Our current #1 center was never put in any rumors either. So take from that what you will.
Also, wasn't Brodin rumored to be a Habs target like 6 months ago?
Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LV
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Our current #1 center was never put in any rumors either. So take from that what you will.
Also, wasn't Brodin rumored to be a Habs target like 6 months ago?
charliemurphy
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Anybody know what else Minnesota is looking to do? And is anybody else chomping at the bit to get their 9OA?
Anthony5967
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If we do that, our 4 F are likely Panarin Kreider Zib and Chytil, which would leave exposed:
Buch
Lemieux
Strome
Howden
Gauthier
Andersson
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Change is good.
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They aren't going to take him if he refuses to sign with them. Really not that much of a gamble. How many pending UFAs did Vegas select? I'm pretty sure the answer is none.
Matt Rentfree
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Looks like he's commenting on a news article about the wrong hockey player getting picked up at the airport - this is just basic Google translate:
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Everything seems to be right when Sörhaga / Alingsås picks up its new acquisition at Landvetter.
He's Slovak, he's muscular, he has a hockey trunk.
But they drive home with the wrong guy.
It's Sunday and it's ten o'clock.
Sörhaga / Alingsås, a resident of Hockeytrean, has sent defender Erik Martinsson and forward Alexander Gidebring to pick up the new acquisition Martin Chonavec at Landvetter airport.
They have only seen the Slovak in a picture in full hockey attire, but how tricky should it be to identify him?
Alingsås newspaper was the first to write about the story, but we could not refrain from calling Erik Martinsson and letting him answer the question:
- Even such a simple task can be difficult, he says.
What happened?
- I see that a guy drops a hockey bag outside Landvetter. Good, there he is, good. He's talking on the phone so he does not understand that I'm telling Martin to him.
Is everything just a joke?
The 40-minute drive north is strange. The Slovak looks older than expected. He is long-haired and bearded, seems to weigh around a hundred foreheads. He talks about Västanfors bandy, a strange topic of conversation, but he may have played another sport before.
They arrive. They accommodate Martin Chonavec in his upcoming accommodation and drive to Nolhalla.
- When we stand outside the ice rink, he asks "where is the bandy arena?" and we shake our heads. No, no, we're playing in here. "But the games?". Yes, they too.
Martin seems confused. Alexander Gidebring throws out a control question, to find out if they are dealing with a difficult-to-decipher Slovak joke.
- Are you kidding?
- I do not know. Maybe.
They go to the dressing room where a place is arranged for the addition. There will be a training match against Partille HK in an hour or so. The materialist visits Martin and asks if he needs a helmet and trousers.
- So ... you really play hockey here? he says in English.
- Who the hell are you? Erik asks.
- My name is Peter Beneš. I'll play bandy in Borås.
"He tanned himself to death"
Pling, pling, pling, pling. It's the sound of an ikea box full of tokens falling down. My God, they picked the wrong Slovak. This one would be 40 km east, to Borås Bandy.
- Our guy had been on the other side but we had not seen him. The odds are not so great that two people from Slovakia land with a hockey trunk on the same day, but this time it apparently did, says Erik Martinsson.
At least, still on Landvetter, the snaggy Martin Chonavec stands and wonders where his ride ended up. Borås Bandy are also puzzled, they have been there and turned around when no Peter Beneš showed up.
It takes a few calls to sort everything out. One Slovak is transported east, another is picked up at the airport and thrown directly into match play. Alingsås loses 4-1 but it must be shit the same on a day like this.
- We are better when the series starts, says Erik Martinsson.
What did Martin say in the car?
- He tanned himself to death. He had seen us drive away with the wrong guy, so he wondered which two blondes the club had hired. But you know, you have to recruit everyone you can.
Yes, what a coup it could have been.
- Yes, what if Peter was a little shy and did not say no. By then he had stayed where we accommodated him and settled for hockey instead of bandy.
Without existing cap commitments, Seattle probably stands the best chance of any team to offer Brodin the most money he could get on the open market.
I just listened to Tony DeAngelos podcast for the first time. What in the F is this kid doing? He shouldn’t be doing podcasts about what the penguins gm should be doing etc Toronto what they’re doing. I mean what is this? Can this kid not keep his mouth shut? He’s not a retired player doing chicklets. This is absurd. Talking about the Caps firing their coach as expected and who he thinks will be their guy to shake up the team?
I’m amazed he’s talking about the penguins and caps older guys getting older window closing I mean really?
I’m amazed he’s talking about the penguins and caps older guys getting older window closing I mean really?
Minnesota really needs a proven top 6 center and probably some more depth at left defense and in their prospect ranks. As strange as it sounds, Fenton did the Wild a favor and he wasn't bad at drafting.
Going into next season:
Parise - Staal - Fiala
Kaprizov - ? - Zuccs
Greenway - Eriksson - Ek - Kunin
Foligno - Sturm/Bjugstad/Rask - Hartman
Solid bottom 6 (Eriksson-Ek is one of the better defensive centers in the league and is starting to make a name of himself).
Problem is that middle 6 slot, but I don't think Strome is the answer here.
We have: Matt Boldy, Alexander Khovanov and Adam Beckman, but we need to get more depth and more talent for the future. Trading Brodin for Strome doesn't fix anything really.
As for the 9th, that isn't up for trade unless a top 6 center is coming back that is under <26. And we'll probably pair Dumba or Brodin for that pick.
Not sure I see the issue here?
It’s completely inappropriate. Is there another pro athlete doing commentary on the players and teams in the league he competes in?? Talking about who’s getting older who got fired who’s going to get dealt???
He signed Zucc to that ridiculous deal.
That just about out does any of the good he may have done.
leetch99
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I think he was playing the right side when he wiped out Price ...or he came in from the right LOL....
charliemurphy
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Careful. Some folks around here are adamant about what TDA does off the ice shouldn't have any bearing on his situation with the Rangers.
i mean I defend this kid constantly and I cannot stand his Twitter it drives me nuts but I defend him as a hockey player because of what he does on the ice but stuff like this is ridiculous. He should not be providing commentary on the league like this. Just ridiculous
Networks bring on current players to do analysis during the playoffs all the time. Some of those topics come up.
As long as he doesn't leak things that hes heard (these guys are plugged in pretty well) I don't see the problem.
They bring guys in to comment on specific games. Playoff games. What’s happening in that game.
this is league commentary it’s completely different. He shouldn’t be commenting on what the Caps need to do to get better. It’s absurd
this is league commentary it’s completely different. He shouldn’t be commenting on what the Caps need to do to get better. It’s absurd
charliemurphy
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Gotcha. I was thinking more in lines of not trading for Brodin and just going after 9OA... like everything on the table including Zucc coming back to NY with retention to get it done.
I agree; but he also accelerated them rebuilding or at least retooling. There is a rumor that Leipold wanted a right winger in the offseason and Zuccs was the best.
Savant
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So Trouba has a legitimate partner. It’s the biggest need on the team by a wide margin.
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