Confirmed with Link: Moss re-signed (1 yr, $800k)

[SR]

We're fling fast. Either were not looking to upgrade or no one wants to come here. Cash strapped 5 yr out claused team... Gonna be a looooong season.

Moss is good for 4 goals and soft none physical play. Just what the coyotes are about.

 

[Kaizen]

At the right price and in the right spot in the lineup, David Moss makes sense.

$800K is probably the right price, time will tell if Tip utilizes him properly.

 

[letowskie]

 

[IPreferPi]

At the right price and in the right spot in the lineup, David Moss makes sense.

$800K is probably the right price, time will tell if Tip utilizes him properly.

Tippett called Moss Ribeiro's best winger last season - I fully expect him to be on Gagner's line and to be as much of a black hole on offense. All in the name of balance.

 

[Sciamachy]

At the right price and in the right spot in the lineup, David Moss makes sense.

$800K is probably the right price, time will tell if Tip utilizes him properly.

Problem is we have 2-3 other guys whose 'right spot in the lineup' is the same 'right spot in the lineup' as Moss'.

 

[HowlofRevel]

At the right price and in the right spot in the lineup, David Moss makes sense.

$800K is probably the right price, time will tell if Tip utilizes him properly.

$800K may be the right price for Dave Moss on the right team, but this team is not the right team. We already have 2 lines of Dave Moss archetype players, and most of them are better or have the potential to be better than Dave Moss.

 

[hbk]

Who's spot are we upset that Moss has stolen?

 

[Summer Rose]

Who's spot are we upset that Moss has stolen?

David Rundblad's seat in the press box.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

It's not just that, it's Maloney's comments that he wanted to get younger and faster and players playing with more heart.

Well, why the ******* bring the guy back who's not any of the 3 things you were looking for.

 

[Summer Rose]

I think David Moss can fly.

If he throws himself at the ground, he'll miss.

 

[XX]

I thought Crombeen was the upgrade on Moss that was talked about. I liked that move. But not this. Not like this.

 

[hbk]

It's not just that, it's Maloney's comments that he wanted to get younger and faster and players playing with more heart.

Well, why the ******* bring the guy back who's not any of the 3 things you were looking for.

Options?

 

[IPreferPi]

Options?

We had plenty of bottom 6 options already...too many.

 

[hbk]

We had plenty of bottom 6 options already...too many.

Who's spot did Moss take? Seriously let's compare names.

I get the venom but I look at it like this. Moss was very overpaid before. Now he's not.

 

[IPreferPi]

Who's spot did Moss take? Seriously let's compare names.

I get the venom but I look at it like this. Moss was very overpaid before. Now he's not.

Szwarz/McMillan's. Either of whom are just as good as Moss defensively while certainly playing with far more fire as they are young guys with *every* incentive to play their butts off to be full-time regulars. Whereas Moss phoned it in during a ******* contract year.

 

[CC96]

Who's spot did Moss take? Seriously let's compare names.

I get the venom but I look at it like this. Moss was very overpaid before. Now he's not.

The problem is that Tippett is almost certainly going to play Moss in the top-9, and Dave Moss anywhere near the top-9 is a bad move.

 

[Summer Rose]

I vote to put "Garbage" in the lineups of all of our GDT's this season instead of his name.

 

[RemoAZ]

Wonderful thing to come home after a long day at work to see. And here comes the scrap heap signings. Bad enough to miss the playoff and good enough to have a bad draft pick. And I'm sure there will be one young guy on the squad getting his development squashed playing 5 minutes one out of every three games. Just more of the same.

They keep making it more and more easy to not re-up my season tickets again. I guess I should thank Dave and his philosophy of running out as many Dave Tippett-eske forwards as he can. He's been a huge help in cutting down my expenses.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

This assures that we only have 1 rookie make the squad on the offensive side.

Before there were a couple spots open that could have been taken by: Domi/Lessio/Rieder/Szwarz

Now, because of how Tippett runs lines, we're gonna end up with Moss on Gagner's RW, which means a sub-par year for Gagner.

 

[hbk]

Szwarz/McMillan's. Either of whom are just as good as Moss defensively while certainly playing with far more fire as they are young guys with *every* incentive to play their butts off to be full-time regulars. Whereas Moss phoned it in during a ******* contract year.

MacMillan plays left wing.

So we are upset that the team wanted insurance on going with a player who was a -6 in 26 career NHL games? I appreciate Scwartz's enthusiasm but can he play? He's a tweener unfortunately at this stage. Who did we have in depth chart if that didn't work out?

 

[Grimes]

This is how I feel the forwards have been put together this season.
http://i.imgur.com/YiwxQKy.gif

 

[IPreferPi]

MacMillan plays left wing.

So we are upset that the team wanted insurance on going with a player who was a -6 in 26 career NHL games? I appreciate Scwartz's enthusiasm but can he play? He's a tweener unfortunately at this stage. Who did we have in depth chart if that didn't work out?

McMillan can/and has played all 3 forward positions. Korpi can play either wing too.

A reasonable bet for our bottom 6 before today would've been:

Korpi/Domi - Hanzal - Erat
McMillan/Chipchura - Vitale - Crombeen/Szwarz

Where exactly does signing Moss upgrade that bottom 6? He's definitely not better than Erat and it's very arguable that Crombeen is far more of a better fit for an energy line than he is. And we've already established that Moss absolutely has no business in a top 6.

 

[hbk]

McMillan can/and has played all 3 forward positions. Korpi can play either wing too.

A reasonable bet for our bottom 6 before today would've been:

Korpi/Domi - Hanzal - Erat
McMillan/Chipchura - Vitale - Crombeen/Szwarz

Where exactly does signing Moss upgrade that bottom 6? He's definitely not better than Erat and it's very arguable that Crombeen is far more of a better fit for an energy line than he is. And we've already established that Moss absolutely has no business in a top 6.

I have Erat and Doan in Top 6. Leaves Crombeen, Moss, and Schwartz (if he makes team) fighting for bottom 6 roles.

Listen I'm not enamoured with Moss's return. I just view it for what it is. A depth signing at reasonable value.i was hoping for Setogucci myself.

 

[_Del_]

I'm okay with Moss as a 4th liner at 800k. What weighs heavily on my heart is the soul-crushing belief that DT will be more "comfortable" with Moss and play him in the top nine instead of a young player on the cusp. It also says we have no plans to bring in outside help. Neither of those things is encouraging.
This year was a throw away year we could have used to see what we have in the pipeline and move forward giving young guys looks. Instead, it's a throw away year wherein we'll embrace mediocrity one more year and have to hope someone saves Tippett from himself.

 

[IPreferPi]

I have Erat and Doan in Top 6. Leaves Crombeen, Moss, and Schwartz (if he makes team) fighting for bottom 6 roles.

Listen I'm not enamoured with Moss's return. I just view it for what it is. A depth signing at reasonable value.i was hoping for Setogucci myself.

Well, there's also the stuff I'm hearing that Tippett will use Gagner at RW. Which I'm not against at all, but obviously that means Vitale and Chipchura would be our bottom 6 centers. We're going to be hurt when Hanzal goes down.

If Tippett insisted on Maloney getting a veteran who can play his system I'd much rather Don pursued Ott instead. At least he's a general PITA to play against 90% of the time and can win a damn faceoff.