Speculation: Dominik Kubalik

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

You don't understand how a 15 pt guy and -30 is a UFA still?

He's not a true 15 point guy, not unless you are deliberately ignoring everything up until Ottawa Ottawa which you seem to be doing for some reason

 

[Oddbob]

He's not a true 15 point guy, not unless you are deliberately ignoring everything up until Ottawa Ottawa which you seem to be doing for some reason

He had 45 in Detroit while being a liability defensively which is why his ice time dropped all season long. 30-40 pts doesn't mean that much if you are -15 and worse. Sprong was much better in less ice time and he only got a 1 yr/975 contract after back to back 40 pt seasons with very low ice time. Kubalik just had 15 pts and -30 which is going to scare away virtually all teams.

 

[BKarchitect]

Nobody is shocked. Not a winning player, his random bursts of scoring do not even remotely make up for completely lackadaisical one-way, non-physically involved play and black hole-like drain on a team's metrics at even strength.

Ottawa didn't make him bad. San Jose didn't make Labanc bad. Ottawa and San Jose have been bad because they have to ice players like Kuablik and Labanc.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Looks like we will have a thread on all unsigned players

 

[bert]

It's August 5th, I don't understand How he's still sitting out there.

He's got a 30 goal season as a rookie.

17 goals in the 56 game 20-21 season that's about a 25 goal pace.

Then it admittedly drops to 15 in his final season in Chicago

Then he goes right back to 20 goals and 45 points in Detroit

And in Ottawa it didn't work only 11 goals and 15 points.

But Ottawa aside Kubblik has been a solid depth scorer wherever he's been.

Ottawa is starting to look like things are changing now, but prior to the new ownership Ottawa was a dumpster fire.

Surely teams aren't thinking he's done because of his stint in Ottawa.

There is a 20+ goal scorer sitting out there right now and nobody wants him? Surely that's not the case it doesn't make sense

He's absolutely useless. Cant keep up, cant create, isnt physical, bad defensively easy to play against and slow. He has a decent shot that he needs someone else to set him up with.

Same kind of guy as Sprong.

Will score if given the opportunity, but you can always get better than him for top6 roles.

Sprong can atleast skate and push the pace, Kubalik couldnt keep up last year.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

The guy is 29 years old (which isn't old but past the being anything notable age at this point) and hardly appeared to be an NHL Player, let alone some impactful 20+ goal scorer, last year like the OP is implying.

Why would teams be inquiring about this guy right now?

I'm not sure he even deserves a one-way contract @ at this point.

 

[SensontheRush]

Not an nhler

 

[dumbdick]

I was originally kind of okay with him on the sens. Most of the time he was invisible offensively but didn't stand out for his gaffes either.

But he wasn't an NHL quality player last year. Just kind of a guy who was out there skating around. I wouldn't want him back at the minimum.

Seemed like a nice guy though. He's gonna have to work to re-prove himself.

 

[Laphroaig]

I'd be shocked if any team offers Kubalik a oneway contract. At this point he'll likely have to impress on a PTO if he wants to play another game at the NHL level.

 

[Canucks LB]

He has looked awful for a couple years now

 

[tmg]

To me the surprise isn’t that Kubalik, Barrie, Hoffman, Shattenkirk, JVR, Schultz haven’t signed yet - it’s that Sprong has. These guys should all have been on the same ‘wait for camp and see if they can do better than a pto’ page. Sprong’s the one that broke the script.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Reminds me of a line from Hall of Fame football coach Bill Walsh when he first took over (a very bad) Forty-Niners team. "If you can't play on this team you can't play in the league."

In the last three seasons Kubalik was -61 on three teams that missed the playoffs.

Hard to imagine a top-level team adding him at this point while the bottom teams will likely give ice time to highly-regarded prospects.

 

[zenator]

PTO or Europe

 

[SensFactor]

Not a full-time NHLer anymore IMO. Long stretches of absolute nothing from him...

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Even teams in need of depth scoring, first need to run out of options for a slow, defensively suspect, non-physical winger to become the best option.

He might very well be European bound.

To me the surprise isn’t that Kubalik, Barrie, Hoffman, Shattenkirk, JVR, Schultz haven’t signed yet - it’s that Sprong has. These guys should all have been on the same ‘wait for camp and see if they can do better than a pto’ page. Sprong’s the one that broke the script.

Sprong was the youngest of the bunch was he not? Had he been on the wrong side of 30 he'd be sitting waiting also.

 

[the valiant effort]

And soon there will be 100+ more roster spots to round out with the Kubaliks of the world

 

[Boud]

He's that typical player that's not good enough for a top 6 spot and isn't adapting to play a bottom 6 role. Teams put him in the bottom 6, he struggles. The guy has no confidence and plays uninspired hockey. He'll be out of the league soon. He seems to be refusing the notion that he should change his game and he still plays like he's waiting for a pass from Patrick Kane.

It's odd he just can't put it together. He has the size, the speed and the shot to be an effective NHLer but he doesn't bring any value to the bottom 6. He could be a great player if he played with more intensity and commitment defensively.

So all in all, he can shoot a puck hard but isn't good enough otherwise to put himself in a position to use that shot. Useless player.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Nobody is shocked. Not a winning player, his random bursts of scoring do not even remotely make up for completely lackadaisical one-way, non-physically involved play and black hole-like drain on a team's metrics at even strength.

Ottawa didn't make him bad. San Jose didn't make Labanc bad. Ottawa and San Jose have been bad because they have to ice players like Kuablik and Labanc.

Ottawa has been bad because up until recently they were run by an owner who didn't give a f***.

 

[byrath]

Looked like he'd have a fairly long career as a ES-sheltered sniper/PP specialist ala Hoffman, but four goals and zero assists in ~2:00 avg PP time last year is ugly. Probably a PTO, 50/50 if he's in the NHL or Europe this year.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Probably goes to Edmonton.

 

[BKarchitect]

Ottawa has been bad because up until recently they were run by an owner who didn't give a f***.

Fair but replacing guys like Kubalik with a ham sandwich is a step in the right direction.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Fair but replacing guys like Kubalik with a ham sandwich is a step in the right direction.

Ham Sandwiches are good

 

[nbwingsfan]

I could think of a few teams that could use a 20+ goal scorer my own included there is a spot open at LW for somebody.

And yours to considering both Landeskog and Nuke are out.

And even if Landeskog does come back he's been out a LONG time will he be the same?

The problem is he might not be a 20G scorer

He always seems to score a ton of goals in a very short period of time, then disappears and is a liability for 70% of the season

He’ll get a ~$1M contract somewhere most likely though

 

[Snuggs]

Panthers could find a spot for him on a 1 year minimum and I think they might actually need a forward on the bottom four, unless they've got rookies/prospects penciled in I'm not exactly savvy with their young guys.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Panthers could find a spot for him on a 1 year minimum and I think they might actually need a forward on the bottom four, unless they've got rookies/prospects penciled in I'm not exactly savvy with their young guys.

That would be a chance wor taking for them for sure.