Yes and no. The biggest deadline capital is draft picks. To fill holes without getting a major player, that's going to cost you between 2nds and 4ths, maybe combinations.
I can read perfectly well thank you. What would you like me to do? I agreed with most of what you said. I said there is still a possibility that they can switch up the D pairings and move Lindgren down just like they did with Trouba last year which nobody thought was going to happen either. I don't know what you want me to tell you. This team is still going to be a 100+ point team if that doesn't happen.
The off season literally just started, I'm not sure why everyone is acting like THIS is it, no further changes/trades/signings/upgrading before the regular season starts in 3.5 months... and didn't Mikkola JUST win a Cup? Hahahaha. IF they go into the reg season exactly like this, there's always the TDL for rentals. I have no doubt they will easily make the playoffs. Laf will be even better, FOX hopefully won't be hobbled and maybe a couple of other players take steps as well. Not sure why you are writing off Jones either. If he can contribute that would be great. We have time to find out.
Yeah winning games in OT and staying healthy are not “breaks”. Breaks are sweeping Washington because Ovi missed the series with diarrhea or bouncing Carolina because Aho and Slavin broke each other’s hands playing patty cake.
Winning OT games is not "getting a break," it's finding a way to win. They did that all f***ing year.
Not my style, but it's the "win now" "our window is closing" crowd that's upset, no?
I'll push back on this.
yup, and was a top 5 vote getter this year even with the injury. imagine what he could do with a positive player as his partner?
Ironically we may be able to get a 2nd in a trade deadline rental trade for him if it doesn't work out.
I don't care if they keep him or not but if you don't think Fox wants to play with him, you cray.
I think Fox playing with Lindgren has very little to do, if anything, what with whatever "this" is. I also think shit here takes on a life of its own and as soon as a few vocal posters start throwing charts around and keep repeating the same shit over and over again you get the mob mentality. Lindgren isn't as bad as a lot of people here want you to think , because charts. I saw a pretty popular twitter guy throw out a score of 84 (I'm assuming out of 100) for Eric Freaking Guftasson. Really? Not to mention, the guy aint even signed and people are losing their minds. You've now had three coaches pair the same guys together for the most part. It can't all be just what the players want.
this is the Reilly Smith thread so i'm gonna splinter this into its own - it's an interesting topic imo
I'm for all of that. I'm just not gonna freak out if it doesn't happen by July 3rd. But if you think these guys are totally calling the shots, why would Fox willingly play with a guy that's keeping him from being the best he can be, costing him hardware and real dollars on his next contract? Why would Mika or Kreider willingly sabotage their seasons just to play with their bestie? I could maybe buy there are no better options, especially on D but it doesn't mean it's a country club or the inmates are running the asylum, i.e. more HF talking points.
Kreider SOMETIMES does. Zibs has at times. But I think of it as an extended window transitioning from the 93, 20, 10 core to the Laf, Fox core.
They won the pres trophy with boninno/wheeler/ pitlik/brod playing large portions of the season.
Whole heartedly agree.
As of the deadline compared to today:
Smith is an upgrade on Roslo (and the injured Wheeler that he replaced).
Chytil at 100% is an upgrade on Wennberg (2x5 LOL).
Carrick/Brodz/Edstrom is a fine side-grade on Goodie.
Jones is a side-grade on Gus, but with upside.
By keeping pace with "What we iced last year," it shows that we could arguably compete for a President's Trophy even with a couple bad injuries and another mid-season Igor slump. We won the regular season with Bonino as the 3C for 40 games and disgruntled fans the whole way.
Boston is wonky. NYI is wonky. CAR lost some guys and made a couple good moves. NJD improved a lot.
Status quo means that we are a good team even with injuries and underperformance. That's the math on day 1 of the offseason. We can still do something to improve the D, too. I'm optimistic.
Thanks for the fair assessment. Love you too, bud.
I appreciate the effort in the post. I highlighted the part that is the most important. Drury took over end of 2021. It's now the beginning of year four. There are some decent draft picks, now we see if they're any good because the organization is going to need them this year.
This is a top 4 roster without even moving Trouba. With Smith and a healthy Chytil, and we're right there with last year's team. If Chytil gets injured again, we're in trouble again. But that being "in trouble" got us how many wins anyway??? We've done enough to tread water even if the worst happens with Chytil yet again.
