IslesNorway
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Pinto will cost less than some on here believe. The Sens aren’t exactly dealing from a position of strength either.
They also need to get younger. I fully expected them to just blow it up and rebuild, not try to re patch a mess
Chychrun is a UFA - Pinto is an RFA with 3 more controlled years after this one. A first is mandatory for any deal.Concerning what Ottawa got for Chychrun. Thats way too much.....
@Chapin Landvogt
Since you saw a bunch of the Swiss, how did Albelin's PK look? Was it a similar approach to ours, or something very different? Play it aggressively with pushing out (Florida would jump anyone who had their back to the play with the puck for example)
We Dodged a Bullet with that signing!
Leaves a bad taste in my mouth
I’ll disagree at this stage. I agree Carolina is slipping backwards. The Guentzel non-signing seems like a red flag there.I think their defense is so much better than the past few years...add Markstrom, I have not doubt they will be in the playoffs. Especially when I consider teams like Florida and Carolina getting worse this offseason.
Ethan keeps saying it's going to be a complicated deal, this is likely whyOttawa only has 4.4 left to sign 3 players - 2 F and 1 D
If JGP trade happens then Ottawa and Isles will need cap relief - a 3rd team would need to get involved or retention would need to happen
Their goaltending is hopes and dreams on Tim Thomas-like pumpkins.Washington gets Raddysh who was someone I thought could play 4th line and help the PK. Washington kinda making moves here, they should be quite a bit better than last season
Don’t think he’s been cleared by the player assistance program yet- he can’t talk to any teams until he is, including CBJAny Laine rumors around the league?
Everyone got mad at me when I said Tsyplakov was going on the top line, but with the Duclair add I think it looks more and more likely as roy will probably want to spread the speed around. Splitting them up and having Engvall on the third will give us one of the fastest players in the league on each line. We could even play Gauthier on the fourth if you really wanna get schwifty with it. Speed kills baby!!!
Everyone got mad at me when I said Tsyplakov was going on the top line, but with the Duclair add I think it looks more and more likely as roy will probably want to spread the speed around. Splitting them up and having Engvall on the third will give us one of the fastest players in the league on each line. We could even play Gauthier on the fourth if you really wanna get schwifty with it. Speed kills baby!!!
You can also be so far apart in contract negotiations as a way of asking for a trade without explicitly doing so.
But they rebuilt the ‘right way’ - how could that be?
I mean he's playing no matter what. I think of most of the lines as built around a 2 player connection. The third player should enhance that 2 player connection.It seems a bold move given you never know how these Russian guys translate over here, he could be anything from the next Panarin to a nobody
what's killing them and they need to just dump these guys are