Jim Nill's job should have never been considered on the line, imo
Verdict: Methot is not a saviour for the Stars, but he can help a team that needs major help on defence, and the price is entirely reasonable, at least from Dallas’ perspective. Vegas made a good move by taking excess NHL-calibre defencemen in the expansion draft, but they don’t appear to be making the most of their opportunities to extract value for those assets.
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This seems to be geo-blocked, but I'd love to know what LeBrun said. The title suggests that GM GM cut off his nose to spite his face, "Stars get Methot for mush less than Sens would've had to pay."
It wouldn't surprise me if Ottawa didn't pay the ransom so to show he was a credible GM he felt he had to stick to that price point for them after expansion.
This seems to be geo-blocked, but I'd love to know what LeBrun said. The title suggests that GM GM cut off his nose to spite his face, "Stars get Methot for mush less than Sens would've had to pay."
Believed Dallas would have targeted Alzner has this trade not come through.
He says...
It's believed the asking price from Ottawa to protect Methot in the ED was a 1st round pick in 2018...
Dallas paid less than what McPhee originally asked from Dallas...
Believed Dallas would have targeted Alzner has this trade not come through.
Lmao easy, I mentioned Klingberg.If you think the nucleus of our D is Hammuis and Methot then I'm led to believe you're basing a roster quality on number of names you recognize. Wait until you meet Honka and Klingberg.
So that's the target for free agency or can we expect more trades?Stars will be a legit cup contender, provided the team isn't depleted with injuries. They just need to add a couple wingers, hopefully Justin Williams is one of those. Adding players who are strong playoff players should be the goal.
Ritchie and Shore in their 1st seasons get 16 and 13 goals. Janmark got 15 goals as a rookie and if he is healthy he's solid. Faksa is a beast, 12 goals in his first full season. 2 UFA RWs with our cap space plus Roussel and that's 10 good forwards.
Assuming we don't go 30th on PK and don't lose 90% of games that go past 60 minutes again we have the pieces to be fine. It's early yet, but where's the team in our division that improved?
Remember when we had Demers, Russel, and Oduya?
Goligoski - Klingberg
Russell - Demers
Oduya - Johns
Benn
That was actually pretty solid at the time
Until the St. Louis series. I wrote a recap of their performance in that series, and they were frikkin hammered.
Amb. of Fun raises a good point about the Methot trade. Nill was high on Eakin despite his crap season. I wouldn't be surprised of it was some unspoken favor for Vegas taking Eakin. Outlandish, but it makes more sense than what McPhee gave up. Not that McPhee is incapable of making bad trades, but still.
Goligoski was a whipping boy, but he played a large part in the success of the Stars that season. He wasn't a rock defensively, and his offense was overshadowed by Klingberg, Benn, Spez, and Seguin but he played a huge role in pushing the puck up the ice and making the initial move in the offensive zone.Goligoski - Klingberg
Russell - Demers
Oduya - Johns
Benn
That was actually pretty solid at the time