So they get rid of 2 forwards and a d and add a 2c. Who fills the other 3 or 4 spots since they likely have to give a roster player or 2 to get a 2c.
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eklund the clown
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any 2 C is better that what we have .Didn't have to be a superstar.They have no chance with no second line .Any scrub can fill 4th line and we have D to fill 6th spot.Savard or Armia could have got something better than Beck.He is just not ready.
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eklund the clown
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They would be traded for draft picks. No contender is giving up anything close to Beck. You would get a Reaves/Rempe level player. You would get far better value with picks.
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You'll have to do better than that...
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Whether they make the playoffs or not is inconsequential. What really matters is they keep fighting for it.
I wanted high picks. I didn't mind if the team was still bad for 4 to 5 years running (being the 4th year), because it's quite simply the minimum expected norm, not just for rebuilds, but just based on the logic of the time it takes for drafted players to come in AND also develop. And finally flourish.
Despite all that, one has to be impressed with the constant progression the team has had. It's often repeated that progression is not linear, but shit, if they play ,500 till the end of the season, they'll finish with 85 pts. That would actually be a pretty linear, constant progression.
55 ->+13= 68 -->+8= 76 --->+9=85
Making up 30pts in 3 years is incredibly impressive for a team that finished dead last 35 months ago. And that's without getting the luck of drafting first in a strong draft year and getting an instant superstar (Kane, Matthews, Celebrini, Mack) or even luckier, a generational player (Crosby, McJesus).
That ~85pts team will still add important pieces from our drafts, like Demidov and Reinbacher, on top of having plenty of cap space to pounce on opportunities. I just don't get the Nancies. Everything has to meet their expectations, nevermind the actual results. If anyone thought they'd be a 90-100 pts team already, they had irrealistic expectations.
This is when Hughes' toughest tasks are ahead, but give him some friggin time to do it ffs. Same with MSL. The results should speak loudly enough, but people constantly nitpick at things without recognizing the broader picture. They've been impressive relative to appropriate expectations and should be given leeway, for now.
And please people, stop using Buffalo as an example of whatever narrative you're trying to peddle. We're already ahead of Buffalo and they've been rebuilding for 15 years. We've managed to stick around with Detroit and Ottawa and they've both been rebuilding for far longer.
I wanted high picks. I didn't mind if the team was still bad for 4 to 5 years running (being the 4th year), because it's quite simply the minimum expected norm, not just for rebuilds, but just based on the logic of the time it takes for drafted players to come in AND also develop. And finally flourish.
Despite all that, one has to be impressed with the constant progression the team has had. It's often repeated that progression is not linear, but shit, if they play ,500 till the end of the season, they'll finish with 85 pts. That would actually be a pretty linear, constant progression.
55 ->+13= 68 -->+8= 76 --->+9=85
Making up 30pts in 3 years is incredibly impressive for a team that finished dead last 35 months ago. And that's without getting the luck of drafting first in a strong draft year and getting an instant superstar (Kane, Matthews, Celebrini, Mack) or even luckier, a generational player (Crosby, McJesus).
That ~85pts team will still add important pieces from our drafts, like Demidov and Reinbacher, on top of having plenty of cap space to pounce on opportunities. I just don't get the Nancies. Everything has to meet their expectations, nevermind the actual results. If anyone thought they'd be a 90-100 pts team already, they had irrealistic expectations.
This is when Hughes' toughest tasks are ahead, but give him some friggin time to do it ffs. Same with MSL. The results should speak loudly enough, but people constantly nitpick at things without recognizing the broader picture. They've been impressive relative to appropriate expectations and should be given leeway, for now.
And please people, stop using Buffalo as an example of whatever narrative you're trying to peddle. We're already ahead of Buffalo and they've been rebuilding for 15 years. We've managed to stick around with Detroit and Ottawa and they've both been rebuilding for far longer.
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So, I think there's five teams fighting for two spots now.
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Buffalo are too far back and Boston and Islanders should fall off now that they've sold at the deadline.
That leaves Ottawa at 69 points after 62 games, Columbus (62 games) and New York (63 games) at 68 points (currently 3-3), Detroit and the Habs at 66 points after 63 games each.
Tight!
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Buffalo are too far back and Boston and Islanders should fall off now that they've sold at the deadline.
That leaves Ottawa at 69 points after 62 games, Columbus (62 games) and New York (63 games) at 68 points (currently 3-3), Detroit and the Habs at 66 points after 63 games each.
Tight!
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If McAvoy and Lindholm comes back soon Boston's lineup is pretty much as good as ours.
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Game is odd. 3-1 cbus, then rags 2 b2b sh goals. Then cbus scored 2 in a minute to end the 2nd
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My expectations may be too high. Maybe he’ll never be that good. But that’s where I’ve been hoping he gets too.
As it is though he’s been our most consistent player this season. I think I saw a stat that he has the 2nd highest percentage of goals scored for his team. We rely on him heavily.
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Yeah this feels like Caufield's breakout season even if on a PPG basis it isn't a big change.
1 out of 4 out west really put a damper on my hopes. Funny enough Laine doesn’t play and we get shutout.
Keeping hope since I was on the trade the UFAs bandwagon. I like the idea of memorial cup run for the boys in the AHL, so that’s a positive.
Keeping hope and scoreboard watching…
Keeping hope since I was on the trade the UFAs bandwagon. I like the idea of memorial cup run for the boys in the AHL, so that’s a positive.
Keeping hope and scoreboard watching…
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