What I would like to see is a coach that doesn't make the lineup card on an Etch-A-Sketch. Maybe get some consistency on a nightly thing.
Well, this sure is boring.
Not sure if Beaulieu is being shopped, they need someone to replace Markov pretty soon. I'm a big believer of Beaulieu, would've love to see him in a Kings jersey.
David Pagnotta @TheFourthPeriod 1m1 minute ago
Devils claim Warsofsky off waivers. Oilers claim Cracknell, Pardy. Habs claim Brown. Everyone else clears.
Yay, Brown claimed by Habs! Sure it's not Dustin. Would be awesome, if was. What / who is Pardy? The Oil knows how to Pardy.
David Pagnotta @TheFourthPeriod 1m1 minute ago
Devils claim Warsofsky off waivers. Oilers claim Cracknell, Pardy. Habs claim Brown. Everyone else clears.
Yay, Brown claimed by Habs! Sure it's not Dustin. Would be awesome, if was. What / who is Pardy? The Oil knows how to Pardy.
He would be a pretty ideal Voynov replacement.
how serious is his injury?
I wonder what he would cost.
Not much is going to happen today, I can feel it.
Not much is going to happen today, I can feel it.
Once Hamhuis goes, it'll pick up.
Hamhuis, Russell, Drouin I think will all be moved.
Would (over)paying for Hazal be stupid move?
Like Forbort, Shore and 1st in '17 for Hanzal(25% retain). (Is that too much?too little?)
Lines for now
Lucic-Kopi-Toffoli
Pearson-Carter-Steeg
Vinny-Hanzal-Brown
King-Lewis-Clifford
Andy, Nolan
I've long disliked Brown, and after his absurd 40 game PPG run in 2012, said that was the pinnacle of his career by a country mile. At this point, trading him for futures would be a massive boon for the team, if only to clear that cap space.
Dean was toe to toe with Bowman in the way each managed their championship teams until the summer of 2014. That was when it all changed. Since 2014, Dean has been hit with one scandal after the next, and he's fumbled the ball. That's not all entirely his fault. He couldn't have predicted Richards fall from grace. He couldn't have predicted Voynov turning into a POS seemingly overnight. But at the same time, he hasn't patched those holes, and we've bled assets ever since. Now we're stuck with a cap strapped lineup, virtually zero tradable assets, and several albatross contracts (including a vastly overpaid captain who produces like a bottom sixer). Dean has wound up with a team that, years ago, he always wanted to avoid, and that's sort of alarming.
With all that said, though, this team has still won two championships. And until someone handedly beats them in a seven game series, I'm remiss to say the window is closed. We're the only team to have beaten the vaunted Chicago Blackhawks in a seven game series since 2012, and the only team who can even remotely claim they're in the same tier. That's something to hang your hat on. Everyone else is a pretender until proven otherwise, most notably the Ducks.
We're going to make the playoffs this year, and we'll see where this team is really at. Dean, for all his mistakes, is capable of fixing things, I believe. If we go out in the first or second round, I have no doubt we'll see some major shifts over the offseason (Brown).
Would (over)paying for Hazal be stupid move?
Like Forbort, Shore and 1st in '17 for Hanzal(25% retain). (Is that too much?too little?)
Lines for now
Lucic-Kopi-Toffoli
Pearson-Carter-Steeg
Vinny-Hanzal-Brown
King-Lewis-Clifford
Andy, Nolan
Easily do it.
Would (over)paying for Hazal be stupid move?
Like Forbort, Shore and 1st in '17 for Hanzal(25% retain). (Is that too much?too little?)
Lines for now
Lucic-Kopi-Toffoli
Pearson-Carter-Steeg
Vinny-Hanzal-Brown
King-Lewis-Clifford
Andy, Nolan