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I thought Seguin's skating looked much better this season.
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Such a shame with what happened to Segs. Injuries really derailed his career and he’s still managed to fight back and change his game to become effective. Watching his success this season has been fun to watch. Similar to Benn’s bounce back last year and his most recent surge this past month. Those two get a lot of hate but they have been such a big part of this franchise for over 10 years and injuries played a part in their struggles to find their ceiling. That and with how the game has changed as they get older.
Was never a huge Seguin fan but over the last couple years I’ve come to really appreciate his career with Dallas.
Depending on how his offseason goes, it may be best to sign Duchene and have Mavs up there with him if Segs is expected to miss time at the start of next year
The offseason will be really interesting.
Was never a huge Seguin fan but over the last couple years I’ve come to really appreciate his career with Dallas.
Depending on how his offseason goes, it may be best to sign Duchene and have Mavs up there with him if Segs is expected to miss time at the start of next year
The offseason will be really interesting.
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I couldn't. With how effective he was this year? No shot
Troy McClure
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Better for sure, but he’s still at best a somewhat below league average skater now. He’s not skating past defenders or winning many puck races. But he is moving around a lot better, likely thanks to an actual offseason where leg days were possible.
Shame about Segs, hope the 2nd line can still find some mojo again for playoffs.
Unrelated, looks like we'll see Nils tomorrow:
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Unrelated, looks like we'll see Nils tomorrow:
Stars' Jani Hakanpaa: Dealing with lower-body injury
Stars' Jani Hakanpaa: Dealing with lower-body injury
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Based on their current cap situation, anyone they would have brought in would have been strictly a rental- but still, you'd think theres some player out there making way too much on a non-playoff team on an expiring contract Dallas could have acquired for next to nothing by taking on the whole cap hit. But maybe not if the cost of retention was relatively low as it seemed to be this season. I wouldn't have wanted them to spend a great deal more this season regardless.
Also the Stars passed on Kane lol
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Shame about Segs, hope the 2nd line can still find some mojo again for playoffs.
Unrelated, looks like we'll see Nils tomorrow:
Stars' Jani Hakanpaa: Dealing with lower-body injury
Stars' Jani Hakanpaa: Dealing with lower-body injury
The coaching staff needs to stop playing a hurt Hakanpää over Lundkvist. They did that last season too and in the playoffs it ended very badly. I get why they didn't want to use Colin Miller because he was even worse but playing a clearly hurt Jani over a healthy scratched Nils makes no sense
You wanna play a healthy Jani over Nils ? I guess i can accept that but hurt he is very much not helping the team. Let him rest up
Then again he didn't have knee surgery in the offseason. I would assume his knee has been flairing up by this point of the season.
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Well, his hip will be a problem the rest of his career so he will be an LTIR candidate for sure.
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I think we all appreciate the effort and time Seguin has spent keeping fans in seats and the team competitive in the face of a retool, and how injuries have put a huge strain on his career.
I think he really deserves an LTIRetire in sunny California. No pressure to come back, no pressure to destroy the rest of his body to compete.
Come on Tyler, after they pay your signing bonus in the offseason, accept a trade to Anaheim
I think he really deserves an LTIRetire in sunny California. No pressure to come back, no pressure to destroy the rest of his body to compete.
Come on Tyler, after they pay your signing bonus in the offseason, accept a trade to Anaheim
Seguin doesn't strike me as the type of player that would be satisfied sitting at home collecting a cheque based on his previous efforts of battling back from injuries/surgery to get back in the lineup. He also hasn't seen his game completely fall off a cliff.
If he was below 0.5 ppg, I think it would be a different story... but he was clicking with Duchene/Marchment.
If he was below 0.5 ppg, I think it would be a different story... but he was clicking with Duchene/Marchment.
Come back, get the Duchene line mojo going again, win a cup, LTIRetire.
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Yes they treated his knee conservatively in the offseason. Didn't seem to have lasted the full regular season which is not exactly a suprise.
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The other crazy part is keep forcing him in the lineup with a bum knee while Nils was waiting, they could have 50/50'd games at minimum to conserve the knee. NHL lineup decision making is odd sometimes with resting/saving players.
There’s a reason DeBoer has pissed off the fans of every team he’s coached at.
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I mean, I feel like every single NHL coach would play the guy they prefer with a slight injury so long as they have the clearance to play the player. There is no load management in the NHL.
Frozen Failure
They got business in my hockey, and I hate it.
The rosters are too inflexible and everyone runs so tight to the cap w/ very little depth to actually keep players in the lineup.
If they put in PTOs during the season everyone would abuse the f*** out of it.
If they put in PTOs during the season everyone would abuse the f*** out of it.
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Most of the year both Jani and Nils played because of roster limitations but since they've aquired Tanev there has been no reason to just outright play Jani over Nils every single time. None . He's not even that important to the PK anymore either since Tanev got here. Esa , Tanev , Suter then sprinkle in some Miro and maybe Harley on the PK. You don't need Jani on the PK .
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I think the possibility of Seguin LTIRetiring will be more about pain management than his ability to perform on the ice. If his injuries progress to the point he has take painkillers just to walk around in the morning, it's time to call it a career (and get a hip replacement) no matter how well he plays once dosed up.
Troy McClure
Suter will never be scratched
I also wonder if he does degrade to the point where he's truly terrible whether he would find a way to LTIR just for the sake of his pride, considering he's always been among the best players on his team since he was 5 years old. It truly sucks what injuries have taken from him.
