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Oleksiak is an absolute pylon who would be in the AHL if he wasn't a former first rounder.
A useless skill.And he can kick the **** out of anyone in the current NHL..
The extention for Elias Lindholm by Calgary of 6 yrs @$4.85 million per yr cap hit is either the most brilliant bargain of the last 10 years by any GM or is at minimum "fairbalue" for 44-45 points guy given the $1 million for every 10 points rule of thumb suggested by the GM's Guidebook used by it seems almost every GM for years now since the cap Era began. .
BUT ...here is the thing. ..Aroliba used him as azC...CGY will move him to their top line at RW ..so he will pileup points with Gaudreau and Monica. .So Expect him to bulge to 70+ poi ts..Thus he should be worth $7:million + per year if this scenario plays out as expected.
So this brings us to Schmaltz and what the Hawks will extend him for..
Per the GM's rule of thumb, he should be valued already as around $5.5 million per ..but as we know Stan will overpay thinking he will elevate to that 70+ level of production playing 2C full time with Kane ..so he will probably get a longer deal of say $6.5 million per force years extention with of course the fill NMC thrown in.
BUT ....it is probably a lot less certain he can elevate. ..even with Kane ...be a use of 4 things..1.He is playing C...the duties required at C are more onerous than at wing..So this could take away from his production if as we know Q wants him to get better in the defensive aspects especially in his own zone ..2. He stinks at face- offs ...so chasing the puck after losing it keeps him out of the o-zone longer...3 He only has Jane to help him ..not 2 quality NHL stars like Mohan and Gaudreau to help boost his production n..At this point we do not know if D-Cat is going to get used on the Kane line or not. IF not it means Saad would be and he at best had only Bern a low 50ns producer...last season dropped to 35 points. And hardly a great set-up guy anyway. . 4. Finally. ..will Schmaltz ever get #1 pp unit duty ?You u do not want him to loose draws of the get go and risk chasing the puck down back to our own end ..killing precious o-zone time on the pp ...And how can Q risk Toes stewing if he is benched to favor Schmaltz on the pp?So Toes and hi s "#1C# and that huge $10.5 will trump any consideration to give Schmaltz such featured op time..so no way will Schmaltz pad his stats from the boss that pp tome gives.
Thus there is a risk Schmaltz might never elevate being mid 5z0s 2C level production..In that case we should only extend to no more than $5.5 cap hit level...No NMC..and only 6 years max ...notv8 .We actually should then trade him I'd something better cones along ..like a master of face offs who can pot more goals and bump Toes off the op ..such that that guy would be a real 1C and then Toews reduced in his role to 2C ..
But as we know Stan will over pay...over extend and albatross it with NMC ticket to Country Club to boot!
Seems pretty dumb to me that you can't play College hockey if you played Major Jr. Or you will be suspended for a year+. Should be able to switch just like you can from College to Jr.Rare case of a player playing Major Junior and still committing and attempting to go NCAA.
UND gets commitment from former WHL player Murphy Stratton
Seems pretty dumb to me that you can't play College hockey if you played Major Jr. Or you will be suspended for a year+. Should be able to switch just like you can from College to Jr.
NCAA does a lot of dumb things. I semi understand this rule, however. And with the entire hockey system as currently constituted the NCAA changing this would turn hockey in the US on its head at the developmental levels and completely change the NCAA and CIS landscapes. We may see it someday but won’t be anytime soon.
Can you elaborate on this? I'm genuinely curious
The effect the NCAA's changes would have on developmental hockey
Coyotes owner thinks his franchise is worth $500 million. Funny stuff.
Andrew Barroway Seeking $500 Million Valuation For Arizona Coyotes