grapes55
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Kings would give up a 4th for timmins and a little more for lilly, I think there's upside with both of them but come on now lol
Kings would give up a 4th for timmins and a little more for lilly, I think there's upside with both of them but come on now lol
You're asking what is risky about replacing a NHL defender with a non-NHL defender?Why would that "be risky"? Why do you consider that "wishful thinking"?
Let’s look at lilly
Good skater
Average offensively
Poor hockey IQ
Gets knocked off the puck easily
Can’t clear the front of the net
Easily replaceable
No about having Timmins on the bottom pair.You're asking what is risky about replacing a NHL defender with a non-NHL defender?
Benoit plays a great role beside McCabeIs Benoit much better?
He's slightly better at anything defensively and slightly worse at anything offensively, and I am not even convinced he is better defensively.
He gets beat up more in fights so fans like him, that's the big difference.
It could go either way. I wouldn't disagree with this. Timmins could change Berube's mind. A 3 million dollar a year 7th defenseman looks pretty bad. It's not the worst thing, but there's always such a cap squeeze with TOR. Keeping Robertson and Patches might change things.Liljegren and Timmins seem to be in direct competition, not sure why the op thinks it's Rifai.
Considering play and cap, Timmins may be the guy they keep.
A summer of training or not can change a view on a player .I agree. But begs the question why management didn't just trade him before signing him to 3 mil.
He needs to be in the lineup for that much money.
Mirtle has even said the front office was considering a trade earlier in the summer (or at least wasnt sure about Lily's future), but I guess they got cold feet
Benoit plays a great role beside McCabe
Clears the front of the net
Breaks up the cycle in the corners
Takes the body whenever it presents itself which makes
The opposition aware they are going to get pasted
Makes half as much as Lilly and in the playoffs when the sledding gets tougher makes a difference where as Lilly is ineffective and usually watched from the press box
So yes I say Benoit it much more better equipped to play his role
Lily will get the edge because hes right handed. That said, Lily should have never been signed in the first place.
Rielly Tanev
OEL McCabe
Benoit Hakanpää
Rifai RD
A summer of training or not can change a view on a player .
Liljegren tends to be hemmed in, no cross-checking, and side-lined for 2 months because he didn't protect himself when skating into the boards with another player.Failed miserably in the playoffs which seems to be the argument of why Liljegren is bad.
That 3rd pairing will spend the entire game in their own end cross-checking people.