News Article: Kirill Petrov *Expected to sign ELC July 1 - Staple*
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Sparksrus3
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It's great how we put the new guys right to the top line.
What happened to work your way up?
Tyler Kennedy ? Really? Trade his rights? Where are you going with that?
He is certainly not coming back .Let him go free agency. He would jump at a minimum 1 way contract at this point. I hope it is not the isles that make the offer.
Maybe if you want trade his rights for a future 8 th round pick .
Now Grabner, other teams will change their strategy. Maybe they can pull the goalie while he is on the ice.
Phaneuf, this guy has value. I hate him after the Okposo hit from way back.
Taking exception to that and add in his dashing good looks. This guy will bring TML
A nice return when they are ready.
Yes , I know the draft is only 7 rounds
Cheers
Was Oleg getting top-3 minutes too?
I'm not asking whether he should have, the answer to that question is obviously yes.
In fairness, the right to negotiate with Tyler Kennedy in advance of the FA starting line is worth its weight in gold. I'm thinking 2nd....3rd rounder at the worst.
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For a while he played on the first line with Yashin.
They were like the dream team!
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Kvasha - Yashin - Czerkawski ?
I remember Blake - Yashin - Asham in the playoffs
Sterling was the worst coach this team ever had in my opinion.
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Kvasha - Yashin - Czerkawski ?
I remember Blake - Yashin - Asham in the playoffs
Sterling was the worst coach this team ever had in my opinion.
I remember Czerkawski and Yashin, but I hadn't thought about Oleg Kvasha for a decade until I discovered these boards.
Then I came to learn he was a topic of frequent discussion.
Relax man. Some of us dropped huge caveats about ability level, but even the ones who didn't likely were thinking the same thing. No one expects chopped liver to get a chance on the first unit. It is also entirely possible this many years in the KHL has him as ready as he is going to be to make the leap. It is hard to imagine Kazan was not better than our amazing Bridgeport squad.
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I don't know if snow can afford to make promises like that. If this guy under performs, or just isn't what anyone is oping he'll be, that option has to be available. We also have an abundance of players at forward currently.
You know who the OHL is named after, right?
And the KHL.
Do you think it is coincidence Kyle's last name is OKposo? "Poso" in ancient Ukranian means "Wants to be like." All the signs point towards the cigarette smoke near the training bike my friend.
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Scott Gordon says hi......and don't blame the system.Kvasha - Yashin - Czerkawski ?
I remember Blake - Yashin - Asham in the playoffs
Sterling was the worst coach this team ever had in my opinion.
I am going to go way out on a limb and guess you are too young to remember Mike Milbury's Russian power forward adonis.
Don't see this happening. We have too many young guys who need to keep getting ice time and the team still needs to figure out if what we have is already right moving forward.
Should Strome or Okposo play on JT's right?
Should Nelson, Lee or even Bailey be on his left?
Would Dal Colle be able to show in a 9 game trial that he's NHL-ready in a top six producing role?
Heck, maybe even Petrov comes in and looks like JUST the right piece up front?
Don't think Snow will be looking for that answer from the outside at this juncture.
Actually, Kabanov has 'resurrected' his career considerably with vice champion Skelleftea in the SHL. In total, he had 14-21-35 and - are you all ready for this - a +26 rating in 56 games. He was actually on a better pace to start the season until he got his bell rung in such a manner, that it was even questionable whether he'd walk again.
So he missed a good bit of regular season time and had to kind of start all over heading into the playoffs.
If Snow wants anything more out of this upcoming draft, it's gonna be through moving a few bodies.
I think we all agree that there's little Grabner can do to gain a starting role here as things are, when 12 other current forwards are healthy. With another hernia operation several weeks ago, us adding at least Petrov to the mix makes things look real grim for him.
Also, no way around it - something has to budge on the blueline. Sure would hope he 'moves' an asset rather than letting it walk or losing it on waivers come the fall. This is taking into consideration that each of Reinhart, Pulock and Mayfield will need to be worked in over the next two seasons AND the blueline technically needs a top 4 upgrade.
We have no real proof that Saad was ever really on the table for Garth, much less that Nielsen was the desired asset going the other way.
Much more concerning here is that the team is logjamming up the middle (although you can expect Grabovski to be out for another 30 some games this season) while not having found an ideal winger option for JT. In addition, Frans is one season from UFAville and WILL get his best contract to date. And he should. He deserves it.
There is no hometown offer coming that can keep him here.
Don't believe either will be in the picture.
Interesting thought. If Grabner isn't moved, something like this may very well happen.
None. He walks...
Aside from him not being a good fit for this team for a number of reasons, I think a few other teams out there can offer Toronto better options.
Wouldn't be surprised to see him in Detroit in a deal involving Anthony Mantha.
