More board cleaning. The new season is almost here, so it's getting a new thread.
#HelpUsMobiWanKenobi#SaveUsMoSeider
I hear ya. I see a Seider jersey on my Christmas list.Seider is the last card I want before bowing out of the card game. Prices are too crazy now. Going to command a hefty price but I want it.
First unmatched offer sheet since Penner.
To be honest he shouldn't have went 3rd. 2022 is a deep draft and the Canes won't be as good without Hamilton...what a clownish organization Montreal is
you don't just give up on a Center that only just turned 21 that you believed in enough a few years ago to draft 3rd overall for a late 1st and a 3rd just because you now have to pay him a bit more than you should for the next year or two
what a clownish organization Montreal is
you don't just give up on a Center that only just turned 21 that you believed in enough a few years ago to draft 3rd overall for a late 1st and a 3rd just because you now have to pay him a bit more than you should for the next year or two
Deal is done. Carolina's 1st and Montreal's 2nd in 2024
Yeah...saw the wrinkle in there after I posted.Its the better of the two 1sts, unless either (or both) is a top 10 pick then it switches to the worst of the two.
Little too early to say if this is a win for Carolina or Montreal. Only definite winner at this point is Kk.Dundon looks like a complete stooge.
What he did, was he bluffed with 2-7 off-suit while sitting immediately left of the dealer, got called, and his hand exposed.
And Dvorak, probably, for being able to get out from under the clown-fiesta in Arizona.Little too early to say if this is a win for Carolina or Montreal. Only definite winner at this point is Kk.
So after thinking about this I went to see what Penner is up to lately and I honestly thought I had reached some parody account when I saw his social media.
I think he's got the brain scramblies.
Yeah...the eye test tells you that something in Kotkaniemi's game seems to say that he has the potential for a big upside, but either his work ethic, the way he has been deployed, or something...has gotten in the way of him reaching it with Montreal. Meanwhile, Dvorak looks like he will be a consummate pro 2nd line center type. He already has the 15-20+ goals on a low octane/high drama franchise, so he looks like he should more than easily replace Kotkaniemi's numbers, and then some. So in terms of swapping player for player, where they are, it's an easy win for Montreal IMO...especially paying 1.5M/year less and Dvorak is locked in for 4 years at that price.I'm not sure about this move by Carolina, and the response by Montreal.
When I first read about it I thought Montreal was crazy, but then I remembered ripping on Bergevin for some of this moves the last few years, along with everyone else, and then feeling like an idiot when they made the finals this past year.
I think I'll wait until this plays out. I think this Bergevin guy hasn't been given enough credit for some bold counterintuitive moves that appear to have paid off. Maybe Dvorak is an upgrade over Kotkaniemi -- a few years older but more points per 60 despite playing on a crappy low-scoring team.
Yeah...the eye test tells you that something in Kotkaniemi's game seems to say that he has the potential for a big upside, but either his work ethic, the way he has been deployed, or something...has gotten in the way of him reaching it with Montreal. Meanwhile, Dvorak looks like he will be a consummate pro 2nd line center type. He already has the 15-20+ goals on a low octane/high drama franchise, so he looks like he should more than easily replace Kotkaniemi's numbers, and then some. So in terms of swapping player for player, where they are, it's an easy win for Montreal IMO...especially paying 1.5M/year less and Dvorak is locked in for 4 years at that price.
Add in a healthy Drouin, Hoffman, Perreault, Paquette, and full year of Caufield...I think Montreal is pretty set to make the Playoffs again, as long as their defense doesn't crap the bed. Meanwhile Carolina could be in a position where it could stumble if their goaltending and defense don't show that they can sustain the loss of Nedjelkovic and Hamilton. Carolina's roster doesn't look as deep as it has in the past, and if the rest of the Metro division has a better year, it could be interesting to see how everything works out for them.
Definitely a situation where the players win by getting themselves into situations that are better than where they came from, but each team's success will determine whether the moves were worth it.