Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XX (WTF are we going to do this Off-Season edition)
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GAGLine
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Tampa prospect, but everyone knows he'll be a duck.
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Or he will be forced to play fast. Last season’s Laf, and first quarter of this year Laf would do fine. It’s really going to be mostly up to him.
KirkAlbuquerque
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He’s a big strong youngish C who scored almost 0.5 ppg for us while getting less than 10 mins a game… there’s zero risk here. His contract can be buried in Hartford.
Rather keep Othmann and trade someone like Jones and 2ed. Bolts need young dman over young forwards.
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will1066
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It doesn't need to be. Open up the menu, click on your image, and change your username.
It's all in the power of your hands.
Laf is also faster than people say. He’s got slow acceleration, but he’s not slow once he gets going. The trick is the team has to play w pace.
Emily has that feature blocked on his account so she can keep track of him.
NYR Viper
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Howard is definitely a guy I inquire about. Isn’t he another winger though?
UnSandvich
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Reposting from the Parsinnen re-signing thread:
He's a warm body, but for 1.25 you can do a lot worse. Hell, in 2014, we signed Tanner Glass to a 3 yr, 1.45 mil contract. Imagine being paid 200k less than Tanner Glass got, in a year where the cap is 26.5mil higher
He's a warm body, but for 1.25 you can do a lot worse. Hell, in 2014, we signed Tanner Glass to a 3 yr, 1.45 mil contract. Imagine being paid 200k less than Tanner Glass got, in a year where the cap is 26.5mil higher
Lw according to a few spots.
If we’re moving players we have open middle 6 wing spots. We have open top 6 potentially.
Get the talent then figure it out.
Jaromir Jagr
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We tried the juggernaut offense thing. I really want to go back to basics and just get a high quality defense. So stupid that we sign a goalie to an insane deal and then don't build from him out. I'm not that high on Igor but the poor bastard has never had a real defense in front of him. I'd actually like to see them focus on 100% pure quality defense for once.
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I posted the story on Kreider in a Kreider Thread. I first posted it here,,,but I screwed up the post...so I decided to just clip it off my Messenger and post it in it's entirety minus a name or two. Posting has been hard of late...I have a cataract on one eye and my other one has the making of another cataract starting....hopefully I can get one fixed damn soon .
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Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
That's ok. I respect it. I think admitting you need help takes more balls than not. Don't get me wrong, I think the modern male has been neutered. But it isn't because they ask for help. It's for reasons I can't discuss here.
It has everything to do with the fact that the same issue exists with Miller now as when he was drafted. Tools but no toolbox. He is too inconsistent.
BBKers
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2025 - 2026 Outlook as per today (signed):
“?” - J.T. Miller ($8M) – Mika ($8.5M)
Bed Bread (11.6M) – Tro ($5.6M) – Laf ($7.45M)
Kreider ($6.5M) – Parssinen ($1.25M) – Othmann ($863 k)
“??” - Carrick ($1M) – Berard ($868k)
Brodzinski ($788k)
TOTAL = ~52,419 M
“???” - Fox ($9.5M)
Soucy ($3.25M) – Borgen ($4.1 M)
Vaak ($1.55M) – Schneider ($2.20M)
“????”
TOTAL = 20,600 M
Igor ($11.5M)
Quick ($1.55M)
TOTAL = 13,050 M
TOTAL - ~86,069 M
EXPECTED CAP = 93,5 M
SPACE = ~7,431 M
UNSIGNED RFAs:
K’Andre Miller
Zac Jones
Matt Robertsson
Will Cuylle
Adam Edstrom
Matt Rempe
Arthur Kaliyev
Brendan Brisson
Possible NHL Consideration:
Gabe Perreault ($942k)
Adam Sykora ($807k)
Jaroslav Chemlar ($868k)
Dylan Roobroeck ($850k)
“There will be blood…”
“?” - J.T. Miller ($8M) – Mika ($8.5M)
Bed Bread (11.6M) – Tro ($5.6M) – Laf ($7.45M)
Kreider ($6.5M) – Parssinen ($1.25M) – Othmann ($863 k)
“??” - Carrick ($1M) – Berard ($868k)
Brodzinski ($788k)
TOTAL = ~52,419 M
“???” - Fox ($9.5M)
Soucy ($3.25M) – Borgen ($4.1 M)
Vaak ($1.55M) – Schneider ($2.20M)
“????”
TOTAL = 20,600 M
Igor ($11.5M)
Quick ($1.55M)
TOTAL = 13,050 M
TOTAL - ~86,069 M
EXPECTED CAP = 93,5 M
SPACE = ~7,431 M
UNSIGNED RFAs:
K’Andre Miller
Zac Jones
Matt Robertsson
Will Cuylle
Adam Edstrom
Matt Rempe
Arthur Kaliyev
Brendan Brisson
Possible NHL Consideration:
Gabe Perreault ($942k)
Adam Sykora ($807k)
Jaroslav Chemlar ($868k)
Dylan Roobroeck ($850k)
“There will be blood…”
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
I'm not sure anyone can look at this roster and think there is a path to a cup. It would take career years out of all of our aging vets + laf + some rookies and Igor and Fox.
Machinehead
The Olli react should add points!
It's not realistic in any way, but I just wanna say that I would 100% run Hughes and Fox on the same roster.
My explanation is...f*** it? My plan for the powerplay is also f*** it.
You don't worry about things like that.
My explanation is...f*** it? My plan for the powerplay is also f*** it.
You don't worry about things like that.
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23 men roster is still a thing. I didn’t see anything impressive with Parssinen but it’s this could have a nice upside or be easily disposed via waivers. So absolutely not an indicator of other moves Drury will or won’t try.
Kendo
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You're missing one key ingredient; I'm a massive hater. =)
Those two things, yes. Plus I'm a total anti-fan of Hughes' schtick.
His injury history is very concerning, and if he breaks 70GP each year for the next 5 on his contract, I'd be SUPER surprised. Same with 80 games for two of those seasons.
I know.
I believe that Laf is on the precipice of being a 75P guy. Hughes is already a 75P guy because he does it in 60GP due to injury.
Hughes on a regular contender is a precarious situation because he'll help you get playoff position, but won't be available once playoffs begin.
I'm certainly being overly optimistic that Laf has that next step in him next season or the following one. It would take a similar amount of optimism to think Hughes' injury concerns will be behind him going forward.
Not looking to convince anyone, but I said what I said for a reason.
"The players deserve their share of the blame..." Did you read my post? I didn't like the pond hockey systemless system.
I take Fox's statement as very telling. He said there was confusion on structure and assignments. Lavi said "there was no confusion." That really sounds like "struggling to" as opposed to "didn't wanna."
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