a good idea to trade for DeBrincat when Kubalik was available in UFA for pennies on the dollar in comparison.

 

[swiftwin]

No I believe DeBrincat is a vastly superior player to Kubalik.

You're the one making the argument Kubalik is as good or better.

Would love to hear you explain how you can believe that while also believing it was a good idea to trade for DeBrincat when Kubalik was available in UFA for pennies on the dollar in comparison.

I'm not the one who said, it, you're the one who said it.