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The thing about Lewis that scares me is that I feel LA really values him. Maybe enough to send incentive for Vegas not to take him. I say just roll with it. Not gonna cripple LA.
Lewis has become incredibly overrated around here.
Bottom six energy type players on great teams always get overrated.
Kirk Maltby, Shjon Podein, Kelly Buchberger etc.
I like Shore quite a bit too. Dunno if he'll ever see 30 points but he's a solid bottom sixer.
Dowd, I dunno, need more from him. I've always assumed he's let go as UFA after next year. From what I've seen, he's cheap, and that's about it. A placeholder until we see what a guy like Amadio can do in that role.
I think the player they take is a shocker like Clifford or Shore.
I hope you are right, especially about Clifford.
Hed probably come back and beat the **** out of half our roster for the next three years
Lewis. Born in Utah. Solid citizen as far as we know. Reasonable contract. Versatile. Probably a letter as soon as he gets a jersey. Really the perfect first year expansion team kind of player. That's the guy I'm taking if I'm the GM.
Exempte. I can't be the first.
Hed probably come back and beat the **** out of half our roster for the next three years
It's weird to me that Lewis, Clifford, McNabb, and to an extent Shore, Dowd, and even Muzzin, Martinez get dumped on so much here, but are otherwise viewed favorably in the hockey world. For example, is Lewis that grossly overpaid for what he does or is he that valuable for what he does you don't want to lose him.
I'm just here to see if Forbort was protected.
It's weird to me that Lewis, Clifford, McNabb, and to an extent Shore, Dowd, and even Muzzin, Martinez get dumped on so much here, but are otherwise viewed favorably in the hockey world. For example, is Lewis that grossly overpaid for what he does or is he that valuable for what he does you don't want to lose him.
You have a point.I am the only person to state this. If I'm Vegas, I take Nick Shore.
DS held him down and neutered him. He's not the next coming of anything,
but he's 24, while Dowd is 27 and Lewis 30. Vegas can probably get 6 better
D than McNabb. Doughty once called Nick Shore one of the best defensive centers
in the NHL. He's not a bad player.
His last year numbers in the AHL were better than Pearson or anyone not named Toffoli. 20 goals 22 assists in 38 games. He then had 18 pts in 19 playoff games. 60 pts in 57 games. If you put up more than a point a game in the AHL at the age of 22, you do not suck. The following yr, Pearson had 32 pts in 41 games in the AHL.
Was the last more than point per game player in the AHL for the Kings. I watched him 3 yrs up close at Denver U. He's a better player than he's shown...DS neutered him to playing D first, second and third and he only focused on D. He showed a few flashes in the last few games, when the Kings were out of it. He's going to be a good third liner. I think he breaks out to
12-14 G 18-20 A 30-35 pts this year.
2014-15 AHL 38 20 22 42 16 23
Gonna guess Nick Shore over Lewis. The 6 year gap is enough to take Shore IMO.