You guys are my favourite to come out of the East now. That D went from an issue to very good. He will replace what you lost with Montour and OEL. Great insurance for Ekblad leaving this summer, and arguably an upgrade on him imo.
He has been on a tire fire for 5 years with CBJ last year, the year Tortz had lost the team and everyone wanted out. Then walked into a hot mess in Chicago with a 10 game winless streak, a scandal, the coach and GM both canned in the first month and the eventual rebuild before his contract extension had even started.
The Hawks haven’t had a competent coach since Q and have had 4 first time head coaches including two interims. He’s seen 4 coaches in 4 years. He’s played with stalwarts such as washed up Martinez and De Haan, Maatta and some kids. Our best young D Vlasic has manned his own pair and they rarely played together.
It has become fashionable to shit on Seth since that big contract which he was over paid about 1-1.5 million at the time of the deal imo. With the cap going up and the retention it’s a no brainer at 7 million. Seth has clearly been checked out at times over the past couple years but when he has been engaged (there was a month stretch before First Nations) he still is a top pair D.
I had a theory on the Hawks board at the time that he must have gone to Kyle and talked about a trade and that Kyle was receptive to the deal. All of a sudden he seemed lighter in interviews, happier and playing a lot better. During that period he was looking like a legit number one. His points over that span were over a PPG I believe. He was clearly auditioning, Kyle must have told him that he needed to play at another level to be traded with that ticket.
He has been on a tire fire for 5 years with CBJ last year, the year Tortz had lost the team and everyone wanted out. Then walked into a hot mess in Chicago with a 10 game winless streak, a scandal, the coach and GM both canned in the first month and the eventual rebuild before his contract extension had even started.
The Hawks haven’t had a competent coach since Q and have had 4 first time head coaches including two interims. He’s seen 4 coaches in 4 years. He’s played with stalwarts such as washed up Martinez and De Haan, Maatta and some kids. Our best young D Vlasic has manned his own pair and they rarely played together.
It has become fashionable to shit on Seth since that big contract which he was over paid about 1-1.5 million at the time of the deal imo. With the cap going up and the retention it’s a no brainer at 7 million. Seth has clearly been checked out at times over the past couple years but when he has been engaged (there was a month stretch before First Nations) he still is a top pair D.
I had a theory on the Hawks board at the time that he must have gone to Kyle and talked about a trade and that Kyle was receptive to the deal. All of a sudden he seemed lighter in interviews, happier and playing a lot better. During that period he was looking like a legit number one. His points over that span were over a PPG I believe. He was clearly auditioning, Kyle must have told him that he needed to play at another level to be traded with that ticket.
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