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Hired the wrong DJ again
How is Donskoi looking? I am going to miss that guy a ton, he has an incredible nose for the net, he just goes to exactly where he needs to be to score goals, he will hopefully get every opportunity in Seattle
How is Donskoi looking? I am going to miss that guy a ton, he has an incredible nose for the net, he just goes to exactly where he needs to be to score goals, he will hopefully get every opportunity in Seattle
True and Twarynski waivers. Not unexpected. I'm curious if either get picked up. A couple remaining are interesting that they are still getting looks.
I wonder what will happen with McCann with Gourde being healthy.
Canner is not really a winger and if they try to role him as one I guarantee he falls on his face.
They'll keep him as a Center. He'll probably get bumped down to 2C Wennberg to 3C.
I'm tellin' ya. We're going to lose some guys to waivers. I'm not trying to stir the pot or be "intentionally obtuse" or anything, just feeling it out from my perspective.
I can see Lind and McCormick clearing if waived, but then who is the last forward cut? Geekie? Blackwell? Donato? Bastian? Sheahan? Appleton? I could see any of those guys with the contracts they have fitting in a couple rosters at the NHL level.
Then you have the D. I figure, just based on what we've seen that the last spot is between Cholowski, Borgen and Lauzon. The first two I'd think would have the best chances to clear. No way Lauzon clears. There are probably 5 teams out there that'd be able to dress him, much less use him as a healthy scratch. I feel like those 3 played pretty evenly during preseason. All 3 would work in that 7 spot, so if you're GM, do you just buck up and keep the guy that's the most likely to clear? I probably do, for the 7th D spot.
Obviously Daccord is waivers exempt, so we all know good and well what's happening there, barring any ridiculous surprise.
I'm sure Caps and Rangers fans said the same thing. So in short, we shall see.
Ah, not as significant a surgery as I've had guessed. I get it now. Makes sense he's progressing nicely.
I'm tellin' ya. We're going to lose some guys to waivers. I'm not trying to stir the pot or be "intentionally obtuse" or anything, just feeling it out from my perspective.
I can see Lind and McCormick clearing if waived, but then who is the last forward cut? Geekie? Blackwell? Donato? Bastian? Sheahan? Appleton? I could see any of those guys with the contracts they have fitting in a couple rosters at the NHL level.
Then you have the D. I figure, just based on what we've seen that the last spot is between Cholowski, Borgen and Lauzon. The first two I'd think would have the best chances to clear. No way Lauzon clears. There are probably 5 teams out there that'd be able to dress him, much less use him as a healthy scratch. I feel like those 3 played pretty evenly during preseason. All 3 would work in that 7 spot, so if you're GM, do you just buck up and keep the guy that's the most likely to clear? I probably do, for the 7th D spot.
Obviously Daccord is waivers exempt, so we all know good and well what's happening there, barring any ridiculous surprise.
Sharks fan here, True is a pretty good player in the AHL level. Has NHL potential as a 4C but maybe that's his ceiling. I was surprised Francis didn't take Gambrell or Nieto aka useful NHL ready talent.True wasn't really that impressive. Potential yes but has a ways to go. Like wise with Twarynski.
Blackwell hasn't participated during training camp and most likely will start the season on IR just like Gourde.
That means we're down to 15 forwards, nine defensmen and three goalies.
In goal D'Accord starts in the AHL, especially since he's waiver excempt, and on defense Cholowski will be waived with a very good chance to clear waivers.
That would mean two forwards would need to be waived and I'm pretty sure one will be McCormick(which I doubt anyone will claim) and the other one most likely being Kole Lind who I'm not sure(looking at Capfriendly) even needs to clear waivers.
BTW: I'm not sure why we would ever think about waiving Morgan Geekie.
He's been fantastic so far, is a great face off guy and should have earned the #3 center spot going into the season.
To me he's the guy that might break out offensively, given what I've seen so far in training camp.
This ^^^^
McCormick was signed for the sole intention of filling out the Charlotte agreement.
Lind should have to go through waivers, but along with True and Twarinski, was chosen because they likely would pass through without issue.
I don't think Cholowski gets claimed. Under-sized offfensive minded D that aren't very good defensively and shy away from physicality are dime a dozen in the league right now. The only reason he might get claimed is because of his NHL experience, where another team feels he is a slight upgrade over the undersized, non-physical offensive D that they have in their 7th spot currently.
Once Blackwell and Gourde return though, if the team stays relatively healthy, they will lose two guys. (that is of course, unless players magically get hurt the moment someone else comes of of IR all season.... which I am not ruling out.
Blackwell hasn't participated during training camp and most likely will start the season on IR just like Gourde.
That means we're down to 15 forwards, nine defensmen and three goalies.
In goal D'Accord starts in the AHL, especially since he's waiver excempt, and on defense Cholowski will be waived with a very good chance to clear waivers.
That would mean two forwards would need to be waived and I'm pretty sure one will be McCormick(which I doubt anyone will claim) and the other one most likely being Kole Lind who I'm not sure(looking at Capfriendly) even needs to clear waivers.
BTW: I'm not sure why we would ever think about waiving Morgan Geekie.
He's been fantastic so far, is a great face off guy and should have earned the #3 center spot going into the season.
To me he's the guy that might break out offensively, given what I've seen so far in training camp.
Who says we would lose anyone once blackwell and gourde return since we have no idea who gets waived in order to create the roster spots for blackwell and gourde...
Can we stop the whole Oh we'll lose someone...
we have no idea if we are going to go with 13 or 14 forwards.
If we go with 14 forwards, we would just need to waive one now with the the Gourde and blackwell on the IR. Lind or McCormick waive now then waive the other later which we just need to waive 1 more then we'll have 14 with both Gourde and blackwell activated from IR. Bigger question 2 two Dman we waive. Cholowski is 1 who's the other...
how many NHL clubs typically don’t keep 14 forwards. Isn’t it far more common than not?
Sharks fan here, True is a pretty good player in the AHL level. Has NHL potential as a 4C but maybe that's his ceiling. I was surprised Francis didn't take Gambrell or Nieto aka useful NHL ready talent.