Speculation: Free Agent Frenzy Part III - Will EK stay or will EK go?
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Booo. I was enjoying the lawless wasteland of 500 page threads
The new HFBoards: All of the same limitations but with less stability and the addition of likes.
The new HFBoards: All of the same limitations but with less stability and the addition of likes.
I'm still hoping for a dislike button.... One day...
A man can dream!
Bob Richards
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A dislike feature would put The Mouth so deep into debt that a bunch of shady Italian guys would show up to his door to stomp out his feet.
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
I mean... you're not wrong.The new HFBoards: All of the same limitations but with less stability and the addition of likes.
Calad
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Still cant believe we got blueballed so hard on that trade last night. Dorion must be in desperation mode trying to leak shit and make people panic
PlamsUnlimited
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GMs will eventually be fed up with Dorion and it backfires in his face.
Don't @ me
Don't @ me
GeorgeKaplan
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My bit of sympathy for Dorian is that he might be the most hamstrung GM in the league with what his owner will let him do
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
I think he realizes exactly how bad the got taken on the Duchene deal and is now wondering if Yzerman is sticking it to him even worse.
haveandare
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Got quoted a bunch in the old thread and found its as closed after I wrote my response.
Point about Kucherov being he blew it in the most important game for his team in a long while. Yeah, it's one game but the guy is 100 point forward playing next to a 80-90 point forward and he managed 3 SOG and nothing else in a huge game with a ton of pressure. Yes, his playoff PPG overall is quite good. Does anyone know or can we find his performances for elimination games specifically?
As for comparing him to Hank, Hank has single handedly won many elimination games. And there's literally no comparison to him and Gretzky as was implied, Gretzky has 4 cups and 2 Conn Smythes while Kucherov has none of either.
He's obviously a great player but he was invisible in a big pressure situation and that doesn't bode well for TB as Stamkos has had the same issue repeatedly.
As for the point about I would have said Washington wouldn't win too, yeah maybe. And that would have been right. They just won their first one with OV at 32 years old.
Point about Kucherov being he blew it in the most important game for his team in a long while. Yeah, it's one game but the guy is 100 point forward playing next to a 80-90 point forward and he managed 3 SOG and nothing else in a huge game with a ton of pressure. Yes, his playoff PPG overall is quite good. Does anyone know or can we find his performances for elimination games specifically?
As for comparing him to Hank, Hank has single handedly won many elimination games. And there's literally no comparison to him and Gretzky as was implied, Gretzky has 4 cups and 2 Conn Smythes while Kucherov has none of either.
He's obviously a great player but he was invisible in a big pressure situation and that doesn't bode well for TB as Stamkos has had the same issue repeatedly.
As for the point about I would have said Washington wouldn't win too, yeah maybe. And that would have been right. They just won their first one with OV at 32 years old.
Vinny DeAngelo
Jimmy Easy to defend
I have no sympathy. He tried to build a team through getting big name guys like brassard and duchene instead of sticking with his guys, who not for nothing were better. He lost a shit ton of assets and went from a team on the verge of contending looking up to a dumpster fire rebuilding in the matter of 2 years.
Duchene was better as the year went in but the cost for that little of an upgrade was horrible. Imagine if they kept Mika too. And didn’t throw a 2nd at us for no reason. And the Bobby Ryan contract, sometimes you tie your own noose
Did gorton screw this up is the question
He better not be taking those contracts back unless For anything short of a homerun. Ryan especially that is a disaster.
He better not be taking those contracts back unless For anything short of a homerun. Ryan especially that is a disaster.
Vinny DeAngelo
Jimmy Easy to defend
I don’t understand why Ottawa wants to move the ryan deal if they’re rebuilding anyway. He’s a fat deal to keep on the books so you can hit the floor easily without giving out more contracts
Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
It’s a good point you raised. That’s why I thought a package around Hayes and skjei would be ideal for them. Prospects and picks don’t even get them back to cap floor if they move Karlsson and Ryan out
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Machinehead
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Bobby Ryan is a no go and I’m not a fan of Cally coming back unless we are getting something very substantial. Let him spend time on the Devils IR list for 5.8x2.
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It might. You dont know how their budget is laid out; not that I do either. Also I'd rather have the 5.8m than Ryan Callahan. That's almost 6m that you wont be able to use elsewhere. Its a waste, especially when you know you can get talent via FA. I can get a bottom six get for closer to the minimum than 6m.
It looks like EK is leaving, and no surprise since Ottawa is obviously aiming for a new rebuild attempt. Ottawa and Rangers are almost in the same boat with just start of a new rebuild, and hence why we should not try to sign EK when he become a free agent. But I`m certain their GM would like assets in return for EK hence why they try to sign him, but EK refused his latest contract offer.
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