Sokolov has a PPG in the AHL and we're calling up Rourke freaking Chartier?
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The Devilish Buffoon
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Read the post you are responding to and you will recognize why nothing you've said in your two replies has any relevance whatsoever.
They are both heavily, heavily reliant on PP. Apparently Chartier is playing C, though, so I guess it kinda makes sense that he was the call-up.
Not when Gambrell and Brassard are both playing on the wing in the morning skate.
I'd much rather a player with an actual chance at an NHL future get a callup.
DaveMatthew
Bring in Peter
You seem to be claiming that Watson is currently an exceptional PKer, one of the best in the league. None of the numbers back you up.
The "Top 10 in GA/60 since 20/21" you keep quoting is pretty flimsy when you look beneath the hood and dig into other metrics over that span. Even wonkier when you look at performance so far this season.
Watson is a fine PKer. But very replaceable.
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Agreed, I'm just thinking of their rationale. DJ specifically mentioned him playing as a C, so it might be relevant.
Given injuries (Crookshank, Greig), I would have preferred to see Sokolov or Reinhardt up.
Seattle claims tolvanen.
Stunned we didnt pick him up.... nor 20 other teams
Stunned we didnt pick him up.... nor 20 other teams
Seattle claims tolvanen.
Stunned we didnt pick him up.... nor 20 other teams
Why would we when we have studs like Chartier, Gambrell, Brassard and Kelly in our bottom 6?
DaveMatthew
Bring in Peter
Disappointing that we didn't claim Tolvanen.
He's certainly struggled this year, but we're icing some pretty ineffective players on a nightly basis.
A team like Ottawa should jump on someone like him, even if he's owed $1.4M next year.
It's not like there won't be roster spots available in the bottom 6 next season. Motte, Watson and Brassard will all most likely be gone, and Kelly shouldn't be guaranteed anything.
He's certainly struggled this year, but we're icing some pretty ineffective players on a nightly basis.
A team like Ottawa should jump on someone like him, even if he's owed $1.4M next year.
It's not like there won't be roster spots available in the bottom 6 next season. Motte, Watson and Brassard will all most likely be gone, and Kelly shouldn't be guaranteed anything.
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Dysin Mayo RD - is he any better than the RDs we already have? 0 pts this yr in 13 games played on a terrible team.
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They aren't good.
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We should pass on him.
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Analytically he's pretty much the worst defenseman in the NHL. And he has two more years on his ticket.
It is a no-brainer in the sense that you'd have to be f***ing brain dead to take him.
DaveMatthew
Bring in Peter
Right, so this year, comparable to Motte, Kelly, Gambrell, Kastelic, Watson and Joseph.
Considering his age and different skill set (compared to our other bottom 6-ers), he's a gamble I would've taken for the rest of this year and next. There's potential upside there.
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DaveMatthew
Bring in Peter
I don't think that should have been an issue for us. We have Motte ($1.35M) and Watson ($1.5M) coming off the books for next year in our bottom 6. Brassard will be 36 and Gambrell is an RFA.
Potentially 4 spots to fill.
Tolvanen could have filled one of those spots, and there's the off chance he delivers on that upside with a change of scenery.
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I think it’s next year, is our trickiest cap year, if we are re signing Zub and Cat though, and maybe promoting Greig, oh and a RD.
DaveMatthew
Bring in Peter
But like I said, we have Motte and Watson (a combined $2.85M) coming off the books next year. So you could have pencilled in Tolvanen ($1.4M) + Greig/Crookshank ($0.85M) fill those spots and still saved $750k.
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Possibly Formenton, too many unknowns right now, for that commitment.
Prefer what we did, and leave more options.
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There have been few in-season trades for years now. Don't think this is a good time to panic & make a dumb trade. Season is toast anyhow.
Sokolov or another forward from Belleville would be fine. Why not.
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Don't think there's any clarity on the cap situation next year either (see *** below).
This part from the latest from Lebrun seemed relevant: "......but if they don't finish paying it off, and a lot of people believe they won't this year, then the cap will just go up a million dollars. However, there is a third option that's being talked [about] around the NHL. Not so much by the League and the NHLPA (National Hockey League Players' Association) ......"
The third option being discussed by players agents and GMs (versus the NHL & NHLPA) would see the cap go up next year by $2 or $3 m. The goal of this concept is to smooth out the increases so that it doesn't go up by just a small amount next year and then take a much bigger jump the year following.
NHL Network said something about the exchange rate (Canadian to U.S. dollars) was somewhat problematic. U.S. dollar is very strong against other currencies in general.
*** Just heard that the salary cap is on the agenda for tomorrow's Board of Governors meeting.
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