Speculation: 2016 Offseason Thread ★

[Satan]

D pairings this year fellas? Any chance Honka gets in?

He should be but this team has a thing for carrying deadweight on the blueline.

 

[golgoXIII]

how oleksiak look so far ?

 

[Troy McClure]

how oleksiak look so far ?

Tall. Very tall.

 

[Satan]

Tall. Very tall.

 

[DJB]

Thanks fellas

 

[OttMorrow]

Something like



I wasn't impressed with Lindell and question if he's ready for the nhl

This is what I have been saying for a while.

I do think he showed steady improvement in the AHL over the course of the season though, so he may be able to eek into the lineup, but many have had him penciled into the lineup a little prematurely IMO.

Who knows though? Johns looked WAY better on the big club than he did in Cedar Park. Not that he looked bad, and I thought he was the most talented D outside of maybe Honka, but he was making defensive errors down there that he hasn't made in the NHL. Go figure.

Conversely, Backman really impressed with his steady game early in the season last year, but seemed to show some cracks in his game as the season went on. I'm not yet convinced he's ready for the big show either, but I do think the opportunity is there for him to overtake Lindell on the depth chart and squeeze into the NHL lineup if he proves to be more reliable than our other options.

Ebert may have as good a chance as either Lindell or Backman, especially due to his right-shot.

 

[PM]

How's Hamhuis looked for you guys so far in camp and preseason? Assuming he's even played a game so far. Was not a fan with the way he was kicked to the curb in Vancouver and expect him to have a big bounce back year with you guys.

 

[EXTRAS]

So dallas is really going to start the year with niemi and what's his name, eh?

 

[LT]

How's Hamhuis looked for you guys so far in camp and preseason? Assuming he's even played a game so far. Was not a fan with the way he was kicked to the curb in Vancouver and expect him to have a big bounce back year with you guys.

Honestly, I haven't heard much of anything about him at all.

 

[WhoahNow]

Honestly, I haven't heard much of anything about him at all.

All I've heard is that he looks good paired with Klingberg

 

[PM]

All I've heard is that he looks good paired with Klingberg

Yeah I may have asked that question a little early. Thanks!

 

[serp]

Now Janmark on crutches ... What the hell ? ~~

 

[Mr Misty]

The universe is going to f us so hard for mishandling Nichushkin for the next 90 years, this is just the first taste.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Ugh. Guess the injury bug is still around after all. Just starting to get excited about Faksa coming back too. Well, back to doom and gloom

 

[Satan]

as long as Jason Spezza and Radek Faksa are healthy, we will be fine.

 

[Troy McClure]

The universe is going to f us so hard for mishandling Nichushkin for the next 90 years, this is just the first taste.

This is really retribution for not re-signing Nik Hagman, a player who was infinitely better than Nichushkin could ever have been.

 

[serp]

If we're going back that far we should've kept Antti Miettinen he was better than Hagman after he left us. Neither ever did anything in the playoffs for anyone though.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Ladislav Nagy should be implicated as well, I don't know why or how. But I just feel like blaming Ladislav Nagy.

 

[serp]

Ah Ladislav Nagy the poster child for how great Doug Armstrong was at managing assets ...

 

[serp]

Anyone seen anything of the guy the Stars just signed to an ELC ?

 

[Satan]

Anyone seen anything of the guy the Stars just signed to an ELC ?

big guy who sucks at skating and can adequately move the puck up the ice.

 

[Sipak4]

Anyone seen anything of the guy the Stars just signed to an ELC ?

I'm sorry. I don't understand it. He is still not drafted. How can Stars sign him? He is just 18 years old.
Thx

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

I'm sorry. I don't understand it. He is still not drafted. How can Stars sign him? He is just 18 years old.
Thx

He went undrafted. And there's a window which opens after the draft and ends before the season starts where you can offer young players like this ELCs. Dallas has done it a couple times in the past (Tristan King and Maxime Lagace).

It's not that common and 99 times out of a hundred, the player becomes nothing. I'm sure that I'm forgetting someone, but the only guy I can even think of to turn into a semi notable NHL player is Josh Gorges.

 

[Satan]

hes exempt from the 50 contract limit so who cares

 

[WingsMike]

So is Vala ineligible to be drafted now?

He is a guy you will likely see at the upcoming world juniors with CZE.