That last line is a joke right? He never does. They need to plan this team with the thought that he wont be on it.
No, but depth is important. If we lose him, that hurts our depth.
Is it what it is. There will be plenty of other players going on and off the waiver wire all season that do what he does for the lineup if we get in a jam.
A snake draft is not a competitively balancing method, That's why it's not used for any annual draft. The worst teams need the best picks.
just me, but i fear the risk factor
Much better. And we will see that if he stays healthy. Hunt doesn't have a lick of offensive talent, Blais brings some. And Blais also hits more often and much harder than Hunt.
I wish it worked with the lottery numbers or the scores for every game that night. I'd be quite a wealthy person.
Not surprised, but surprised if that makes sense. He's unfortunately a very replaceable player. Seems like a nice enough kid, hard worker, etc, but our depth chart looks pretty good.
So bad teams never get good players and stay bad forever? Agian, the LEAGUE needs copetitive balance. The NHL is an organization comprised of these different franchises, but it's in their best interest as a whole to spread out the talent.
The worst teams do get the best picks in a snake draft, the best picks are at the top of round 1 - everything else is a complete crapshoot. As it is now it's far from a perfect competitive balancing method. Teams who pick at the top of the draft don't automatically become good.
No but we only have so many bodies that can kinda play.
He's not great.
So, no, the worst teams don't get the best picks. Only some of them. 1 and 33 is a lot different than 1 and 64.
There's risk, but we still have Kravtsov and Rydahl not playing for the big club.
They might have the best salary cap system but the other three major sports with more lax systems are infinitely more popular and successful and the fact that they allow for more player movement is absolutely why people like them more, amongst other things.I like the salary cap. No luxury tax systems. The NHL has the best salary cap system.
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$85.5M-$87M.
Blais cant stay on the ice though so its kind of irrelevant
He is, but Gerard 'uses his tie as a napkin' Gallant is scratching him next game. Starts the season on the 2nd line, then through no fault of his own after an injury he's a healthy scratch.
The best picks in ALL of the draft are at the top of the first round. Nobody has access to those picks except the bad teams. After you get to the late 1st and early 2nd, the 64 is just as likely as 33 to become a player. The same cannot be said for the player picked 1 and the player picked 32.
"The team played well" will be his excuse, but the team played well when he scratched Jones and then we got blown out.
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But don't forget about his 4 secondary assists in 14 games last year. Imagine if he had played the whole season and in the playoffs. We would have won the cup
Guy is battling through injuries half the time. Yes that is a big negative on him but if he is able to get any type of rhythm going it will be very obvious he has 10x the skill Hunt does.
