NJDevs26
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- Mar 21, 2007
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Smith could be our best Dman next season. Let alone 3 years
I doubt it considering he didn't make the squad and is going back to the WHL. If he was that good already he wouldn't need junior time and Im sure the staff would rather he get the practice and pro experience like training, etc etc..Smith could be our best Dman next season. Let alone 3 years
I'm not saying he is going to be the best D-man coming in when he does. But I think he played well enough to not be a surprise if he stayed. He is pretty comparable to Butcher in that sense, but Butcher 1) made it very hard to send him away with the amount of points he was putting up, directly or indirectly. and 2) There was more room to make the case to stay with or with out the points last year.I doubt it considering he didn't make the squad and is going back to the WHL. If he was that good already he wouldn't need junior time and Im sure the staff would rather he get the practice and pro experience like training, etc etc..
Yea I'm in camp "let Stafford go." If we make or miss the playoffs this year I highly doubt either changes with him in or out of the lineup. So with that said, I would rather give a young guy that might just need NHL time to get that final push and switch them as needed with the random "energy" guy sitting in the box.
I mean, I would rather have him than a young player as the 13F, he seems to be a good veteran who can help our young players and he certainly just want to be around an NHL team, even if it's not on a TOP9 and stuff like that. It's not that much about making the playoff or not...
He will probably accept to sit 75% of the games and could be useful if we have an injury (as our young guys continues to progress in the AHL).
I don't understand why the majority of you are so tough with him? I mean, it could be a win/win situation?
I mean, I would rather have him than a young player as the 13F, he seems to be a good veteran who can help our young players and he certainly just want to be around an NHL team, even if it's not on a TOP9 and stuff like that. It's not that much on make the playoff or not...
He will probably accept to sit 75% of the games and could be useful if we have an injury (as our young guys continues to progress in the AHL).
I don't understand why the majority of you are so tough with him? I mean, it could be a win/win situation?
Shero likes Pens players...
I'd like to see DEA chase Lehtera around the ice at some point this season.
I doubt it considering he didn't make the squad and is going back to the WHL. If he was that good already he wouldn't need junior time and Im sure the staff would rather he get the practice and pro experience like training, etc etc..
I doubt it considering he didn't make the squad and is going back to the WHL. If he was that good already he wouldn't need junior time and Im sure the staff would rather he get the practice and pro experience like training, etc etc..
I'd like to see DEA chase Lehtera around the ice at some point this season.
I doubt it considering he didn't make the squad and is going back to the WHL. If he was that good already he wouldn't need junior time and Im sure the staff would rather he get the practice and pro experience like training, etc etc..
We don't have the room right now for him unfortunately because our staff does love its slow decaying veteran presence.
Smith could easily be playing over Lovejoy and Gryba, and probably should given his talent.
This isn't how the NHL works more often than not.
If Smith was that good that he could have made the roster but 'there was no need to rush him', than he has nothing left to be learning from juniors and would gain more from NHL practices, training, consulting, etc etc... I find it hard to believe that a player is about NHL ready but we sent him down for an entire year in the juniors just because we have .. worse players in front of him?it has nothing to do with how “good” he is. we’re not throwing him to the wolves because it’s not best for his development
We don't have the room right now for him unfortunately because our staff does love its slow decaying veteran presence.
Smith could easily be playing over Lovejoy and Gryba, and probably should given his talent.
Gryba is not going to be playing the majority of games and Lovejoy is a RD, while Smith is a LD. If he was playing over anyone it’s Mueller or Santini if Mueller plays off side.