This boards reaction to this signing is surprising given he checks off all the boxes of things you guys don't want for this team.
He's slow, gritty, is no better than Bieksa, and is taking minutes away from a guy like Welinski who deserves to actually ****ing play. Hate this signing.
This boards reaction to this signing is surprising given he checks off all the boxes of things you guys don't want for this team.
He's slow, gritty, is no better than Bieksa, and is taking minutes away from a guy like Welinski who deserves to actually ****ing play. Hate this signing.
You might be comfortable handing the 3rd pair to the 'kids,' but I think we need a veteran to occupy one of the spots on that pair. Also, at 800K, if he gets outplayed in the middle of the year, then it won't hurt much to just sit him in favor of Larsson, Pettersson, Welinski, etc. It's way different than Bieksa, since it's not the same as putting $4 million in the press box every night.This boards reaction to this signing is surprising given he checks off all the boxes of things you guys don't want for this team.
He's slow, gritty, is no better than Bieksa, and is taking minutes away from a guy like Welinski who deserves to actually ****ing play. Hate this signing.
Because we have 4 fast defenseman and the team needed another stay at home physical d manBob Murray's an idiot. Says he wants to get faster and signs a slow ass bust defenseman.
This boards reaction to this signing is surprising given he checks off all the boxes of things you guys don't want for this team.
He's slow, gritty, is no better than Bieksa, and is taking minutes away from a guy like Welinski who deserves to actually ****ing play. Hate this signing.
Hickey will be worth that easily. I would have liked thatToday's bottom pairing defender signings:
John Moore 5x $2.75M
Roman Polak 1x $1.3M
Frederik Claesson 1x $0.7M
Kevin Gravel 1x $0.7M
Brandon Manning 2x $2.25M
Nick Holden 2x $2.2M
Thomas Hickey 4x $2.5M
I guess some of the guys in the $2+M range might be more able to help out on a 2nd pair when needed, but still, hard to dislike this signing.
Our need for more speed certainly wasn't going to be addressed by making our blue line even more mobile than it already is.