2020 Off-Season Discussion Part III
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True, and not much in the way of muscle. Crouse will also have to pick it up in that department.
He's still young enough to turn things around. It's possible that he and Crouse are destined to play that power forward style, but our roster has no veteran presence in that mold for them to follow so they're going into it blindly. Tocchet played that way, but bear with me here, it's possible Tocchet hasn't been the best at communicating what's best for those type of players to thrive and develop.
Anyway, Fischer is young enough and not that costly that resigning him sounds like a low risk. Only way we don't qualify him is if we're really pressed up against the cap/budget.
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Ask is exactly what we expected and entirely reasonable, given his AAV and performance. Teams will come calling once Lehner signs.
Depends where the first rounder is. If it's San Jose offering Tampa's (30th or 31st overall), that's not all too appealing.
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Yeah I’m glad we’re not just settling for a late first for our team MVP on a great contract. A lot of teams are probably salivating at the idea of Kuemper.
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Which was a bad trade then, and a worse trade now. Erat fetched Forsberg once. It's a cautionary tale, not the bar for a trade.
Well yes, we know that with the gift of hindsight. Any trade can become lopsided. I thought they overpaid for him but if Schneider plays well the trade doesn't end a bad one.
It only takes one hungry for a goalie GM. There are bad trades all the time, and will never ever stop.
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Chayka had a philosophy of not giving goalies big salaries and I think it's a fantastic plan. If we're lucky enough to find the next Bryz, I hope we refuse to pay him more than a 2nd line forward. There's fewer than 31 starting NHL jobs available. Our goalie should appreciate the opportunity and will hopefully accept less than maximum.
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I want to keep Kuemper more than most, however if you get a 1st and a 2nd or 1st and prospect you have to jump on it. Completely fine with the Yotes waiting for the right deal. Kuemper is one of the best options out there with that contract.
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Ninth pick (Horvat picked), I was there, with my Dad, it was awesome..... at the time I thought NJ did well
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Yep, I’ve done an about face on this one myself. With the training these days, goalies are far more uniform as a whole and I see no reason to overspend on what are so often head cases anyway. Although, I think we’re seeing fewer head cases with the uniformity.
Goalies, in general have never been paid for their value. There are exceptions of course, but there has been a shift in goalie's salaries the last number of years to get more than what they use to get.
My guess is we trade Kuemper - because he'll get us nice assets (I think BA wants a 2021 1st, instead of a 2020) and we'll trade Gogo because he's part of the country club. I think OEL will outlast Tocchet so we can see if he finds his form.
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