Why? Because he spent a lot of his career there? No way he proved he is a NHL level player. He might be an 4th line guy or an extra forward but after putting up 36 points last year and playing the way he did he wont go back down until he starts to lose a step.
Yes, he's probably an NHL player for somebody at this point. Just probably not for us.
Underrated playmaker. Get his nose dirty. Parks himself in front of the net. While not fancy like all these new shiny toys, you need guys like this in the lineup. Especially at the price point.
Why give up assets for a few months of players when you can sign them for free? Tank, Orlov, etc. would not have been the difference vs Florida with Svech out.
Maybe it's just me, but the non-content of it looks something I would cook up and release if I found myself having got badly upstaged and felt like tugging the rug a bit. That post is all about Shayna the reporter of speculations, not Tarasenko.
His was an empty calorie tweet. He notes his "intel" but provided literally none. So his intel was Tarasenko hadn't signed yet? So transparent.
That’s part of the point, the price. Whether you have tweeners, proven grinders or young guys on your fourth line they’re all generally cheap. Noesen isn’t fast enough to play in the top six, and he’s a scorer so he’s generally not your first choice for the grind line, in fact all three of third line guys are better skaters. So for us we can put him on the fourth line and let him get pp time because we’re short on pp types. The second he becomes more expensive we would find another way and he’d be gone. If he was playing on a crap team that needed scoring they’d keep him around until he wanted more money or a faster/younger guy stole his job. that’s basically the definition of a tweener. He was give opportunities when he was younger as well.
The quote and reason for my post is he was called an AHL player. And he's not he's firmly a NHL caliber player. Your reaction right though once he needs a raise he will be on another NHL team, not the Canes.
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Or the AHL. I don’t think he’s firmly anywhere, everyone knew he could score especially at the AHL level. I agree someone else would probably at least start him in the NHL until he worked out or didn’t but then he’d probably be back in the AHL. The league knows he was on our pp from day one and that’s why he’s getting points. He’s a tweener in my books, and he’s hardly the first tweener that could score in the NHL if he could find a home. Almost every top scorer in the AHL who’s over 25 just needs a shot with the right place at the right time. Expansion typically helps guys like this out and they can get an NHL payday for awhile. I hope he stays in the league for awhile, I just see the reasons why he hasn’t made it to this point.
Like Derek Ryan. Late bloomer, he may drop back at the end of his career but he's not going back to the AHL
No idea, I have yet to hear anyone credible say it's not true which unlike some other situations (see Marchment last year) in itself is interesting.
That’s what is curious to me about this. Nobody corroborated the report, but nobody came out and said it was false either, not even Gold said it wasn’t happening.
I mean let's be real here for a second. Shay pissed off everyone at the deadline with her ability to scoop every major move before it got to the main reporters. There was tangible animosity among the hockey community that this new on the scene chick from The Athletic was scooping guys who had embedded themselves in the industry for decades.
part of me thinks the only snag is the completion of another deal for cap purposes and to keep from weakening our position on trade negotiations.
