DaveG
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I mean 45% isn't great but it's also nowhere near early career McDavid or Jack Hughes as well. And Necas has been steadily improving.
Or move Necas for Linholm.Necas being able to make the transition to C would definitely give us some options.
I totally agree.. it has been really hot the last few days.A C needs to be our target before Karlsson. Please and thank you
He isn't bad and has asked to play in the center in the past, even in his AHL days...however, he didn't get his father's faceoff acumen.Any chance he could be an effective 2C moving forward?
Thanks for the input!He isn't bad and has asked to play in the center in the past, even in his AHL days...however, he didn't get his father's faceoff acumen.
Frankly speaking, he's playstyle is best suited at wings.
Aho's offer sheet was on the money part right in between what the peesumed opening bids from Canes and from Aho was. The difference was term, Canes wouldn't have budged from 8 years and Aho didn't feel like ruining his summer trying to get his wanted 5 years. The paper ended up paying for less UFA years, but for the money it was fair to the extent that the Canes brass didn't initially seem to believe the sum was so low.Aho isn’t taking a home team discount either. He made sure he got paid with his offer sheet ploy and it looks like he will get paid again and he won’t be taking a discount to sign long term with us.
McDavid, Eichel, Draisaitl all were signed onto 8 yead contracts in 2017 with McDavid and Eichel still having year left on their ELC. The talk at time was that NHL contracting is shifting in favor of the RFAs, the best of whom were the best players in their team whose name sold most jerseys.Those [Matthews, Marner] deals were always out of line with what every other team paid their stars at those specific points in their experience/careers in the league….
Well….is Tarasenko a better scoring forward than Svech and Necas? Currently?I’m not really overly concerned about the 2C. Kotkaniemi in the second half of the season was basically scoring at a 2C pace.
Sure, if you can get a guy like Lindholm, go for it. But I don’t think we’re weak down the middle if we go into the season with KK on the second line again (especially if we can pull off the Tarasenko signing and give him a scoring wing to play with).
Where did I say Tarasenko was better than anyone else? All I was pointing out was giving KK a scoring wing can possibly have him putting up 2C production for an entire season. That doesn't mean I think Tank is better than everyone or that we don't have any (we do lack them, however).Well….is Tarasenko a better scoring forward than Svech and Necas? Currently?
You said “if we can get Koko a scoring wing to play with”. Svech and Necas started off as Koko’s linemates this past season. Those were our best two this season. He’s going to play with one of them at least or Jarvis. Point is, he’s already been playing with talented wingers for us so I don’t think Tank is the answer there - but you never know who someone is going to have great chemistry with.Where did I say Tarasenko was better than anyone else? All I was pointing out was giving KK a scoring wing can possibly have him putting up 2C production for an entire season. That doesn't mean I think Tank is better than everyone or that we don't have any (we do lack them, however).
But to answer your question. Svech is currently better and has been for a couple years now, but he's most likely not playing on a line with KK so he's moot. Necas, no. He's too streaky for me to consider him a better "scoring" forward yet, he's a better playmaker though. But i've also been trying to ship Necas on the first flight out of Raleigh for the past 2 months so I'm probably not the best person to ask that one to.
... and he didn't really produce with Svech but later showed chemistry w/Necas (who, again, I don't consider to be a "scoring" forward) and TT. What's the issue with me claiming that getting KK a "scoring wing" could help unlock future production? I think taking the chemstry found between KK/Necas and replacing TT with a multi-time 30+ goal scorer (even if he's not in his prime) might work. If you don't think Tank is the answer and/or that KK doesn't really belong as a #2C, that's perfectly fine. But I'm failing to see the big issue with what I said. Hell, maybe KK's chemistry was with TT all along and pairing them with a scoring wing is the answer, who knows. Also, we might not even sign Tarasenko making all of this moot lol.You said “if we can get Koko a scoring wing to play with”. Svech and Necas started off as Koko’s linemates this past season. Those were our best two this season. He’s going to play with one of them at least or Jarvis. Point is, he’s already been playing with talented wingers for us so I don’t think Tank is the answer there - but you never know if someone is going to have great chemistry with.
Necas got us 70 pts for 3 mill. I can see wanting to add to him, I don’t understand wanting to subtract. Not a lot of players out there that we’re gonna get that are improvements on that.
I get the net talent argument, but it's not that simple. If you flip Necas to C, his game changes due mostly to the D responsibility for a center. He'd need to play down lower and he's not going to be able to pop out in transition nearly as often. Having the mentally rethink the game will take time, as it did for Aho when he made the switch (albeit earlier in his career).There’s too much of a focus on position, to me. Flip flop Necas and Kotkaniemi, and no one says anything about the structure of the team, despite the net talent being the same.
Their 5v5 retrieve/point shot/repeat style is very fluid. Necas is going to swoop and attack the line with speed on breakouts anyway, regardless of where he’s slotted.
I see it kind of differently. The recency bias with KK and Necas is an interesting dynamic but I don't buy it. KK finished strong while Necas didn't but that really doesn't necessarily carry over to the following season. They both make too many bad decisions with the puck and commit a number of unforced turnovers as a result. I do think the Canes are weak down the middle with an up-and-down KK, a fading Staal and likely Drury. Not great in my book.I’m not really overly concerned about the 2C. Kotkaniemi in the second half of the season was basically scoring at a 2C pace.
Sure, if you can get a guy like Lindholm, go for it. But I don’t think we’re weak down the middle if we go into the season with KK on the second line again (especially if we can pull off the Tarasenko signing and give him a scoring wing to play with).
Not if I'm Nashville.Would you trade Pesce for Askorov?