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Faulk trade targets
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Ha. A lot.
spockBokk
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If NYR was the rebuilding team in the east with potential RFAs to swap for Faulk, I’d hope K Hayes would be at the top of that list. He’s certainly not a #1c, but he’s got the size the “brain trust” seems to prefer lately and he put up 25g last year at the C position. I doubt though that NYR really would be going after Faulk with Shattenkirk already on that roster.
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I don't see how management could rest on their goaltending situation until they put 2 players in place in addition to what is already here. Even if they bring in someone seemingly up to the task (such as Rinne), they cannot be satisfied with that. Darling can't be seen as the likely backup in Raleigh.
I'm never one to say "I'll be pissed if ..." on this forum, but bringing in only one new goaltender would definitely have me second-guessing the organization.
I'm never one to say "I'll be pissed if ..." on this forum, but bringing in only one new goaltender would definitely have me second-guessing the organization.
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The read that I'm getting on the director of the current brain trust is that size doesn't matter (as much).
AD Skinner
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That’s what I tell my wife...
Gotta say, Niederreiter for Faulk and Spurgeon for a forward is my dark horse candidate for Minnesota's big "tweak" this summer. You guys would love the **** out of Nino.
Nino or Zucker both fit extremely well with the Canes. And Faulk seems like a great fit in his hometown team (at a cheap price for 2 years as well). I'd also like to see a Brodin-Hamilton pair but that may be a bit too much flux. As you mention, the big question would be whether or not Minnesota plans on changing out Spurgeon or Dumba.
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Dumba would shock me, but for the right price it's not impossible. Moving Spurgeon would surprise me as well, but that seems like a decision we'll have to make in the next 2 years regardless... maybe it makes sense to make it now?
Whatever Faulk's defensive warts are they can't be much worse than 21-22 year old Dumba, and Brodin handled that pairing okay. I have zero concerns about Brodin-Faulk, and the contract/age looks like a good fit, too.
If the Wild move Spurgeon it will be to Calgary, where Bill Peters is slowly collecting his favorite people.
He plays both equally well. The fact that injuries have pushed Coyle (normally a RW) to center pretty frequently means that Nino has gotten switched around a lot. Good on the powerplay and he can kill penalties if you need him to, but I wouldn't consider him a "defensive" forward. Nino's defensive in the sense that when he's on the ice the puck tends to stay in the other team's zone.
If he's starting a collection Spurgeon does fit nicely on a shelf.
He coached Spurgeon in junior and has gone out of his way multiple times as the Canes coach to say he loves Spurgeon (often unprompted, even if we're not playing the Wild).
He and Mike Russo would get along great
His Twitter feed during Spurgeon's first few months in the league was like an extended Valentine's day card.
He and Mike Russo would get along great
Throw Marek in the room too. Spurgeon's got some superfans around the league
RodTheBawd
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If Faulk ends up in MIN, @Boom Boom Apathy deserves some sort of award for the greatest troll job becoming reality in history.
Can confirm. Peters dropped a "size isn't everything - Spurgeon was the best defender I ever coached" into at least half of the smaller speaking engagements I saw him at. He talked about Spurgeon more than he talked about some of his own players.
Hulkacaniac
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If Tampa trades Kucherov, what would be our offer? Faulk plus a butt load of futures?
They’d determine what they need. They’d still be a team juggling the cap room. If they want futures we’ve got plenty. Doubt they want Faulk. But honestly not sure.
Agreed. I'd be very surprised if they took any cap space back in such a move, or any more than an ELC player or 2 who is NHL ready.
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Is Kucherov being shopped? I'd pay almost any price for him.
Svechhammer
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According to the main board, we can't hope to get any value for Faulk, you know, because we brought in Hamilton
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