GDT: Free Agency: Dr Strangedubas or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nerd

[Gurglesons]

Remember when Hextall signed Josh Archibald and was all strangely proud of it. He also "liked the team" after signing Rutta and Archibald.

And then proceeded to trade Marino and Matheson

Remember when Hextall said we were going to move a defenseman all summer and never did it too.

 

[66-30-33]

I'm guessing the goal is still to move Petry?

 

[Darren McCord]

60G vs 59G

82A vs 75A

141PTS vs 134PTS

Marginally better in every category assuming Nylander plays and there are no trades or signings

DOC had better numbers than Nylander and will most definitely play over him.

I also would be surprised if Nieto ends up the 13th forward.

Not Granlund - Eller - Nylander
DOC - Acciari - Carter
Neito

 

[HandshakeLine]

Anyone got any straws? I feel a powerful urge to grasp for something.

 

[Gurglesons]

So another way you can put it is that the team either stayed the same or got better in every area

I can’t wait for you to hate this roster in December as per usual after defending it all summer.

 

[Ryder71]

I'm guessing the goal is still to move Petry?

Hope so, but the way KD talked about him, not sure.

 

[SomeDude]

Top-6; Roughly the same. Zucker out for Smith is probably a slight bump offensively, but not much. Need Sid/Geno to be healthy again, which is probably a big ask at their age and with how many miles they've got on their bodies from hockey..

Even healthy, look how ineffective Sid was during the last stretch of the season. He is old and he wore out. The team folded around him. This isn’t even a viable strategy even if both were somehow guaranteed to play 82 games again.

Yet, here we are. At least “Fi-re Dub-as clap clap clapclapclap” rolls off the tongue and hands. We’ll be hearing it down the stretch again.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

So another way you can put it is that the team either stayed the same or got better in every area

Pretty much. Which is expected, but sucks for a team that hasn't seen the 2nd round since 2018 and missed the playoffs entirely in laughable fashion last season--when Sid and Geno were both healthy and productive.

 

[BusinessGoose]

So another way you can put it is that the team either stayed the same or got [MARGINALLY, nearly imperceptibly] better in every area

Fixed

 

[HandshakeLine]

I hate being right, not a bit here. It f***ing sucks that as cynical as I am, the team largely proves me right year after year.

 

[Empoleon8771]

DOC had better numbers than Nylander and will most definitely play over him.

I also would be surprised if Nieto ends up the 13th forward.

Not Granlund - Eller - Nylander
DOC - Acciari - Carter
Neito

Everything Dubas has said makes me feel like Carter is the guy that gets moved for cap space, not Granlund.

I think the 4th line is going to be O'Connor-Acciari-Nieto, and I really like the makeup of it. The 3rd line will have Eller at C and Granlund on RW, which isn't very good obviously (because Eller is a 4C and Granlund just isn't good), but I don't think they're done with it yet.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I can’t wait for you to hate this roster in December as per usual after defending it all summer.

That’s called having the ability to change your opinion based upon new data. Right now, people are just running around with emotion.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Fixed

Dumoulin to Graves is a massive improvement and the 4th line is massively improved as long as Carter isn't on it.

They need to finish the 3rd line, but that's about it.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Even healthy, look how ineffective Sid was during the last stretch of the season. He is old and he wore out. The team folded around him. This isn’t even a viable strategy even if both were somehow guaranteed to play 82 games again.

Yet, here we are. At least “Fi-re Dub-as clap clap clapclapclap” rolls off the tongue and hands. We’ll be hearing it down the stretch again.

My major hope is that Dubas can swing some moves as the season goes on but I don’t think we have anything of value to parlay with that we can move.

 

[Jacob]

Another thing we might be missing is someone might be starting the year on regular IR.

 

[PensandCaps]

It's good to know that free agency is done at 6:47 PM on July 1st.

So far, Dubas has collected the pieces for a good 4th line. He still has work to do with the 3rd line, but there are more moves this team is going to make.

I doubt it. I wouldn't expect much movement tbh. This is our cruddy bottom 6 for the most part. The 3C will be a glaring hole again.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Everything Dubas has said makes me feel like Carter is the guy that gets moved for cap space, not Granlund.

I think the 4th line is going to be O'Connor-Acciari-Nieto, and I really like the makeup of it. The 3rd line will have Eller at C and Granlund on RW, which isn't very good obviously (because Eller is a 4C and Granlund just isn't good), but I don't think they're done with it yet.

I don't even care who

That is fine, works for me

Will he do it, though?

 

[Empoleon8771]

I doubt it. I wouldn't expect much movement tbh. This is our cruddy bottom 6 for the most part. The 3C will be a glaring hole again.

They factually need to make more moves because the team isn't cap compliant.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Another thing we might be missing is someone might be starting the year on regular IR.

Please be Carter.

 

[Gurglesons]

That’s called having the ability to change your opinion based upon new data. Right now, people are just running around with emotion.

Lol. Okay. Anyone that looks at this roster knows it’s shit. Just wait until the predictions next fall.

 

[66-30-33]

Hope so, but the way KD talked about him, not sure.

Well, we can still do Granlund, Petry, 1st, for EK, add another team to eat 2M and we add a pick.

 

[Jacob]

Were there any other two-way deals besides Koppanen?

 

[Turin]

I hate being right, not a bit here. It f***ing sucks that as cynical as I am, the team largely proves me right year after year.

Yea you’ve suffered so much.

 

[Pancakes]

I think we're better than last year, but everyone else in the division except Philly got better too.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Even healthy, look how ineffective Sid was during the last stretch of the season. He is old and he wore out. The team folded around him. This isn’t even a viable strategy even if both were somehow guaranteed to play 82 games again.

Yet, here we are. At least “Fi-re Dub-as clap clap clapclapclap” rolls off the tongue and hands. We’ll be hearing it down the stretch again.

Anybody chanting fire Dubas after he signed a 7 year deal is wholly out of touch with reality. Both in terms of where this team's been at for years, and will be moving forward.

I'm not stoked with the moves, but for a team that's been firmly in "play it safe and boring" mode for years, with zero attractive assets to burn via trade, nobody should be surprised by this lukewarm puddle of piss.