We couldve done something totally wild and crazy and just played him here :0
You need to be given a chance to learn the pro game while being in the pro game..
Earn it?Or, you could.......you know.....earn that chance?
Wotherspoon and a mid rounder maybe?
I feel like Wotherspoon would be the very "Canuck" move: former Portland Winterhawk, Age Gap (24), etc. Obviously would prefer Kylington or Anderson.
Goldobin during an interview said that he may consider a return to the KHL. Plus a lot of other interesting things:
Nikolay Goldobin Considering KHL Return?
Have a good read!
Goldobin is worth a shot and was the right kind of trade for this team to be making. 31 year old Hansen is a regular scratch with 0 goals and 4 assists on the season.
Goldobin is worth a shot and was the right kind of trade for this team to be making. 31 year old Hansen is a regular scratch with 0 goals and 4 assists on the season.
Trading for a twenty one year old prospects that can't crack their own teams (despite other younger players being able to do so) isn't really a recipe for success and is ironically something this management team has been burned on many times.
Also, you need to evaluate Hansen's value at the time of the trade. Its absurd to act like his value at the time of the trade was retroactively reduced because of this year's play.
Eh, Goldoblin was a homerun swing for skill. With the puck on his stick he's easily one of the top 5 most dynamic player's in our organization. I want skill to ne a priority for Benning et al and sometimes that means you end up acquiring a Goldoblin. I can live with that.
Earn it?
You mean waiting for every veteran to get injured so you can at least get over 10 mins of ice times?
Goldobin was okay for Hansen, but I would have liked a pick as well. Conditional 1st/4th was interesting but I'd rather Goldobin + 3rd or even 2nd given how late the pick was. Not sure if Hansen could get a package like that, though. Regardless, it was fine and not one of the many things Benning deserves criticism for.
I don't mind Goldobin for Hansen. Goldobin was a 21 year old who was hitting almost a PPG in the AHL, worth a shot to see if his skill can translate. Problem for him is his defense is so rough he's not worth having on the ice. The problem is us signing Gagner in the offseason who is literally that, but older. We can't have both Gagner and Goldobin in the lineup at the same time, especially both in the bottom 6.
So Goldobin should have been on this team, making his mistakes and learning his game. Instead the management decided to sign an older player to fill that spot and now he's the odd man out. (EDIT: Which is terrible management)
I really hope that he can figure out defensive positioning and backchecking even the slightest bit, because I like his offensive awareness/puck skills