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Yeah any talk of trading Stralman right now is madness.
I trade him in a heartbeat depending on the return (for example as part of a deal with Nashville to land Ekholm).
Yeah any talk of trading Stralman right now is madness.
I trade him in a heartbeat depending on the return (for example as part of a deal with Nashville to land Ekholm).
It may be more like “lose Conman, gain sleep”.Won’t lose any sleep if we lose him.
People complain that our scoring efficiency on the top lines is too low. And we have one of the good scorers buried on the third/fourth line. If we want high-slot deflections and close range tap-ins, this is obviously a player to utilize better. If we don't want Connolly, we should also not wish for the kind of goals Carolina scored on us.
Indeed, he belongs on a top line. So far it has been about giving time to Duclair, which I don't have a problem with but some are concerned about the lack of efficiency on the top line. I think Connolly can be a 20-goal scorer who can be useful in the playoffs, which is good enough at his cap hit.Think Connolly got more of his goals in top 6 last year no? With Trocheck and Hoffman/Acciari.
Think it's just about giving time to the younger prospects in Tippett/Denisenko/Marchment/Lammikko etc and saving some cash/capspace for a move at trade deadline
Indeed, he belongs on a top line. So far it has been about giving time to Duclair, which I don't have a problem with but some are concerned about the lack of efficiency on the top line. I think Connolly can be a 20-goal scorer who can be useful in the playoffs, which is good enough at his cap hit.
I have some degree of faith in how Q is managing the roster, but not giving Connolly more of a chance with Verhaeghe and Barkov boggles my mind. I thought they looked good in the one game they did play together (5-2 win over Tampa) even if the second and third lines were better.I thought he was bad the first 5-6 games and then he picked it up and then faded for a couple more games and then looked good again.
He also saw time on the PP as he had 4 PPG last year.
Seems Horny has taken his spot as 2RW so just not sure he would be tried on top line, Frankie deserves it right now.
Ya he's decent depth but this year, his spot is gone and he doesn't seem to be a bottom 6 guy, even though Lomberg - Lammikko and him had a couple good games.
Will be an interesting story to follow the next few weeks. We're basically just over 5 weeks away from trade deadline, April 12th
With Duke out a week or so with a lower body injury the timing on the Connolly move has to be questioned. You go from a surplus of forwards to possible a shortage. I know we have Hinojosa and Tippett and hopefully Accari coming back but you can’t have enough depth. Especially in this shorten season.
Your confidence in the team is palpable!However, there wasn't a surplus of proven point producers either for the top6 or bottom6 roles. There's basically four top6 players plus Vatrano who's good for about 20 goals from 3rd line minutes... so Zito is just rolling the dice with the rest of them. Now that teams are getting their defensive structures in place, teams that just rely solely on hard work will get outscored by a fair margin in the long run. Depth in fringe NHLers doesn't mean much in the scoresheets.
Also apparently unfollowed the Panthers social media accounts. Could be nothing. Kinda weird though.
Also apparently unfollowed the Panthers social media accounts. Could be nothing. Kinda weird though.
Changing his location to Toronto (he's a western Canada kid, right?) makes this look like he got hacked, or a petty relative or friend has access to his twitter.
Also apparently unfollowed the Panthers social media accounts. Could be nothing. Kinda weird though.