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Which addition are you most looking forward to?

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expatriatedtexan

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Pet peeve...but how in the world are the players listed on that roster? It's not alphabetical, it's not by sweater number, it's not by position (C, LW, RW, etc).
 
UncleRisto

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xpatriatedtexan said:
Pet peeve...but how in the world are the players listed on that roster? It's not alphabetical, it's not by sweater number, it's not by position (C, LW, RW, etc).
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They're listed alphabetically in groups, but they seem to have royally f***ed up the forward thing. Seems like a solid copy+paste job of some kind.
 
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Kadri is gonna give us secondary scoring and toughness which we needed. So I think its going to be the most easy to see
 
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Gigantor The Goalie said:
You should probably tell Halak, Khudobin, Bernier, Raanta, and Saros that they can't be NHL goalies due to their size. Especially that Halak guy. Would have won the Cup if he was the no. 3 and some random +6' 2" goalie was the back-up.

What exactly are Joe and others not buying? Francouz as a back-up because that's just Sakic playing the situation well. Brings over the KHL Goalie of the Year, watches as he leads the Eagles into the playoffs an average goalie would not have been able to do, and then gets him on a cheap deal because he has no NHL experience. And very average numbers? Do you know what the AHL league average SV% was this past year? 0.9035 and Francouz had a 0.918. In what world is that average?

Also you're using the word "journeyman" wrong. Journeyman implies that Francouz has been jumping from organization to organization like Dustin Tokarksi. Francouz is just making his NHL jump very late comparatively but every so often there's a Tim Thomas that comes along. Francouz isn't going to be Thomas but he just needs to be a back-up. The bar for back-up is pretty low in the league considering there aren't even enough NHL starters for the league. The guy just owned the AHL in his first year there while adjusting to NA play style. Might as well give him a chance. Better than running with a Michael Hutchinson.
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Raanta is the only #1 there and it's with Arizona lol but ya I get the point just not comfortable with a goalie under 6ft1 he is listed at 6ft though, even Grubauer who is 6ft1 leaves a lot of room upstairs.

Not complaining though if Grubauer can play lke he did down the stretch , not expecting it every game or anything and Francouz can repeat his play.

Like to see a decent #3
 
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Balthazar

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ibengals said:
Yes he is, he plays a tough game. Maybe not in the fighting sense, but he plays hard.

That's like saying Forsberg wasn't tough.
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No that's not. Unless you think chirping is playing tough? He doesnt play like Forsberg at all. He doesnt really hit, he doesnt play a heavy game...he gets suspended when he loses his cool and gets dirty. You can be the biggest p***y on the ice and crosscheck someone in the face, that doesnt mean you're tough.

Guys like Compher and Wilson are tougher than Kadri. He has other qualities but if you expect physicality it's actually a downgrade from Soda.
 
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Balthazar said:
No that's not. Unless you think chirping is playing tough? He doesnt play like Forsberg at all. He doesnt really hit, he doesnt play a heavy game...he gets suspended when he loses his cool and gets dirty. You can be the biggest ***** on the ice and crosscheck someone in the face, that doesnt mean you're tough.

Guys like Compher and Wilson are tougher than Kadri. He has other qualities but if you expect physicality it's actually a downgrade from Soda.
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This post somehow just got more and more inaccurate as it went on with the capper being the Soderberg comment. Couldn't be further from the truth.

I wouldn't label Kadri a tough guy but he does have those components. He'll hit, occasionally fight, get into scrums, agitate, etc.
 
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Ararana said:
Yup. Kadri is charmin soft



Is there a rule you have to play the ****tiest music possible for a hockey compilation? I recommend watching that one on mute.
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Nice. Him and Landy on a line together are going to be a headache for other teams to play against.
 
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Balthazar said:
No that's not. Unless you think chirping is playing tough? He doesnt play like Forsberg at all. He doesnt really hit, he doesnt play a heavy game...he gets suspended when he loses his cool and gets dirty. You can be the biggest ***** on the ice and crosscheck someone in the face, that doesnt mean you're tough.

Guys like Compher and Wilson are tougher than Kadri. He has other qualities but if you expect physicality it's actually a downgrade from Soda.
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I truly question if you've ever watched Kadri play much.

He's not Tom Wilson or prime Milan Lucic out there, but the dude is tough and is physical.
 
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so any of these rookie camp invites has some kind of NHL potential? could one of those end up signing and being an interesting addition to our system?
 
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Yeah, definitely not a downgrade on Soda in terms of physicality. In the playoffs Soda would avoid eye contact after getting hit and play was stopped.
 
Balthazar

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Ararana said:
Yup. Kadri is charmin soft



Is there a rule you have to play the ****tiest music possible for a hockey compilation? I recommend watching that one on mute.
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That's not being tough, that's being a pest. I'll gladly revisit this topic later this season.

I'm glad to have a pest in our team BTW.
 
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Kadri plays an opportunistic physical game - likes to headhunt on the forecheck. He's not a tough guy, but he's an agitator. I really hope he can clean it up a little, don't like the cheap stuff, but I do think 95% of the time he's going to make clean hits, and give the opposing defenseman second thoughts when skating back to break the puck out
 
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hoserthehorrible said:
So the multiple highlights of Kadri flattening opponents with a big hit is being a pest?
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There were about 10 clean hits in the entire 5 minute video. Throwing sucker punches, cross checking Chara in the back, taking out Ovechkin at the knees, targeting Wingels head when his down, and pulling Jumbo's beard isn't being tough. He's a shit disturber. He's Matt Cooke with a sick set of hands. I personally don't consider him a tough player but I have to admit he's god damn fearless when picking his battles.
 
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