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Speculation: who will replace Evans and Army if they are traded?

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Evans? I don't know if anyone could short-term internally. After this season? If we get a legit 2C, Evans can take the reigns and learn. It will take a while before he can fill his shoes on the defensive end.

Armia? I don't care. He doesn't give a consistent effort, and we shouldn't be fooled by a contract year. Replace him with whomever. If we don't get the return we want, he's good as an own rental to take advantage of his contract year effort. To be fair, he's always been good in the playoffs, but he hardly ever helps his team to get there in the first place.
 
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Goalfield13 said:
Evans? I don't know if anyone could short-term internally. After this season? If we get a legit 2C, Evans can take the reigns and learn. It will take a while before he can fill his shoes on the defensive end.

Armia? I don't care. He doesn't give a consistent effort, and we shouldn't be fooled by a contract year. Replace him with whomever. If we don't get the return we want, he's good as an own rental to take advantage of his contract year effort. To be fair, he's always been good in the playoffs, but he hardly ever helps his team to get there in the first place.
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breaking news- somebody has to play in their absence
 
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Well, first question is who did we get back in trade? Apparently Hughes doesn't want to to take picks back, which I personally think is a bluff as his last few trades, not counting Laine, were for picks (Allen, Kovacevic etc.) So, this now becomes impossible to answer.

I've said before, I don't give a f*** about Laval. That team exists solely to provide us with players. Beck is already up, taking Dach's spot. So, there's Davidson that deserves a shot and Roy could be given yet another shot to see if he's still a low-effort floater or not. Ideally Tuch would get some games. Condotta. Maybe even reward Xhekaj with a game or two.
 
Michelangelo said:
Breaking news - just get warm bodies from the team you will be trading with?

It’s not really rocket science lmao
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Breaking news - crushing players spirits, by inserting some “warm body”, while focused on a playoff hunt isn’t the recipe for taking next step in development / progression of 53% of the roster
 
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salbutera said:
Breaking news - crushing players spirits, by inserting some “warm body”, while focused on a playoff hunt isn’t the recipe for taking next step in development / progression of 53% of the roster
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Management will not risk losing players to free agency for nothing, that is piss poor asset management fans should criticise and require a valid explanation for. This would hurt the team more than trading away Evans/Armia/Dvorak for a pick and "warm body." Players are competitors, but should also understand the business side of hockey.
 
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salbutera said:
Breaking news - crushing players spirits, by inserting some “warm body”, while focused on a playoff hunt isn’t the recipe for taking next step in development / progression of 53% of the roster
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Maybe we should build these poor wee fellas a safe space too... this... is still hockey, right??
 
Hmm probably RHP and Condotta, but that really depends on how Laval has been doing lately and if we can sign some prospects to join Laval early.
 
I’d try Heineman-ABB-Roy 4th line. ABB / Heineman were good together in preseason and he has NHL XP.

As for Roy I just don’t think we have another option. Xhekaj or Davidson aren’t ready for NHL speed of play. Maybe RHP.

Roy has shown he can process NHL speed.
 
salbutera said:
Breaking news - crushing players spirits, by inserting some “warm body”, while focused on a playoff hunt isn’t the recipe for taking next step in development / progression of 53% of the roster
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The only crushing experience this season was the 3-8-1 run kicked off by the 5 goal third period we gave up to the Leafs ending with the Four Nations Break.

The players are all smart enough to understand where this went off the rails and it won't be because our management decided to make logical unemotional moves at TDL.

I have no clue what HuGo will do but nobody's spirit will be crushed and no development has been stymied.
The team already understands the horrendous start of the season and the 12 game stretch before the break did us in. Great lessons for next season when we are supposed to be a post season team.
 
Essenege said:
I’d try Heineman-ABB-Roy 4th line. ABB / Heineman were good together in preseason and he has NHL XP.

As for Roy I just don’t think we have another option. Xhekaj or Davidson aren’t ready for NHL speed of play. Maybe RHP.

Roy has shown he can process NHL speed.
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The problem I have with Roy is where he's going to play. Looking at the top 6 wingers for next year, we have Cole, Slaf, Laine and Ivan. Bottom 6 we have Andy, Gally and Heine as locks. I don't see him as a bottom 6 type of player but I'm thinking if he wants to stay with us, his skating and effort level needs to take a massive jump. I guess it's up to him if he's willing to do that or not.
 
For anyone looking to Laval, they need to leave them alone. For one, they are decimated by injuries (Mesar, Tuch, Gignac, Hoefenmayer, Arsenneau, Jacobs, Lindstrom). They just got Reinbacher and Simoneau back.

As @WeThreeKings mentioned, they could end up getting players on expiring contracts to cover those spots. Or even, they may make hockey trades à la Carrier, who still has some term and will be here for more than just a few months.
 
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We'll cross that bridge when we get to the river, that said we have stuff to move at the TDL, but we are not doing a fire sale. Pretty sure we will focus on moving the guys that will fetch a decent return and not bother with the rest and let them walk at the end of the season.
 
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Essenege said:
I’d try Heineman-ABB-Roy 4th line. ABB / Heineman were good together in preseason and he has NHL XP.

As for Roy I just don’t think we have another option. Xhekaj or Davidson aren’t ready for NHL speed of play. Maybe RHP.

Roy has shown he can process NHL speed.
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They shouldn't touch Laval. They're decimated by injuries and they're among the top teams in the AHL. They shouldn't mess with it much, particularly two of the top scorers on the team in ABB and Roy.

Also remember, after the TDL, teams are allowed 4 regular call ups. So if they call up Roy and ABB, that is 2 of their call ups. And my guess is they will paper Beck and Struble to ensure they're available for a Laval playoff push and call them up. So there go 4 of your call ups in one shot.
 
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OnTheRun said:
We'll cross that bridge when we get to the river, that said we have stuff to move at the TDL, but we are not doing a fire sale. Pretty sure we will focus on moving the guys that will fetch a decent return and not bother with the rest and let them walk at the end of the season.
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Yeah I think this is the approach. Especially with the talk they're looking to package Evans/Armia, they're looking for quality. not quantity (we have plenty of quantity, especially on the draft side).

Dvo and Savard stay, Armia and Evans (may) get traded, but only if it makes sense. No reason to throw them out the door for the sake of it and low value assets, especially three points out of a spot.
 
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