Speculation: 2019 Off-Season Thread - Part 5

[Rschmitz]

Cooper likes having a shutdown duo he can throw out there on a whim, will be interesting to see if he breaks up the McDonagh-Cernak pair or not. Would not be surprised at all to see Sergachev with Hedman just so that he can keep our studly second pairing together.

 

[Rschmitz]

Yeah, it wouldn't hurt to have 3 lines of effective and responsible D man where we don't need baby sitters. If Serge can carry a line and Coburn can stay pace with last year, having them play 17 or 18 minutes a game would be nice.

Hedman - Cernak: 20~ish
McDonagh - Shattenkirk: 19~ish
Coburn - Sergachev 18 minutes.

Leaves about 3 minutes to spread.

One thing we haven't talked about is our PK deployment for the season?

Like it has to be Coburn for the 4th D on the PK right?

Hedman - Coburn
McDonagh - Cernak

Or some combination of the 4?

We are assuming that the PP will be along the lines of

Hedman on PP1/Shattenkirk on PP1/Hedman - Shattenkirk on PP1
Sergachev on PP2/Sergachev - Shattenkirk on PP2/Shattenkirk on PP2

Seems right?

Seems right

 

[DFC]

Yeah, it wouldn't hurt to have 3 lines of effective and responsible D man where we don't need baby sitters. If Serge can carry a line and Coburn can stay pace with last year, having them play 17 or 18 minutes a game would be nice.

Hedman - Cernak: 20~ish
McDonagh - Shattenkirk: 19~ish
Coburn - Sergachev 18 minutes.

Leaves about 3 minutes to spread.

One thing we haven't talked about is our PK deployment for the season?

Like it has to be Coburn for the 4th D on the PK right?

Hedman - Coburn
McDonagh - Cernak

Or some combination of the 4?

We are assuming that the PP will be along the lines of

Hedman on PP1/Shattenkirk on PP1/Hedman - Shattenkirk on PP1
Sergachev on PP2/Sergachev - Shattenkirk on PP2/Shattenkirk on PP2

Seems right?

Yeah, I'm not overly concerned about PK deployment on D. We have four servicable guys, + Sergachev hopefully.

If Sergachev grows into a net neutral D in his own end, he's a homerun, IMO. He should be a guy who can get 30+ 5v5 points, usually, as he comes into his own.

I think the clock is only running a bit because of the upcoming contract. His name value, probably because he was drafted by MTL, still outweighs his actual on-ice value. So he can point to 30+ points and ask for 4+ million, but there's no way we can give him that unless he takes that next big step this year. And he might.

I think McDonagh and Cernak will get a few extra minutes because, no matter what the starting pairings on, I think we'll go with them a few times in most games when we need a big shutdown shift. We know we have that in our pocket now.

 

[DFC]

Love me some hockey guy. I do agree with him on Sergachev. I think this is the season we take the training wheels off him and see exactly what we've got.

Weird thing: I opened the video, and, first thing I thought: His handwriting is identical to mine.

 

[DaBolts]

Thankfully this is the day for Chase members to buy tickets early. Picked out the stinking Crapitols in December and the Flames in February. I can not wait to see this team this season. IT's time boys, let's do it!

 

[CupsOverCash]

Thankfully this is the day for Chase members to buy tickets early. Picked out the stinking Crapitols in December and the Flames in February. I can not wait to see this team this season. IT's time boys, let's do it!

Im getting pumped too. I know I was feeling like the regular season lost a lot of its flavor after the quick sweep but I miss watching hockey every other night. As much as the end of the season sucked, the team was a lot of fun to watch otherwise...

 

[DaBolts]

Im getting pumped too. I know I was feeling like the regular season lost a lot of its flavor after the quick sweep but I miss watching hockey every other night. As much as the end of the season sucked, the team was a lot of fun to watch otherwise...

Yup, the good news about the Bucs is it is practice for my liver until a winner hits the ice.

 

[waterboy65]

Unfortunately the goalie trade market can be very fickle! And it would appear that right now, there is no real demand for back-up goalies. Come start of training camp, as injuries happen, a team may be more desperate to make a move! So that being said, Point and Erne may agree to deals before they are actually signed if roster number is a problem!

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

There's a rumor thread up on the trade boards that the Flames are looking for a stopgap (my interpretation).

 

[DistantThunderRep]

There's a rumor thread up on the trade boards that the Flames are looking for a stopgap (my interpretation).

Valimaki is out for the season, they need a stop gap Defenseman.

Colorado is said to be looking for a third string goalie.

 

[DFC]

The McElhinny signing might come back to bite us if we can't find a home for Dom. It sounded like they wanted to trade him somewhere where he'd have a shot at a starting position.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Colorado just signed someone didn't they? Grubauer?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Colorado just signed someone didn't they? Grubauer?

They have Grubauer and Francouz as their only signed goalies. Dom would be a good fit for them honestly.

 

[CupsOverCash]

The McElhinny signing might come back to bite us if we can't find a home for Dom. It sounded like they wanted to trade him somewhere where he'd have a shot at a starting position.

Dom wasnt that bad. I know he let some goals in but when we needed him to shut the door to win the game, he usually did. I bet his 3rd period stats arent that bad.

 

[The Macho King]

Dom wasnt that bad. I know he let some goals in but when we needed him to shut the door to win the game, he usually did. I bet his 3rd period stats arent that bad.

He was a lock for one bad goal, and the time Vasi was out was nerve-wracking because he could be really shaky, but as a backup, he's fine.

 

[These Are The Days]

The McElhinny signing might come back to bite us if we can't find a home for Dom. It sounded like they wanted to trade him somewhere where he'd have a shot at a starting position.

The whole league is in gridlock over the 20 RFA's (whatever it is) trying to win $50 million contracts while the cap barely went up. Dom can be moved but it's not gonna be any time soon until someone (Probably Marner) just gets the damn thing over with. Dom is probably the last thing on anyone's mind

 

[DFC]

The whole league is in gridlock over the 20 RFA's (whatever it is) trying to win $50 million contracts while the cap barely went up. Dom can be moved but it's not gonna be any time soon until someone (Probably Marner) just gets the damn thing over with. Dom is probably the last thing on anyone's mind

Yeah, but if we're at 49 contracts, one or two have to go.

 

[These Are The Days]

Yeah, but if we're at 49 contracts, one or two have to go.

It'll happen. Someone's bound to take Dom. It's just order of operations and nothing really else. Once the market sets we will get a suitor. Point's deal has probably been done for some time. You don't extend Vasy to THAT deal and then go and sign Shattenkirk unless you have a number. If I'm wrong then JBB has a brass set between his legs and is being bold doing all this without extending a franchise center first

I think we will see a domino effect come into play once we get the deal for Dom done

 

[DFC]

It'll happen. Someone's bound to take Dom. It's just order of operations and nothing really else. Once the market sets we will get a suitor. Point's deal has probably been done for some time. You don't extend Vasy to THAT deal and then go and sign Shattenkirk unless you have a number. If I'm wrong then JBB has a brass set between his legs and is being bold doing all this without extending a franchise center first

I think we will see a domino effect come into play once we get the deal for Dom done

Might actually be Erne with a deal in place, but we can't have Erne's contract take us to 50 with Point left unsigned.

I agree that the Shattenkirk signing means we're pretty confident about where Point will land, but I doubt it's done.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Some fun off-season reading:

Why the Toronto Maple Leafs Will Pass the Lightning

 

[CupsOverCash]

He was a lock for one bad goal, and the time Vasi was out was nerve-wracking because he could be really shaky, but as a backup, he's fine.

I mean I get it, he’s an upgrade and he will make it easier on our guys when Vasi isn’t in there. I just wonder how much.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Some fun off-season reading:

Why the Toronto Maple Leafs Will Pass the Lightning

I hate you for posting this and making me give it a click.

 

[The Macho King]

Some fun off-season reading:

Why the Toronto Maple Leafs Will Pass the Lightning

When did Dom get a blog?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

When did Dom get a blog?

Might be CC

 

[Master P]