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[Honour Over Glory]

Curious if the Oilers land Hyman, he’s something that team desperately needs - A winger that isn’t an idiot at both ends.

 

[HandshakeLine]

That Seattle team looks f***ing awful so far. Some of these picks are the sort of shit you take if you want to make sure fans never show up and you tank for picks.

Ah, yes. I believe they call that approach The Ottawa Way.

 

[Pens1566]

I'd almost buy the "cap space" argument, if they don't take Tanev.

 

[XanderCrews34]

Heard from Rossi that Seattle is leveraging a move to Hartford so...SOURCES SAY that's the play here

 

[HandshakeLine]

Guys, it pains me to say this, but maybe Francis isn't a super genius?

 

[PensandCaps]

Curious if the Oilers land Hyman, he’s something that team desperately needs - A winger that isn’t an idiot at both ends.

The overpayment will be awful

 

[PensandCaps]

Guys, it pains me to say this, but maybe Francis isn't a super genius?

I'll wait until all the side deals are complete, but yah a ton of those picks were terrible.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I mean Jake’s shoulder is a ticking time bomb as well since the Penguins doctors operated on it, they’re less competent than that on the Simpsons that, Dr Nick.

I dunno. All shoulder injuries are tricky. But Jake has had one and it was by all accounts handled fine. Tarasenko has had multiple (was it four total?) and all but the last one were evidently botch-jobs.

He carries a 7.5M cap hit and 9.5M in real money next season. I can understand being reluctant. Though for the record I would not be surprised to see him bounce back big on a different team.

What would really suck is if the rumors were true and there is some kind of side deal where Philly ends up with him.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

It also seems like Seattle valued grit and character pretty highly. Lotta late rounders or undrafted, guys that spent a long time in the minors, even 3 ECHL alumni. They’re going to buy in and be hard to play against though on paper they still only look like a .500 club.

Mike Sullivan is looking at that roster and is like…

 

[PensandCaps]

Smart move is to tank for Bedard anyway. That'd be my 3 year plan. Rack up lotto picks.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

The overpayment will be awful

For who? We get to laugh.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The Oilers liked the Lucic contract so much that they want to do it again with Hyman

I wonder how long it takes McDavid to demand a trade.

 

[PensandCaps]

I dunno. All shoulder injuries are tricky. But Jake has had one and it was by all accounts handled fine. Tarasenko has had multiple (was it four total?) and all but the last one were evidently botch-jobs.

He carries a 7.5M cap hit and 9.5M in real money next season. I can understand being reluctant. Though for the record I would not be surprised to see him bounce back big on a different team.

What would really suck is if the rumors were true and there is some kind of side deal where Philly ends up with him.

Not really. Tarasenko is pretty much Ottawa Bobby Ryan at this point of his career. Will still be a decent player but inconsistent and injury prone.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Not really. Tarasenko is pretty much Ottawa Bobby Ryan at this point of his career. Will still be a decent player but inconsistent and injury prone.

Guess we'll see. 30+ goal scorers with that kind of frame and mindset don't just fall out of the sky. And he has a track record of producing. But again... shoulder injuries are rough, man.

 

[Gurglesons]

Guess we'll see. 30+ goal scorers with that kind of frame and mindset don't just fall out of the sky. And he has a track record of producing. But again... shoulder injuries are rough, man.

Ryan was bigger than Tarasenko.

Difference being Tarasenko was a 70 pt guy multiple years and wasn't playing with prime Getzlaf or still good Selanne.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Whoever is left holding the bag on signing Zach "Plays The Right Way" Hyman is gonna look silly by this time next season.

I mean... if the rumors of his demands are true.

That has "Chicago Cup Era Overachieving Grinder Contract" written all over it.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Bobby Ryan has/had that Vet chasing the Cup thing. Tank has his cup and a fat contract.

 

[HandshakeLine]

That has "Chicago Cup Era Overachieving Grinder Contract" written all over it.

I think you misspelled Maxime Talbot.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Whoever is left holding the bag on signing Zach "Plays The Right Way" Hyman is gonna look silly by this time next season.

I mean... if the rumors of his demands are true.

That has "Chicago Cup Era Overachieving Grinder Contract" written all over it.

He's basically an aging Andrew Shaw clone, or perhaps a Kunitz-lite

 

[Gurglesons]

Whoever is left holding the bag on signing Zach "Plays The Right Way" Hyman is gonna look silly by this time next season.

I mean... if the rumors of his demands are true.

That has "Chicago Cup Era Overachieving Grinder Contract" written all over it.

The funny part is Hyman has been terrible in the playoffs.

 

[PensandCaps]

Guess we'll see. 30+ goal scorers with that kind of frame and mindset don't just fall out of the sky. And he has a track record of producing. But again... shoulder injuries are rough, man.

He's had a ton of injuries in general. The skill is obviously there still, but he's gotten slower and more fragile.

I bet he can still rip 25-30 goals but not at a PPG pace, like a JVR type of 30 goal scorer, very few assists.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Guess we'll see. 30+ goal scorers with that kind of frame and mindset don't just fall out of the sky. And he has a track record of producing. But again... shoulder injuries are rough, man.

He had 3 surgeries, 2 were handled poorly, his 3rd one was done right and it’s why he realized how badly the other 2 were done. You know how you eat Steak at what you’d deem fancy restaurants until you’re in Japan and have a Wagyu steak and realize you’ve been lied to? That’s what happened to Tarasenko. He’s healthy, but if the Flyers do that side deal, good for them, he’ll destroy on that team.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

The funny part is Hyman has been terrible in the playoffs.

He needs to just do the grunt work so McDavid can float around by the blue line into the neutral zone like he always does.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I think you misspelled Maxime Talbot.

Hahahaha...

I mean hey... good for ol Max.

Hope he sent his buddy Geno plenty of gift baskets with some of that money. Or some sweet AVP memorabilia. Whatever.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

He had 3 surgeries, 2 were handled poorly, his 3rd one was done right and it’s why he realized how badly the other 2 were done. You know how you eat Steak at what you’d deem fancy restaurants until you’re in Japan and have a Wagyu steak and realize you’ve been lied to? That’s what happened to Tarasenko. He’s healthy, but if the Flyers do that side deal, good for them, he’ll destroy on that team.

I gotta wonder about these team doctors, man. Seems like some pretty shady business, oftentimes.

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