Confirmed with Link: Joel Edmundson to Montreal for 2020 5th

[Lucky Lindy]

Not bad, he would probably leave anyway.

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[robbieberns]

#freepick

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

very cool

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

We get another dart to throw for a guy who was probably leaving anyway. I'll take it.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Didn't expect him back, so I'll take a free pick

 

[vorbis]

more tickets for the draft day trade extravaganza

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Rod is cursing up a storm right now.

 

[Big Empty]

I thought we’d never trade again after our offre hostile

 

[hblueridgegal]

Had read the Rangers were interested...this is a better option.

 

[Joe McGrath]

I thought we’d never trade again after our offre hostile

This is a nice ice breaker deal. Theres no reason for the Canes to refuse this offer other than spite.

I would laugh my balls off if the Canes signed Eddy on day 1 of free agency though.

 

[Treb]

What is your take on Edmundson play this year?

 

[spockBokk]

I’m a fan, free pick = good. Now do TVR...

 

[Joe McGrath]

What is your take on Edmundson play this year?

He’s fine. Good on the PK. An average stat at home 5/6 guy.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Wow! Edmundson is a great guy, and a very strong #5. I don't think he is a top 4 defenseman, although he can up his game for the moment and look like one here and there. Eddy had a great year for us but we need to save money and we need space for Fleury/Bean. I'm surprised he got a 5th. My guess is other teams offered a 6th or 7th, and Montreal REALLY wanted him so they beat the best offer.

 

[spockBokk]

What is your take on Edmundson play this year?

Good physical player, decent pk’er, not the best skater. Ideally he’s on your 3rd pair and playing prime Pk minutes. He had stretches where he looked decent in the top 4. He was unexpectedly pretty involved offensively, not sure if it was then CAR system where D are very aggressive offensively or if he always played like this, but he certainly wasn’t hesitant to jump into the play in the other team’s zone. I think he had a career high in goals this year...

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

What is your take on Edmundson play this year?

Like Joe said, he's a fine enough bottom pairing guy.Doesn't mind getting scrappy after the whistle, either. He clowned Elias Lindholm during the Svech lacrosse game which you just love to see.

 

[HisIceness]

We get a free pick for a guy who was going to leave via UFA. Pretty good.

 

[DougieSmash]

I prefer to keep TvR on cheap deal. We need depth.

Slavin/ Hamilton/ Skjei/ Pesce/ Fleury/ TVR/ Bean. That's good. Pesce has some injury history, TVR too. We need depth at all.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Haydn Fleury made this decision easy.

 

[HisIceness]

Like Joe said, he's a fine enough bottom pairing guy.Doesn't mind getting scrappy after the whistle, either. He clowned Elias Lindholm during the Svech lacrosse game which you just love to see.

Boop

One of those "only in Hockey" moments.

 

[DaveG]

Honestly I figured one of the Western teams like LA would get him. But a free dart is a free dart.

What is your take on Edmundson play this year?

He is what he is. If you want a defense-first 3rd pairing guy he's a good option. If you look to slot him any higher in the lineup you're in trouble. But as a #5 he brings a bit of toughness and solid defense while being good enough of a skater (read: average) that he is a bit harder to pin in the zone than your typical 3rd pairing defense-first plug.

 

[Treb]

He’s fine. Good on the PK. An average stat at home 5/6 guy.

Wow! Edmundson is a great guy, and a very strong #5. I don't think he is a top 4 defenseman, although he can up his game for the moment and look like one here and there. Eddy had a great year for us but we need to save money and we need space for Fleury/Bean. I'm surprised he got a 5th. My guess is other teams offered a 6th or 7th, and Montreal REALLY wanted him so they beat the best offer.

Good physical player, decent pk’er, not the best skater. Ideally he’s on your 3rd pair and playing prime Pk minutes. He had stretches where he looked decent in the top 4. He was unexpectedly pretty involved offensively, not sure if it was then CAR system where D are very aggressive offensively or if he always played like this, but he certainly wasn’t hesitant to jump into the play in the other team’s zone. I think he had a career high in goals this year...

Like Joe said, he's a fine enough bottom pairing guy.Doesn't mind getting scrappy after the whistle, either. He clowned Elias Lindholm during the Svech lacrosse game which you just love to see.

I see some similarity with Ben Chiarot. Do you think he's better or worse?

That was or D line for most of the PO
Chiarot - Weber
Kulak -Petry
Ouellet - Mete (which was a big mistake since Mete struggle greatly on his off-side)

My hope is that he is better than Chiarot and can push everyone down a spot. We also have Romanov coming in, but I see him at 3RD instead of LD since we have so many of them.

 

[spockBokk]

I prefer to keep TvR on cheap deal. We need depth.

Slavin/ Hamilton/ Skjei/ Pesce/ Fleury/ TVR/ Bean. That's good. Pesce has some injury history, TVR too. We need depth at all.

As a righty he’d made sense to sign as good depth, unless Vatanen wants to stay for stupid cheap. I like Gardiner-Fleury/TVR as a 3rd pair

 

[spockBokk]

I see some similarity with Ben Chiarot. Do you think he's better or worse?

That was or D line for most of the PO
Chiarot - Weber
Kulak -Petry
Ouellet - Mete (which was a big mistake since Mete struggle greatly on his off-side)

My hope is that he is better than Chiarot and can push everyone down a spot. We also have Romanov coming in, but I see him at 3RD instead of LD since we have so many of them.

Not sure if this is the gist of your question, but Edmundson did play some on the right for the Canes after all the injuries. Particularly he and Skjei formed a very good 2nd pair analytically during the Rangers series. However, I wouldn’t trust him there full time nor do I think he belongs in the top 4 of a playoff team full time

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

What is your take on Edmundson play this year?

Mediocre at best, but he's #gritty and hits people so he gets a bit more leeway than your typical player