You're exaggerating Jooris' "decline".Where did I say he wasn't going to be good? or something along those lines? I didn't.
All I've said is, prove that he can play like he did over a longer period of time and then give him an NHL contact... Ex. Backlund, Bouma.
giving him a long term contract could really hurt if he regresses to the Josh Jooris that was a long shot to make the NHL as early as last year.
You're exaggerating Jooris' "decline".
He only signed for 30k more than his qualifying offer which also was guaranteed to be a 1way deal.Nice. Nothing bad about this contract at all.
*waits for someone to be mad about it being 1-way...*
That 200k extra for Bouma is going to come back and bite us
Where did I say he wasn't going to be good? or something along those lines? I didn't.
All I've said is, prove that he can play like he did over a longer period of time and then give him an NHL contact... Ex. Backlund, Bouma.
giving him a long term contract could really hurt if he regresses to the Josh Jooris that was a long shot to make the NHL as early as last year.
Yeah, the other thing with Jooris' "decline" other than his injury is the fact that he was playing between Hudler and Gaudreau earlier in the season. That's going to make you look really good.
Congrats Josh! Hopefully you can bring even more next year and continue to grow as a player in the NHL.
Good deal for both parties, I can't help but wonder who is going to get eventually get cut from our roster as a result of these signings.
I think training camp will force some moves. Like, we all odd man out a guy like Shore; but according to Treliving, the guys was a commodity at the deadline.
You have to assume they want him playing some minutes. Along with Jooris, Ferland and the other kids.
This team has way too much depth on it right now, it's painful, because you know someone will likely have to go; and you know they'll be an effective player elsewhere. The only guys I don't think most people care about seeing moved are like Raymond, maybe the super stud... And a few dmen.
Honestly, Shore is really underrated. I think he's going to be a more productive scoring forward than Colborne in the league. He came here last year, didn't play a lot and had to learn a new system, plus he's a young guy so I'm not surprised he didn't exactly blow the doors off in his debut. I think this coming preseason, you will see him hit the ground running. I think he could actually steal Jones spot, and I know for a fact that management is extremely high on Shore as every time I hear Treliving reference his name, he speaks glowingly about him. He mentions his name in with Ferland and Poirier, so I think that says a lot.
Shore is as talented as Granlund but with more size and strength and not a god awful centre.
He could also be the #4 centre if they have Stajan as a #3 and keep Bennett on the wing.
Actually I disagree on that last part, Knight was quite talented and IMO is in the same class as Granlund & Shore, he is a little bit less offensive but he is better defensively and is going to be dominant in the faceoff circle when he finally gets a chance.I fully about agree him being on par with Granlund in terms of talent. Many Panther fans were choked when Shore got traded, they had him pencilled in as their 3C for years behind Barkov and Bjugstad. But then they signed guys like Bolland and McKenzie to hit the cap floor, and suddenly that spot for Shore became less clear. When we acquired him, I looked at some of his highlights from his time with Florida, and he's scored some really nice goals. He has a really nice shot, he's a good skater and he has nice hands. Frankly, he's a prospect in a tier above Knight was for us.
I hope he scores 20. He came out of no where and made the big team. I love those types of stories.
Actually I disagree on that last part, Knight was quite talented and IMO is in the same class as Granlund & Shore, he is a little bit less offensive but he is better defensively and is going to be dominant in the faceoff circle when he finally gets a chance.
Only reason I say that is because I think Shore will likely play in a top 9 role, sometimes even fill in the top 6 when needed. I think Knight is destined to be a very good bottom 6 center.
Agree 100%, Arnold made Knight expendable and Knight had no success when he was tried on RW in Abbotsford.Honestly, I think Knight and Arnold are basically the same player, the only difference being Arnold is a year and a half younger.