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Is Harrold officially gone?
His agent claimed other teams were interested and Shero told him
To go looking because we weren't interested.
Is Harrold officially gone?
Hrabarenka actually did play one NHL game. I was there too. I think it was that game in TB at the end of the season. Then he was sent back to Albany before the finale in Sunrise. I don't remember much about that night though. Just wanting to locate Mike Foligno and personally express my rage to him, for our PK giving up 3 PP goals that night. And his excessive use of Mark Fraser on the PK, who was even worse that game than his usual awful and abomination self.Kelly, Scarlett and Burlon are simply not NHL calibre, Scarlett may eventually get there but he's still a long way away. No idea about Mozik but i get the impression he's not going to be NHL ready for quite a while either, probably needs at least one entire season in the AHL to adjust to playing over here.
We may have something in Hrabarenka and Helgeson, but one has 0 NHL games under his belt and Helgeson looked nothing more than steady his short stint this season. Neither are sure things to contribute meaningfully this season.
Moores has 230 NHL games, he's proven he can handle the rigors of the NHL even if it's just performing at the level of a bottom pairing guy. That's pretty impressive considering he's just 24 and still has just as much room to develop and grow as guys like Helgeson/Hrabarenka do.
For such a small financial cost there's nothing to dislike about this deal, if one of our youngsters eventually comes through and displaces him from the lineup we can easily trade him for a late round pick. Far worse players on far worse contracts get traded for peanuts every year to deeps suffering from injuries/depth issues heading into the playoffs, it's not like this contract is an anchor to us.
Is Harrold officially gone?
What's the problem with this signing?
Greene - Severson
Gelinas - Larsson
Moore - Merrill
Helgeson
Kelly - Hrbarenka
Burlon - Mozik
TBD - Scarlett
I don't think that's blocking anyone. Helgeson and Hrbarenka will compete for the 7th spot. Injuries will inevitably occur. Everyone will get a chance.
Because he's no better than Fraser, Burlon, Dan Kelly brah.
Not necessarily. It depends on who and what spot.
You don't sign Moore to trade a guy like Gelinas or Merrill. You sign Oduya or Martin to trade a guy like Gelinas or Merrill.
You don't sign Moore to trade a guy like Gelinas or Merrill. You sign Oduya or Martin to trade a guy like Gelinas or Merrill.
Where else would a good vet who can anchor a pairing play? I don't think you can find a guy like that to play 14 mpg.
Not to mention that would still leave the 2nd pairing with 2 young players.
Merrill hasn't done very well on the right side in the past
And the notion of Gelinas playing up minutes over anyone is even more strange.
You don't sign Moore to trade a guy like Gelinas or Merrill. You sign Oduya or Martin to trade a guy like Gelinas or Merrill.
We had 5 NHL defensemen. Now we have 6. How does that indicate one of the other 6 is on the move? The leaps in logic around here...
I don't think it is too big a leap to think that the further addition of defensive talent might indicate a current player could be on the move.
If not immediately then perhaps down the line a bit when a Santini, a Jacobs, a Mozik, or Helg etc are ready to play in the league.
Edit: Especially when 4 of the 6 are lefties.
It is going to be interesting to see how the pairings shake out. Merrill looks like he might have to be the responsible half of a pairing again.