Stud Muffin
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No we are to slow as it is.Ryan Johansen bought out. Do we have room for him? haha
No we are to slow as it is.Ryan Johansen bought out. Do we have room for him? haha
Why do we need more forwards?
We don't have cap space?
The difference being if things stay status quo right now we will be accruing cap space and have 4 million or so to play with at the deadline. At 50% retention that is absolutely enough for a top 4 d man.Guys we think we can get a Top 4 RHD at the deadline. Didn't we try that last year as well? The only time we got one via trade was Adam Larsson and that was after we had to trade Taylor Hall. This is a terrible plan
Yeah and thats all good and everything. But the other team has to agree don't they? Top 4 RHD are valuable. Teams usually don't trade them away that easilyThe difference being if things stay status quo right now we will be accruing cap space and have 4 million or so to play with at the deadline. At 50% retention that is absolutely enough for a top 4 d man.
Ekholm defers to Bouchard to break out. Stetcher is pretty good at it and so is Ty Emberson.Other than Bouchard and Ekholm, no one on that back end are good at breakout passes.
Not true top 4 d are traded almost every year at the deadline. We just never have the cap space to make the trades for them. This year we should have the room and assets to do it. Remember Ekholm was a top 4 d traded at the deadlineYeah and thats all good and everything. But the other team has to agree don't they? Top 4 RHD are valuable. Teams usually don't trade them away that easily
Why? I don’t think he’s better than any of the other bottom pairing we have
Him to sign.Announce the Drai extension already. The f*** are they waiting for?
Announce the Drai extension already. The f*** are they waiting for?
At this point we're not worried about potential. We're concerned with having someone who can play at a high level right now and not need further development. The cap room is a God send for a right hand dman.Yeah, maybe we can take that money and sign someone like Broberg and Holloway only much older and less potential!
Yet those same players on the team last year were the best team in the league after that bad stretch. They didn’t get better because they added players.After the disaster of a start last year you'd think they would learn not to handicap your team at the beginning of a season. Stetcher being a regular is worrisome now were slotting this guy on a pair with nurse in the top four? Unless Bowman comes out in a couple weeks with an add on defense this is beyond stupid planning
So you're cool with starting off with a terrible defence core?Yet those same players on the team last year were the best team in the league after that bad stretch. They didn’t get better because they added players.
People were fine with pairing Nurse/Stetcher in the playoffs? Not sure what has changed now. Maybe because it actually happened?After the disaster of a start last year you'd think they would learn not to handicap your team at the beginning of a season. Stetcher being a regular is worrisome now were slotting this guy on a pair with nurse in the top four? Unless Bowman comes out in a couple weeks with an add on defense this is beyond stupid planning
To be fair we have no idea if that's how they start the season. Even if it is unlikely to make a sizeable trade right now.So you're cool with starting off with a terrible defence core?
Nailed it.People were fine with pairing Nurse/Stetcher in the playoffs? Not sure what has changed now. Maybe because it actually happened?
I’m very happy to have the terrible Ceci not in our defense core. I don’t think our defense is proven to be any worse today than it was two weeks ago.So you're cool with starting off with a terrible defence core?
Last year we started off losing real bad. I don't see that with the new roster.So you're cool with starting off with a terrible defence core?
Something I think isn't really being talked about enough but with Holloway out and Kane on IR the bottom 6 to start the year is:
Janmark - Henrique - Brown
Podkolzin - Ryan - Perry
I know that third line caught lightning in a bottle down the playoff stretch but that is... not very good.
Our top 6 is the best in the league. Our bottom six has a mix of a very good veteran in Rico, a couple elite PKers and a couple good forecheckers. It’s called the bottom six for a reason.Something I think isn't really being talked about enough but with Holloway out and Kane on IR the bottom 6 to start the year is:
Janmark - Henrique - Brown
Podkolzin - Ryan - Perry
I know that third line caught lightning in a bottle down the playoff stretch but that is... not very good.
Announce the Drai extension already. The f*** are they waiting for?