Speculation: Roster Building/Rumor Thread XVI

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Yes if thats the case sure, but I was responding if he's not a "house hold name" and they wont "pay up" why would they pay up any more now than they would at the TDL

Yeah I should have read the rest of your message. my B.

IF you're going to monetize Buch, now is the right time to do it (same with Strome). But we're not in a position where he HAS to go. Unless they intend on doing big things that will require space, if you aren't getting fair value now, you can sign him to a 1 year deal and revisit this in March.
 
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Yeah I should have read the rest of your message. my B.

IF you're going to monetize Buch, now is the right time to do it (same with Strome). But we're not in a position where he HAS to go. Unless they intend on doing big things that will require space, if you aren't getting fair value now, you can sign him to a 1 year deal and revisit this in March.

Yeah this is more or less what I was getting at.. If you get a deal too good to turn down you take it now. If not, no rush, he might not be a "household name" but if he's putting up another close to PPG next season he will still have value to playoff teams (which as mentioned above could be us which then we might lose him for nothing)
 
Kreider extension makes less sense every day, especially if the rumored trade for him was truly on the table. It’s not defensible at this point.

Yes, at this point, after a pandemic causing a 5 year flat cap and winning the draft lottery where the first pick was also a LW, its less defensible. Unfortunately for your argument it was signed before all of that.
 
If you were 15 years old with Mikas hair, and you locked yourself in a room with Ron Francis and Brad Treliving, and waited for a trade...

You'd be Mike Giordano when that deal got to the the NHL office for confirmation.
 
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Yes, at this point, after a pandemic causing a 5 year flat cap and winning the draft lottery where the first pick was also a LW, its less defensible. Unfortunately for your argument it was signed before all of that.

right at the time they had Panarin/Kreider pegged as their LWs going forward, then Lafraniere happened as well as covid, you cant' predict stuff like that.
 
I don't get all the complaining. Our bottom-6 was garbage last year. We have the top-end talent to make the playoffs. We don't have the depth. Goodrow is part of a solution to that problem.
Should they just keep going with bargain bin signings or prayers that our prospects develop into quality grinders or should we overpay by half a million and build out a quality team?
 
I'm going to have to ask once again if you could please monitor the silliness levels.

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