GDT: Canes vs Habs - Deadline Day Eve!

Joe McGrath

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Can any of Slavin or Nikishin play as effectively on the right side? I know Skjei really can't, but it sure would be nice to keep him, and while Nikishin might take a year or 2 on 3rd pair, gotta think he's eventually gonna want top 4 or out
Orlov can.
 
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To Be Determined

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Orlov is probably the best option to do so. He actually started as an offside defenseman in Russia before he came to the NHL.
Semi-related, down the stretch i'd like to see them swap orlov and burns (chatty playing on the left) as an experiment.. At least see what slavin-orlov can do, and get burns a slightly lighter load ahead of the playoffs.

If it sucks, kill it quick.
 

WreckingCrew

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Lol despite the constant whining about Orlov, we can’t afford Skjei long term. Especially if we are keeping Guentzel which seems to be the plan
Why? If Pesce is gone we can have Skjei & Chatty for probably less combined money than they cost right now. Get some cheaper depth guys as #6/7. After next year Orlov & Burns are off the books ($13M) and potentially Nikishin & Morrow enter the fray on cheaper contracts

If we're signing Guentz I assume Turbo is gone and our top 6 are
Svech - Aho - Jarvis
Guentz - KK - Necas
 

Nikishin Go Boom

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Why? If Pesce is gone we can have Skjei & Chatty for probably less combined money than they cost right now. Get some cheaper depth guys as #6/7. After next year Orlov & Burns are off the books (#13M) and potentially Nikishin & Morrow enter the fray on cheaper contracts
Jarvis, Necas, and slavin are all getting large raises. Potentially adding in Guentzel’s large number too. We are going to need to fill our 1RD / 2RD for cheap while filling our roster. That will be a lot harder committing 6.5 million for 7 years to skjei
 

Borsig

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Lol despite the constant whining about Orlov, we can’t afford Skjei long term. Especially if we are keeping Guentzel which seems to be the plan
Just stop.

If you'd rather have one year of a dumpster fire instead of moving him to sign skjei you're just trolling. Its sad and pathetic.
 

Nikishin Go Boom

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Just stop.

If you'd rather have one year of a dumpster fire instead of moving him to sign skjei you're just trolling. Its sad and pathetic.
Just stop, your nonsense about orlov is just that. Saying im trolling is rich. Clown level takes on orlov and TDa.
 
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