Roster Building XIX - Did we blow the deadline? Need to ask the magic 8-ball

[spockBokk]

Writing seems to be on the wall for them moving on from Kotkaniemi, either by dumping for free on any team willing to take him or via buyout.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Kuzy has one year left ans has been far more productive than kk

Interested to see what he can do after a summer to get in shape.

 

[Gurglesons]

KK is young enough still that there’s probably a few teams who think in the right situation he can be something. Remember there is a lot of stupid GM’s out there I can see someone taking a shot

I think he makes a lot of sense for Pittsburgh.

 

[Svechhammer]

Extend Jarvis long term
Resign Guentzel for whatever he wants
Try to bring back Skjei
Bring back Chatty

Kooch needs to be the starter going forward
Aho probably needs to be given the Captaincy
Lock up Slavin for the rest of his career

Not really sure I care about anything else

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

They shouldn’t chase another center for the sake of it. A wing dominant line can work just fine. Drury and Necas, for example, have legit chemistry. As a pair, they were +2 5v5 this postseason. Drury actually finished with the best 5v5 differential on the team (+5).

 

[Borsig]

They shouldn’t chase another center for the sake of it. A wing dominate line can work just fine. Drury and Necas, for example, have legit chemistry. As a pair, they were +2 5v5 this postseason. Drury actually finished with the best 5v5 differential on the team (+5).

Drury is better than people think

 

[Unsustainable]

Drury is better than people think

Agree there

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

They shouldn’t chase another center for the sake of it. A wing dominant line can work just fine. Drury and Necas, for example, have legit chemistry. As a pair, they were +2 5v5 this postseason. Drury actually finished with the best 5v5 differential on the team (+5).

drury is getting carried statistically by Necas.

That drury line was the 2nd highest sheltered forward group. it is easier to have advantage. They were +1 before yesterdays game playing against 2 inferior 5v5 teams.

 

[Tryamw]

Correct me if I'm wrong. But Shesterkin let up 2 fewer goals then our Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
New York also had the edge in hd chances. Is Shesterkin as good as some indicate or is the gulf smaller then many admit

 

[Tryamw]

Agree there

Just wish he wasn't J Staal level scoring

 

[Unsustainable]

Just wish he wasn't J Staal level scoring

I just wished when he scored it counted

 

[Lempo]

I just wished when he scored it counted

There's people you wish they would score where it counted, and then there's Drury.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

drury is getting carried statistically by Necas.

That drury line was the 2nd highest sheltered forward group. it is easier to have advantage. They were +1 before yesterdays game playing against 2 inferior 5v5 teams.

Drury got a favorable deployment and took advantage of it.

My point is really about the mix sometimes being more important than aggregate talent. If he gets the best out of Necas, so be it. Jamming a better offensive player in there, like Kuznetsov, may not produce better overall results.

The split in Necas' on-ice defensive outcomes with and without Drury was pretty ugly, regular season and post.

RS:
w/Drury - 2.27 5v5 GA/60
w/o - 3.19

PO:
w - 1.44
w/o - 5.3

 

[robbieberns]

I think the D plays out with a re-signing of Chatfield and an LHD vet to pair with Morrow, re-evaluate things next summer after one year of Morrow/Burns out of contract/Nikishin coming over

Goalies I think we see Pyotr take over starting duties and depending how confident we feel after next year depends on what caliber G we chose to replace Freddie with

Forwards wise i’m confident of only two things, Jarvis contract and KK getting shipped out for a late round pick. No clue what the plans are or even what I would personally do with Guentzel/Necas/Drury/Martinook/Noesen. I think there’s so many arguments that could be made either way for so many players. I just hope they have a clear picture in mind for the kind of succinct direction they want to go with their forwards group.

 

[WreckingCrew]

If we can't get Guentz, what are the odds Reinhart actually hits the market vs resigning in FLA

 

[the halleJOKEL]

FUS nearly made the team out of camp last season, wouldn't surprise me to see him in the lineup next year

 

[Borsig]

I think the D plays out with a re-signing of Chatfield and an LHD vet to pair with Morrow, re-evaluate things next summer after one year of Morrow/Burns out of contract/Nikishin coming over

Goalies I think we see Pyotr take over starting duties and depending how confident we feel after next year depends on what caliber G we chose to replace Freddie with

Forwards wise i’m confident of only two things, Jarvis contract and KK getting shipped out for a late round pick. No clue what the plans are or even what I would personally do with Guentzel/Necas/Drury/Martinook/Noesen. I think there’s so many arguments that could be made either way for so many players. I just hope they have a clear picture in mind for the kind of succinct direction they want to go with their forwards group.

If this is our D we have issues

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

a burns-chatty-morrow defensive right side gets pounded by good teams. much like a burns-tda-chatty one did, if not more

 

[MinJaBen]

If we can't get Guentz, what are the odds Reinhart actually hits the market vs resigning in FLA

The odds of Reinhart hitting the market are an order of magnitude greater than the odds of us paying what he will be asking/getting.

 

[DaveG]

FUS nearly made the team out of camp last season, wouldn't surprise me to see him in the lineup next year

yep, the battle between him and Nadeau is going to be one to watch in training camp. We're going to need 1-2 league minimum/ELC type contributors and those are the two with the inside track IMO, that we'll also probably sign some Paul Stastny type as well.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Problem is Burns isn't top pair material anymore, he should be #4 at best....just like Chatty shouldn't be higher than that right noe

 

[baconandbread]

Necas is so talented, but it seems he never really has chemistry with anyone else (the main reason I feel he's not a centre). I think he's traded for a RD with term. I'm hopeful that they re-sign Guentzel, Jarvis and Chatty. TT and Noesen at the right price. I'm all for keeping KK and moving him to Staal's wing unless we absolutely need the money somewhere else. I think FUS and Morrow make the team this year and Nadeau has a shot both literally and figuratively. Lemieux as the extra forward again on the cheap.

 

[SvechneJerk]

a burns-chatty-morrow defensive right side gets pounded by good teams. much like a burns-tda-chatty one did, if not more

If he doesn’t stay in Dallas, what about adding Tanev? He’s Pesce-ish, but with more bite, no?

 

[Borsig]

Problem is Burns isn't top pair material anymore, he should be #4 at best....just like Chatty shouldn't be higher than that right noe

TDA looked great there..

Move KK, use that 4.8M to keep Sjkei.

 

[Lempo]

If he doesn’t stay in Dallas, what about adding Tanev? He’s Pesce-ish, but with more bite, no?

After our all cruel mocking of that one guy, us trading for someone Peeshish would certainly be a thing.