Funny enough, I was thinking of saying "pick any avatar of your choice other than Tkachuk" because somehow I knew that Tkachuk would be your choice damn it.
Fine, I'll make the sacrifice of keeping a dirty, rat infested Tkachuk avatar for a year if it means getting that $9.25m off the books.
NY. Trouba at least hits like a freight train, WTF is Darnell good at? Everyone saying that to replace hi would cost at least $6 Million, do we all forget how terrible he was in the playoffs? How many times he needlessly ices the puck? Pretty sure that we could get a replacement for closer to $4-$5 million. And if Broberg leapfrogs him then he's a $9.25 million 3rd pairing guy.
Yup...this is pretty much the only option and its the right move.
Nurse has 6 years at 9m25 vs Trouba 2 years at 8. Why do the rangers take on 8 Mill for four additional years?
Do you know how hard it is to make the Cup Final consecutively these days? Colorado couldnt get back and they have Mackinnon and Makar
100% which really makes you wonder how on earth the pro scouts and Holland himself actually thought that Campbell was a $5M long term risk worth taking.
They lost Kadri and Landeskog from that team and more. We aren't in for any heavy losses that we can't replace at the deadline.
Top-end 4th line money is still about double what they can afford in all three spots of the fourth line.
100% trouba is a giant red flag id rather have deshanais double shift than have trouba on the ice
Broberg was a huge surpise in the playoffs. He seemed too timid every other time I watched him play and here he was on the biggest hockey stage in the wolrd skaitng and handling the puck with confidence. Very impressive.
I see that as ...its a possibility.
Plus he played on his off side. I thought they were setting him up to fail by doing that. I still stand by my prediction that he will be our Ekholm replacement.
Yes for sure...on his off side no less.
Oh I think that is exactly what he is going to be groomed to be. And a good one, at that.
