NoNecksCurse
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Confirmed with Link: Dan Hamhuis comes back to smashville for 2 years
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Perfect. They got him really cheap... almost a little too cheap. Unfairly cheap. But they got him. And I think this will help the D soooooo much. In a lot of ways.
Not good news for Irwin and Weber who see ice reduced or Bitetto if he ends up on waivers, of course. But it should be very good for everybody else. Get him some PK time to offload the big 4. Hopefully he brings some veteran leadership to help in the room. And then next year, I like the idea of a Hamhuis-Fabbro pairing.
All assuming Hamhuis can still play, of course. His numbers from Dallas last year suggest he can, so it's clearly an acceptable risk to take regardless. Age happens. If he drops off further, well, they still had to try this, it has been sooooo obvious for soooo long.
Not good news for Irwin and Weber who see ice reduced or Bitetto if he ends up on waivers, of course. But it should be very good for everybody else. Get him some PK time to offload the big 4. Hopefully he brings some veteran leadership to help in the room. And then next year, I like the idea of a Hamhuis-Fabbro pairing.
All assuming Hamhuis can still play, of course. His numbers from Dallas last year suggest he can, so it's clearly an acceptable risk to take regardless. Age happens. If he drops off further, well, they still had to try this, it has been sooooo obvious for soooo long.
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The Hammer comes home, and importantly he will be under contract in the summer of 2020 and thus can be exposed to the expansion draft
Pred303
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a good signing. another left defenseman. and us with two left defensemen extras (irwin, bitetto). probably puts weber as the frontrunner for the third pair RW at least at first, him being the only natural right d-man we have. surely we plan on dealing someone and don't plan on carrying 8 d-men again all year (again).
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GoldOnGold
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Great signing and just what I thought the team needed.
Hamhuis averaged 20 mins/night in Dallas and didn't do too poorly, and since that's something he won't have to do here I think he'll do well.
Hamhuis averaged 20 mins/night in Dallas and didn't do too poorly, and since that's something he won't have to do here I think he'll do well.
Scoresberg
In Trotz We Trust?
That Orpik deal last night sure helped us out.
Nice signing anyways, just what we've been hoping for. Thinking he might adapt to our system a bit better than Emelin, but just a fine bottom-pair d-man who played well in Dallas in the top-4.
Love it that it's two years, great mentor/partner for Fabbro in a year.
Nice signing anyways, just what we've been hoping for. Thinking he might adapt to our system a bit better than Emelin, but just a fine bottom-pair d-man who played well in Dallas in the top-4.
Love it that it's two years, great mentor/partner for Fabbro in a year.
JustaFinnishGuy
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I love this deal. He is the exact 3rd liner we needed that improves us and gives us flexibility in a bunch of areas.
TitansVolsPreds615
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Datsyukian Deke
The Captain is Home!!
Did Greg Zanon & Kevin Klein say no?
Guess not.
I'm getting a little bit tired of the old "bring in the old guys for one last hurrah in gold" thing*. Even though I love seeing the guys playing on their rightful team, it really hasn't benefitted us that much that I can see. The odd "great" goal here and there, but is it worth filling a roster spot that could be taken by some of the youth? Not so sure it is.
*Unless Poile signs Vokoun for, say, $1m. I'm cool with helping fund however many retirements he wants.
Armourboy
Hey! You suck!
Eh the thing is it's not like the last two, Hartnell and now Hamhuis, weren't done to fill a need Poile thought we had. Hartnell was supposed to be that net front guy we lacked on the PP, and if I recall early it worked and then Lavi went away from it.
Hamhuis in much the same way fills a need, a good solid #5 Dman that keeps us from rolling Weber/Irwin out every game. He can move up in a pinch and might be able to take some of the work load off of the other Dmen.
If he was just signing him because he was a former Pred and there really wasnt a need for the player I would agree, but this one makes sense.
Hamhuis in much the same way fills a need, a good solid #5 Dman that keeps us from rolling Weber/Irwin out every game. He can move up in a pinch and might be able to take some of the work load off of the other Dmen.
If he was just signing him because he was a former Pred and there really wasnt a need for the player I would agree, but this one makes sense.
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BigFatCat999
First Fubu and now Pred303. !@#$! you cancer
Bitetto to Milwaukee I bet, and the Ads will not cry about it.
I think Bitetto has a higher talent ceiling but is more inconsistent. Irwin just kinda is what he is. That said, Hamhuis is better than both.
Bringer of Jollity
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Relax, 340 days left to go. Having a top 4-capable replacement might also weaken a little of Ellis' leverage if he is really wanting to stay here as well...assuming there is any kind of problem (which I'm not).
SavageSteve
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So I wonder who might ask him about this?
Preds Partisan
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Pred303
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hamhuis wasn't far from wrong in that quote... I was at several games during that year where there couldn.t have been 8000 in the building
