I really don't think he's any better than Thornton was.Wouldn't at all mind seeing him go to SJS and them getting over the hump the next couple years.
It's a Canadian thing and a former #1 overall thing and a weak free agency thing. The second-best UFA is...JVR?I really don't think he's any better than Thornton was.
I don't know why a guy that's never broken 40 goals or 90 points is regarded as one of the elite players in the game. He's not. It's got to be the Canadian thing.
Wow. Maybe he’s just a bot after all.Some things never change. McPhee recently on possible FA signings:
"You just never know with these things and whether we'll do anything at all or do something," McPhee said. "You're sort of venturing into an area where there's all kinds of things going on and you don't know how it's going to go. There's no urgency for us to do anything. We like the team we have, we like the model we have. If we can make it better by doing something that makes sense, then we'll do it."
https://www.tsn.ca/carlson-signing-is-first-domino-to-fall-in-nhl-free-agency-1.1122076
Backes plays RW for the Bruins, and I think there were already some recent rumors they might move Krejci.Really perplexed by Boston and Tampa being that interested in Tavares. Boston already has Bergeron/Krejci/Backes down the middle, although I suppose there have been some rumors about them gauging trade interest for Krejci. Tampa is loaded down the middle with Stamkos/Point/Johnson and has some pretty significant salary problems looming in the near future with Kucherov and Point being one year away from significant raises.
I’ve never understood why he’s a C. He’s a purer shooter than Ovie.Pretty sure Tampa would move Stamkos to wing in a heartbeat if they got a legit #1 center.
Really perplexed by Boston and Tampa being that interested in Tavares. Boston already has Bergeron/Krejci/Backes down the middle, although I suppose there have been some rumors about them gauging trade interest for Krejci. Tampa is loaded down the middle with Stamkos/Point/Johnson and has some pretty significant salary problems looming in the near future with Kucherov and Point being one year away from significant raises.
I think this is a legit rumor. Basically a 9 year deal with a massive signing bonus year 1One of the rumor guys posted the Leafs offered JT 15.9 for one year and then get him signed long term next year.
That's a pretty outdated opinion of Stamkos. He's morphed into a playmaker, especially at even-strength.I’ve never understood why he’s a C. He’s a purer shooter than Ovie.
Fair enough. I don't watch the Bolts hardly at all anymore since they're out of our division. And my (I guess, obsolete) view of him was surely confirmed by the ECF this year.That's a pretty outdated opinion of Stamkos. He's morphed into a playmaker, especially at even-strength.
Kuznetsov had 56 assists this year, only 33 of them at even-strength. Stamkos had 59 assists this year, 41 at even-strenth. That even-strength number was tied for the second highest in the league (trailing on McDavid). Meanwhile, 15 of Stamkos' 27 goals came on the powerplay. He's only really a triggerman on the powerplay at this point, and is functioning as a puck distributor 5-on-5.