Confirmed with Link: Ryan Reaves for a 2025 5th Round Pick

[Wabit]

Oh I don't think he's changing his stripes ! Like I said, he's on my team now. He's my guy now.

Excited to see what chaos ensues. Hopefully he picks the right times to do it, and it doesn't go against us. That's pretty much the only thing that concerns me.

The last couple of years have had Hartman and Fiala on the team. Bad penalty timing is not a new thing for the Wild.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

The last couple of years have had Hartman and Fiala on the team. Bad penalty timing is not a new thing for the Wild.

Difference is those guys are/were capable of making up for it.

 

[Wabit]

Difference is those guys are/were capable of making up for it.

Fiala could, yes. Hartman, outside of last season, not so much.

 

[TaLoN]

Ahh Matt Cooke, another former teammate of GMBG.

Don't give him any ideas

Oh I don't think he's changing his stripes ! Like I said, he's on my team now. He's my guy now.

Excited to see what chaos ensues. Hopefully he picks the right times to do it, and it doesn't go against us. That's pretty much the only thing that concerns me.

There is no "right time" to deliver a cheap shot. That crap needs to be removed from the game completely.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

They will likely end up in the 10-20 pick range regardless.

People are getting so worked up over this trade, like a 5th round pick should return a skilled guy that can pot 20-30 goals a year

Literally nobody is mad about the 5th round pick and I for one have made that abundantly clear. At this point your choosing to ignore the entire argument.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Literally nobody is mad about the 5th round pick and I for one have made that abundantly clear. At this point your choosing to ignore the entire argument.

You’re mad the team is paying a 4th liner 800k more than some other 4th liner/AHLer. You do you I guess. I don’t view that as something to be mad about.

You’re also blatantly ignoring the people who are harping about how this doesn’t help our scoring. That’s what I’m poking at.

 

[TaLoN]

You’re mad the team is paying a 4th liner 800k more than some other 4th liner/AHLer. You do you I guess. I don’t view that as something to be mad about.

You’re also blatantly ignoring the people who are harping about how this doesn’t help our scoring. That’s what I’m poking at.

Harping that it doesn't help the scoring is just pointing out that a nothing trade for a scrub doesn't exactly address the team's real problems... which is true. This team didn't need a nothing trade for a scrub, it needs a real trade of substance for a center...

 

[AKL]

Literally nobody is mad about the 5th round pick and I for one have made that abundantly clear. At this point your choosing to ignore the entire argument.

It's the same rhetoric with every move he makes. No one who's confused or disinterested in this trade cares about the 5th round pick, or paying a 4th liner 1.75M, you and I both know that, but they're all just straw man arguments.

 

[Digitalbooya]

It's the same rhetoric with every move he makes. No one who's confused or disinterested in this trade cares about the 5th round pick, or paying a 4th liner 1.75M, you and I both know that, but they're all just straw man arguments.

So what exactly is the problem if you don't have a problem with paying the 5th round pick or paying a 4th liner $1.75M.

 

[TaLoN]

So what exactly is the problem if you don't have a problem with paying the 5th round pick or paying a 4th liner $1.75M.

Reaves is a terrible dirty player that fixes literally none of the problems of this roster.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Harping that it doesn't help the scoring is just pointing out that a nothing trade for a scrub doesn't exactly address the team's real problems... which is true. This team didn't need a nothing trade for a scrub, it needs a real trade of substance for a center...

Reaves is a terrible dirty player that fixes literally none of the problems of this roster.

The team does lack physicality and I'd rather have Reaves going after someone than Foligno

 

[TaLoN]

The team does lack physicality and I'd rather have Reaves going after someone than Foligno

Physicality isn't why we've been struggling though.

Zucc doesn't look old because of physicality. Our PP didn't go cold because of physicality.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Physicality isn't why we've been struggling though.

Disagree, our 4th line not too long ago was Jost-Steel-Rossi

 

[TaLoN]

Disagree, our 4th line not too long ago was Jost-Steel-Rossi

Yeah, and that already changed before Reaves arrived. Our 4th line without him was just fine vs the Jets.

 

[AKL]

As long as we can all agree that Reaves belongs in the press box outside of completely unprecedented times when four of our most physical players (Duhaime, Hartman, Foligno, Greenway) are all injured at the exact same time.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Yeah, and that already changed before Reaves arrived. Our 4th line without him was just fine vs the Jets.

Still think it's fine. He's probably a pressbox guy if Duhaime and Hartman are healthy:

Kap-Steel-Zucc
Boldy-Hartman-Greenway
Duhaime-Eriksson Ek-Foligno
Shaw-Dewar-Petan/Reaves

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

As long as we can all agree that Reaves belongs in the press box outside of completely unprecedented times when four of our most physical players (Duhaime, Hartman, Foligno, Greenway) are all injured at the exact same time.

But does Dean-o agree?

 

[Wabit]

As long as we can all agree that Reaves belongs in the press box outside of completely unprecedented times when four of our most physical players (Duhaime, Hartman, Foligno, Greenway) are all injured at the exact same time.

I'll take Reaves in the lineup over Petan (in the lineup today) and Rossi (pressbox today). He's the pressbox FWD for me if the FWDs are completely healthy.

Still think it's fine. He's probably a pressbox guy if Duhaime and Hartman are healthy:

Kap-Steel-Zucc
Boldy-Hartman-Greenway
Duhaime-Eriksson Ek-Foligno
Shaw-Dewar-Petan/Reaves

You forget Freddy G.

 

[AKL]

But does Dean-o agree?

Probably not

 

[Digitalbooya]

I'll take Reaves in the lineup over Petan (in the lineup today) and Rossi (pressbox today). He's the pressbox FWD for me if the FWDs are completely healthy.



You forget Freddy G.

Even better!

Kap-Steel-Zucc
Boldy-Hartman-Greenway
Duhaime-Ek-Foligno
Shaw-Gaudreau-Dewar
Petan
Reaves

I actually think this forward group looks halfway decent outside of Steel at 1C. Petan and Reaves give situational flexibility.

But does Dean-o agree?

He makes odd choices for sure.

 

[TaLoN]

I'll take Reaves in the lineup over Petan (in the lineup today) and Rossi (pressbox today). He's the pressbox FWD for me if the FWDs are completely healthy.



You forget Freddy G.

Rossi shouldn't even be part of this discussion. He's not a "Reaves alternative." He should be in Iowa, then not called back unless we need someone in the top 6 and Rossi showed he's got his game back in order in the AHL

 

[Digitalbooya]

Rossi shouldn't even be part of this discussion. He's not a "Reaves alternative." He should be in Iowa, then not called back unless we need someone in the top 6 and Rossi showed he's got his game back in order in the AHL

I'd say top 9, but agree on the rest.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Even better!

Kap-Steel-Zucc
Boldy-Hartman-Greenway
Duhaime-Ek-Foligno
Shaw-Gaudreau-Dewar
Petan
Reaves

I actually think this forward group looks halfway decent outside of Steel at 1C. Petan and Reaves give situational flexibility.


He makes odd choices for sure.

It’s still a lineup with only three top 6 quality players, skill-wise, no matter how you arrange the names.

 

[Digitalbooya]

It’s still a lineup with only three top 6 quality players, skill-wise, no matter how you arrange the names.

Assuming you mean Kap, Zucc, and Boldy, I think Hartman has been 2nd line quality

 

[TaLoN]

Assuming you mean Kap, Zucc, and Boldy, I think Hartman has been 2nd line quality

Last year he showed a pulse there, this year he turned back into a pumpkin.