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Yeah, there's a lot of things to dump on Archibald for, but the dude is a legitimate pit bull on the ice.
Confirmed with Link: Josh Archibald 1 year $900k
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Night Shift
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I could see is Archibald coming in and being a Tanev clone. Hustles each shift, throws some good hits, agitates opponents, kills penalties and chips in with a little bit of offense; for a fraction of the price. Wouldn't mind seeing it. I still kinda miss Tanev.
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I think he’s a poor man’s Tanev- I think by year’s end we won’t have much of a complaint but he wasn’t an every day player in Edmonton despite their shitty bottom 6 and I don’t see why it wouldn’t be the same here. He’ll play most games but won’t be indispensable and if the lineup needs a shakeup he’ll sit. Like Sceviour in his role but unlike Sceviour you will sometimes notice him.
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Calling Archibald a poor man's Tanev is pretty much spot on IMO. Archibald was a very effective 4th liner while in Arizona and Edmonton up until his last year, where he was dealing with health issues. If he can get back to where he was at in 2018-2020, he'd be a very nice piece to have on the 4th line. He'd be Tanev-lite but you're actually paying him a reasonable amount, instead of paying him like $3 million a year.
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There are no bad Josh Archibalds, just bad Josh Archibald owners.
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Buddy Bizarre
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weird signing. This a player you give a two way contract to on league minimum...
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He's a bit of a water-bug / puck hog style player. He can bring energy into the game, but yeah given the overall picture the last couple years in terms of his relative value to the Oilers... I'm mostly ambivalent.
Kailer Yamamoto is a younger and much better version of this guy.
He's 29, regressing, injury prone, got 1 A & -5 in 3 rounds of 2022 playoffs, and likely washed.
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Archibald may well be washed, but I'd hold off on making definitive judgments on a player who had as many x-factors as Archibald last year. Not a bad player for this team to take a flier on at that price.
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Honestly, I don't care if he's washed, but if he takes out Ovechkins knee with his face, I'll move him out of the "Bobby Farnham" category and into the "Kind of Colby Armstrong-Lite" category.
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I was a member of the Farnham Fan Club
Looking back I wonder if I enjoyed him so much just because he was the only fun thing in the Mike Johnston era....
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1yr. $900k.
It's not 10yr, 9mil.
Some of you need to get a grip.
It's not 10yr, 9mil.
Some of you need to get a grip.
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Also anyone complaining about Archibald putting the Pens over the cap - his entire salary can be hidden if he's sent down. He's a non factor for the cap
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You have your own Kapanen issues to work through. I'd hate to think Archibald is doubling that.
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