Confirmed with Link: Danton Heinen | 1 year $1.1m

[Night Shift]

In 17 and 18 he averaged 40 points a year. Fell off the last couple of years but maybe wasn't a fit in Ana.. Good low risk he might still be a 40 pt player, he's only 26

 

[Doogle]

We don't have any young players.

Even if we did it's moronic to assume that starting a fourth line entirely comprised of the likes of Angello and Legare is actually a good idea. It's kinda pathetic how some people bend over backwards looking for a reason to be outraged. Like go smoke a joint and figure it out

 

[StroShow]

If Zucker doesn’t blow I’d even call it good

I still have this hope Zucker becomes Minnesota Zucker again.

 

[tom_servo]

How much is left for Jankowski??

Edit: guess I'm late with the Jank jokes

 

[Ryder71]

How much is left for Jankowski??

Edit: guess I'm late with the Jank jokes

Not funny.... never was.

 

[Gurglesons]

Guentzel - Crosby - Rust
Zucker - Carter - Kapanen
McGinn - Blueger - ZAR
Hallander - Rodrigues - Heinen

to start IMO.

I also wonder if we move out Zucker now for something TBH. Lots of LW depth.

 

[tom_servo]

Every time I read his name I think of Mike Danton, who would've been a questionable pickup at best.

 

[K Fleur]

Can't bring Sceviour back now...

 

[SEALBound]

From 2020:



He actually has a somewhat similar analytics profile to McCann. Strong defensive player that's good on the powerplay with a good shot.

...that makes me want Nick Ritchie...

Good video. I see a lot of goals from right in front of the net. You don't have to be a bulldozer, you just have to be willing to play there.

 

[Fordy]

bye big Z and i don't mean ZAR

 

[Ugene Magic]

Guentzel - Crosby - Rust
Zucker - Carter - Kapanen
McGinn - Blueger - ZAR
Hallander - Rodrigues - Heinen

to start IMO.

I also wonder if we move out Zucker now for something TBH. Lots of LW depth.

I'd like to see that Zucker, Carter and Kappy line stay together and drop Rust back with Geno.

Guentzel, Crosby, Simon/E-Rod
McGinn, Malkin, Rust
Zucker, Carter, Kapanen
Heinen, TB, Angello

Getting that 3rd line going could soften up teams for the top two lines.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Was Nick Spaling not available?

 

[Pens x]

Guentzel - Crosby - Rust
Zucker - Carter - Kapanen
McGinn - Blueger - ZAR
Hallander - Rodrigues - Heinen

to start IMO.

I also wonder if we move out Zucker now for something TBH. Lots of LW depth.

At some point you can’t keep downgrading production. I’d be nervous with the return or what we would do with more cap. We’d soon have 20 fourth line forwards signed.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Every time I read his name I think of Mike Danton, who would've been a questionable pickup at best.

Well, still better than Georges Danton.

 

[Peat]

On paper this seems a nice smart move.

I'd like to see that Zucker, Carter and Kappy line stay together and drop Rust back with Geno.

Guentzel, Crosby, Simon/E-Rod
McGinn, Malkin, Rust
Zucker, Carter, Kapanen
Heinen, TB, Angello

Getting that 3rd line going could soften up teams for the top two lines.

I am quietly hopeful that McGinn, based on some of the stuff said, might be an option in that role and one that can split Zucker and Malkin, as seemingly intended by the hockey powers that be.

Hoping Simon/ERod can step up with Crosby is a step too far for me, that'd need a real right winger brought in.

 

[Gurglesons]

At some point you can’t keep downgrading production. I’d be nervous with the return or what we would do with more cap. We’d soon have 20 fourth line forwards signed.

We could have signed Dougie Hamilton and you’d be nervous about it.

 

[HandshakeLine]

bye big Z and i don't mean ZAR

Eh, Zohorna's most likely starting in WB/S anyway.

 

[Pens x]

We could have signed Dougie Hamilton and you’d be nervous about it.

I mean if we had the cap, sure do it. But we’d still have Jarry and DeSmith in net, and a worthless top line in the playoffs.

 

[Gurglesons]

I mean if we had the cap, sure do it. But we’d still have Jarry and DeSmith in net, and a worthless top line in the playoffs.

;(

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

Every time I read his name I think of Mike Danton, who would've been a questionable pickup at best.

I hear he can be had for just a couple of packs of cigarettes.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I'd like to see that Zucker, Carter and Kappy line stay together and drop Rust back with Geno.

Guentzel, Crosby, Simon/E-Rod
McGinn, Malkin, Rust
Zucker, Carter, Kapanen
Heinen, TB, Angello

Getting that 3rd line going could soften up teams for the top two lines.

Any lineup that has Simon or E-Rod on the top line is one that makes me want to rage quit hockey. Sid's at an age now where we can't keep putting fringe NHLers on his line and expecting that line to still produce like a top line.

Even if one wants to drop Rust to Malkin's line, there are options still available (Zucker on his off-wing, Kapanen, Carter at RW) that make heaps more sense than two guys who are 12/13 forwards on most NHL teams.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Was Nick Spaling not available?

Marcel Goc? Pyatt…?

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

We're really doing a bang-up job addressing the shortcomings of size, skill, and physical play we showed last year.

If there are any more soft wingers around 6 foot that aren't particularly good at anything out there, you know we'll be sniffing around. It'll save opposition teams some dry cleaning bills anyway.

 

[Ugene Magic]

On paper this seems a nice smart move.



I am quietly hopeful that McGinn, based on some of the stuff said, might be an option in that role and one that can split Zucker and Malkin, as seemingly intended by the hockey powers that be.

Hoping Simon/ERod can step up with Crosby is a step too far for me, that'd need a real right winger brought in.

I think what is imperative is to play the 3rd line more and keep the minutes to 18 minutes for all three lines considering the elder statesmen on each line. I trust each of the top 3 lines to always have two of the three going at any given point. That's the kind of depth this team needs. I'm with you on Simon/E-Rod with Sid. We all know it's a possibility. Maybe one of McGinn or Heinen can slide up in that RW position.

This team can always use an upgrade.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

We're really doing a bang-up job addressing the shortcomings of size, skill, and physical play we showed last year.

If there are any more soft wingers around 6 foot that aren't particularly good at anything out there, you know we'll be sniffing around. It'll save opposition teams some dry cleaning bills anyway.

I know it's early, but McGinn's the only signing so far that's even remotely going in the direction I was hoping they'd go. The other signings have been more of the same that we've had the past 3 years that have resulted in a vanilla, soft team.