Player Discussion Zac Jones

[mrmovies779]

In no way should Jones come out once Lindgren is back.Hes our best puck moving dman after Fox and it's not even close

 

[bhamill]

That's why I don't read him. That makes no sense. Once Lindgren is back, there's no reason to carry 8 dmen and continue to use LTIR. Mancini is waiver exempt and will almost certainly be sent down. The only other option is to send down one of our exempt forwards (Cuylle, Rempe, Edstrom), but then we'd have no spare forwards until Vesey comes back.

This is how I see it going. I may catch some flack here, but I see Lindgren being traded this off season, and probably not the TDL unless we get a GREAT offer for him. Jones is a keeper, and Mancini as insurance makes it so we don't need to shop for a D at the TDL. If we deal Lindgren we are an injury away from Ruh or Mackey or another AHL level D man. That would be BAD in the post season...
In the same way, I think Berard and Othmann are forward insurance against having to make a TDL deal for forward help, assuming Chytil stays ambulatory.
I think if we make a TDL deal at all it's from a position of STRENGTH.

 

[n8]

This is how I see it going. I may catch some flack here, but I see Lindgren being traded this off season, and probably not the TDL unless we get a GREAT offer for him. Jones is a keeper, and Mancini as insurance makes it so we don't need to shop for a D at the TDL. If we deal Lindgren we are an injury away from Ruh or Mackey or another AHL level D man. That would be BAD in the post season...
In the same way, I think Berard and Othmann are forward insurance against having to make a TDL deal for forward help, assuming Chytil stays ambulatory.
I think if we make a TDL deal at all it's from a position of STRENGTH.

Lindgren as insurance? I buy it. Othmann and Berard as forward depth? Ok. But I would not call them insurance. Brodzinski is more of the insurance player as he can play center, play on the PP if needed, is pretty versatile but at a low level of quality. The youngins... unless they undergo some substantial development in Hartford, are still liabilities with promise.

 

[bhamill]

Lindgren as insurance? I buy it. Othmann and Berard as forward depth? Ok. But I would not call them insurance. Brodzinski is more of the insurance player as he can play center, play on the PP if needed, is pretty versatile but at a low level of quality. The youngins... unless they undergo some substantial development in Hartford, are still liabilities with promise.

Fair enough, but I still think if we are healthy at the trade deadline we won’t be dealing to plug a hole, just upgrade if anything.

 

[GAGLine]

Fair enough, but I still think if we are healthy at the trade deadline we won’t be dealing to plug a hole, just upgrade if anything.

We're running short on draft picks to trade for rentals in any case. Over the next 3 drafts, we only have 2 picks (2026 3rd and 2027 3rd) in rounds 2 through 4.

I don't think Drury will trade 1sts, but if he does, it better be for a player who will be around a while.

 

[IDvsEGO]

We're running short on draft picks to trade for rentals in any case. Over the next 3 drafts, we only have 2 picks (2026 3rd and 2027 3rd) in rounds 2 through 4.

I don't think Drury will trade 1sts, but if he does, it better be for a player who will be around a while.

Sure. But Drury has managed to hit on nhl players in rounds 5-7. So I’m ok with this.

 

[GAGLine]

Sure. But Drury has managed to hit on nhl players in rounds 5-7. So I’m ok with this.

We've had some successes and may have more yet, but a team built with those players isn't winning anything. The odds of getting top of the lineup players in those rounds is very slim.

Not having those picks puts that much more pressure on the team to hit with the picks they do have.

 

[IDvsEGO]

We've had some successes and may have more yet, but a team built with those players isn't winning anything. The odds of getting top of the lineup players in those rounds is very slim.

Not having those picks puts that much more pressure on the team to hit with the picks they do have.

A team with those players could absolutely win a cup so long as you aren’t asking them to be the core of your offense.
but hitting on those, allows a good team to extend its window significantly.