DJB
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Chabot. He needs to play 20 a night and he's isn't going to get that here once Karlsson returns.
Well I mean he's pulled the trigger on non honerun trades before lol.The obvious answer here is a trade, shipping out Wideman for a depth forward. There are a ton of teams who need blue line help who would happily cough up a bottom six forward in exchange. Our GM needs to stop trying to hit a home run in his trade talks and go get it done.
Boro must go
Because the vote would be a landslide and thus the thread not terribly interesting. He's forcing you to make a tough choice instead of just choosing the tough guy.Why not Boro?
Wasn't Oduya trash on Dallas last year? I wouldn't expect a 36 year old who's been in pretty steady decline to play better than one of the best shutdown defenders in the league last year from a conference finalist. I think there's a reason Oduya was signed on July 24th and not July 1st.Why do people want to sit Oduya? I think he's gonna be awesome for us. I bet he has just as good a season as Methot has out in Dallas.
Oduya messed up his ankle to start the season and hobbled around like Turris did after the gumby incident all year. He's skating quite well this year, so no reason to think he'll have a similar season to last year in Dallas imo, more likely is something akin to his season two years ago in Dallas, except this time he'll be in a system that offers the defenders support instead of going all out offense.Wasn't Oduya trash on Dallas last year? I wouldn't expect a 36 year old who's been in pretty steady decline to play better than one of the best shutdown defenders in the league last year from a conference finalist. I think there's a reason Oduya was signed on July 24th and not July 1st.
Wasn't Oduya trash on Dallas last year? I wouldn't expect a 36 year old who's been in pretty steady decline to play better than one of the best shutdown defenders in the league last year from a conference finalist. I think there's a reason Oduya was signed on July 24th and not July 1st.
Oduya is our best insurance policy. He's a guy the coach can trust and he will buy time for some of our prospects to find their game and learn how to be NHLers. He's reliable and a good vet. If he plays he won't hurt you on the ice and if he doesn't play that means that you have 6 better NHL defensemen in the lineup and it's a sign of a healthy defense. The fact he's on our team also means we might trade an other defenseman like wideman and get an asset for him which is always good. If he's bad well he's gone after this year so no real issue there either.What do we need Oduya for?
There's only so many minutes to go around between guys to move the puck.