Rysto
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Good chance Vegas takes Claesson imo... Young, Cheap looking good/serviceable.. I would definitely take him over Wideman
Why would they do that when one of Methot or Ceci is sure to be available?
Good chance Vegas takes Claesson imo... Young, Cheap looking good/serviceable.. I would definitely take him over Wideman
Why would they do that when one of Methot or Ceci is sure to be available?
Cost/Age... I assume Ceci is protected. They have lots of D to chose from.
I did that Cap Friendly Expansion tool yesterday.. I used Autoprotect but changed NYI to 4-4-1 and protected Smith from the Sens. Also protected Murray over Fleury.
Of course there are a lot of scenarios but ...$/Value/Age/Term/Control all factors
Forwards (17/14)
Silfverberg - Anaheim (?? they likely move a D to go 7-3)
McGinn - Arizona
Carrier - Buffalo
Bouma - Calgary
Kruger - Chicago
McKenzie - Dallas
Glendening - Detroit
Letestu - Edmonton
Nolan - Los Angeles
Sissons - Nashville
Nelson - NYI (went 4 - 4 -1)
Grabner - NYR
Weise - Philadelphia
Namestnikov - Tampa
Dorsett - Vancouver (health ok?)
Eller - Washington
Armia - Winnipeg
Defense (10/9)
McQuaid - Boston
Dahlbeck - Carolina
Johnson - Columbus
Demers - Florida
Scandella - Minnesota
Lovejoy - New Jersey
Claesson - Ottawa
Dillon - San Jose
Gunnarson - St. Louis
Marincin - Toronto
Goalies (3/3)
Pickard - Colorado
Montoya - Montreal
Fleury - Pittsburgh
68.1M
Vegas having a better D corps next year than the Habs and Leafs confirmed.
This kid is legit.
Feel he may be the draft casualty.
Maybe this is my recency bias kicking in, but at this point I almost hope they take Ceci.
Feel he may be the draft casualty.
He's going to be protected, hopefully we're able to get someone to allow Ceci to play a role he's more suited towards.
Since Phaneuf can and prefer to play RD, it would be wise to trade Ceci (get a young developing top-6 forward, or package him to get a big upgrade at center*)
Claesson-Karlsson
Methot-Phaneuf
Chabot-Harpur/Wideman
Borowiecki
Englund and Jaros will be knocking at the door soon.
We can afford to trade Ceci, if it ensures to not lose Methot.
Does that mean LV would take Wideman or Dzingel?
* Turris + Ceci + 1st can get you a good Center, no?
Since Phaneuf can and prefer to play RD, it would be wise to trade Ceci (get a young developing top-6 forward, or package him to get a big upgrade at center*)
Claesson-Karlsson
Methot-Phaneuf
Chabot-Harpur/Wideman
Borowiecki
Englund and Jaros will be knocking at the door soon.
We can afford to trade Ceci, if it ensures to not lose Methot.
Does that mean LV would take Wideman or Dzingel?
* Turris + Ceci + 1st can get you a good Center, no?
I might be crazy. But can that package get you a look at Malkin post expansion draft?
Turris is a good center. For that package the Senators are going to need an exceptional center in return. Those sort of players are pretty damn rare and they're expensive taking up lots of cap room.
Trading Ceci and protecting Methot probably means that Claesson is picked by Vegas. You've probably watched the playoffs. I know Vegas has. Why would anyone pick Wideman over Claesson?
Now you've lost 2 of your 6 best defencemen who are also the two youngest. You've added salary for this fictional #1 center. You've lost depth on the blueline. You no longer have 4 top 4 defencemen. All for some incremental improvement on an injured Turris.
I understand your points but I also don't think you can win a Cup with Turris as your #1, as much as I love him.
As for Claesson, it is a small sample size and he's not a proven player, not sure what LV thinks about this.
How many D-men do we have to protect? Karlsson, Phaneuf, Methot, Ceci, Claesson? Something's gotta give.
Not sold on him, imo sometimes takes too long to make a descion when breaking out of own zone, servicable 5-6 wont be any higher
can quote this in the next few seasons
Maybe this is my recency bias kicking in, but at this point I almost hope they take Ceci.
Are you joking? Ceci is younger and has been playing the hardest minutes of any player all season long. People keep forgetting that Ceci is the youngest player on the team, playing the hardest minutes as a defenseman. Ofcourse he's going to be inconsistent.
Have you honestly seen any progression from him over the course of his career?
Seriously??? Do you not remember last season?