Confirmed with Link: Lessio and Dietz UFA
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I read on the Devils board that perhaps this has to do with whether you can expose a guy in the expansion draft who signed a qualifying offer. Does that make sense?
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I'm OK with this tbh, they're both a dime a dozen. We can get a better 13th or 8th without spending much
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Mhm. Mhm. Mhm.
That reminds me, whatever happened to our worst prospect of the year award?
Last year was either Trunev (if you still considered him) or Sullivan IIRC.
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I don't really give a crap about Bennett not getting QO'd either but I wonder if Bergevin is tired of the team missing the playoffs in the AHL and is going to go ham on above average AHLers (which is better than Dietz & Lessio) and using those extra contract spots in order to afford those signatures.
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Ellis, Bournival and Bennett too.....yeah, that was the right decision. Time for everybody to move on.
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What do we do with those contract spots tho? Sign two good AHL defensemen a la TJ Brennan?
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I hope we did. As I keep saying times and times again....find some vets to make this team make the freaki playoffs.
Thing is...as someboyd else said...we actually might re-sign them just at a lower price.
Me too. I kind of like Lessio on the 4th line but with Bergevin piloting the plane we sure do have a lot of depth with our grinders
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That's a possibility but I think Bergevin is just tired of the farm missing the playoffs. I guess he's going to take matters in his own hands.
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And that's what I dont understand. I mean, Lessio would be a good farmhand at this jucture, no ?
And who is gonna play D ? Dalton Thrower ?
What's our presumptive D squad in St John's ? Hanley, Johnston, Bourque.. Thrower ?
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Yeah, I would have normally assumed that Dietz was a victim of our RD depth and his development stalling. But given the fact that Bennett (and our few pro prospects on the left side) didn't QO either tells me that Bergevin is going to fill the spots with proven guys because like you said we have nobody on D for the IceCaps.
It's possible the Habs don't want to give Lessio a qualifying offer at $873,000 and would rather take their chances either signing him for less or letting him walk if he refuses the offer the club thinks is fair.
It's happened with countless other players, both on the Habs and other clubs. The Devils just decided not to qualify Beau Bennett, for whom they traded a 3rd round pick two days ago, and also Devante Smith Pelly, who also would need a qualifying offer upwards of $800k. What is interesting is that the Devils already announced that they intend to sign these guys and maybe one or two more, to new contracts anyway, presumably on better terms.
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I like Lessio. He's better than Matteau and Flynn, both of which bring absolutely nothing to the table.
Dietz improved a lot, too. I thought he was going to be our #7 or #8 to fill in on the right side if an injury occurred.
Hopefully they still complete deals for both.
It's one thing to not make the playoffs but develop players to take the next step. Neither is happening, though. That's coaching.
Dietz improved a lot, too. I thought he was going to be our #7 or #8 to fill in on the right side if an injury occurred.
Hopefully they still complete deals for both.
It's one thing to not make the playoffs but develop players to take the next step. Neither is happening, though. That's coaching.
