Wasn't the timing being questionable generally the consensus around here? I don't remember there being that much support for it other than speculation it may have been needed for buy-in from the potential UFAs.100% agreed. Most posters here lambasted me for saying that at the time. But here we are.
What's crazy about it is it appears Trotz honestly thought Askarov was going to be happy to sit around as a back up until he hit UFA which is just mind blowing.
I am unsure. I think he handled the puck better, was dangerous offensively all game long and hard on pucks. Maybe the pace of play suited him better as it was a bit slower-pace? But I don't think that's it, we've played some slow teams lately as well.
Much like Vange, who has looked better recently, he got time with vets and his skill set complemented theirs. It's amazing what happens when you put kids, who you hope to be top 6 forwards, with vets, who are top talents, they produce like top 6 forwards.
That's why Brunette is frustrating, he's making decisions like he thinks a win matters. This time of year and in this situation is when you give your young guys chances to do things you might not normally do at the beginning of the season.
He's injured now. Find a way to keep him on LTIR and away from the team. Only 1 year left on contract and easy to deal with. Buy him out if all else fails.
Id prefer for our organization to never have that guy on payroll. Skinner for Saros makes the most sense to me. 1 for 1.
Doesn't work for them capwise. They have around 13 million in projected cap space next season with 19 signed and needing to extend Bouchard. Going from skinner to saros would take up around 5 million of that space. Bouchard will take up the rest. They would need to be cap in cap out if they took saros so they can fill out the rest of the roster.
Yeah, at this point if they need to include Evander Kane to make it work, we should just take it. Maybe Kane plays, maybe he doesn't and LTIRetires, I don't really care. The goal is to avoid the next 8 years of Saros' deal, and if the only team willing to help us out of that jam requires us to pay Kane $4M next season, then that's a small enough price to pay.
I know everyone keeps coming up with these type of trades but what makes anyone think that GMBT is gonna trade Saros? He "GMBT" traded away our supposed future goalie to keep him and then signed him to a long term contract. I don't think Saros is going anywhere. Neither is Bruno. GMBT thinks he has made the BEST moves ever and will continue down this path with the same type of players. So the current players had better play better. I think GMBT thinks he is Billy Beane and creating the Moneyball team.
I mean just look at how well most of his contract extensions have turned out from last year. Most have been traded haha.
I think they're pretty clearly being rewarded with more ice time for their hard work.
But they have been getting too much ice time all season! Those guys should be on the ice 10-12 minutes tops. If they PK then their 5 on 5 time needs to be 8 minutes or less, imho. Offense dies on their sticks. They have to know deep down that they are bit players and don't deserve what they have been getting.
I'm not even sold it will last that long. First time one of them makes a turnover all of them will get demoted.Good thing the season isn't only 80 games... we finally got there.
Of course, we know it won't last past the 1st period anyway, right?
Yes if you are one of the younger not "STAR" players. How many times have we seen Josi, FF9, Schenn or Marchy give up the puck, make a bad pass in own zone that leads to a score and nothing. But if a younger player does it...
