Don't forget Provorov and Chychrun!
I think JR does in fact like coconut a lot. There was smoke about him being asked about when all the JT Miller rumors were swirling.
When did I ever say that. I said he was the best puck moving pp specialist we had that needed to be sheltered.
Idk what that guy wants he didn’t want us trading for Guentzel now he’s saying not to pay Skjei
Mea culpa. You're right. I'm glad to be wrong there. I do think I called us a bubble team leaning miss.To be fair, you are correct here.
If someone should be going after you for anything, it should be your staunch insistence less than 3 months ago that we were missing the playoffs.
It was a high price, but I think they avoided my primary concern.
Yeah I had jersey much better.What none of us realized is that there are 2 good teams in the entire Metro…
pretty easy to imagine actually. Nikishin lol
Oh is he playing next year? Also how long do you think his first contract will be? How old will he be his first year here? If he’s as good as we hope he’ll be cheap for a pretty short period of time, then he’ll cost just as much.
But if you're planning on him coming, you don't want to have Slavin and Skjei already locked down long-term when you need to pay Nikishin.
Of course you’d want them both signed and “blocking” his path. God forbid he actually earn his spot. We don’t have anyone signed. We’re going to sacrifice next year because of what Nikishin may or may not b the following year? I’m no longer sold on Orlov being a very good second pair guy on this team next year. He still doesn’t look like himself or very comfortable. There is no sense in planning the team around Nikishin. If we end up having three good lefties you enjoy that for a year and change when it’s best for the team. It’s a wonderful problem to have, not something to actively avoid.
we have Orlov next year, not keeping Skjei isn't about next year at all lol. Nikishin will be on steal contracts for probably 3 years then get a big long term deal. And he's probably better than Skjei right now as it is, let alone comparing him to an aging Skjei 3-4 years from now. I love me some Skjei but unless we're planning to play him or Boom on their off side it makes zero sense to pay up to keep him.
I don’t think I’ve seen a guy his age when he comes over on a three year elc. I’d assume part of pitch will be a two year. I think there needs to be a refresher on elc’s. Panarin wasn’t on a three year, was he? He was a FA tho.
I'm not going to claim he's going to be better than Skjei right now, but I do agree part of the Orlov move was to prepare for transitioning away from Skjei's UFA demands.
he gets a 2 year ELC with one of the years burning during the 24-25 season. Then we decide if we give him another year bridge at around 2 million or so or we go risky and give him an 8 year deal.
I think Raanta is a smart man and knows his play, when he was available was below par, knows why we brought in a 4th netminder, and understands why he is where he is. I doubt very seriously "hes tired of DW's shit"
