Trade Watch List: Top 30 — The Fourth Period
Nothing really earth shattering here but that’s a lot of isles logos
Nothing really earth shattering here but that’s a lot of isles logos
Speculation: Rumors/Speculation/Trade Talk - 2018-19 - Part IV
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BrockLobster
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Johnny Turncoat
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The earth shattering thing is Peter Chiarelli is apparently still GM of the Oilers
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Another possible idol is Pavel Datsyuk and apparently he is thinking of returning to the NHL
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I think all those goalie links are from the rumors earlier in the year. I can’t see Lou looking for a goalie.
BelovedIsles
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I have to agree with the bold.
MDC getting a look on Barzal's line is pretty much all about Beauvillier's practically inexplicable failure, and less about MDC's progress in battling his way up the ladder.
Beauvillier started the season off with 1 goal (heck, 1 point) in 16 games. He's now in a funk of something like 1 goal in 19 games. This is absolutely unacceptable from a top 6 winger unless you're Blake Wheeler and dishing out 17 assists along the way as well.
But his scoring drought goes beyond this funk. He's been weak on the boards and very weak on the puck. He's fighting it. He's barely coming in at a shot per game. Half the shots he does take go straight into the shinpads of the closest defender.
He's constantly being manhandled and hasn't shown the ability to skate AROUND defenders, despite some pretty doggone good wheels. Does he battle and does he work and does he skate? Sure, but those are the prerequisites of a 3rd and 4th line player.
He's got to up the ante! UP THE ANTE!
PS) When it comes to deadline trades, and yes, I've mentioned this player before, and I don't know what Trotz' opinion of and relationship to Marcus Johansson was in Washington before Johansson was moved for draft picks (I thought that was a salary dump; rumors out of Sweden are that he's "difficult" in the locker room), but I've been observing him with Jersey recently, where he's been filling in for Hall on the Hischier line and I've seen a lot of things that make me think he could gel very well with Barzal. He appears to be moving on all cylinders right now and is much more creative player than I had suspected. He can play either wing.
Again, maybe Trotz wants nothing to do with him, but on the ice, I would fully understand an interest in him.
LeapOnOver
Mackenzie is a hack!
Two simple reasons imo:
1. Lehner is on a show me contract and has found a drug regiment that treats his illness. Anybody with or around someone with mental illness knows how easy it is for meds to stop working. Body chemistry changes and mental illness is the type of thing that takes hardcore management to keep symptoms at bay. Maybe none of these guys are sold that Lehner's a long time solution. Great story and all, but I'm not sure I'm sold on him yet either. The cynic in me says let's see what he does with real full-time work.
2. He's a UFA. I know most of you just assume he's going to sign a longer contract with the Isles, but that's no guarantee. I don't mind the Isles inking him to a multi-year deal, but it's hardly set in stone. If I'm Lehner, I would have signed an extension yesterday knowing what I'm dealing with. He hasn't....which could mean he's concentrating on hockey, but there are at least two other possible scenarios out there to explain it (hasn't been offered a contract/has told his agent he's going to test UFA).
The problem here is that Kovalchuk is earning 6+ million per season.
You go get him, even on the cheap, and you've pretty much marketed yourself out of the running for a Panarin, Stone, Duchene, etc., unless you let Lee, Nelson, and Eberle simply walk.
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Haha, nope.
But knowing that Trotz likes to have LH and RH D pairings, I thought McQuaid could be a depth RD...
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LeapOnOver
Mackenzie is a hack!
I'm torn on Bennett and part of me thinks trading Bennett for Eberle would be as silly as doing something like trading Eberle for Strome. Who does that? But seriously, as a rental....that's not a good comparison. I might take Bennett for Eberle straight up.
Honestly, I'm willing to just keep all unsigned FA's and see what damage we can do in the playoffs. If they walk, they walk.
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I think we are set on D. Hickey is almost healthy, Toews emerging.
The system compensates for our lack of D talent and depth.
What kind of contracts do you think these guys will be getting?
We do have cap space, but we also have another five years of Ladd at 5.5 million per.
Not to be forgotten is that Beau is an RFA this summer and then Barzal, Pulock, and Toews are too the summer thereafter.
Money needs to be there for particularly Barzal and Pulock as well.
We can all imagine this.
But what guarantee do we have?
This one?:
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Thought so...
We have a 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th this summer.
Should we deplete our lifeline some more or start depleting 2020 and 2021 as well?
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