Was that more Jeannot not fitting the system? The expectation was he would be able to adapt because he was young. He just may not fit. I can see him in Philly, FLA, BOS, or one of those physical first teams and towns. Tampa? We were always known for speed and turtling on D where you have to block a ton of shots! Cooper-ball...
Like John Tavares making $11 million and has never seen a 90 point season? There are currently 17 players making $10 million AAV or more and only 5 of them had over 100 points last season. (2 were goalies- Price and Bob)
I mean at least he's trying. I think even tho we don't all agree with how he's done it, the goal is to win.
Like John Tavares making $11 million and has never seen a 90 point season? There are currently 17 players making over $10 million AAV and only 5 of them had over 100 points last season. (2 were goalies- Price and Bob)
It's called inflation.
Most "casual fans" think Stamkos is Swedish and grew up playing hockey in an igloo.
Disagree. I'm more of a critic than a fan of his, but I don't see negative or low value on him. For all Sergachevs flaws defensively and his contract, we just got a haul. Cirelli is a center with a lower cap hit, he'd bring back valuable pieces. Might not be as much as Sergachev, or even 1 for 1, but Cirelli is coveted. Even if some critics find his limitations annoying on this team, he has value.
We didn't win squat after getting rid of Vinny. But we did forget. It's a business. Life goes on.
I would love 9.5x6 only because if he blossoms in Coopers system, when he turns 35, it would be a nice 3rd/4th line piece to have.
Well then he might not want to come here. Despite all of the moves, this team is more likely to be on the trajectory of post-Cup Pittsburgh than being a competitive Cup contender. We have already started to mirror their post-Cup playoff performances with two first round exits in a row and a pretty poor regular season. The only thing that will possibly keep the train rolling at a high level is a 110% resurgent Vasy and, short of a few streaky flashes of brilliance here and there, we have not seen evidence of that being the consistent case in quite some time.
No team has done that either. We are the only ones that modeled consistency and hit two in a row since his Pens did. We sustained success for longer too. Colorado already found out, so did Vegas. There's 32 teams in the league vying for one trophy. With Kucherov, Point, Vasy, Hedman, McD, Hagel, Cirelli, and potentially Guenztel/Stamkos/16M cap space, our odds are much better than most at clinching and going deep. We hit two down years with goaltending and shit depth, Brisebois is probably going to address that this week.
Then they probably trade his rights to the Canucks for a 5th
