GreatGordie9
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We need to get another right D. Holl and Petry don't cut it. Stevie I expect will trade for a right D whether it is Trouba or not.
Confirmed with Link: Erik Gustafsson (2 yrs x $2m)
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GreatGordie9
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Stevie, did mention that it was going to be difficult not only sign his free agents but others. You must remember he still has to sign Seider and Raymond which may take 15-17 in cap space. I expect there are going to be trades coming..
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9 points on the power play to Gostisbehere's 29.
That quite a comparable number per ice-time, when Gustafsson had only 1:18 IT behind Adam Fox and Ghost was playing 3:21 at 1st PP.
Anyways, it's Moritz Seider who is gonna replace Gostisbehere's PP production at 1st PP and Gustafsson will play 2nd PP probably less than Seider minutes (2:16) at last season.
Seider is gonna get paid and then the production role and responsibility will be given for him. It's obvious.
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Yeah Seiders going to walk in and be a top 10 PP QB. Got it.
Even if true, Seider/Gust won't come close to matching Ghost/Seider as PP QB's.
The defense/goalie got marginally better, and now the PP is significantly worst. Teams headed straight for a top 5 pick.
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reading this forum sometimes you'd think Ghost was straight up holding the PP back and not behind only Makar/Hughes/Bouchard/Fox/Josi/Hedman in PP production at his position
I get people wanted him gone for his defense but it just comes across as ridiculous when you're that against admitting he actually did something well
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On the PP, the Wings scored at a higher GF/60 with Mo than with Ghost out there. And Ghost spent the bulk of the year on PP1.
At ES, the Wings scored at a higher GF/60 with anyone but Ghost out there. And Ghost got the easiest deployment in the league.
If the only way to justify your position on the team is to play you ahead of players that are better than you at your specialty? Yeah, you're holding the team back.
I get people want to Chicken Little the offseason but it just comes across as ridiculous when you're clutching pearls over the loss of the imminently replaceable Shayne Gostisbehere.
Honestly shocked we haven't seen any "now where will we be without Perron's leadership?!?" yet...
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This feels like gaslighting. You're not going to make me forget all the times he bobbled a perfectly fine pass at the blueline and muddled up zone-time because of it.
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Fine with this. Middle class man’s Ghost but with slightly better defense.
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We collect mediocre D and goalies like infinity stones.
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Gniwder
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So far much worse than I ever expected. It's rare for a $2M x 2 year contract to look bad so quickly. I hope he gets his head out of his ass.
Nothing but net on that shot, well done.. But maybe we can give it two games.
Gniwder
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Well, I'm in the same boat. I can't believe how bad he looks. I watched a few Caps games couple seasons ago, and I also don't remember him being this bad against the Wings when he played last year with the Rangers. I suppose having a real goalie helps mask D problems.
Didn't care how he looked in preseason but Game 1 he was awful. Wasn't expecting a lot out of him but like you I don't remember him being this bad at previous stops. Still, just one game. And on balance if we're going to go with not-good-enough place-holders until better options are available, I'd rather it be 2 years at $2M than 3 years at $3.2M. Obviously he needs to be better than Game 1.
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Gniwder
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Having a 7D making $2M wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for the fact that Holl is making $3.4M, so now we have $5.4M worth of D benchwarmers for 2 years plus Husso's $4.75M, and Copp at $5.6M for 3 more years. These bad signing are really starting to add up.
What's clearly obvious is that the team needs new pro scouts.
It's sort of a mixed bag with the pro scouting. Some of the forwards have been okay, Ned had some good moments and Lyon too of course. But pro scouting has been an issue for a long time, going back to when Mark Howe I think was in charge. There always seemed to be a disconnect with what the team needed and the coach being on board with who they brought in. I doubt Clueless Kostin, Suitcase Sprong and Hopeless Holl were what Lalonde was looking for last season.
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PelagicJoe
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I've been saying that about our scouts since before Holland left.
