Rumor: 2022-2023 Trade Rumors and Free Agency: In Season Thread - Time to Defend the Title

[Metallo]

So are we not going to talk about how Bednar is running his lines this year?

Why did MacDonald play 3:03 minutes today? Maltsev 4:41. Meanwhile ERod is getting 23:13 as a forward (which is #1 dman minutes on a normal team).

That's a very unusual way to manage ice time, to say the least. Especially this early in the season!

Almost looks like Bednar is mad at the GM for giving him shit players and wants to let them know that he's not going to use them.

I remember a few years back that I felt he was not playing his top guys enough. This year the pendulum has swung the other way. Let's hope we get somebodies soon so that things get back to normal.

 

[Frenchy]

I don't think the Avs didn't want him, they just didn't want to pay him a million dollars.

True and he also wanted to stay with the Avs . He said it himself on RDS at the start of the season.
The qualifying offer was too pricey for the team and they had to let him go.

 

[Balthazar]

True and he also wanted to stay with the Avs . He said it himself on RDS at the start of the season.
The qualifying offer was too pricey for the team and they had to let him go.

Good call. His QO was 1.225M. We can now have him for 1M.

 

[JH21]

CBJ 4th line averaged more than twice as many minutes as our 4th line.

And we won 6-3

Who cares

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[The Merchant]

Guess we didn't want him :/

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Guess we didn't want him :/

The bottom six is too strong

 

[The Merchant]

The bottom six is too strong

Too true

 

[JH21]

Jonathan Toews and Max Domi sure would check alot of boxes for us

Lehkonen- Mackinnon- Rantanen
Landeskog- Toews- Nichushkin
Rodrigues- Domi- Compher
Cogliano- Helm- O'Connor
MacDermid

Newhook, Maltsev, Hunt, Kaut and McDonald offer nothing.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Guess we didn't want him :/

They might have been ahead of us in priority.

 

[The Merchant]

They might have been ahead of us in priority.

We should've be right in front of them, right?

 

[sethro109]

Yeah, how does waiver priority work? Is it win percentage? I fell like that would make the most sense.

 

[Sea Eagles]

So many people complaining about our 2nd line. People forget what a difference our captain makes, not only in production, but lifting everyone around him. When he gets back, one of Rodrigues or Newhook drops to the third line. Lehk is on track for 60 points now (another goal tonight).

Add to that new lines and chemistry needs to be built. Rome wasn't built in a day guys.

P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E.

That's all I'm asking. We are going back-to-back here. Trust me. We'll storm up the line-up.

Landeskog - Mack - Nuke
Lehkonen - Rodrigues - Rants

and THEN throw Helm in, and possibly Galchenyuk after his injury subsides. That's not including trade deadline moves.

 

[Pokecheque]

It's more like throwing around 200k to have NAK instead of some AHLer on the team. The cap crunch isn’t that bad.

200K makes a bigger difference than you think. According to Cap Friendly the Avs currently have $375K in cap space.

Anyway, this is kind of a reductive argument. I'd be perfectly fine with NAK coming back, but I can see why they're not putting in a claim.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

200K makes a bigger difference than you think. According to Cap Friendly the Avs currently have $375K in cap space.

Anyway, this is kind of a reductive argument. I'd be perfectly fine with NAK coming back, but I can see why they're not putting in a claim.

Also, the qualifying offer was over 1M. Makes perfect sense why the Avs went with other options. I was wrong.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

We should've be right in front of them, right?

Not sure honestly. Both teams are .500 but they have more games played and more points.


So not sure tbh.

200K makes a bigger difference than you think. According to Cap Friendly the Avs currently have $375K in cap space.

Anyway, this is kind of a reductive argument. I'd be perfectly fine with NAK coming back, but I can see why they're not putting in a claim.

That's largely just because they are in Finland. And because of 3 injuries.


They've been playing the cap saving game all season up to this point. On off days they have almost $2M in space.

 

[dahrougem2]

So many people complaining about our 2nd line. People forget what a difference our captain makes, not only in production, but lifting everyone around him. When he gets back, one of Rodrigues or Newhook drops to the third line. Lehk is on track for 60 points now (another goal tonight).

Add to that new lines and chemistry needs to be built. Rome wasn't built in a day guys.

P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E.

That's all I'm asking. We are going back-to-back here. Trust me. We'll storm up the line-up.

Landeskog - Mack - Nuke
Lehkonen - Rodrigues - Rants

and THEN throw Helm in, and possibly Galchenyuk after his injury subsides. That's not including trade deadline moves.

Galchenyuk ain't on the team lol

 

[Sea Eagles]

Galchenyuk ain't on the team lol

I know that, but there were reports we didn't sign him due to an injury, but may re-address that when he heals.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

So many people complaining about our 2nd line. People forget what a difference our captain makes, not only in production, but lifting everyone around him. When he gets back, one of Rodrigues or Newhook drops to the third line. Lehk is on track for 60 points now (another goal tonight).

Add to that new lines and chemistry needs to be built. Rome wasn't built in a day guys.

P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E.

That's all I'm asking. We are going back-to-back here. Trust me. We'll storm up the line-up.

Landeskog - Mack - Nuke
Lehkonen - Rodrigues - Rants

and THEN throw Helm in, and possibly Galchenyuk after his injury subsides. That's not including trade deadline moves.

That's still really bad. Rodrigues isn't a 2nd line Center.

 

[Sea Eagles]

That's still really bad. Rodrigues isn't a 2nd line Center.

Lines by quarter last season for him went:
So not sure I agree.

Quarter	Line Combination

Quarter	Line Combination
1	SIDNEY CROSBY - EVAN RODRIGUES - JAKE GUENTZEL JASON ZUCKER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES SIDNEY CROSBY - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES
2	JEFF CARTER - BROCK MCGINN - EVAN RODRIGUES BROCK MCGINN - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES EVGENI MALKIN - EVAN RODRIGUES - DANTON HEINEN
3	SIDNEY CROSBY - EVAN RODRIGUES - JAKE GUENTZEL JEFF CARTER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES TEDDY BLUEGER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES
4	BRIAN BOYLE - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES TEDDY BLUEGER - BROCK MCGINN - EVAN RODRIGUES JEFF CARTER - EVAN RODRIGUES - DANTON HEINEN

 

[The Merchant]

Lines by quarter last season for him went:
So not sure I agree.

Quarter	Line Combination

Quarter	Line Combination
1	SIDNEY CROSBY - EVAN RODRIGUES - JAKE GUENTZEL JASON ZUCKER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES SIDNEY CROSBY - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES
2	JEFF CARTER - BROCK MCGINN - EVAN RODRIGUES BROCK MCGINN - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES EVGENI MALKIN - EVAN RODRIGUES - DANTON HEINEN
3	SIDNEY CROSBY - EVAN RODRIGUES - JAKE GUENTZEL JEFF CARTER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES TEDDY BLUEGER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES
4	BRIAN BOYLE - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES TEDDY BLUEGER - BROCK MCGINN - EVAN RODRIGUES JEFF CARTER - EVAN RODRIGUES - DANTON HEINEN

Yep and he went on a tear while filling in for Malkin and increased his production even more when Crosby was out. He is far more effective at center

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Lines by quarter last season for him went:
So not sure I agree.

Quarter	Line Combination

Quarter	Line Combination
1	SIDNEY CROSBY - EVAN RODRIGUES - JAKE GUENTZEL JASON ZUCKER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES SIDNEY CROSBY - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES
2	JEFF CARTER - BROCK MCGINN - EVAN RODRIGUES BROCK MCGINN - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES EVGENI MALKIN - EVAN RODRIGUES - DANTON HEINEN
3	SIDNEY CROSBY - EVAN RODRIGUES - JAKE GUENTZEL JEFF CARTER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES TEDDY BLUEGER - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES
4	BRIAN BOYLE - KASPERI KAPANEN - EVAN RODRIGUES TEDDY BLUEGER - BROCK MCGINN - EVAN RODRIGUES JEFF CARTER - EVAN RODRIGUES - DANTON HEINEN

Evan Rodrigues is not a 2nd line center.

 

[The Merchant]

Evan Rodrigues is not a 2nd line center.

Maybe not on a legit Cup contender, but he was for the Pens last season

 

[Sea Eagles]

Evan Rodrigues is not a 2nd line center.

Mate, Penguins came 12th overall with him there for a large portion? Not sure why you'd consider that funny?

 

[henchman21]

Mate, Penguins came 12th overall with him there for a large portion? Not sure why you'd consider that funny?

Is 12th overall good enough?