AngelDuck
Rak 'em up
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I am not as confident in BM's ability to manage the next expansion draft correctly after the last oneThey obviously don't care as much about the 9 games as we do, Murray said as much.
I am not as confident in BM's ability to manage the next expansion draft correctly after the last oneThey obviously don't care as much about the 9 games as we do, Murray said as much.
Rakell was healthy, Cogliano was healthy, and Ritchie was only a matter of time getting him signed. .His first mistake then.
The 10-game mark is important as far as a potential expansion draft.
Rakell was healthy, Cogliano was healthy, and Ritchie was only a matter of time getting him signed. .
Healthy at Right wing is Perry, Kase, and Silfverberg. Aberg, Terry, Roy, Sherwood, and quite a few others are also competing there.
Also Id love to see those who predicted aberg would make such an impression as to have him play his offwing to keep him in the top six. If I remember correctly everyone on this board wanted him off the planet after game one. That would have been quite the call.
If our management staff does one thing pretty good it's drafting and developing. I don't know why anyone would be that upset they sent him down as opposed to playing with this garbage right now. Adding him to the lineup really doesn't do much in the long run and potentially harms his full development. This team is not a team in contention and I don't see how they will be this year, so I don't mind seeing him get to play a ton in juniors and in the WJC.
Someone also made a point that we may be trying to stagger contacts. Lou Lamoriello did this in Toronto and it's definitely interesting to think about.
I don’t think people have an issue sending him down. People have an issue with wasting a year of his ELC. It removes a year of team control at a fixed price, and more importantly might expose him to an expansion draft at a time when we are already going to have issues protecting all the good players/prospects we have. It would make more sense if he was actually going to be a major contributor this year. As is...it comes across as poor management.If our management staff does one thing pretty good it's drafting and developing. I don't know why anyone would be that upset they sent him down as opposed to playing with this garbage right now. Adding him to the lineup really doesn't do much in the long run and potentially harms his full development. This team is not a team in contention and I don't see how they will be this year, so I don't mind seeing him get to play a ton in juniors and in the WJC.
Someone also made a point that we may be trying to stagger contacts. Lou Lamoriello did this in Toronto and it's definitely interesting to think about.
There may have been some complaints, but the majority of fans I hope would have seen that outside of a few nice goals, he had been pretty ineffective for most of those 9 games. And with all the injured players coming back, the decision would have made sense... especially with how poor the team was doing at the time. Him being in the lineup versus not being in the lineup wasn’t going to change anything. Same goes for Lundestrom.I think my issue with these complaints are what I know would have happened had he been sent down while being our leading scorer. The same people here lamenting this decision would have bemoaned that one.
I’m nit lamenting sending him, and I have posts saying I thought his play had fallen off. I lament the short-sightedness of wasting a year of his eligibility. Anyone thinking he was playing well just because he was scoring goals was ignoring a lot of his erratic play when he wasn’t scoring.I think my issue with these complaints are what I know would have happened had he been sent down while being our leading scorer. The same people here lamenting this decision would have bemoaned that one.
I think I just disagree that it was shortsighted, but that's just a difference of opinion. That's fine if you think he should have been down regardless of the injury, my problem was just with the 'told you so' hindsight crowd.I’m nit lamenting sending him, and I have posts saying I thought his play had fallen off. I lament the short-sightedness of wasting a year of his eligibility. Anyone thinking he was playing well just because he was scoring goals was ignoring a lot of his erratic play when he wasn’t scoring.
I guess that means the posters on HF in fact do not know more than the people running the team.
Here's an announcement from his junior teamHas MC been confirmed to be going back to Jr? I still don't see any updates.
If we sneak in by 4 points, it will have been worth it. Otherwise, I think it’s was a waste. I can see the other side though, and that tweet makes it much less of an issue. It’s still going to cost $$ earlier though.I think I just disagree that it was shortsighted, but that's just a difference of opinion. That's fine if you think he should have been down regardless of the injury, my problem was just with the 'told you so' hindsight crowd.
I thought it was the 11th game for the potential expansion draft and 10th game mark for the burning off of one year of the ELC?
You're probably right, but this could also work the other way just as easily. When his ELC is over, he will now have one "nothing" year on his record out of 3, and his next contract ends up being cheaper than it would have been otherwise. Whereas if his ELC slid, he might end up with 3 productive seasons instead of 2 going into negotiations. Much more for his agent to work with in that case.If we sneak in by 4 points, it will have been worth it. Otherwise, I think it’s was a waste. I can see the other side though, and that tweet makes it much less of an issue. It’s still going to cost $$ earlier though.
You're probably right, but this could also work the other way just as easily. When his ELC is over, he will now have one "nothing" year on his record out of 3, and his next contract ends up being cheaper than it would have been otherwise. Whereas if his ELC slid, he might end up with 3 productive seasons instead of 2 going into negotiations. Much more for his agent to work with in that case.
Here's an announcement from his junior team
I think my issue with these complaints are what I know would have happened had he been sent down while being our leading scorer. The same people here lamenting this decision would have bemoaned that one.