Around the League, 2018-19 Edition

[kducks]

This is just embarrassing. Just raise the President's Trophy banner with no ceremony. You won nothing that counted last year.

 

[Ducks DVM]

This is just embarrassing. Just raise the President's Trophy banner with no ceremony. You won nothing that counted last year.

Sharks East.

 

[Paul4587]

You would think based off the main boards Leafs fans had never seen players on hot streaks (while playing through a very favorable schedule) before.

 

[Masch78]

Boy oh boy, TOR is a goalscoring machine. At least they will have some very heavy contacts on the team after this season.

 

[Paul4587]

You would think based off the main boards Leafs fans had never seen players on hot streaks (while playing through a very favorable schedule) before.

Yes they are. They’ve also played the Sens, Habs, Hawks and Stars bluelines. They’ll come back down to earth once the schedule evens out.

This is their all in year though. Next season they will have $33M tied up in three players. As you said some heavy contracts coming up.

 

[AngelDuck]

They're going to go HARD after defense at the trade deadline. If we aren't in contention for some reason, BM would probably be wise to at least kick the tires on a Nylander trade.

Not saying you have to get him, but I would definitely be listening.

 

[Duck Off]

Pittsburgh put Grant on waivers. PAGING BOB MURRAY!

 

[McDonald19]

Pittsburgh put Grant on waivers. PAGING BOB MURRAY!

Yeah, seems like an obvious move, but never know with Bob.

 

[McDonald19]

Pretty low risk pickup, makes a lot more sense than grabbing Aberg. Carlyle and Bob already know what Grant can do. Contract is only 650k. UFA again in July.

 

[Kalv]

1. CLAIM DEREK GRANT
2. PROFIT

 

[mightyquack]

Pretty low risk pickup, makes a lot more sense than grabbing Aberg. Carlyle and Bob already know what Grant can do. Contract is only 650k. UFA again in July.

And they passed on signing him for basically league minimum.

I'd take him back for the depth (and he can always go on the wing if needed), but unless the Getzlaf injury is a week to week thing I have a feeling that Anaheim will just ride it out with the rookies until he's back. I hope I'm wrong, as I'm honestly not much of a fan of purely relying on having Rowney as the 4c (if/when Anaheim are fully healthy) - Grant would be good to keep around when Rowney slumps.

 

[rlstine]

Get him! Derek Grant's about to find out what happens when you try to walk away from this team. You maybe get picked up on waivers at a later point.

 

[Exit Dose]

I'm fine with them passing on Grant. Rowney is better, and we have Kossila and Steel as long term depth options.

 

[AngelDuck]

I'm fine with them passing on Grant. Rowney is better, and we have Kossila and Steel as long term depth options.

Yeah, and with Kesler skating already it’s looking like we will be fine in the short term

I wouldn’t be surprised if Kes was playing by the weekend

 

[terranraida]

COME BACK DADDY GRANTZLAF

 

[Terry Yake]

wouldn't mind seeing grant back at all

did he even play a game with the pens?

 

[lwvs84]

He would be an upgrade on Street, right? Can anyone else on that 4th line play LW (not to mention it would be good to have a second faceoff option on that line).

 

[Duck Off]

And they passed on signing him for basically league minimum.

I'd take him back for the depth (and he can always go on the wing if needed), but unless the Getzlaf injury is a week to week thing I have a feeling that Anaheim will just ride it out with the rookies until he's back. I hope I'm wrong, as I'm honestly not much of a fan of purely relying on having Rowney as the 4c (if/when Anaheim are fully healthy) - Grant would be good to keep around when Rowney slumps.

Rowney has been better than I thought (though I personally take last year's Grant over him still), but claiming Grant is a no brainer IMO. We've got two rookies who have shown a lot of promise, but having Grant doesn't make us rely on them if they're not ready. Throw in Kesler's injury history (even if he comes back tonight, we don't have any idea how the hip is going to be over the course of the season) and Getzlaf's injury and this better be a f***ing no brainer.

 

[Paul4587]

I think Grant is better than Rowney but we are already stuck with Rowney and we are pretty set down the middle, Kesler will be back soon, Getzlafs injury apparently isn’t serious and Steel/Lundestrom are doing well in the interim.

It’s on the wing we are more desperate for talent but it’s not bottom 6 talent we need..

 

[duxfan1101]

I'm good with picking up Grant and sending Street down for now. He's a good faceoff guy, too, which we kind of need right now.

 

[Duck Off]

I think Grant is better than Rowney but we are already stuck with Rowney and we are pretty set down the middle, Kesler will be back soon, Getzlafs injury apparently isn’t serious and Steel/Lundestrom are doing well in the interim.

It’s on the wing we are more desperate for talent but it’s not bottom 6 talent we need..

if I was confident that Kesler would stay back after he comes back, than I'd agree with this.

To me, I'm struggling to see a downside by claiming him. Seems like it offers more depth and insurance so we don't have to rush the kids.

 

[bumperkisser]

unless we really need the contract space i'd easily claim derek grant. we can slot him on 4LW and i think that'd be beneficial, even if its just as a safety net.

Unless theres some locker room issues that we don't know about

 

[Ducks DVM]

And they passed on signing him for basically league minimum.

I'd take him back for the depth (and he can always go on the wing if needed), but unless the Getzlaf injury is a week to week thing I have a feeling that Anaheim will just ride it out with the rookies until he's back. I hope I'm wrong, as I'm honestly not much of a fan of purely relying on having Rowney as the 4c (if/when Anaheim are fully healthy) - Grant would be good to keep around when Rowney slumps.

Well, we know he didn’t sign for minimum HERE. That doesn’t mean that he didn’t start out asking for more.

 

[KeepItDeep]

Where is post #557?

 

[Paul4587]

I just saw that Edmonton is back in NA playing Boston tomorrow. I don’t get why the nhl sent the devils and oilers all the way to Europe to only play in one regular season game. Does that not make sense to anyone else?