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Speculation: Roster Building Thread Part IX: Can't take Staal away from AV

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WesMcCauley said:
Stepan had to go because of NMC/NTC so we could give Smith a longterm contract with a NTC.
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I am a little concerned about Smith for several reasons, and have been from the get to. I think he is OK, but he came in to a team that was pretty solid and got pretty easy shifts and did alright. He doesn’t produce offensively and he isn’t great defensively — and I don’t at all like the fact that he is a LHS on the right side. That is worthless especiallly on the PK, meaning that we preferably need another RHS stay at home D to PK on the roster. I definitely don’t think Gorton would have signed Smith had he known he was getting Shatty.

With that said — I don’t think we are locked up with Smith. We should be able to move him.

Also — I don’t think moving Stepan has anything to do with our blue line. We need more speed and edge from our top centers than we can get from Zibanejad and Stepan. I think it’s fairly pointless to discuss the merits of the Stepan trade today, our side of the return is all futures. But I am very confident that it was a good move, JMO.
 
Only cap hit reasons @Ola - nothing to do with the blueline as u mention though so I agree with that reasoning.
 
If Julien is going to keep dicking around Galchenyuk, I’d be interested in exploring that trade option. They’ll probably trade him for Duchene.
 
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I don't like Larry, but who would have thought he would be one of the people leading the uprising against AV haha
 
Ola said:
Yeah, and I kind of agree with Ori. AV played Staal-McD as his shutdown pair, I think sometimes with these terms we assign them different meaning and what not, but to me the pair AV gives the toughest minutes can definitely be described as a shut down pairing. JMHO.
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Yeah I'm okay with it. I'm getting pretty sick of Shatts getting beat wide 2-3 times a game.

They need to switch to zone. It will be a long season if they don't. This is a team that will score on the PP and struggle 5v5. If they aren't flawless at 5v5....Well Dahlin's a Frolunda boy... we got one franchise guy that was a Frolunda boy... why not another?
 
For starters..Give me..
Kreider-Zbad-Buch
Nash-Miller-Zucca
As the top two lines.
There's no arguing that they're a very competent top six..
 
Ola said:
I am a little concerned about Smith for several reasons, and have been from the get to. I think he is OK, but he came in to a team that was pretty solid and got pretty easy shifts and did alright. He doesn’t produce offensively and he isn’t great defensively — and I don’t at all like the fact that he is a LHS on the right side. That is worthless especiallly on the PK, meaning that we preferably need another RHS stay at home D to PK on the roster. I definitely don’t think Gorton would have signed Smith had he known he was getting Shatty.

With that said — I don’t think we are locked up with Smith. We should be able to move him.

Also — I don’t think moving Stepan has anything to do with our blue line. We need more speed and edge from our top centers than we can get from Zibanejad and Stepan. I think it’s fairly pointless to discuss the merits of the Stepan trade today, our side of the return is all futures. But I am very confident that it was a good move, JMO.
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How many teams are interested in a third pair D making 2nd pair $ with an NTC and who shows up to camp out of shape?
 
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I think that if the Rangers have a bad couple of games this weekend against Columbus and Jersey, we start to see AV's seat get hot. Just a gut feeling that I have no sources or inside information on.
 
I`m not feeling well - I bleed a little after toilet visit. I called the doctor, but she said it could be normal. (
If anything serious - would I get fever from it any here experience?
 
Ori said:
I`m not feeling well - I bleed a little after toilet visit. I called the doctor, but she said it could be normal. (
If anything serious - would I get fever from it any here experience?
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This isn't anything to do with roster building, but it sounds like it could be a hemorrhoid. Avoid caffeine and alcohol, anti inflammatory meds like Motrin and Advil for the time being to be safe. Go to your doctor later and they'll have a look at it
 
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What would we even give for Duchene? I feel like whatever we give can't be worth it, since it's likely centered on a good roster player.
 
Irishguy42 said:
What would we even give for Duchene? I feel like whatever we give can't be worth it, since it's likely centered on a good roster player.
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I'd trade Hayes and any prospect not named Chytil, Andersson, or Shestyorkin.

I'm ready to sell on Hayes. He's not going to be worth the contract he'll be looking for.
 
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Trading for Duchene will still take a decently sized package around Hayes. Salary consideration too.

Also, Duchene's next contract is going to be...wew.
 
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