Player Discussion Devante Smith-Pelly

[hockeykicker]

i think we all missed this one haha

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

I always liked the guy. In fact, I changed my avatar before the playoffs and put my faith in him.

Druce Smith Pelly had a fantastic playoffs. Way to go DSP!

 

[amin723]

Skate DSP.

 

[895]

Sounds more like John Druce than Joel Ward. Hopefully the devils zzz system temporarily stunted his development.

Well this was prescient.

 

[strungout]

Good signing, but probably totally inconsequential for the franchise.

Oooof.

Hahahahaha.

 

[Empty Goal Net]

As a wise man once said (paraphrasing), "If we knew anything about the game we'd be in it."

 

[TRASHCAT]

In the action of last night it was easy to miss how difficult the goal he scored was

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

When you are paying what the Caps are paying for their top liners, this is the type of player you need to gamble on (and hopefully pan out) for your bottom six in order to remain competitive.

Ahem.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

In the action of last night it was easy to miss how difficult the goal he scored was

Yeah, that was a high skill goal. Pretty gifted for supposedly a 4th line plug.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

DSP has a decent shot, maybe he could play on the 4th line for us.

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Ahaha crap I can't, I can't believe how far we've fallen in just 3 months. We went from being the second best team in the league to this

Can I go back in the past and slap myself across the face?

 

[kicksavedave]

As a wise man once said (paraphrasing), "If we knew anything about the game we'd be in it."

LOL, post of the day.

I can very clearly remember me trashing GMBM for signing old, broken, washed up Orpik for huge dollars and term. If I knew anything about the game, I'd be in it!

There's a reason I don't post much about player acquisitions anymore during the offseason. Keeps me from being wrong a lot.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

LOL, post of the day.

I can very clearly remember me trashing GMBM for signing old, broken, washed up Orpik for huge dollars and term. If I knew anything about the game, I'd be in it!

There's a reason I don't post much about player acquisitions anymore during the offseason. Keeps me from being wrong a lot.

Yeah, I've been wrong a lot. I tried to rationalize the Forsberg trade and I honestly thought Erat would be a useful player for the Caps.

 

[895]

I remember people were saying okay Erat sucks but Latta might be the real gem of this trade.

 

[32hunter]

nice!

 

[Capsman]

Yeah, I've been wrong a lot. I tried to rationalize the Forsberg trade and I honestly thought Erat would be a useful player for the Caps.

Somebody projected Latta to be better than FF, lol. We can laugh about this now :

 

[Capsman]

Yeah, I've been wrong a lot. I tried to rationalize the Forsberg trade and I honestly thought Erat would be a useful player for the Caps.

Who knows if he wasn't Oates'ed how he would have been?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Always nervous when I sheepishly look back at threads like these worried I made some dumb proclamation about the signing....thankfully no comment from me.

What a steal. Mr Clutch.

 

[hockeykicker]

Always nervous when I sheepishly look back at threads like these worried I made some dumb proclamation about the signing....thankfully no comment from me.

What a steal. Mr Clutch.

Well its more fun to bump threads when we win championships so we can all laugh

 

[tycoonheart]

Somebody projected Latta to be better than FF, lol. We can laugh about this now :

Sounds like Tex.

 

[ovikovy817]

AHL guy. At best, he can be 4RW in WSH when injuries happens.

Well well well
On paper he was the 4RW,
Well I'm trying to hard to save myself lol

 

[g00n]

Always nervous when I sheepishly look back at threads like these worried I made some dumb proclamation about the signing....thankfully no comment from me.

What a steal. Mr Clutch.

I think you and I often have the same approach to these moves: time will tell.

One thing I've been consistent in despite the ups and downs is faith in Gmbm's ability to TRY to address the needs of the team. Whether or not things worked out that year became another story and filtered down to the coaches and players, but I don't think I've ever wavered in my support of the post-McPhee front office.

Maybe some TDL deals were underwhelming in the end, but overall they get an "A" grade. It would be an A+ but for a few little blips and the fact that after the Cup presentation Gmbm said he had no idea why this team was better than the last three. LOL probably shouldn't admit that, dude. At least give a sly wink.

 

[islandersdynasty]

Just an AHL player, huh?

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Super cap friendly deal, 2-way, significant NHL experience, this is a bargain find that could pay off and if it doesn't it's no risk. This is a great signing, but it's also like cleaning the windows on a ship that has a gapping hole in the side. I like this deal a lot more if it was last year.

I come out looking a lot better than others on this deal.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Sounds more like John Druce than Joel Ward. Hopefully the devils zzz system temporarily stunted his development.

I did not come out as great as Randy did on this deal. The oracle of Cap One.

 

[maacoshark]

Somebody projected Latta to be better than FF, lol. We can laugh about this now :

I know everyone is bitter about trading Forsberg away. He developed into a very good player but he may not have developed into the same player if he stayed here. Had he stayed in DC he would have been pretty far down on the depth chart and probably wouldn't have gotten much time on the pp. In Nashville he was on the top line and top pp unit immediately.