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Do you think they'd have a markedly different season/playoffs if they swapped one for the other?
The teams? Hathaway is a much better player
Do you think they'd have a markedly different season/playoffs if they swapped one for the other?
The teams? Hathaway is a much better player
He's a career 20 point winger. Last season aside Reaves has also been a 20 point winger. Reaves also has those intangibles that seem to matter a great deal for Hagelin but not bottom 6 players on other teams for some reason.
Reaves is also nice to have when you have Frederic, Martin, Johnston, whoever trying to occupy Wilson's time because there's no one on their level who can f*** around with them
When you say that Reaves is a "career 20pt winger" do you mean he once had a 20pt season or that he is a reliable 20pt player?
Both of their stat lines over their careers are a matter of public record.
Either way, no point nitpicking since if we had him we both know you'd be one of his biggest fans, call them Sheriff Reaves and Deputy Wilson or something after Reaves dusts up an Islanders goon, point out how all the players and GMs respect and want him while the fans dismiss him just like with Orpik, etc
Yes. I read them both. Reaves had 1 20pt season. More than half his seasons are single digit seasons. Hathaway has 4 NHL seasons where he was a regular. 13, 19, 16, 18. The last two in short seasons. But, ok. They are the same. I will keep the one the Caps have and am fine with Reaves with the Rangers
So Hathaway is a 10-almost 20 point player while Reaves is a 5-20 point player. Amazing insight. But by all means disregard that Reaves is the top enforcer in the league while Hathaway is the standard Matt Bradley type 4th liner and pretend their impact solely comes from the exact amount of points, to the decimal.
Also this is the part where you point out that Reaves was somehow able to be a regular for one of the best teams in the league for the last 3 years and a part of their identity, but surely us fans know more than the GMs and coaches of an organEyEzation that has been finishing near the top of the NHL.
Top 3 among 4th lines last year, but also totally replaceable.It's amazing how much time is spent shitting on our 4th liners when they were outstanding in their roles.
It's amazing how much time is spent shitting on our 4th liners when they were outstanding in their roles.
Reaves scored their finals clinching goal and bullied Colorado enough this year that they traded for MacDermid. The difference between him and Hathaway isn't much.
What Reaves can do is blindside the shit out of a problem player for a team with impunity though. Would rather that player be a Matt Martin than someone on the caps but whatever
Chase Priskie update
It’s almost like the team knew he wasn’t all that?Man, his career trajectory tanked quickly. Thought he was going to be a big loss for the Caps and he’s done nothing.
It wasn't. By all accounts the Caps tried very hard to sign him and he just didn't want to play here.It’s almost like the team knew he wasn’t all that?
nah—-
Man, his career trajectory tanked quickly. Thought he was going to be a big loss for the Caps and he’s done nothing.
It wasn't. By all accounts the Caps tried very hard to sign him and he just didn't want to play here.
Didn't they offer to burn a year on his ELC, letting him hit RFA one year earlier, something usually only done for prospects you really want to sign?If by “tried very hard” you mean they made him a normal offer….yes.
it’s not like GMBM was outside his window tearing up…
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Yet again an NHL team could have greatly benefited from paying someone not a lot of money to say, “Bad idea, don’t do that.” Instead, they sign Nurse to this contract which is probably $2M/year more than he deserves.8x9.25 for Nurse in Edmonton.
Carlson back to being a good value contract.
And just another example of why GMBM's mistakes are not the same as shitty GM mistakes.Yet again an NHL team could have greatly benefited from paying someone not a lot of money to say, “Bad idea, don’t do that.” Instead, they sign Nurse to this contract which is probably $2M/year more than he deserves.