Not sure if you're speaking in general but I didn't say I wanted to get younger, I said this team needs to keep competing because our cap structure isn't built to rebuild atm.The problem with this statement is, what exactly is the Preds 4th line? If it's the beast line he damn sure can't help there. So if you look at the other bottom 6 center position he's going to be taking the place of a youngster. No thanks.
All in one breath some of you are talking about moving on to younger players but still entertaining the idea of Getzlaf?
It was a general you not a specific you.Not sure if you're speaking in general but I didn't say I wanted to get younger, I said this team needs to keep competing because our cap structure isn't built to rebuild atm.
If Getzlaf can help a guy like Glass who is a project imo, or Tomasino then why not?
I just can’t get behind this Getzlaf bullshit. I don’t want him in gold. Please no!
It's nitpicking but I think we'll see Ekholm and Carrier together. Ekholm was almost glowing when he talked about playing with Carrier, add that to the fact that Fabbro is better at ending the opponents possession than Carrier and you have much more balance in your top four.
Left side is pretty much a lock with Harpur and Boro rotating, but that right side is going to be interesting. Those guys are going to be battling for ice time and I have absolutely no idea what the lineup looks like at the end of the year.So I guess we are going to carry 8 dmen
Josi - carrier
Ekholm - Fabbro
Harpur - Myers
Boro - benning
Left side is pretty much a lock with Harpur and Boro rotating, but that right side is going to be interesting. Those guys are going to be battling for ice time and I have absolutely no idea what the lineup looks like at the end of the year.
Signing Getzlaf is idiotic. The guy is toast. He will be front of the line for whipping boy unless he signs for under a million. he was great 7 years ago.
Doesn't really look great on paper,
Getlzaf would be a veteran character player that would also help an area we are weak in (PP). He'd fill the same type of role that a Haula, Richardson, etc... filled last season. We can't assume all of Glass, Kunin, Tomasino, Tolvanen, Olivier, Trenin, Jeannot are going to be able to consistently perform, if we want to be semi-competitive, and I don't think Poile has a ton of faith in Forsberg, Johansen, and Duchene as "leaders" for the younger group. Assuming we don't sign all three of Granlund, Haula, Getzlaf, there is still plenty of space in the lineup for Glass, Tomasino, and Tolvanen to get their time if they perform well.If we sign Getzlaf it just confirms to me Poile doesn't really have a plan and we are just shuffling chairs on the Titanic and by chairs I mean vets until the kids are ready to play.
There are a lot younger options out there if we feel like we need to bring in a player upfront.
Forsberg Johansen Duchene
Cousins Glass Kunin
Grimaldi Tomasino Tolvanen/Olivier
Trenin Sissons Jeannot
Doesn't really look great on paper, but if it lets the kids develop, that's probably for the best unless we decide we are actually going for it. The thing I don't want to do is limit Glass or Tomasino's ice time.
Much more interested in bringing in a winger than a center at this point. I'd be far more interested in taking on a cap dump to hoard more picks but Poile has made it clear he isn't interested in that.
Harpur - Myers ! It’s the apocalypse!So I guess we are going to carry 8 dmen
Josi - carrier
Ekholm - Fabbro
Harpur - Myers
Boro - benning
He had a 10 team no-trade list and there have been rumblings that he would retire for family reasons if he was traded from Vegas. I don't know if he was really an option for us.We're probably going to be $7M under the cap? I mean, Fleury only had 1 year left. Couldn't do much better than that as your veteran backup... for a 7th round pick. Well, it's not my money...
Yeah, I'm not really serious about that. We should be able to sign a reasonable backup for 1-yr/$2Mish, and it IS real money.He had a 10 team no-trade list and there have been rumblings that he would retire for family reasons if he was traded from Vegas. I don't know if he was really an option for us.
Just saw he was bought out. I’d take a flier on him but his performance over the past two seasons was at best on par with rinnes so don’t expect greatnessI see Holtby just joined the list of our potential backup candidates.
I don't think I watched him play even 1 game last season. So I'm not promoting this or anything. But worth checking out, relative to our need.
"On par with Rinne" would actually exceed my requirements for our backup. I feel like that's a high bar.Just saw he was bought out. I’d take a flier on him but his performance over the past two seasons was at best on par with rinnes so don’t expect greatness