I agree with the Salo comment , from my observations albeit limited I felt he was by far the better of the two.
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To be fair, Salo didn’t pick up an NHL job this summer.
Maybe that choice was intentional and he’ll explore coming back to the NHL after hopefully stringing together a few successful seasons overseas, but it not’s like he went on to bigger and better pastures.
The only “guys that got away” were like Burroughs and Wotherspoon who are replacement players.
Maybe that choice was intentional and he’ll explore coming back to the NHL after hopefully stringing together a few successful seasons overseas, but it not’s like he went on to bigger and better pastures.
The only “guys that got away” were like Burroughs and Wotherspoon who are replacement players.
We’re lucky his cap hit can be fully buried. His lack of success is part of the reason NYI’s depth has been shit.
Maybe it’s just the way he skates, but Boy George’s edgework always reminded me of another pure defensive defenseman Nik Hjalmarsson.
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Which one of you clowns ran to that terrible blogger telling him the Islanders are interested in Xhekaj? There’s enough 7th defenseman on this roster, they don’t need the Habs overrated one too.
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Arber is a bad defenseman and he's not worth our time. The real one would've been Kovacevic or Harris, and I doubt Lamoriello wanted either
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I swear that Mike Fink guys takes are worse then Andrew Gross’ interview capabilities. Arber would try to throw a hit on someone and miss terribly before they get scored on.
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Have to disagree - Arber is my type of D man - mean, strong, big, and aggressive. Kovacevic is waiver fodder and Harris is a Smurf.
Arber is 23 and has potential to be a very good shutdown D - we don’t have the pieces to land him anyway.
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To be fair, calling up a 20 year old rookie with four professional games under his belt is not something people would expect Lamoriello to do. So to some extent it was a big deal.
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and they should call up Jeffries next because that kid cant rot in bridgeport too
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Not sure if you realize, but there's a danger in calling up any young player if they aren't ready yet. Jeffires has played a total of 9 games so far this year (21 overall) of professional hockey. Very rare that 4th round picks are ready after so little professional hockey time (or make it in the NHL at all).
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I’m not scout but he certainly didn’t look ready when I saw him play. His first step needs work and he needs to get stronger. He was too easily pushed off the puck.
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I know little about him, but that "scouting report" seems to be spot on from what I've read elsewhere. Definitely seems like skating is his #1 issue. Since today's NHL has never been more of a skating league, that alone is a reason to keep Jeffries in the AHL until he imrpoves his skating.
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gonna be fun to see what happens to Reilly when he's back. I think George wants to be on the island
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They will likely rotate Reilly and George or send George back to BPT to get top pairing minutes (if the adrenaline starts to wear off).
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The team’s own Hall of Fame. A former captain, all star, and worthy of the honor.
It’s not like we’re putting Rich Kromm in there.
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If Westfall, Nystrom, Bourne and Flatley are in the Isles HOF, then Sutter may as well be there too. He was a better player, and he was also a captain.
BTW, since Lafontaine, Turgeon, Palffy, etc. aren't in it, they base this on factors other than on-ice.
BTW, since Lafontaine, Turgeon, Palffy, etc. aren't in it, they base this on factors other than on-ice.
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The Lee-Horvat-Pageau line seems like it could be viable long term (or at least the next two years) and it doesn't seem like there's any point to splitting up Tsyplakov - Nelson - Palmieri. That leaves Barzal and Duclair to play with someone else, which brings up the issue of Barzal's face off deficiencies. Cizikas technically fits the bill and has played alright with Barzal before, but that leaves Maclean centering the fourth line and I think we've all seen that he's not quite ready for that.
If they're seeing those first two lines as ones they don't want to split up, it could be worth looking into trying to add a 3C to play with those two - a Max Domi type maybe. I think it would make more sense than anyone else that we currently have on the roster.
If they're seeing those first two lines as ones they don't want to split up, it could be worth looking into trying to add a 3C to play with those two - a Max Domi type maybe. I think it would make more sense than anyone else that we currently have on the roster.
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Next season if everything progresses, George will slot in as the 3LD with Mayfield and they’ll go from there. I’m more curious to see what happens to the forwards:
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Realistically based on this, you put Duclair and Barzal with Holstrom and go from there. That last spot becomes the mystery however. Between Engvall, Martin, Fasching and Walterson someone has to take control of the last spot.
