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Happy with everything about this signing except the anticipation of Nash pronouncing his name as Go-li-GOW-ski.
Haha. 10/10. Well done!
Happy with everything about this signing except the anticipation of Nash pronouncing his name as Go-li-GOW-ski.
What did Dallas offer? I'm surprised they werent close to this. I was expecting it would take 6M.
Okay, great signing! Great start and about time that we had some unvarnished good news.
Now, I really wouldn't trade any talent for a top 4 D at this point. A minor forward for a bottom pair ok, but that's it at this point. Next year we trade talent for a top 6 RHD and aim for a deep playoff run.
Totally. Definitely Stepan...he would be an upgrade over Hanzal. Klein would be ok I guess, but I still think they need a legit top pairing guy with OEL. Murphy may still be able to improve his game, I mean I sure hope he does, because he wasn't cutting it with OEL on a consistent basis.
This is about as cheap if not cheaper that I thought a higher profile UFA D would sign for.
I wonder what Maloney thinks of this. If Maloney balked at something like this, maybe there is a legitimate reason he was let go. Maybe all those Moss, Chipchura signings were his idea. We always like to blame Tipp, but who knows if it was him or not? By the sound of things, it didn't really sound like he was included in any of the personnel moves at all under Maloney.
Maybe this is just wishful thinking? Maybe I'm just jumping the gun because I'm super pumped about this trade/signing.
Chayka and Tippett flew to Minnesota (Goligoski's home state) yesterday to close the deal, as per Goligoski's agent.
That's awesome. Good on 'em.
Any word if there is a NMC?
Chayka and Tippett flew to Minnesota (Goligoski's home state) yesterday to close the deal, as per Goligoski's agent.
Chayka mentioned that, previously, the Coyotes were on Gogo's no-go list.
The needle now faces the opposite direction.
Also mentioned that ownership did an adequate job addressing concerns of arena uncertainty.
Earnest question:
The worry after Maloney was fired was that Chayka would be something of a patsy, with Tippett having outsized power in personnel decisions. Because of the narrative around Tippett's talent assessment and approach to roster assemblage, the consensus expectation was that Tippett would torpedo the rebuild. It was a foregone conclusion that the team would get worse, and it would be Tippett's fault.
This is, of course, only one move, but if everyone is into it, why doesn't Tippett get any credit?
- Wendy Tippett met Gogo at airport (lol!)