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Avatar of the Year*
13 minutes and nothing...sorry but someone had to get the ball rolling
Steep price when you factor in all the picks you gave to get Tatar
I really feel like Mcphee who is a great GM got fleeced by Detroit and I feel like Patches was traded for Suzuki and Tatar was a throw in thats just me. Thoughts
Sunk money.Steep price when you factor in all the picks you gave to get Tatar
Can't think of Tatar as a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, when we've already received and used a portion of his contracted time since that trade.
Also can't compare what you gave to what you got unless you do it at the same time/within a few days.
It's fine. We lost one of our three (really, four...kinda, with Hague) 2017 first rounders, a mistake in Tatar is replaced, and we ditched a 2nd rounder.
Window is officially open. Hopefully Patches re-signs soon.
Hopefully we don't re-sign a 30 year old UFA winger because the deal will probably look pretty bad pretty soon making it harder for us to compete.
If we're going all in now, just go get the better players available.
You don't trade Suzuki & Tatar without plans to resign Pax. That's horrible asset management.
This is a horrible deal, either way. He isn't enough of an upgrade on Tatar to warrant it. He doesn't push us over the edge into contender status, let alone into one of the Cup favorites, so it is already horrible asset management.
If you don't think Pax is a MASSIVE upgrade over Tatar, we're not watching the same sport. Tatar on this team was an unmitigated disaster. Pacioretty is an all around, 3 zone hockey player, not a one trick pony.
Of course Tatar wasn't good in his time here, it was also a short time. Pacioretty wasn't good last year, either.
He isn't better enough. If we are going all in now, then go get EK. Go get Panarin. Get difference makers instead of this level talent. Or just stand pat and wait for the team to develop.