Confirmed with Link: Kyle Turris [2 years - $1.65M per]

[Drivesaitl]

How about you wait and find out before complaining. Turris has yet to play here.
Strome was just okay as a 3C. Still tryin got find a role on the team before being shipped out.

Strome might be the better player today but he's going to cost 4M. Thanks to Panarin

I've seen plenty of Turris. There isn't much to see. Guy put it together a few seasons in his career and other than that lacklustre most years and on most teams. Ottawa is the only place he ever found it, and only some of the seasons. 31 now and hasn't looked like much in quite awhile. I mean this is a nothing add. An easy player to play against as others have mentioned. Doesn't move the dial in any direction. I mean what does Turris even do now?

 

[CycloneSweep]

Yep. This is 31yr old Kyle Turris people. Productive can't be said at this point and this is not too physical a player now either. Interestingly now lighter than Sam Gagner, the inevitable comparison, who we just had, and was a better producer. Unlike Sam here Turris actually gets topsix minutes a fair amount and does little with them the last couple seasons. Single digits in goals last 2 seasons. A combined 54pts last 2 seasons. Averages to 27. Not a producer. But not really much of a role player either anymore.

Imagine this guy trying to produce with pylons like Khaira around.

He was Nashville's 3c put up 21 points even strength in 62 games on a team that as a whole simply didn't score. He is most likely going to play with Neal and Puljujarvi at least to start. For 1.65 that's very good value for a 3c that can and has put up points.

 

[nightonthesun]

This is a steal. Jelly. Nice!

 

[snipes]

Just out of curiosity, is the #3C no longer required to be a faceoff specialist AKA Boyd Gordon or Mike Peca back in '06?

The sport has changed in the last 3-5 years. We're in the speed and skill era. Eventually the pendulum will swing the other way in due course, like it always does in a cyclical manner.

Don't get me wrong. Size, physicality, and intensity will always be part of the sport. But rolling out a "shutdown 3rd line" isn't something unanimously ran like it was 15-20+ years ago. Somewhat a relic of the DPE. At least during regular season play. Having offensive skill on the 3rd line facing weaker matchups is something we've been in desperate need of for a long time.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Turris looked worse because he had a big contract. What Turris has done the last few years in the bottom 6 on a team like Nashville is pretty damn good. For 1.65 mill? You can't really get better outside of ELCs

 

[RationalExpectations]

Love the deal, low risk potentially high reward if Turris can come back to his old self !

 

[CycloneSweep]

The sport has changed in the last 3-5 years. We're in the speed and skill era. Eventually the pendulum will swing the other way in due course, like it always does in a cyclical manner.

Don't get me wrong. Size, physicality, and intensity will always be part of the sport. But rolling out a "shutdown 3rd line" isn't something unanimously ran like it was 15-20+ years ago. Somewhat a relic of the DPE. At least during regular season play. Having offensive skill on the 3rd line facing weaker matchups is something we've been in desperate need of for a long time.

Yep. With the way the game is going you need a line to throw out there after powerplay or long shifts from your top 6 that can keep the momentum up.

Having Turris out there instead of guys like Sheahan is a huge improvement.

 

[Drivesaitl]

He was Nashville's 3c put up 21 points even strength in 62 games on a team that as a whole simply didn't score. He is most likely going to play with Neal and Puljujarvi at least to start. For 1.65 that's very good value for a 3c that can and has put up points.

Turris was up and down the Preds lineup. He got topsix minutes as well. He was even seeing ample PP time and 33% of his paltry points last season on the PP.

People here scream all day about a player like Letestu on the PP or getting minutes.

 

[Mara]

At the very least Turris and Pulju can talk about their shared experiences. Turris played in Finland during a lockout 7-8 years ago and infamously left the team because the conditions weren't to his satisfaction (he played in the northernmost team, the same team Pulju is playing in = sometimes long bus rides, team sometimes has to stop at gas station diners for meals etc) and he made his dissatisfaction known quite publicly. I'm sure it'll be a great bonding experience.

 

[snipes]

Yep. With the way the game is going you need a line to throw out there after powerplay or long shifts from your top 6 that can keep the momentum up.

Having Turris out there instead of guys like Sheahan is a huge improvement.

Exactly, you still need a guy like Sheahan who can eat PK minutes with elite PK play, but he's better slotted as 4C. Our 3C should have skill and can take PP2 minutes as well.

We're in desperate need of bottom 6 scoring and Turris should bring that, he likely even starts with a very motivated and more mature Pulju at RW as he's eased back into the lineup and earns respect of the room back. Which I hope the guys embrace and we all as a fan base and media give him a genuine second chance. People make mistakes, when they're young. He seems to have sincerely grown up and time heals all wounds.

 

[snipes]

Turris was up and down the Preds lineup. He got topsix minutes as well. He was even seeing ample PP time and 33% of his paltry points last season on the PP.

People here scream all day about a player like Letestu on the PP or getting minutes.

Nashville is where forwards statistically go to die.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Turris was up and down the Preds lineup. He got topsix minutes as well. He was even seeing ample PP time and 33% of his paltry points last season on the PP.

People here scream all day about a player like Letestu on the PP or getting minutes.

Duchene put up shit numbers too.

 

[LTIR]

Turris would be something between Strome and Gagner as 3C who can move up if needed and is paid accordingly.

Isn't small, right shot and decent on the dot. Good enough to replace Sheahan and keep Haas at 4C

 

[TheNumber4]

Wow. Real bonafide skill and proven NHL productivity in our bottom 6? A former top 6 center too that can slot in behind McDrai as a 3C? Could possibly play up with McDrai as well? Perfect term and AAV. Also, no more delusions of grandeur of being a 1C, matured. Love this signing, good job Holland.

Welcome to Oil Country Turris!

 

[Drivesaitl]

Yep. With the way the game is going you need a line to throw out there after powerplay or long shifts from your top 6 that can keep the momentum up.

Having Turris out there instead of guys like Sheahan is a huge improvement.

Strange as it may seem Turris has only 19 EV goals over the last 3 seasons. Sheahan has 26 EV goals over same span. Not even close.

Present day Turris scores less than Sheahan at EV. A sobering thought, or should be.

 

[TheNumber4]

At the very least Turris and Pulju can talk about their shared experiences. Turris played in Finland during a lockout 7-8 years ago and infamously left the team because the conditions weren't to his satisfaction (he played in the northernmost team, the same team Pulju is playing in = sometimes long bus rides, team sometimes has to stop at gas station diners for meals etc) and he made his dissatisfaction known quite publicly. I'm sure it'll be a great bonding experience.

Hopefully the pre-Madonna in Turris with this situation and the forced Arizona trade is long gone at this point. Signing at this amount behind a team with Drai and McDavid tells me he's humbled and happy to accept a role. Let's go Turris!

 

[CycloneSweep]

Strange as it may seem Turris has only 19 EV goals over the last 3 seasons. Sheahan has 26 EV goals over same span. Not even close.

Present day Turris scores less than Sheahan at EV. A sobering thought, or should be.

Turris is more of a playmaker, always has been. Sheahan has also been worse defensively over the past couple years and has been on a steeper decline overall than Turris has

 

[Cypress]

Most exciting move Holland has made in his tenure here so far imo. Might we finally have a 3rd line and 2nd PP unit?!

 

[Arpeggio]

Most exciting move Holland has made in his tenure here so far imo. Might we finally have a 3rd line and 2nd PP unit?!

I bet he ends up on the first unit, they'll continue to load up that unit and play them the entire two minutes. No reason not to really. Maybe Puljujarvi will get some minutes there as well.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Turris is more of a playmaker, always has been. Sheahan has also been worse defensively over the past couple years and has been on a steeper decline overall than Turris has

Turris has 32EV assists over the last 3 seasons. Thats a torrid 11 assist pace..

Turris hasn't been anything for multiple seasons now and his mia play was one reason Nashville sunk to obscurity. They thought they had a player here. Didn't turn out like that. I mean its cheap, but Turris doesnt' improve a team one iota, which I thought was the point. Other NHL clubs will acquiring useful players.

 

[TheNumber4]

Turris was up and down the Preds lineup. He got topsix minutes as well. He was even seeing ample PP time and 33% of his paltry points last season on the PP.

People here scream all day about a player like Letestu on the PP or getting minutes.

Turris is an offensively skilled center though. How does that compare with Letestu who got Pp time?

 

[CycloneSweep]

Turris has 32EV assists over the last 3 seasons. Thats a torrid 11 assist pace..

Turris hasn't been anything for multiple seasons now and his mia play was one reason Nashville sunk to obscurity. They thought they had a player here. Didn't turn out like that. I mean its cheap, but Turris doesnt' improve a team one iota, which I thought was the point. Other NHL clubs will acquiring useful players.

Turris was being tossed all the way around a lineup with high expectations trying to find a fit. He will be a 3c year with low expectations. You have to remember that it can mess with a player a lot. Going from Sheahan to Turris IS an improvement. He is better defensively and offensively. Even if it's a slight improvement offensively to you, it still is.

 

[TheNumber4]

Another reason to like this trade, if Pulju is still finding himself up and down the lineup. When he’s down the lineup he actually has a C with offensive skill to work with. Considering how bad the offense was from our bottom 6 last year, man love this signing on many levels.

 

[Panda Bear]

it's x-turris-puljujarvi with x being a revolving door with players like khaira, neal and nygard

soft minutes scoring third line

 

[Llamamoto]

Strange as it may seem Turris has only 19 EV goals over the last 3 seasons. Sheahan has 26 EV goals over same span. Not even close.

Present day Turris scores less than Sheahan at EV. A sobering thought, or should be.

Nope.

Sheahan has 12 goals and 14 assists at 5v5 over the past 3 seasons, and Turris has 19 goals and 40 assists at 5v5 over that same period.