I still think he'll become a good player, but I'm not opposed to trading him if there's a good fit for a top 6 winger on a contract we can afford. I will admit that Yamamoto has grown a lot on me though and I now value him a sizeable amount over Jesse.
Its funny because that exact thought actually crossed my mind when I was typing my post. Fair statement, Eberle would be better than Strome no question, but longterm (aka next year) he needed to be gone. Chia better find a way to fill that hole or pray to the heavens that Yamamoto or Puljujarvi break out in a big way this year or next.
Lucic has a NMC with a modified NTC the last 2 years. I can't remember what Russell got, but that contracts still a little too rich and long for my liking.
I'm more eager to get our from under Lucic cause I think the perception of what he brings amongst GM's is higher than the reality (particularly old-school GM's) and as time passes I'm thinking that GM's will wise up and he will move from being a desirable acquisition to a bit of an albatross. I kind of don't want to move Russell at all this year I think he is a useful body for us especially with Sekera injured for so long and we have a lot of capspace, a contract we'll have to move later on to retain more important pieces, but I have no qualms sticking with him for the time being even if he is overpaid.
Big f***ing whoop. Cap space is only as good as what you make of it and considering how many players right now are dead weight on this roster I'm not confident that cap goes towards anything useful.
Well I really don't think Strome is going to outperform Eberle this year, and especially not next year.
Darren Helm's contract is uuuuugly. Green is fine but I'm not sure that's where we should be using our cap space when we're seeing that lack of depth up front early on. Nyquist or Tatar would basically undo the Eberle trade in terms of the cap use long term.
Gotta admit...I watched the game just like everyone else but I'm not seeing where the vitriol is coming from regarding this guy. He created two of our more dangerous scoring chances this game and for the second consecutive game, Lucic's inability to capitalize has kept him off of the scoring sheet.
I do remember. I said that this deal is a bad one unless Chia does something with that cap space and so far both Strome and cap space have done the same thing.
