I was going to add healthy Rinne. IMO, Rinne, Rask and Lundqvist are the Vezina group.
Ok, I hear you. For this 3-way to work Jurco has to be included Let's make it
Tomas Jurco
Caps 1st 2015
Dmitry Orlov
For Jumbo Joe
Sounds fair?
I was going to add healthy Rinne. IMO, Rinne, Rask and Lundqvist are the Vezina group. When they are on their game and healthy, you can add Bob, Varlamov, Smith and Bishop to the follow up group.
Quick is up there but he gives up too much of the upper half of the net when he goes side to side. In style he is most comparable to Rask who is also aggressive.
Just not my type of return for Jumbo. If the Sharks trade him, they need to gear the return towards futures. Johansson and Brouwer are more transitional pieces. Jurco is arguably the same way although less proven and possibly more potential. The Sharks would need to trade Thornton for a good 1st round pick or that level of a young prospect. They'll focus more on quality than quantity.
Trading Thornton will be more about the team setting a new direction that anything else. I cannot imagine JT getting a return that would "cement" the future for the team. They're not going to get a young JT, or even a young PM or young Couture in return.
You need one or two superstar/franchise level forwards to win a cup. If the Sharks decide that JT isn't that, they should realize that they are very unlikely to receive that kind of player, or that kind of future player, in trade. The Sharks would still be looking to fill that hole, and it isn't going to be easy.
Ok, I hear you. For this 3-way to work Jurco has to be included Let's make it
Tomas Jurco
Caps 1st 2015
Dmitry Orlov
For Jumbo Joe
Sounds fair?
Quick and Rask are extremely similar, very aggressive. They both need defenders who are rock solid protecting the back door. Switching them would probably be the easiest swap for either in terms of potential destinations if they moved. Rinne and Lundqvist are more unique in style.Can't ignore that Quick fits very well in LA and Raask fits very well in Boston. Don't think they'd be quite the same if switched, for example.
Ok, I hear you. For this 3-way to work Jurco has to be included Let's make it
Tomas Jurco
Caps 1st 2015
Dmitry Orlov
For Jumbo Joe
Sounds fair?
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Dreger "at some point this season, when he's stuck on the 4th line and questioning his future & the future of the team...."
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke
Dreger "...Joe Thornton may re-evaluate about staying in SJ & not waiving his NTC"
Dreger get's worse by the day.
Was he competent like two years ago or am I remembering wrong because it seems like he's gotten really awful in the last 6 months.
McClellan isn't going to make the team worse to try and make Thornton leave. What Pejorative Slured nonsense.
Dreger's Analysis of the SJ Sharks Forward Depth Chart
1. Hertl
2. Nieto
3. Couture
4. Pavelski
5. Wingels
6. Sheppard
7. Kennedy
8. Torres
9. Burish
10. Desjardins
11. Marleau
12. Thornton
13. Brown
14. Scott
What does the GM of the Caps have to do with how the Sharks are run?
Lol.What does the GM of the Caps have to do with how the Sharks are run?
Lol.
Ultimately the coach has the say on what players he skates where. It would be job suicide to put Thornton in a bottom 6 role.
Dreger get's worse by the day.
That depends really. If DW is the guy behind it and has Hasso's approval for it, it isn't necessarily job suicide. Besides, Thornton would still find a way to be productive in a 3rd line role or even on the 4th. However, the players will not likely allow it to happen.
"When I die I want the Sharks to lower me into my grave, so I can be let down one last time"
This is the funniest thing I've read all day. Well done sir.