Wayne Primeau
Stay Gold
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I cannot express how excited I'd be to see Jagr here.
I cannot express how excited I'd be to see Jagr here.
Jagr is still a good player I'd like to have him play with Bennett I think a Versteeg-Bennett-Jagr line would be a damn good possession line that could get around 40 points a piece. Also there are likely to be injuries so some AHLers will get opportunity (hopefully some of the 1st rounders instead of just Garnett Hathaway).
Also even with the price we payed for Lazar I think there is a chance we try and sneak him through waivers (Unless there is some surprise coming up it looks likely that 2 of Lazar, Porier and Shinkaruk will have to be sent down and I'm not sure Lazar will outplay them in training camp.
Shinkaruk: 14GP for the flames, 2 G 2 A 4 P
Poirier: 8GP for the flames, 0G 1A 1P
Lazar: 4 GP for the flames, 1G 2 A 3P
In his short time with the flames Lazar has shown to be vastly more NHL capable than either of the other two, so I'm not sure why you don't believe he can outplay them.
IMO there is next to no chance that someone claims poirier, even if he does have a great preseason, just because of his poor play last season and the news story.
Shinkaruk might be someone's waiver target, but I can't say I'd be that worried about losing him. It seems every team has a player or two like him already, and we've seen better players than him pass through waivers.
Lazar has the most value of the three (set by us, no way we could trade Poirier or Shinkaruk for a second) so I doubt we waive him unless we're absolutely forced to.
I think for Lazar though, he's going to be tested at C rather than penned in at RW. After Janko, we don't really have C depth and we don't have the picks to acquire C depth in the next year or two. Janko and Lazar are good options to have.
This season:
Mony, Backlund, Bennett, Stajan, Lazar, Janko, Nothing on the farm
Next season?
Mony, Backlund, Bennett, ?, Lazar, Janko, Nothing on the farm/no one to block
This is also why I've been curious if Stajan extended at a Verteeg-esque contract might occur next season or if there's a FA to be had. I really doubt Lazar/Janko/Bennett all solidify themselves as bottom 6 C > to Stajan, Stajan would play wing in general though if extended.
You had me until here- absolutely no to resigning stajan. Some people don't want Jagr because he'll block people coming up and we're talking about resigning matt frickin stajan haha
I love Jagr but I'd be lying if I said he was the old slow RWer I wanted to sign.