Poile got a player Preds wanted. Good player. Did his play on his one year show me deal warrant this contract? Maybe but it’s a little high and lengthy but fairly normal these days. Expectations by Preds is probably high.So much for not being close lol.
about 1 million too high for that term but not horrible.
Yea I don’t dislike Grablund I just would rather his time go to younger forwards at this point in time
Unless they fall for the sunk cost fallacy, there's no reason he should be a lock for top6 if say Glass outperforms him at center and Tomasino at wing any time in the next 4 years.not a fan. this takes up a slot in our top 6 for the next 4 years. he was decent last year but he performed at poor clip considering ice time. expectations we had for him taking into account considering we traded fiala for him.
that said.. i don’t hate it. it shouldn’t be an awful contract at any point with that salary. Duchene, johansen, kunin, Forsberg (if we can resign), granlund now seem to be the bread and butter of our top 6 for the foreseeable future.
Yeah, and he'd be overpaid, but would be effective playing in a 3rd line role. Part of the reason I like both Granlund and Haula is they are both pretty versatile players (plus PK, plus PP).Unless they fall for the sunk cost fallacy, there's no reason he should be a lock for top6 if say Glass outperforms him at center and Tomasino at wing any time in the next 4 years.
Hynes loves granlund. I think he’s more likely to be in top 6 than not if Hynes is at the helm.Unless they fall for the sunk cost fallacy, there's no reason he should be a lock for top6 if say Glass outperforms him at center and Tomasino at wing any time in the next 4 years.
A silver lining, maybe, is that Hynes deployed units last season by their effectiveness, not by the status of the player or line (reference the complaining about our "best" players with reduced icetime). Whether Granlund is the second line center or 4th line winger, I don't think it's going to block younger players from getting the time if their play is effective.Thinking on this again.. maybe my dislike for this deal is misguided. If we weren’t using 2 spots on johansen and Duchene, I may be more positive. I think my dislike is for what our top 6 seems like it will be for the next 1-2 years.
Assuming we also re-up Haula, I would also really like to see one more trade to bring in a new player.Show us something Poile and move Duchene now.
Assuming we also re-up Haula, I would also really like to see one more trade to bring in a new player.
I doubt they can be "gone"d. But maybe it means we bump Duchene back down to the Cousins-Haula line, and Grimaldi is gone'd. He's a lot easier to make disappear. (Heck you can just put him in your pocket and then lose him in the washing machine... )If we bring Haula back, one of Duchene/Joey needs to be gone.
Yup. Aside from maybe another Milwaukee F and D. And then moving on to our RFAs.I think we are done. Need to let the kids play.