Sources tell me Gregor was well liked here. I used Gregor’s sources.
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While this is true, at least he is managing that much. The bar is low.
The local media usually acts like Stauffer has been acting of late. Even the ones not literally on the team's payroll.
popo
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The injuries are a concern for Walman. Will he be able to stay healthy? I also question his fitness. Could be related to coming back from injury but he is gassed half the time to the point of being a liability. Team also often only gave him 17minutes a night.
Walman won't put up huge points, as he isn't fed any PP minutes. However even last season he showed he generates 5v5 offense better than most D men, which is what we paid for.
Walman needs to answer the bell if we move Nurse, provide reliable second pairing minutes.
I'm actually comfortable with Stastney on the third pairing. His skating is elite, and he is a smart puck mover. I think he and Emberson would be fine in the bottom pair.
Rishaug has been all over Bowman for his decisions over the past year.
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Walman has to be thinking about those fitness/effort rankings Babcock will be doing. Hope he gets his butt in gear this summer and isn't one of those guys that starts to mail the extra effort in when he has the guaranteed money locked up.
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They both suck
And Gregor sounds great raging on his radio station, but we all know he’ll be a p***ycat at the press conference
Wouldn’t be the first time
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It's definitely not being talked about enough that even if you trust Walman to handle Nurse's role, the team is his annual injury away from 20 games of a Stastney - Emberson middle pairing.
Connor Murphy has all the leverage negotiating with this team currently and it's such a good year to be a UFA he might test the market anyways.
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It's definitely a phenomenon on this board that it will call out guys like Rishaug and Gregor for refusing to be critical of management's consistently questionable decisions, but then also call them out for being crybabies during the rare times they actually are.
I’d be surprised if Stastney is their plan at 3ld.
It’s not being talked about because chances are there will be another move to add a d. Season isn’t starting yet.
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Yeah they're going to sign a lefty for sure, but whichever name that is could be substituted into my post without changing the point.
The cap space is being reallocated to a forward.
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Lol when have I ever done that…
And again you can be critical of management without acting like a gigantic biased baby having a temper tantrum. Rishaug has been highly critical.
Just like Walman, eh?
That's the market. He's a RHD and put up 70 points playing 22+ minutes a night, somebody was going to pay him the big bucks of not the Leafs.
Nurse’s minutes are not going to be an issue if they target a Kulak type. They need a d man who can defend.
I think that's TBD. He was a 7m Dman his first year here, the second was an injury riddled season playing a lot on his weak side. We'll see how he does as the full time 2nd pairing LHD where he excelled in the playoffs.
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And that's why I have little respect for the man. His 'outrage' is all performative, it's simply done to drive engagement to serve himself.
His arrogance would be easier to digest if he weren't so bloody average. It's unearned.
oXo Cube
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I never said you specifically have done anything, nor is my memory even close to good enough to remember every name behind every post. I'm just saying the hivemind comes off as hypocritical a lot of the time, at least to me.
I can scarcely believe I'm saying it but I agree on Rishaug and think he's done a relatively good job over the last few years.
And then watch, he will turn around and praise Babcock once the hiring is official next week and deny he ever said a bad thing otherwise. He is spineless on top of everything else.
Rishaug always calls out management or coaches. He literally did on Oilers Now a few days ago in regards to Babcock.
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To be fair, in the playoffs Walman was a third pair guy, with Emberson. Playing about 16minutes a game only.
The Murphy-Nurse pairing was second pair.
We were very close to signing Boeser until him or his wife/Gf more likely decided they did not want to leave VAN
Maybe we dodged a bullet...
oXo Cube
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Instead of signing Brock Boeser we're going to trade assets to Vancouver for Temu Brock Boeser instead.
Don't think any bullets were really dodged.
This is not trueReports were that Tampa was offering $5M. I guess they did not have a good feel for what the player actually brings to the table.
As Tampa uses that 8 million for someone better like Tuch, Mcmann or Carlson.
If anything it probably hurts our chnaces at getting a Tuch/Mcmann
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