NoNecksCurse
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that's impressiveEjdsell in AHL playoffs so far 7G 4A in 7 games.
that's impressiveEjdsell in AHL playoffs so far 7G 4A in 7 games.
Agreed. The Girard/Turris trade - I can see that one not looking so great in hindsight either, but I won't ever argue with the premise and knowing how we needed a 2C, it "made sense". Whether it works out or not. Whereas the Hartman deal... seemed a little "unnecessary"? I get some of the reasoning, ok, but Hartman is going to have to pan out for real for this one to pass the hindsight test. He might. I'm not saying it's impossible. But it's definitely a deal that has risk attached.Yeah I'm a bit afraid this trade may be one of the few Poile may look back on in a couple of years and wished he hadn't made. That said it still is the AHL, which doesn't mean a whole lot yet.
The Turris deal is a completely different deal than the Hartman one.For me the successfulness of this deal depends on Ejdsell. Poile did everything in his power to get him to sign with us and traded him away less than year later not knowing whether he'll turn out to be a decent player. Our 1st would've been low in a year and our window is now. The player we would've gotten there would've been a few years out. Hartman is ours for a few years, probably the whole window.
We paid a hefty price for Turris but we needed that 2C really bad and ultimately that deal propelled us to President's Trophy. He's still in his prime and is with us throughout the whole window. Had a solid reg season and only God knows where he disappeared during the playoffs.
Girard will turn out to be a good top-4 D but we didn't have a spot for him now, we needed the 2C more than we did 5D. The 2nd there doesn't really hurt, it would've been low and the same reasons apply here as to the Hartman deal.
Turris deal depends on Kamenev. Right now it looks like he's not gonna be a star player in the league, but if he turns out to be a top-6 guy then I consider that deal a fail.
In the end he got benched in the playoffs because his stupid > his grit.
In the end, he got benched because he was playing the entire playoffs with a serious shoulder injury that required surgery and a 5 month recovery time. Maybe part of the reason was penalties and maybe part of the reason for the penalties was the injury, I can't say. Anyway, he was still better than Turris/Fiala/Smith in the playoffs.
And it's official according to the Preds. 1 year 875K. Cheap, but not a big deal because the team is nowhere near the cap this season and it's only for 1 year.
I doubt it since taking a lot of penalties has been a thing for him pretty much throughout his career. I remember a Hawks fan saying around the time he was traded that it was one of the reasons he was in Quenneville's doghouse last season
No he got benched after that stupid penalty he took that changed the entire course of the game. Now he may have an injured shoulder, but Lavi did the same thing to Hartnell after that silly hit he made against Buffalo. He has to get his head on straight or he won't be around long.In the end, he got benched because he was playing the entire playoffs with a serious shoulder injury that required surgery and a 5 month recovery time. Maybe part of the reason was penalties and maybe part of the reason for the penalties was the injury, I can't say. Anyway, he was still better than Turris/Fiala/Smith in the playoffs.
And it's official according to the Preds. 1 year 875K. Cheap, but not a big deal because the team is nowhere near the cap this season and it's only for 1 year.
No he got benched after that stupid penalty he took that changed the entire course of the game. Now he may have an injured shoulder, but Lavi did the same thing to Hartnell after that silly hit he made against Buffalo. He has to get his head on straight or he won't be around long.
Yeah think it was the Avs series and he didnt play again until the next if I remember right. Hard to remember I am still half asleep.What are you talking about? The Avs series or something? He played in 5 games against Winnipeg and only took 2 penalties, once in the May 5th game in the 3rd period when it was already 5-2 Winnipeg and the Jets were cruising and once in the April 29th game that the Preds won.
Yeah think it was the Avs series and he didnt play again until the next if I remember right. Hard to remember I am still half asleep.
Also dont come into a thread and try and continue a conversation from 1 1/2 months ago. I lost my point of reference on that over a month ago.