Confirmed with Link: Devils sign Tomas Nosek (1 year, $1 million)
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I absolutely loved this move for the ~minute or so that i thought we had signed Thomas Novak.
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He is a fantastic faceoff guy. Over 59% last year and been over 51% his entire career.
Mikey may be in trouble
Mikey may be in trouble
Mgd31
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One of the recent EA NHL games had the announcers calling him Tomas “No Sack” and that always cracked me up
Nosek can play wing as well, so he may be more suited for the 4LW spot than say Nolan Foote. Maybe more importantly, Nosek was 2nd among Bruins forwards for shorthanded TOI last season. So Nosek could absorb those minutes that Sharangovich had killing penalties.
Having a few center and faceoff options aren’t a bad thing.
OmNomNom
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the whole "see ya mikey" thing is funny
yeah he might suck as a person (we'll see), but as a player? we all were drooling over him in playoffs. i'm definitely intrigued by these Center pickups
yeah he might suck as a person (we'll see), but as a player? we all were drooling over him in playoffs. i'm definitely intrigued by these Center pickups
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He had a couple big goals, including obviously the game 7 goal, but overall he wasn't great in the playoffs by the numbers.
Two thoughts:
1. I thought we got Nosen back for a minute.
2. I don't know why we just didn't re-sign Boqvist
1. I thought we got Nosen back for a minute.
2. I don't know why we just didn't re-sign Boqvist
OmNomNom
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maybe not by #s but he sure as hell was visibly giving effort
I won't lose any sleep over it, but i don't think he was necessarily replacement level, so i'm really just wondering how we're handling so many Cs
Better Call Sal
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I'm all for having as many options for the 4th line as possible. He seems like he's a solid piece, especially for the PK.
If I'm going for a typical low event 4th liner, I'd much prefer Nosek over Lazar.
If I'm going for a typical low event 4th liner, I'd much prefer Nosek over Lazar.
Faceoffs and defensive ability.
Mgd31
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Maybe because Nosek kills penalties and Boqvist does not.
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i think the 'see ya mikey' thing is this
if hes implicated as even having been there that night, we terminate the deal
and i dont think the league would force the cap to stay
imagine Ottwa has to eat Batherson's cap for six years.. doesnt make sense!
im hopeful i am wrong but seems like Mikey may be on his way out
I could see this taking some of the PK minutes off of Nico. Love that Nico wants to play on the PK, but if you can get similar(or better) results from guys further down the lineup, I'm much rather do that.
Ran out of roster spots and Boqvist didn't really profile to be a 4th liner. Nosek at least has a history of being a penalty killer and his faceoff prowess is a nice bonus.
Boqvist: 21 points in 70 games, 11:36 TOI, 33.2% FO
Nosek: 18 points in 66 games, 12:33 TOI, 59.3% FO
Maybe if you were starting an expansion team you'd go with Boqvist, but I think they were looking for a 4th line role player and Nosek arguably fits the bill.
Darkauron
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Damn what a good deal. He is so much better than Mikey and much better for our bottom 6 than BQ anyway too
Better Call Sal
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Possibly, but keep in mind that Rango played a ton of PK this year so we needed to have someone take that share. Nosek certainly seems like he can slot in there with ease.
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while i can see him as a winger..
idt Fitzgerald would clog those spots before the kids even got a chance
either way though i love the deal!
good player on a good deal; cant ever have enough of those
idt Fitzgerald would clog those spots before the kids even got a chance
either way though i love the deal!
good player on a good deal; cant ever have enough of those
I think the only way he plays over Mikey is because of the off ice.
Yes, but Shara didn't take faceoffs, and one may argue he wasn't actually good on the PK.
I thought Shara was more an experiment trying to create some Nico-Shara counter attacks, which was a thing, but don't think it made them an actually good tandem.
