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bleedgreen said:
We should have Burns stay in a lower role if we can get an upgrade.

I don’t see that much of a difference in him. This is almost completely the result of losing Pesce and Skjei while giving those minutes to the current top two pairs who just aren’t as good defensively.

As someone else said earlier, Nikishin isn’t likely to fix this by himself.
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Burns nhl edge stats have deteriorated pretty significantly this year versus LY and in particular versus 2 years ago. He probably has met his past sale date.

Time for Canes to move on.
 
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Finlandia WOAT said:
Reading Ken Dryden's (audio)book Scotty, about NHL legendary coach and infamous curmudgeon Scotty Bowman. It's a semi-autobiography of the man interspersed with his descriptions and explanations of his top 8 teams in NHL history.

I have a lot of thoughts, but I thought this was funny: one of the teams is the 55-56 Canadiens. Their coach, Hector "Toe" Blake would spend his Fridays at his desk, surrounded by stacks of paper. Back then the NHL didn't track stats, so Blake had it done in house. He would follow data like "who was on ice for a goal against," and if he kept noticing a guy was on ice for a lot of goals against in his stacks of paper, but he thought they were fine, he would assume he'd missed something in the eye test and bench them.

Moral of the story: stat nerds have always been here. :nod:

Also I haven't gotten there yet, but one of his teams is the 14-15 Blackhawks, which means Teuvo Teravainen is in this book, and I think that's charming
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What a great goaltender he was and has had quite a multi-faceted career.

His book from the early 80’s “The Game” is a great read.

He also famously called the 1980 Miracle on Ice for ABC.
 
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bleedgreen said:
We should have Burns stay in a lower role if we can get an upgrade.

I don’t see that much of a difference in him. This is almost completely the result of losing Pesce and Skjei while giving those minutes to the current top two pairs who just aren’t as good defensively.

As someone else said earlier, Nikishin isn’t likely to fix this by himself.
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If you can get him cheap, maybe. But then you have Nikishin-Burns and Ghost-Walker as bottom pairings which isn’t great. I don’t want to think about Ghost-Burns. And does that put Chatfield with Slavin?

If you let Burns and Orlov walk that’s about $13M that can be used in part to find a good RD and then put Nikishin with either Chatfield or Walker.

Slavin-RD
Nikishin-Walker
Ghost-Chatfield

I don’t mind the look of that with a good RD. Needs Slavin and the RD to take the tough minutes but that person doesn’t need to be a PP QB.
 
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Chrispy said:
If you can get him cheap, maybe. But then you have Nikishin-Burns and Ghost-Walker as bottom pairings which isn’t great. I don’t want to think about Ghost-Burns. And does that put Chatfield with Slavin?

If you let Burns and Orlov walk that’s about $13M that can be used in part to find a good RD and then put Nikishin with either Chatfield or Walker.

Slavin-RD
Nikishin-Walker
Ghost-Chatfield

I don’t mind the look of that with a good RD. Needs Slavin and the RD to take the tough minutes but that person doesn’t need to be a PP QB.
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Morrow might be ready too.
 
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Borsig said:
If morrow is ready why didnt he get the call when Ghost went down? If its handedness, then hes not ready.
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Ghost=left

IMO, Canes want to give their young players full year in Chicago before considering them for the parent club. Thus, right D Morrow would only get a move up if there was a calamitous situation.
 
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Yeah, gone are the days where we get ravaged with injuries and 21 year old Slavin, Pesce, and Carrick all get called up to be half the D.

RBA clearly has a preference toward Smith, Stillman, Ryan, and then going out and trading for Coghlan again lol.
 
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I mean they have showed with both Jarvis and Blake if they think a guy and contribute and play they way they expect them to they will put them on the ice. To me this says they don't think Morrow is the best option right now. Is this because they don't think he is ready, is it because its too much for him to learn to play his off side, or is it because the D we play takes a lot to get under control and they don't want to stunt his growth?
 
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Derailed75 said:
I mean they have showed with both Jarvis and Blake if they think a guy and contribute and play they way they expect them to they will put them on the ice. To me this says they don't think Morrow is the best option right now. Is this because they don't think he is ready, is it because its too much for him to learn to play his off side, or is it because the D we play takes a lot to get under control and they don't want to stunt his growth?
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Rod has also been much more open to rookies making the team out of camp than being added mid season like Morrow would be.

Add in that it's Morrow's first season of pro hockey and I agree with letting him play in Chicago this season rather than calling him up as an emergency to QB PP1.
 
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