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Boo is going to have to stand out in Hartford to get a call-up--which probably will only happen if someone doesn't live up to expectations or there's an injury.
It was oddly worded no doubts about that. I just wish that Boo Nieves could have a breakthrough season this year in NHL, but he kind of slept through the training camp unfortunately.
One thing though this topic is about Boo Nieves and not me. I`ll cheer for Paul C. tomorrow even though I felt it was not an ideal signing for us. But I hope Paul proves me wrong tomorrow night and get a good start in NHL.
It was oddly worded no doubts about that. I just wish that Boo Nieves could have a breakthrough season this year in NHL, but he kind of slept through the training camp unfortunately.
One thing though this topic is about Boo Nieves and not me. I`ll cheer for Paul C. tomorrow even though I felt it was not an ideal signing for us. But I hope Paul proves me wrong tomorrow night and get a good start in NHL.
He's a fringe 4th liner. Those are a dime a dozen. Unless you ask Bern, who thinks that he should be the 4th line center.He is a UFA after this season. Are we bringing him back or trading him? He seems to be pretty good, but gets injured often.
A fringe 4th line is still just a fringe 4th liner. Which is all Nieves is.In a vacuum he is a bottom 6 pivot; BUT chemistry and linemates are important factors as well.
Now trade ZBad because of his NMC? You DO understand that without NMC/NTC, you will NEVER be able to sign players who are top liners? Or retain your own. It's not about getting rid of such clauses. It's carefully managing to whom they are given and when. And just how big the list is.When we shed the excess pivots, and hopefully move Hayes with Chapman return in mind, and possibly Zib to defeat NMC and sell high, then we will see, as I said, Nieves and Kreider to have great synergy.
I could not stand AV from the start, but he has absolutely as much to do with Nieves being a fringe player as you do.Thank God AV is buy-bye
that and injuries slowed Boo arrival.
Boo looks like a solid 4th line player to me. Not just here, but even on a good team. Fast, strong, reasonable skill, versatile, good teammate. I think he'd be capable of playing most places. That he's taken longer than average to make it doesn't make him less of a player now.
In a vacuum he is a bottom 6 pivot; BUT chemistry and linemates are important factors as well.
When we shed the excess pivots, and hopefully move Hayes with Chapman return in mind, and possibly Zib to defeat NMC and sell high, then we will see, as I said, Nieves and Kreider to have great synergy.
Until Kravtsov gets here.
Thank God AV is buy-bye
that and injuries slowed Boo arrival.