Agreed. Not going to get too far out over my skis, but he intrigued me yesterday.Thought he played well. Speed and passing. Had some take aways.
Do we go with nutty?
From what I hear on HFBoards(so take that into consideration): He has not shown enough in his time with Minny up from the minors to show he has the flashes for being an NHL scoring forward. Also lacks consistency.Wonder why they gave up on him. All these guys we added are very young.
Should have just kept Boqvist, they seem like similar players ... hoping for the best but if Merkulov is too small what chance does Marat have? he is quicker, so hopefully that translates to a higher upside.Ceiling is lower but Sweeney has typically done a good job with trades like these, e.g. Haula for Zacha and getting Kastilec as a "throw in".
Hope it works out - good bottom 6 players are important.
Cher, Madonna, Sting, Khusnutdinov....He is so good that he doesn't even need a first name![]()