GDT: Game 55 Sharks vs Canadiens 7:30pm

[MackAttack71]

Mack sounds like a captain already as he speaks about teammates and former ones. Very respectful, i really appreciate it!
It's obviously his team right now.
Give him the "C".

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Mack sounds like a captain already as he speaks about teammates and former ones. Very respectful, i really appreciate it!
It's obviously his team right now.
Give him the "C".

He will definitely get it once Couture is "officially" done.

 

[STL Shark]

Who do you want to bring in to help the top-6? We need someone to replace Granlund. Idk if there's a young guy ready for that yet.

I'd bring in Copp/Compher for compensation from Detroit (preferably Copp). They're not great, but could survive as the 6th forward in the top 6 next year probably. From there, it depends how the draft goes in terms of whether we get Schaefer versus Misa.

I'd also look at someone like Zucker on a short-term deal given the year he's having in Buffalo. Obviously wouldn't expect him to shoot at a 19.6% clip again, but think he'd be a nice veteran piece on a line with Smith and Zetterlund.

Not really looking to go all in on trading for a top 6 winger at this juncture given the number of options in the system right now. Really just need one of Musty, Chernyshov, Graf, or Haltunnen to hit as a 2nd liner and you start to feel good about that group. If you draft Misa, you basically have your 2nd line of Misa-Smith-Zetterlund for the future.

Then with Macklin, I'd expect his RW to be a revolving door sort of like Crosby had since he should be able to elevate and carry that line without necessarily having two bonafide top liners with him.

 

[Zarzh]

Poturalski has shown why he only gets one or two games before getting sent down.

 

[Jargon]

Poturalski has shown why he only gets one or two games before getting sent down.

I really dislike this take when the dude came into the Top 6 and has multiple good chances out there. We had regular NHLers make dumbass plays all game and our goalie is terrible, focusing on Poturalski seems weird. I thought considering the situation he actually did well — far better than 2nd line Kunin would have.

 

[STL Shark]

I really dislike this take when the dude came into the Top 6 and has multiple good chances out there. We had regular NHLers make dumbass plays all game and our goalie is terrible, focusing on Poturalski seems weird. I thought considering the situation he actually did well — far better than 2nd line Kunin would have.

It is quite an odd "own" that some like to pile on with unnecessarily. Like cool, we all sort of figured there was a reason that he was in the AHL all of these years and not the NHL with multiple orgs.

Not like that crowd is rebutting someone saying "Poturalski should get serious look at 3C" or something like that. He's a good piece for the Cuda and happy that he's getting some NHL time heading into the 4 Nations break.

Shouldn't likely be here after that once Wennberg is back, but the attempt at piling on him like anyone thinks something to the contrary is ridiculous and par for the course for the handful of posters doing it.

 

[Hodge]

Copp is a good backup plan but adding Bennett would really set us up well long term. Have him center Smith and Zetterlund next season with Smith getting reps taking draws on the right side. Eventually run Celebrini-Smith-Bennett down the middle for some terrific center depth. We would be able to get away with spending less on the wing too.

Chandler Stephenson (6.25Mx7) is probably the bare minimum but I'd go up to 7x7 if he has any interest in playing here.

 

[TheBeard]

The funny thing is, I thought this was one of Goodrow’s better games this season.
And he was still virtually useless.Bi

The funny thing is, I thought this was one of Goodrow’s better games this season.
And he was still virtually useless.

His hockey stat card agrees with you.

Also, I thought this was another good game for Ferraro. I would not trade him until next season’s deadline.

 

[STL Shark]

Copp is a good backup plan but adding Bennett would really set us up well long term. Have him center Smith and Zetterlund next season with Smith getting reps taking draws on the right side. Eventually run Celebrini-Smith-Bennett down the middle for some terrific center depth. We would be able to get away with spending less on the wing too.

Chandler Stephenson (6.25Mx7) is probably the bare minimum but I'd go up to 7x7 if he has any interest in playing here.

I don't like paying guys destined for 3rd line duty on 7 year deals. Particularly a guy whose game is based on physical play and skating, but is going to be in his age 29-35 year old seasons. It's not a skillset that is going to age well, and the current has missed an average of 16 games a year since 2018-19 while barely scoring at a 50 point pace. I get that he does other things to impact winning, but those things aren't going to continue as he ages.