Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XXXII
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Amazing Kreiderman
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You think Chytil is awake now? Or still sleepwalking through his NHL career?
Imagine if Drury panicked and signs Evander Kane for the rest of the season. Now talking about just the player Evander Kane would be awesome on this team. He is skilled big fast physical and he beat the crap out of Matt Cooke but the person his personality might rub some the wrong way, hopefully this is a wake up call but who knows if he will ever learn. I love his skill set but the person he has a bad reputation as a person for the wrong reasons for a reason. PK Slewfoot also has a bed reputation not as bad as Subban. In Montreal, rumors that he was a problem in the lockeroom. Sean Avery had that issue in Dallas before he went back to New York.
Kane is a LW which they don’t need and if they won last night they would have the most points in the league
No Panic yet lol
Idlerlee
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A NHL team signing a man who's done everything money can buy to shirk away from the community responsibility we've all been asked to contribute to the past 2 years.
There's something to be said for people like that and nothing of it is nice.
I am not a Kane fan and don't think he is the type this team needs -- and I agree 100% with the responsibilities we all have asked for, and I think there is every reason to never put someone like Kane on the forefront as a posterboy -- but with that said, I don't believe in excluding someone like him from his occupation.
I am also very sceptical of fear from someone like Kane 'rubbing off' on his teammates. Don't think it works like that. I can only speak for myself, but just for example, I have never done heroine. Would I started doing it if I had a teammate when I played that was into it? I don't think so. Everyone are like, 'oh if we get Evander Kane its only a matter of time before Ryan Lindgren starts to do the exact same things as he have done'. Is that really that likely??
With that said, I have very little interest in Kane. Think he is overrated to start with.
haohmaru
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I only talked about Lindgren and it was in the context of trading 3-4 "A" assets to "upgrade" at a position that a.) shouldn't be our primary concern and b.) might actually end up being worse, even with a better player, if they don't synch the way Fox & Lindgren do. Has nothing to do with a "fraternity", it has to do with results on the ice. Let's remember that Fox won a Norris with Lindgren on his hip. It's not about feelings.
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Amazing Kreiderman
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Everything is relative. There’s bad reps like, that guy is cranky in the morning. And there’s there’s bad reps like, this guy is faking medical info putting me in greater risk, not paying huge gambling debts, and offering women to have abortions for money then welching.
No one is excluding him from his occupation, all he has to do if find a company willing to pay him for his services. Good luck with that.
As far as the locker room stuff, it’s not so much that these guys will start racking up gambling debts because he’s there. I think it’s more about developing and maintaining an atmosphere of accountability to one another. I don’t think Kane has ever been interested in this and I rate it as vastly important for the success of a team.
SingnBluesOnBroadway
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This is ridiculous.
Nobody is keeping him from working. In fact, it's the exact opposite—in what profession can a person act the way Kane has and still have other companies actually consider adding his services?
I’m likely impatient but I’d move Chytil at this deadline
Also Gauthier may have some value now . See what’s out there
is Oloffson from Buffalo a good RW option ? likely can’t fit under next years cap though ?
Also Gauthier may have some value now . See what’s out there
is Oloffson from Buffalo a good RW option ? likely can’t fit under next years cap though ?
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Report: Canucks open to moving Halak
an improvement on Georgiev, IMO, and at a substantial discount.
an improvement on Georgiev, IMO, and at a substantial discount.
only if that cap hits not on the books for next and can go into this year s NYR cap
Glen Sathers Cigar
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I know Shesty is good, but we'll still need a backup goaltender. Halak is making $1.5m, hard to find a good backup making that little.
He needs starts to not suck. He's not going to get them unless Shesty is injured. Plus, he wants to go somewhere he can be a starter.
Edit: Halak's numbers aren't garbage either.
Glen Sathers Cigar
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I know but with Igor's health uncertainty I'm not sure it makes any sense to trade Geo in season. He's still an RFA after this season so he still will have trade value this summer.
I think you only move him in season if the offer for Geo is a 'can't say no offer' not just moving him to move him. So if something like that comes up, Halak would be one of the backups I would target. Halak, Holtby, Greiss seem to be potential guys who could be had.
Shesterkybomb
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My only dilemma with the Kane thing is that its possible someone like Carolina sign him and then we have to play against him. I hate him and his me first attitude but i dont wanna see him him in a Bruins jersey for example and have to play against that top 6. Id prefer the league just decided he wasnt gonna be a part of the nhl anymore
Shesterkybomb
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The reality is that Shesterkin has a hard time staying in the lineup though.
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