you would have tought he coulod have gotten something as a rental. no one wants to touch guys wth ARB rights. he signed for 2.5 what if he got 4.5 in ARB? But 4th or so for a rental last TDL would have seemed to make sense. I do get the impression that KD sets a price that is market and does not move off that much. maybe he thought a 2-3 was fair for strome and 3-4 was fair for Kubalik and Dehaan 5th-6th no retention and his offers were 4-5 strome. 5-6 for kubs and only could trade dehaan with rentention. on the one side 4-6th for guys you let walk is better then nothing, but it sets a bad precedent for a young GM.
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hockeydoug
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Richardson wouldn't have broken Kane's slump to start the year, MAF letting in beachballs, and Jones and McCabe playing way too tight.
That said, keeping Strome out of the top 6 would have made other teams try and that could have been good.
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Kaners Bald Spot
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Let's see him put together a full season before panicking. He's also playing RW now, right?
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Why would we panic? The time to panic is if Nazar busts. If Nazar turns into a first liner, then what the hell do we care?
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Man the pandemic really changed me, before I would of been so pissed if Dach becomes a superstar and Nazar busts, now if it happens I will just be damn, that sucks, oh well.
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Yes, he was fine at C (although awful in the circle) but the Habs have very few legitimate top 6 players so they decided to just put the best 3 together. Definitely needs to put a full season together, the Suzuki line is riding a really hot shooting % stretch right now but Dach has been good for those who still root for him.
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Dach is scoring in close, don't think any of the 4 goals were more than a few feet from the blue paint. Unless he's gonna turn into Pavelski, he's still going to struggle with being a perennial 20 goal scorer.
Though scoring was never the biggest part of his game. His passing, which was off seemingly every time last season, is connecting a lot more now. His hand might be healing up enough where it's not hindering him.
Hawks need Nazar to turn into a top 6, preferably top line, guy for a long while to make that deal seem reasonable. Sucks that he's out for who knows how long; hopefully he comes back strong.
Though scoring was never the biggest part of his game. His passing, which was off seemingly every time last season, is connecting a lot more now. His hand might be healing up enough where it's not hindering him.
Hawks need Nazar to turn into a top 6, preferably top line, guy for a long while to make that deal seem reasonable. Sucks that he's out for who knows how long; hopefully he comes back strong.
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Ya, I didn't think his shot was that bad coming out of Saskatoon. I think the wrist injury made it worse.
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His backhand was fantastic, but otherwise, he has a muffin of a shot. Seemingly always has.
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Dach shooting the puck at all would be a massive step forward for him.
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His 2nd one last night was a nice snipe that he beat the goalie cleanly on
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I still think we should have held on to him, but also a high possibility that what he is doing now (and potentially on the year) he would have never done here in Chicago, so, meh.
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Watching the Oilers Canes game. Just heard the Canes announcer say he wants to see Calvin DeHaan play less of a safe game. Wants him to be more assertive offensively.
Like, what?
Like, what?
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Haha CdH immediately can't handle a pass blows a tire and it's a breakaway against. Good soldier but he's not the guy you want taking chances against the freaking Oilers.
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I agree with the latter. Nazar fits the Hawks timeline better. As long as Nazar is a top 6er I have zero issue with the trade.
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Agreed about the timeline ... never seen Nazar play the game but it's a big assumption that he will be playing a top 6 role as an NHLer one day.
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Don't look now but statistically, Jonny is off to his best career start with 7 goals in his first 12 games.
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I have been a critic of Murphy but he is playing much better lately. Hope it keeps up.
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