DingDongCharlie
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- Sep 12, 2010
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Up front:
- Added Arvidsson & Skinner to the top 6.
- Will have a full season of Henrique.
- We now the version of Connor Brown that can play hockey.
- As it sits now we can LTIR Kane until healthy and he can be activated as we are no longer cap strapped. A healthy Kane is still a very valuable player.
Arvidsson + Skinner > Foegele + Holloway
The backend:
Everyone told me Ceci, Desharnais both sucked and that Broberg was a bust. Now that they've left we're a worst team than last year even though the consensus I've read is Edmonton improved up front? Losing Ceci and Desharnais is really supposed to negatively offset the additions made? Honesrtly...
- Josh Brown can replace what we lost in Desharnais at a much lower cap hit.
- Broberg's potential is a loss but let's not pretend is was some impact player last season. Do I think he will grow into that player though.
- It's amusing people will list Ceci as a loss when days ago it was "it will cost a 1st to move him" and "it's addition by subtraction if you move him", "an overpaid 3rd pairing D at best". He actually gets moved and the narrative changes pretty quickly.
Add to the fact the team is cap compliant even when Kane is activated + we're now able to build up cap space till the deadline and be in a better position to add an impactful piece. The deal will be easier if we're not in a "dollars in, dollars out situation".
- Added Arvidsson & Skinner to the top 6.
- Will have a full season of Henrique.
- We now the version of Connor Brown that can play hockey.
- As it sits now we can LTIR Kane until healthy and he can be activated as we are no longer cap strapped. A healthy Kane is still a very valuable player.
Arvidsson + Skinner > Foegele + Holloway
The backend:
Everyone told me Ceci, Desharnais both sucked and that Broberg was a bust. Now that they've left we're a worst team than last year even though the consensus I've read is Edmonton improved up front? Losing Ceci and Desharnais is really supposed to negatively offset the additions made? Honesrtly...
- Josh Brown can replace what we lost in Desharnais at a much lower cap hit.
- Broberg's potential is a loss but let's not pretend is was some impact player last season. Do I think he will grow into that player though.
- It's amusing people will list Ceci as a loss when days ago it was "it will cost a 1st to move him" and "it's addition by subtraction if you move him", "an overpaid 3rd pairing D at best". He actually gets moved and the narrative changes pretty quickly.
Add to the fact the team is cap compliant even when Kane is activated + we're now able to build up cap space till the deadline and be in a better position to add an impactful piece. The deal will be easier if we're not in a "dollars in, dollars out situation".
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