Around The NHL Discussion 2019/20 - Part II
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Someone seems to be on the outs in Carolina, but I doubt it it Slavin for the same reason you want him. He is by far their best defensive defenseman, especially on the left. Bean is waiver exempt, so they don't have to trade anyone too good if they keep him down for an injury call-up. If he is in the NHL, they need to make room by moving two D, or carrying 8 and moving out 1.
LD: (1) Slavin, (2) Gardiner, (3) Fleury. (4) Forsling (5) Bean
RD: (1) Hamilton, )2) Faulk, (3) Pesce, (4) Van Reimsdyk
People on the main Board are saying to move Faulk, but that puts a LD or TVR into the starting 6. Moving one of Forsling/TVR and one of Fleury/Bean seems more likely to me. By "moving" I am including the possibility of sending them to the AHL, hoping those eligible clear waivers. What do I know, though? Whatever they do, that's a good D core there.
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Would have been nice to have Jake Gardiner at $4M instead of Joel Edmundson at $3M, but I'm not sure where we would have found that additional cap space without giving up our cushion. I think Gardiner is a bit underrated defensively (in the sense that everyone seems to see him as hot garbage) and I think he would have been a good partner for Petro.
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That would have been amazing. Not really sure what we're doing with that Edmundson contract honestly. Players who go to arbitration often don't come back the next year and outside of Dunn we don't have any LHD I'm certain will be in our top 6 to start the 2020-21 season.
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Gardiner would have been a nice way to fill that gap at that price, even if you ended up losing him after 2 seasons to the expansion draft. He wasn't even on my radar as an option because I figured his price was in the $6M-$7M range and more years than I'd want to give a 29 year old.
That Gardiner contract is great. He was terrible in the playoffs in 2018, but that was down to what he was being asked to do. If you're going into the playoffs expecting Gardiner to lead your defense in ice time then you aren't going to do well. This year he wasn't terrible, until Game 7, in his reduced role. With a better D around him then I don't expect him to be a nagative, it's just whether he'll be able to translate regular season production to postseason production. But at $4m for four years? Can't really go very wrong.
Watching the Sibir game just now, Soshnikov has scored to put Ufa 1-0 after the first period. Only his third game and he's already got a couple of goals and assists. Hopefully he can stay healthy over there.
Jaškin is with Dynamo Moscow now... he's leading their forwards in ice time. One assist through 3 games, but he's getting 20+ minutes a game
Watching the Sibir game just now, Soshnikov has scored to put Ufa 1-0 after the first period. Only his third game and he's already got a couple of goals and assists. Hopefully he can stay healthy over there.
Jaškin is with Dynamo Moscow now... he's leading their forwards in ice time. One assist through 3 games, but he's getting 20+ minutes a game
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He can skate but it sure helped with 23 of the Rangers setting a pick on the guy trailing Kakko.
He is next Barkov, but plays winger. Tho I think his usage would be best if he would play center. Complete 2-way center who can set plays at o-zone and can score himself too.
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well he's no pääjärvi, but was able to sneak it in on his second wrap around the net
Am I bad IF I say I enjoy this drama what Marner and Leafs has? Leaf fans are so pissed.
Leaf board is so
Leaf board is so
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AjaxManifesto
Pro sports is becoming predictable and boring
Am I bad IF I say I enjoy this drama what Marner and Leafs has? Leaf fans are so pissed.
Leaf board is so
The Yankees of hockey.
There are some benefits with being a fan of a smaller market team like St. Louis. We don't fall into these kind of shenanigans.
Surprised to see (per the Athletic) Brian Boyle still unsigned as camps break around the league. It's a shame that the Blues have no roster spots available, as he'd be a great depth piece who's probably going to end up playing on the cheap somewhere. A $2M deal for a shot at the Cup would be a bargain for what he'd bring...but alas the Blues simply have no spots available unless they start moving pieces for futures.
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Am I bad IF I say I enjoy this drama what Marner and Leafs has? Leaf fans are so pissed.
Leaf board is so
If it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right. I’m so glad all the hockey reporters returned from their summer cottages and started reporting on this.
I was surprised to learn that Binnington had the 7th most popular jersey by sales in the LEAGUE last season. Tarasenko was 8th. If I had known his merchandise impact was so high, I’d have been less surprised he commanded the salary he did. Has there been a goalie ever break into the league so gloriously in modern times? No!
I hope he can follow that season up with something respectable.
I hope he can follow that season up with something respectable.
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Binnington doesn’t even have to put up the ridiculous numbers he did last year to be a plus for this team. Just putting up consistent, slightly above average numbers is good enough for the way we play.
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That is a shame. You know, it used to bother me when guys like this were available and we didn't have cap or roster space for them. I'm in a different place now, where I'm actually glad we don't have a "need" for someone like this. I wonder why that is.
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He came out of nowhere and the jersey knockoffs hadn't been created yet so people had to buy the real deal just to get his name on their back
You should have signed it, "HeHateMe's Rooster"He came out of nowhere and the jersey knockoffs hadn't been created yet so people had to buy the real deal just to get his name on their back
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Both are more rounded dmen than Dunn currently is. I think the Girard extension will be the more pertinent comparable.
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