CBJWerenski8
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Confirmed with Link: Jackets get Paul Thompson from Penguins for Spencer Machacek
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Iron Balls McGinty
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Certainly not to give them a scoring shake up. Machacek had 19 pts. This Thompson guy has 6.
CBJWerenski8
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Zen Arcade
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Thompson is sort of a poor man's Matt Moulson.
He has a quick release and good hands in tight, but he doesn't bring a whole lot outside of that.
He's a poor skater and isn't very physical, despite having decent size.
The writing was on the wall with him seeing reduced icetime, he fell out of favor with WBS' coaching staff for whatever reason.
He has a quick release and good hands in tight, but he doesn't bring a whole lot outside of that.
He's a poor skater and isn't very physical, despite having decent size.
The writing was on the wall with him seeing reduced icetime, he fell out of favor with WBS' coaching staff for whatever reason.
Iron Balls McGinty
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Wasn't Machacek a "change of scenery" deal with Winnipeg too? Seems like his career has reached its max level.
cbjgirl
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Machacek sounds like a real whiner. Pulled this stunt in Winnipeg too. No wonder his career is going nowhere.
Iron Balls McGinty
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Here is where the CBJ is a winner in the deal. Thompson is a UFA at the end of the year and makes about 100k less than Machacek who is RFA.
Both teams get someone they will probably let walk at the end of the year and the CBJ save the pro-rated amount of the salary difference on the contract for the rest of the year.
JacketsFanWest
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Machacek was unhappy in the Winnipeg organization after being sent back to the AHL and was rather inconsistent and just vanished for long stretches. He wasn't going to be called up any time soon and there really wasn't any room for him to make the Jackets. If he wanted out of Winnipeg, I could see that same thing happening in Columbus. The writing was already on the wall that he wasn't going to be resigned and didn't have a future in the organization.
Thompson has some potential to turn things around.
Thompson has some potential to turn things around.
Spot on. He was a healthy scratch a few times this season. His act is wearing thin at this point and he may be headed to Europe next season.
Zen Arcade
Bigger than Kiss
For what it's worth, I don't see Thompson being a headache for you guys.
I've never really heard anything in regards to him being anything less than a solid citizen in the locker room. He just doesn't have that extra gear that seperates the Jason Krogs and Chris Minards of the world from NHL players.
His scoring should pick back up in Springfield, I'd think.
