The Out of Town Thread CVIII - Free Agency Edition

[Alex514]

It sure looks like MB is set on giving a youngster a spot if they seize it.
It seems he is content going into the season with the current top 2 centers...
Let's hope Price repeats his past season heroics...

Price repeating his heroics is a HUGE gamble. Put it this way, even if he has a GOOD season we're in trouble with this foward group as it stands. And it's not realistic to think that he will be able to repeat it year in and year out.

I do hope that MB has set a roster spot aside for a young gun as you suggest.

 

[417]

It sure looks like MB is set on giving a youngster a spot if they seize it.
It seems he is content going into the season with the current top 2 centers...
Let's hope Price repeats his past season heroics...

Or maybe just a better season from the teams forwards would suffice

 

[LaP]

I called it day 1 and call it again now. O'Reilly signature will one day be remembered as one of the worst ever.

 

[donghabs98]

http://m.weei.com/sports/boston/hoc...xpectations-hal-gill-offers-cautionary-tale-b

Hal Gill offers some insight on the difference between Bruins and Habs fans expectations.

 

[Tabarouette]

this is the stupidest thing i've ever read

 

[Kriss E]

this is the stupidest thing i've ever read

This guy is all over the place..

 

[Tabarouette]

This guy is all over the place..

 

[Ivan13]

this is the stupidest thing i've ever read

This is one off the most moronic things I have ever heard a GM say

 

[Alex514]

this is the stupidest thing i've ever read

LOL, I love his logic! Simple as ABC...

 

[Whitesnake]

this is the stupidest thing i've ever read

Well....it's his own version of Moneyball.....We don't need to replace Damon...we need to replace his on-base percentage.....So they don't need to replace those guys...they need to replace their goals! They did!

 

[Tabarouette]

Well....it's his own version of Moneyball.....We don't need to replace Damon...we need to replace his on-base percentage.....So they don't need to replace those guys...they need to replace their goals! They did!

he watched Moneyball and Mr.Bean in the same night and got both logic mixed up

 

[loudi94]

LOL, I love his logic! Simple as ABC...

Acquired 67 points and a +9. Gave up 126 points and a combined +17.

 

[Agalloch]

Well....it's his own version of Moneyball.....We don't need to replace Damon...we need to replace his on-base percentage.....So they don't need to replace those guys...they need to replace their goals! They did!

Beleskey will not repeat his 22 goals. I'm sure of that. He will score 10-15 goals.

 

[Tabarouette]

Acquired 67 points and a +9. Gave up 126 points and a combined +17.

and Beleskey is most likely not going to score as many goal this year, there's multiple level of dumbness in what he said

 

[SquiddFX]

Don Sweeney is a dumb dumb. His logic is illogical.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

For a guy who played like 20 years in the league he's surprisingly clueless about how the game works apparently . Goals aren't like on base percentage Don, they really aren't...

 

[Sterling Archer]

Hamilton
2014-15 Boston Bruins NHL 72 10 32 42 41

Chara:
2014-15 Boston Bruins NHL 63 8 12 20

 

[Ivan13]

I am tempted to make a thread about this gem on the main boards

 

[teh doors]

In fairness (Sweeney is still a moron) lucic is overrated now

If they kept him they'd be overpaying him based on his past

The Hamilton trade is hilarious though

and we can make fun of belesky signing but he would trample most of the Habs soft forwards

 

[tinyzombies]

I think Scherbak has more upside than SK had but maybe not 'quite' as much as AK. AK could've been an absolute beast. I think he could've been damn near a 40/40 player.

AK seemed/seems more skilled but he was also built like a tank. Scherbak has a height/reach advantage and seems a bit quicker.

Scherbak's bulking up though is very interesting. I didn't think he'd bulk up that much that quick. If he ends up north of 210 he could be mighty scary. The good thing is Scherbak seems to have it between the ears.

God I hope Galch and Scherbak reach their potential.

AK had no brains, no footspeed, no footwork to set up his release, no character, was dommed on the boards every single play. He looked like a "tank" cuz of those late hits after the puck was gone, but he got outmuscled every shift and showed no willingness to be hard on the puck. Horrible draft pick. Especially when you consider that a franchise BIG, RIGHT-HANDED, CANADIAN CENTERMAN was there for the taking (exactly what Gainey said he was looking for...).

The Hawks are the only team to win a Cup with as many Euros as they have, but they don't have AK type players, they have Hossa (ANOTHER guy we missed in the draft), Hjalmersson, Kruger, Oduya, Rozsival.... warriors.

 

[Ivan13]

In fairness (Sweeney is still a moron) lucic is one of the most overrated players in the league

If they kept him they'd be overpaying him based on his past and the reputation the hockey media created for him It was smart to trade lucic and the Kings overpaid

The Hamilton trade is hilarious though

and we can make fun of belesky signing but he would trample most of the Habs soft forwards

Well he can trample them all he wants he still isn't worth the money he got from them. He'll be Bickell 2.0.

 

[LaP]

The Hawks are the only team to win a Cup with as many Euros as they have, but they don't have AK type players, they have Hossa (ANOTHER guy we missed in the draft), Hjalmersson, Kruger, Oduya, Rozsival.... warriors.

What about the wings?

Lidstrom, Kozlov, Larionov, Holmstrom, Fedorov, Eriksson, Fetisov, Konstantinov, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Hudler, Samuelsson, Franzen, Filppula, Kronwall,

Or Colorado?

Forsberg, Kamensky, Ozolinsh, Gusarov, Krupp, Hejduk, Skoula, Nieminen.

Devils?

Holik, Sykora, Elias, Nemchinov, Brylin, Mogilny, Malakhov, Tverdovsky, Zelepukin, Albelin.

Pens?

Malkin, Sykora, Fedotenko, Satan, Gonchar, Jagr, Samuelsson, Hrdina.

NYR?

Zubov, Kovalev, Tikkanen, Nemchinov, Karpovtsev.

 

[phoque taupe]

I couldn't not repeat it :

Going straight into Tim Horton's is quite dumb, especially for a rather skilled forward like him, considering Horton's been dead for over 40 years by now.

 

[Brainiac]

OK now. This quote by Sweeney is something.

A GM should know better than that. But hey, he's the Bruins's GM so...

 

[Whitesnake]

So Jim Nill wasn'T done yet...go figure. Oduya to Stars.