Jesus is Megna overhyped here. Give me Booth any day
Er, I don't know about that. The last season I saw Booth put up any significant numbers it was because he was doing the sort of stuff that Yakupov does. Leaving the zone on faceoffs, cherry picking instead of covering the point man, that kind of thing.
That Tasmanian devil of a player who was a lot better than Pascal Dupuis has been MIA for closer to six years than three. The modern Booth is probably more in line with Comeau than anyone else on this roster.
I'm no fan of Megna, but I've never seen him play as irresponsible as I've seen Booth 2.0 play.
"12th/13th forward who should probably be getting 1st line minutes in the AHL"
Setoguchi or death, amirite?
I love Megna, but I think what he did with Geno is going to be pretty much irrelevant to his career.
I would think Sutter and Spaling need to be signed before we sign anyone else.
The more I read about Spaling, the more I think his max value would be as a 3C here and a primary PKer. He was blocked in that role recently in Nashville with Fisher, Legwand, Gaustad, Cullen, Smith, Wilson all lining up at center at different points in time.
If Sutter won't sign a 3+ year deal, I would hope JR doesn't let any biases with his history with Sutter affect his judgment. Move him for help at win and go with Spaling and Goc at center.
I doubt Sutter wants to sign a 3+ year deal after the season he just had, though.
I'd be willing to overpay him a little to buy more UFA years. If he won't take around 3.5 for 3-4 years, then move him. He'd be refusing b/c he wants to hit free agency and/or play in a bigger role on a lesser team.
I agree with that. I find the Sutter situation interesting, I can very easily see him being moved for a winger.
I agree with that. I find the Sutter situation interesting, I can very easily see him being moved for a winger.
Unless Bennett's recovery is going exceedingly well, Adams will have to be in the opening day lineup.
The more I think about Sutter at 3.5-4 mil per, the more I'd prefer to move him for some sort of scoring wing return. Either an established one or a good prospect to shore up the pool and free up some cap space.
i dunno what started this idiotic "bennett won't be ready for the season" ******** but it's getting ridiculous. never was it ever implied that he wouldn't be ready for day 1, it was specifically said that he had a hardline 4 months for recovery
people keep parroting this **** and it's infuriating
People have seen enough prolonged Bennett timelines to add 3-4 months to the projected one, rightly or wrongly.
i dunno what started this idiotic "bennett won't be ready for the season" ******** but it's getting ridiculous. never was it ever implied that he wouldn't be ready for day 1, it was specifically said that he had a hardline 4 months for recovery
people keep parroting this **** and it's infuriating
except he's had a similar surgery before. when it didn't take he just played
so what's the logical conclusion if this different surgery also doesn't work