Joeyjoejoe
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Giroux declining, Tarasenko gone, no blue chip prospects.
And Stutzle is the only guy you can feel confident about carrying his line.
Our top end could go from good to awful.
Giroux declining, Tarasenko gone, no blue chip prospects.
And Stutzle is the only guy you can feel confident about carrying his line.
Our top end could go from good to awful.
Chychrun is a big asset I would move. He's not a good fit here, and we need to balance our D.I'd like to see us move Tank and get somebody like Connor Brown (from his time here), a penalty killing two way energy guy that plays in our middle 6.
Then get someone to upgrade MacEwen...
Tkachuk-Stü-Giroux
Brown type-Norris-Batherson
Greig-Pinto-Joseph
Kelly-Kastelic-upgrade (Branchise for now?)...
On d, I'm not sure what we'll do, the balance is off unless we play a LHD on the right, I'd like to get Kleven in the lineup eventually, but idk about Chabot with Chychrun.
Chabot-JBD
Sanderson-Zub
Chychrun-...
It would be nice to find a beefy RHD, not sure how we go about it in practice though.Chychrun is a big asset I would move. He's not a good fit here, and we need to balance our D.
Chabot - Beefy RHD
Sanderson - Zub
Brannstrom - JBD <- this line shouldn't get as many minutes as the top 4
(with Kleven coming up soon)
The top 6 should get automatically better after an off-season of rest and recovery from Norris, Stutzle and Batherson. But yeah, a Brown type on the top 6 would be welcome.
DeMelo is 194 apparently, and he's beefy enough for my purposes. Surely we can trade Chychrun and get a DeMelo type + other assets?It would be nice to find a beefy RHD, not sure how we go about it in practice though.
Fun fact, there are only 68 RHD who have played this year that weigh 200+ lbs.
If you set the threshold to 210, it's 34.
Maybe you can find a bottom pair option that's available, but the pickings get slim if you want someone who has proven they can play 18+ mins a night,
Not sure Hamonic and his 15 mins a night are the problem. Although, he's admittedly not the solution eitherJust need to keep Hamonic away from games
Not sure Hamonic and his 15 mins a night are the problem. Although, he's admittedly not the solution either
DeMelo and Beefy are not two words I expected to see together....DeMelo is 194 apparently, and he's beefy enough for my purposes. Surely we can trade Chychrun and get a DeMelo type + other assets?
For this team, my "beefy" would simply be "big enough not to get knocked out of the puck easily", but hopefully a bit more puck moving skill and IQ than Hamonic... My standards are low, I guess...DeMelo and Beefy are not two words I expected to see together....
Idk, I was thinking you wanted someone like Parayko, or Adam Larsson. Maybe a guy like Mayfield or Carlo...
Connor Murphy or maybe Hakanpaa who is UFA from Dallas?
I want someone who clears the front of the net and wins board battles, we need penalty killers if Hamonic is getting pushed off the team,For this team, my "beefy" would simply be "big enough not to get knocked out of the puck easily", but hopefully a bit more puck moving skill and IQ than Hamonic... My standards are low, I guess...
But yeah Larsson would be ideal. Love Mayfield. Hakanpaa fits the bill.
So are ever gonna get to the bottom of this Formenton thing?
Is he excommunicated from the NHL?
I want someone who clears the front of the net and wins board battles, we need penalty killers if Hamonic is getting pushed off the team,
Assuming Chych is the odd man out (or feel free to flip him with Chabot I guess)
Chabot-Hakanpaa
Sanderson-Zub
Kleven?-JBD
it's not sexy, but I do think they could be effective. Maybe with trading one of Chabot or chych you get that 2nd line 2way guy, or maybe we just run with what we have once Pinto is in the line
Tkachuk-Stü- Giroux
Greig-Norris-Batherson
Branchise-Pinto-Joseph
Kelly-Kastelic-MacEwen
Extra: Smejkal
For this team, my "beefy" would simply be "big enough not to get knocked out of the puck easily", but hopefully a bit more puck moving skill and IQ than Hamonic... My standards are low, I guess...
But yeah Larsson would be ideal. Love Mayfield. Hakanpaa fits the bill.
If Montour makes it to UFA it will be interesting to see how much he signs for given he has had a down year. (21GP 1G 5A 6PTS after having shoulder surgery.). Might be a good time to buy low... Brandon shoots right, plays physical and join the rush..Players I can see this team targeting in the free agency:
Noesen
Lafferty
Bertuzzi
Martinook
Boyd
Seeler
Zadorov
Montour
Cole Smith
Sundqvist
Clutterbuck
Cousins
Lyubushkin
Bogosian
Edmundson
Yup, Pesce is the one. Only problem is that he may not want to sign here and I think he'll be deteriorating halfway through the contract it'll take to get him.Pesce would be target #1 as an RD UFA for me. I would move Chychrun , if we can get a good 2way winger back along with a 1st + I would look for that.
Dumba RD UFA could be an alternative at a lower price tag and shorter term. Not big but he plays hard and still has better mobility than JBD/Hamonic
Other RD UFA options
Brandon Montour, Matt Roy, Justin Schultz, Demelo
Think bottom 6 depth, size grit some speed and ability
UFA LW options that I would give a hard look at
Jake Debrusk
Warren Foegele
Jordan Martinook
William Carrier
Sammy Blais
Girgensons
Nosek
UFA RW options to look at
Brandon Duhaime
Hudson Fasching
Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Alexander Barabanov
So who are the "good but not necessarily great RDs who are about 26 years old" that we could target via trade of one of our core pieces for next year?
Someone who is getting pushed down from their top pair by an uocoming young stud? A young stud who won't crack the top 4 of where he is just yet and could be awesome here?
John Marino with Hamilton on the right and Nemec looking as though he’s a 20+ minute a night guy already. He’s expensive for the 3rd pair and has a NMC kicking in July.So who are the "good but not necessarily great RDs who are about 26 years old" that we could target via trade of one of our core pieces for next year?
Someone who is getting pushed down from their top pair by an uocoming young stud? A young stud who won't crack the top 4 of where he is just yet and could be awesome here?