MMC
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Nowhere in my post did I say this.What makes you think that would be the difference between being 4th worst in the league and being respectable?
you’ve gotta be kidding me
Nowhere in my post did I say this.What makes you think that would be the difference between being 4th worst in the league and being respectable?
you’ve gotta be kidding me
We’d probably be up 3-5 spots in the standings. If he even worked here which I highly doubt he would.Something I wonder is how different this team would've been if we our attempts at trading for Shipachyov came to fruition. If we could develop him into even a middle 6 quality C, things would be quite a bit different for us.
It’s just baffling to even consider landing 30+ year old Vadim Shipachyov making our situation any different.Nowhere in my post did I say this.
It’s just baffling to even consider landing 30+ year old Vadim Shipachyov making our situation any different.
please enlighten us
Pettersson has turned into a 20 minute a game guy for Pittsburgh with good underlying numbers, I guess I just don't understand this trade if you're not going to play Sprong when you're a bad team starved for goals and young talentI’m not sure I’d classify that as an utter disaster, although it’s a clear loss.
the Theodore and Palmieri trades are the ones that are total disasters. They have virtually nothing to show for either player. Palms is a 30 goal guy and would be our best winger. Meanwhile Theodore is going to be a 50+ point defenseman for the next 10 years. But we got rid of Stoner!
Good news about both players!
Kase apparently had a flu, not head related injury which is also suggested by this timeline.
The flu doesn’t keep guys out close to two weeks...
What people call “the flu”, but which is actually a gastrointestinal virus, no. Actual influenza sure as hell can though.The flu doesn’t keep guys out close to two weeks...
Would try after the deadline (assuming Kase and Rakell get traded):I'd rather see Z stay in college for another year. Build up his body and see if next year at this time we have some better finishers for him to play with.
I'd rather see Z stay in college for another year. Build up his body and see if next year at this time we have some better finishers for him to play with.
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Yes please. Would love to see Zegras get a cup of coffee before the season ends.
He would get 5 games at most. That’s not going to hurt his development.There’s no point in just giving guys a “cup of coffee“ just for the sake of it.
Zegras is the best prospect we have had in years but from everything I’ve seen he still has a lot of work to do to be a permanent fixture in the NHL. Getzlaf and Perry didn’t pay until they were 20, nor did Bobby Ryan. Zegras is at a similar level to what they all were coming out of their D + 1 seasons (well similar to Perry and Ryan, Getzla FB was definitely ahead), why rush him?
That said Murray seems to love freeing up spots for young guys without making them earn it in recent years so it wouldn’t surprise me if it happens. Doesn’t mean it’s the right choice though.
Unless he gets clobbered and injured in one of those games. Why risk it?He would get 5 games at most. That’s not going to hurt his development.
He would get 5 games at most. That’s not going to hurt his development.