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Eberle is mediocre and going to get way overpaid. I wouldn't go near him.
Folks, I understand everyone wants to add scoring and I’m with you. However, look at the final four and you will see the top defenses in the game. Boston, St. Louis, San Jose and even Carolina. We need to start upgrading even if Smith comes out of the gate on fire.
I think you put Zacha st 3C with the intent to create a third scoring line.
Zajac is the “4th line” in name only. His line is really a pure checking line matching up against other top lines to shut them down. So their minutes would be a lot heavier then their position on the depth chart suggests. Be where I would put Coleman too
I'm vehemently against signing Eberle, but Ray Shero has earned my trust. If he wants to go there, I'll give Eberle the benefit of the doubt until he proves unworthy of it.
Anything over 3 years makes me sick to my stomach.
It's an interesting idea.
Hall - Hischier - Eberle
Bratt - Hughes - Palmieri
Boqvist - Zacha - Wood
Coleman - Zajac - XXX/Noesen
With Eberle, people are forgetting that the team brought in an analytics guy that specializes in contracts, and to a man it seems, every analytics person says don't give him that much money.
literally lol'dIt’s just one more voice. The dude isn’t making the decisions. We aren’t Arizona where the spreadsheets run the team.
It’s just one more voice. The dude isn’t making the decisions. We aren’t Arizona where the spreadsheets run the team.
Hall-Hischier-Eberle
Bratt-Jack-Palms
Wood-Zajac-Coleman
Boqvist-Zacha-Bastian/Anderson
Folks, I understand everyone wants to add scoring and I’m with you. However, look at the final four and you will see the top defenses in the game. Boston, St. Louis, San Jose and even Carolina. We need to start upgrading even if Smith comes out of the gate on fire. In addition, size wise, Greene, Butcher and Ty Smith worry me.
I think you put Zacha st 3C with the intent to create a third scoring line.
My vote is:
Hall - Hichier - Eberle -- Play Eberle with his buddy Hall, and Hall with his buddy Hichier.
Bratt - Hughes - Palmieri -- Give Hughes a shooter in Palms. Bratt's decent defensively
Boqvist - Zajac - Coleman -- Zajac and Coleman just play so well together. Add Boqvist for some scoring.
Wood - Zacha - Bastian -- Zacha and Wood feed off each other, and it's a physically line.
Agostino, Rooney -- Viable fill-ins when the injury bug hits.
I actually disagree. Hall shoots plenty, and Hischer shoots a fair amount too. Having Eberle to clean up would work well. Hughes needs someone to find to dish the puck off to who can rip a shot off.I maintain I think Hall needs the shooter in Palms and Hughes needs the garbage man in Eberle.