Wade Redden, going from being scratched in the AHL to being in the Stanley Cup Finals! Ahahaha! Suck it New York
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That cap hit is on the books no matter what. Say he decides to retire next year for any reason, guess who has 5.5 mil in dead money for the next 3 years?
Its a huge deal to give to a guy who will be on your cap no matter what. Also Suter is paid high, but he should be in his prime the next 6-7 years which is well worth the price tag, where as Mark is on the wrong side of 30
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How's your burger?
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Feel bad for Rask. He didn't have much of a chance on any of those goals. Also, Crawford's awful on the glove side.
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Finnesotans?
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Raffi Torres just got a deal for 3 years at $2m per. So that sets a pretty good minimum for Clutter.
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Tell him we'll take him back.
Does anyone here honestly think Clutter is worth $2M annually?
I would say that it sets the ceiling. I cant stand Torres but he brings more to a team than Clutterbuck.
IMO- the fact that Torres signed for 2 as a UFA is a good sign for fans that want Clutterbuck back.
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The kid has high-end skating, and can rush the puck beautifully.
However, he's not especially good at defense. I've noticed he has trouble muscling players off the puck, and he gets caught out of position much too often - particularly around the net.
But, But, But....he would be our Top 4 Dman. I really don't want to wish ill on Leddy (although from talk from former HS classmates, he is a complete ***** and dumb as hell) but I would absolutely laugh if the guy gets sent back to Rockford and we, as a fanbase, can get off the high horse that he would be our savior on the blueline.
Who said he was our savior? I see some real potential, and I don't think the 'Hawks want to get rid of him.
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He's still young. He'll have highs and lows. Puck rushers are big time risk and reward. Look at Mike Green, big highs and lows.
He's still doing a hell of a lot better than Barker, and whenever he does well, that's going to sting.
He's still doing a hell of a lot better than Barker, and whenever he does well, that's going to sting.
My response was a little over hostile. My issue with what is going on with Leddy is people earlier this year championed him as a reason we weren't going to go far because we didn't have him on our blueline. That losing him was essentially the biggest mistake this organization has ever done and that we were going to pay for years on end about it. And it all simply comes from the fact the kid played his youth here and we traded him for Cam Barker. He is largely the #1 thing that every opponent of Fletcher on this board uses as to why he should be fired.
What I am seeing now are people finally coming to the realization that maybe he isn't nearly as good as we believed (or want) him to be.
Very true. But in order for Mike Green to be a 4th forward, there has to be a good stay at home defensemen to do that.
I think the exact opposite - he's better at this point than our organization ever conceived and Fletcher wishes every day he could have that trade back.
IMO if we had had Leddy this year we would have been noticeably more solid at the backline. 2cents
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