Player Discussion John Merrill: a.k.a. Joe Dirt, a.k.a. Letterkenny Extra Edition

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Get this guy a f***in' Puppers

If you're disrespecting Letterkenny i got a problem with you and I suggest you let that one marinate.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

It does look like the slow progression of a pot head in picture form One that gets progressively happier and more relaxed as time passes .

 

[ahmedou]

 

[BLONG7]

So, Merrill will play on wednesday this week vs the Oilers.............Kulak sits?

 

[1909]

So, Merrill will play on wednesday this week vs the Oilers.............Kulak sits?

Kulak has been the "best" (not hard) in the last week. Maybe it's time to give Weber a rest.

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Kulak has been the "best" (not hard) in the last week. Maybe it's time to give Weber a rest.

Ducharme being an interim and a puppet of PurplePants, internal 'politics' will assure Weber the icetime he doesn't deserve.

 

[Captain97]

Also I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. I have a friend who works for Merrill-Lynch and I know what his new contact photo is gonna he in my phone.

 

[Zam Boni]

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Or gets way worse in Detroit.

 

[Tyson]

So, Merrill will play on wednesday this week vs the Oilers.............Kulak sits?

Too predictable that Romanov will be the odd man out. It would be great if Alex was sent to Bouchard for the rest of the season.

 

[ZUKI]

Great mullet

he really looks likes one of the random bad gusy in an old Sergio Leone's Western Spaghetti

 

[BLONG7]

Too predictable that Romanov will be the odd man out. It would be great if Alex was sent to Bouchard for the rest of the season.

Romy leads the team in hits.............no way he sits...good lord. let's hope not.

 

[Tyson]

Romy leads the team in hits.............no way he sits...good lord. let's hope not.

He can easily be assigned to the taxi squad and is a rookie.

 

[Vachon23]

So, Merrill will play on wednesday this week vs the Oilers.............Kulak sits?

Yes ! No more Kulak in the lineup plz

 

[Adam Michaels]

So, Merrill will play on wednesday this week vs the Oilers.............Kulak sits?

For sure Wednesday, but it depends when he got in Canada after he was traded on the 11th. Because it's been 7 days since he was acquired. So there may be a chance he has finished his quarantine and will be available tonight.

Gustafsson should be available on Wednesday.

Both Merrill and Gustafsson both flew to Edmonton to serve their quarantine because the Habs will be there when they come out of their isolation.

 

[BLONG7]

For sure Wednesday, but it depends when he got in Canada after he was traded on the 11th. Because it's been 7 days since he was acquired. So there may be a chance he has finished his quarantine and will be available tonight.

Gustafsson should be available on Wednesday.

Both Merrill and Gustafsson both flew to Edmonton to serve their quarantine because the Habs will be there when they come out of their isolation.

I would think, that these two guys will get their chance, but not at the same time, unless the injury bug hits us...

 

[nilan30]

For sure Wednesday, but it depends when he got in Canada after he was traded on the 11th. Because it's been 7 days since he was acquired. So there may be a chance he has finished his quarantine and will be available tonight.

Gustafsson should be available on Wednesday.

Both Merrill and Gustafsson both flew to Edmonton to serve their quarantine because the Habs will be there when they come out of their isolation.

Are Merrill and Gustafsson on the roster or the taxi squad or how does that work?

 

[Adam Michaels]

Are Merrill and Gustafsson on the roster or the taxi squad or how does that work?

On the roster.

 

[CHfan1]

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

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Meth. Not even once.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

i got a good feeling that the #7 D from Detroit is what we needed to turn the team around

 

[Captain Mountain]

i got a good feeling that the #7 D from Detroit is what we needed to turn the team around

He's probably been better than Chiarot and Edmundson this season. Not going to fix the D's inability to move the puck, but he probably wont hurt the team.

 

[Miller Time]

On the roster.

gotta love that we traded to get the 1.5M gustafsson cap hit so that he could sit in the stands instead of the RFA 735K Mete... screwing up the teams ability to have call-up flexibility in the process.

Genius GM manoeuvring lol

 

[Adam Michaels]

gotta love that we traded to get the 1.5M gustafsson cap hit so that he could sit in the stands instead of the RFA 735K Mete... screwing up the teams ability to have call-up flexibility in the process.

Genius GM manoeuvring lol

Gustafsson and Merrill have nothing to do with the call ups, though. They don't count as a call up. They were on the roster the moment they were acquired.

Also, Gustafsson this year, 10 pts in 24 GP (34-point pace in 82 games). Mete, 3 pts in 18 GP (14-point pace in 82 games).

I'm a fan of Mete's, but I'd take Gustafsson's ability to produce offensively over Mete's. They both have weaknesses on the defensive side. But at least Gustafsson contributes to the offense, whereas Mete didn't.

 

[Colezuki]

Gustafsson and Merrill have nothing to do with the call ups, though. They don't count as a call up. They were on the roster the moment they were acquired.

Also, Gustafsson this year, 10 pts in 24 GP. Mete, 3 pts in 18 GP.

I'm a fan of Mete's, but I'd take Gustafsson's ability to produce offensively over Mete's. They both have weaknesses on the defensive side. But at least Gustafsson contributes to the offense, whereas Mete didn't.

Could also see Gustaffasson start as a fourth line winger and play PP Minutes, kind of like streit in the old days

 

[Miller Time]

Gustafsson and Merrill have nothing to do with the call ups, though. They don't count as a call up. They were on the roster the moment they were acquired.

Also, Gustafsson this year, 10 pts in 24 GP. Mete, 3 pts in 18 GP.

I'm a fan of Mete's, but I'd take Gustafsson's ability to produce offensively over Mete's. They both have weaknesses on the defensive side. But at least Gustafsson contributes to the offense, whereas Mete didn't.

really? i though the issue with the call-up flexibility was the cap crunch created precisely because they were on the roster right away. Gustafsson's cap hit is double mete's, so certainly that has had an negative affect on DD's ability to make adjustments.

re. Mete vs Gustafsson... in a vacuum? no doubt. Gustafsson, if playing, can bring an element mete couldn't. No doubt or debate there.

Thing is, neither offer more than what the 6 guys in the lineup tonight can bring... and arguably neither offer more than what Kulak brings.... so the move was both pointless in terms of benefit and a net negative in terms of the long term asset loss (Mete as an RFA had more value, as small as it is/was/may have been, than gustafsson as a UFA we certainly have no reason to re-sign) AND, more importantly, for the roster inflexibility it created at a crucial point in the season.

it's not a case of Mete Vs Gustafsson, it's a case of poorly handled roster/asset management and risk/reward assessment.