Proposal: Candidates for 3rd line winger role

[UglyPuckling]

What was shocking in the Stepan trade is that the 2nd round pick wasn't coming our way, that's all

Stepan was a cap dump with his 6.5 AAV

The following year, the same Coyotes got a 2nd and a 7th for taking a 4.5 AAV Gostisbehere (2 years though), who was a better player IMO and much closer to be worth his cap hit



Yes I accepted this as it was necessary for our 2023-24 cap situation anyway, Paul and Brown would have been costly going forward. It looks like our cap will be very tight next season. But thankfully, we should not be in cap hell after that. Once the dead money expires, it will also help

Stefan was a complete waste of a roster spot and failed to deliver anything of value.

I would agree. Stepan was a waste of a 2nd round pick and didn't amount to, or do anything while here. He didn't even want to be here as it turns out. If you follow hockey, you knew he was declining and at the cusp or twilight of his career the last year or so when he played for the Yotes.

He was a cap dump and the asset should have come from the Yotes to us to get rid of a player the Yotes didn't want or need. After leaving us, he played on the 4th line and was a scratch in the Canes lineup. Not even sure if he's going to play this year. People try too hard to rationalize that this was a good signing.

 

[NyQuil]

People try too hard to rationalize that this was a good signing.

Not a lot of people.

 

[Micklebot]

Not a lot of people.

What they lack in numbers, they make up in zeal

 

[UglyPuckling]

Not a lot of people.

True.

What they lack in numbers, they make up in zeal

Also true. LOL.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Not sure anyone has said it was a good signing in retrospect, not even Pierre.

In theory he fit with what we were trying to do at the time, but Stepan was a swing and a miss, they happen.

It’s old news now I should think.

 

[Xspyrit]

I would agree. Stepan was a waste of a 2nd round pick and didn't amount to, or do anything while here. He didn't even want to be here as it turns out. If you follow hockey, you knew he was declining and at the cusp or twilight of his career the last year or so when he played for the Yotes.

He was a cap dump and the asset should have come from the Yotes to us to get rid of a player the Yotes didn't want or need. After leaving us, he played on the 4th line and was a scratch in the Canes lineup. Not even sure if he's going to play this year. People try too hard to rationalize that this was a good signing.

It was a baffling move when it happened, no other way around it. Sometimes I really felt that the Sens PRO SCOUTING was the staff teenager kids watching some old tapes from 2 years prior. The same thing happened with Boedker, he was a decent player too years prior to acquire him. Same with Burrows, he didn't have much left in the tank. We could keep going

Hopefully we won't make any of these mistakes anymore. It's crucial when you hope to contend with the best. So little margin for error.

 

[Samboni]

Am I wrong or did Formenton drop off the face of the earth? No interviews, or quotes from him or his agent? No info if he is training or where. It’s like the media is going out of its way to talk about him. Hmm.

 

[Cosmix]

Not sure anyone has said it was a good signing in retrospect, not even Pierre.

In theory he fit with what we were trying to do at the time, but Stepan was a swing and a miss, they happen.

It’s old news now I should think.

It was another PD brainfart!

 

[Ice-Tray]

It was another PD brainfart!

More like swing and a miss. They happen.

 

[Cosmix]

More like swing and a miss. They happen.

Too often!

 

[Ice-Tray]

Too often!

Naw, our guy hits home runs, a couple missed swings is part of the game.

 

[Cosmix]

Naw, our guy hits home runs, a couple missed swings is part of the game.

Not seen in the performance since he became GM.

 

[DaveMatthew]

If we're in the race for the playoffs by January/February, and Formenton is not on the roster (either still holding out, result from the HC investigation, or traded), I'd seriously consider Jonathan Toews.

We're one of the few teams that could absorb his cap hit, I think he'd be happy to come here if we're in the mix, he could slot in nicely at LW while providing support on faceoffs and adding more injury insurance should a C get hurt, and would be another veteran leader for Stützle/Norris/Pinto.

Toews - Pinto - Joseph

Pinto and Toews could alternate face-off duties based on which side of the ice they're on.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Not seen in the performance since he became GM.

Lol okie dokie!