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Mueller was spectacular in the WC, which gives me hope. Yak was the OAR first pairing LD, so there's that as well.
Confirmed with Link: Egor Yakovlev signed to a one-year, entry-level contract
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Yeah, there are certainly some possibilities. We'll just have to see how it plays out on the ice next year.
Billdo
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Yakovlev has a European Assignment Clause in his contract - this probably means if he is assigned to Binghamton he can instead choose to return to Russia.
He's clearly better than people like Dyblenko and Mozik. Doesn't mean he'll be an NHL success, but he is clearly better than them.
He's clearly better than people like Dyblenko and Mozik. Doesn't mean he'll be an NHL success, but he is clearly better than them.
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Generally speaking, it's not good.
That said, I have no problems with them rolling-the-dice on cheap, passable, players like this who you think might be ready to take a big step forward. If that big step never happens (and it probably wont), you've not really lost anything.
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Funny to see the difference in reaction to this move and the Russian D that Toronto signed who wasn't even on the Olympics or World Championships team. Yakovlev could very well turn out to be nothing but he's the kind of guy who if signed elsewhere people would be saying "I wish we would have tried signing somebody like that." And he also had options and wants to be here.
Interesting. I think you may be right that that clause being including means he's more likely to be in the NHL. After all, if Ray thought there was a significant chance Yakovlev would be in Bingo, we agree to that clause?
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It would be nice if the Devils could get a solid 1st or 2nd pairing guy out of Yakovlev, but that's not realistic. What is realistic is that unless the Devils go hard after a quadruple-A sort of defenseman, they're once again in danger of people like Strait playing in NHL games next season. Yakovlev is a buffer against that, and I hope he plays well enough to make the roster.
I actually think we have a bunch of viable 2nd and 3rd pairing D on this team. I'm not sure I'm that interested in another potential guy in that slot. What we really need is a solid 1st pairing guy.
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I hope this is a lesson that GMs will learn from Vegas. That team is a whole lot of tweeners and maybes. Those guys were given a shot.
I think giving guys opportunities is an undeniable part of the mix in vegas. But I think the situation there is just so unique that I don't think it can be used as a template for established teams.
I do think it speaks to just how mental highly competitive sports is and how environment effects that mental state. I imagine there are lessons to be learned from Vegas.
Which really makes things interesting if we're going to try to upgrade on defense. Greene isn't going anywhere and I think we'd all agree that Vatanen, Severson, Mueller, Butcher, and Santini should be regulars. So that's already 6 D, plus Lovejoy as the extra, and/or Yakoklev if he makes the big club.
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I’m gonna get my flame suit ready. I don’t think Santini should be a regular at all. I feel like both him and Mueller are redundant. I know they play different sides, but I feel like they do the same thing and I’d rather ice more mobile guys than two of them. I feel like Mueller has more upside so I think I’d prefer him. Santini did play competent against soft competition in 2016-2017. So it’s not like he’s totally useless. I just don’t think management should balk at upgrading the D this offseason just so that both Mueller and Santini have a spot on the roster.
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You better run, as fast as you can to Bogota. And not the boro in Bergen County, the one in Colombia. And that's only if you can't make it down to Antarctica first.
Honestly though, it's a numbers game unless somebody gets moved out, I see Santini as the odd man out. Even if somebody does get moved out and we upgrade, someone else might need to also get moved out/injured for him to become a regular again. And that's already assuming that we've said arrivederci to John Moore and that he's not coming back.
This has been my prediction for a while and it still stands, I think Santini starts the season on the NHL roster, but as the 7th/8th defenseman, depending on how many defenseman we carry to start the season. I think a buyout for Lovejoy is a possibility, but I think if he is bought out then it might not be until the second buyout window, which is usually in early August? Let's see what happens. We might very well also see another defenseman traded if we bring in another one as an upgrade via trade. So basically that opens up another spot.
I don't think buying Lovejoy out would be worth the effort. I'd rather just keep him as an extra and then be completely done with him next summer. Is Santini waiver exempt next year again or no?
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You can't buy out Lovejoy during the second buyout window - his salary needs to be above the NHL average for that to happen, and it isn't.
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