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Unless there were some side deals that were remarkable, Francis set this franchise back 10 years and prevented any immediate success.
Botch city
Botch city
Gourde 17 goals in 56They selected one 20 goal scorer in Eberle.
Vegas started out with like 5 or 6
Gourde 17 goals in 56
Donskoi 17 goals in 51
McCann 14 goals in 43
Jarnkrok 13 goals in 39
Blackwell 12 goals in 47
Then Eberle of course.
I could see Tanev getting close to 20 in more offensive role as well.
Seattle still have 28 million cap with 4 cheap RFA's to go in Dunn, Borgen, Cholowski and Twarynski.
So this roster is far from finalized. Let's reserve judgment.
Haha the biggest losers over the last 2 days have been the Pens and Seattle. Although, the Pens can now sign free agents, but the newly created cap will be spent on ZAR and MAF.How many teams actually got worse tonight besides the Pens?
How many teams actually got worse tonight besides the Pens?
How many teams actually got worse tonight besides the Pens?
Haha the biggest losers over the last 2 days have been the Pens and Seattle. Although, the Pens can now sign free agents, but the newly created cap will be spent on ZAR and MAF.
Gourde was a pretty important loss for Tampa, to be fair. But losing him helps out a team in cap hell.
Don't be so certain. Tanev scored 7 in 32 getting 76% D-zone starts. It's doable if healthy and used in a different role than here. He scored 14 before in Winnipeg, while being a shutdown guy there too. I feel he has more to give offensively.Lol to Tanev getting 20.
And still its about more than pace. Those aren't proven guys. Pick any one. JVR, Voracek, or Tarasenko and you have a know threat and face of the offense.
Yeah.Tampa is about to lose Gourde Goodrow and Coleman.
Thats worse than use losing McCann and Tanev
That's fair. Now all they have is the perennial Vezina favorite, the perennial Norris favorite, a 100pt player in Kucherov and supporting cast guys like Point and Stamkos.Tampa is about to lose Gourde Goodrow and Coleman.
Thats worse than use losing McCann and Tanev
Don't be so certain. Tanev scored 7 in 32 getting 76% D-zone starts. It's doable if healthy and used in a different role than here. He scored 14 before in Winnipeg, while being a shutdown guy there too. I feel he has more to give offensively.
Jarnkrok has 500 games. Gourde 300. Donskoi 400. McCann 350 and just had productive back to back seasons.
They are not new, unproven players. They have respectable career stats.
Don't be so certain. Tanev scored 7 in 32 getting 76% D-zone starts. It's doable if healthy and used in a different role than here. He scored 14 before in Winnipeg, while being a shutdown guy there too. I feel he has more to give offensively.
Jarnkrok has 500 games. Gourde 300. Donskoi 400. McCann 350 and just had productive back to back seasons.
They are not new, unproven players. They have respectable career stats.
Yeah.
And the Kraken didn’t pick up any bad contracts. The One they signed Penny’s Bro to is ugly though. They have lots of cap and their roster is far from done. I think they are going to be very active at the draft.
Francis is playing moneyball. Picked a bunch of young prospects with sneaky upside. There's no bad contracts outside of maybe Oleksiak. They're not handicapped.They are respectable but Seattle passed up on much more proven and better players. Unless something comes out of it, they did not have a good draft.
That's fair. Now all they have is the perennial Vezina favorite, the perennial Norris favorite, a 100pt player in Kucherov and supporting cast guys like Point and Stamkos.
(I do think losing those guys is going to hurt Tampa badly, to be clear)
Francis is playing moneyball. Picked a bunch of young prospects with sneaky upside. There's no bad contracts outside of maybe Oleksiak. They're not handicapped.
And there's a ton of cap left. Probably ~22 mil to use in Free Agency after the RFA's get signed.
We don't know what they are yet. Just wait.