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I would too, especially since they have some depth with prospects. Just shows that some good plays will be available to these teams for day 1.
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I would too, especially since they have some depth with prospects. Just shows that some good plays will be available to these teams for day 1.
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I would imagine the expansion team would take Matt Murray and whoever Anaheim doesn't protect to be their goalies anyway
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Is Murray going to be ready to be their starter? Why it's a touch choice.
Glad it's not something we have to worry about. Protect Cory. They can have our backup scraps.
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The biggest joke about Bishop is just look at him and look at the two Wild goaltenders we faced last week. They're the same size he is, yet he looks way bigger. He might have an inch or two on them, but that's no excuse for going out there bundled up the way he is.
Him and Mike Smith are the biggest offenders there are.
Bishop's only signed through next season, so they might not necessarily protect him. They could always try to re-sign him as a UFA. Worst case, I'd imagine they'd trade one of them rather than lose them for nothing.
Anaheim might already have been in a position where they had to move one of Andersen/Gibson this summer. Lindholm/Vatanen are RFAs, so there might not be budget room to give Andersen what he might ask for.
If I was Anaheim, I'd try to structure a similar deal to what Ottawa did in dealing Lehner and attaching David Legwand. Anaheim has two years remaining with Clayton Stoner who has fallen way down on their depth chart.
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Ya but is he ready to take the reigns if they lose MAF to the expansion draft?
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We get nothing offensively from our defensemen. Yes, our forwards are a major issue, but we need offense from the blue line.
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We need offense from our forwards more. Spending out money on blue line offense is a waste and masks the real problem.
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Why not both? We have the cap room. We probably have the least amount of goals in the NHL from our blueline. And a puck mover/a guy who can actually get a shot on net helps our forwards produce.
I would like to think he'd be a little flexible on that depending on the situation.
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It'd be nice to find out if we can get more from Larsson and Severson offensively in the near future before we spend big money on an offensive d-man. Right now the system's not conducive to anyone producing big numbers on the blueline so it's a bit of a waste of time to pay for an offensive d-man until we improve the forwards and are able to open up the d more.
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You guys can't tell me that a Yandle-Larsson pairing wouldn't be the cat's ass. Reminiscent of the old Nieds/Dano pairing. Larsson is so good defensively that it would allow Yandle to join the play and create offense more freely. Plus it would enable Greene to mentor Severson on the 'second pair'. Fill in the 3rd pair with some combination of the other players we have Schlemko, Merrill, Moore, Helgeson and our defense is set.
And we did get the SCF with Zidlicky and there's no way in hell Yandle could be as bad defensively as Zids.
And we did get the SCF with Zidlicky and there's no way in hell Yandle could be as bad defensively as Zids.
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If I'm Shero, I call Yandle's agent and offer these contracts. Take your pick Yandle.
3 years, 7 million per
4 years, 6.75 million per
5 years, 6.25 million per
6 years, 5.75 million per
3 years, 7 million per
4 years, 6.75 million per
5 years, 6.25 million per
6 years, 5.75 million per
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That's exactly my thinking. Yandle-Larsson is a perfect pairing. They complement each other so well. And Severson is in desperate need of a solid veteran partner and Jon Merrill or Moore aint that. You have to believe that Greene is a big reason why Larsson has developed into one of the best shut down defensemen in the league. He would work wonders for Severson. I'm far from the biggest Severson fan, but he's clearly talented and will be a big determinant of our future success.
Yandle-Larsson
Green-Severson
Merrill/Moore-Santini
If the young guys improve, that's a big time defensive core.
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The only problem with Demers is he's a RHD where we're nearly set. Larsson, Severson, and Santini very soon. While LHD we're pretty thin(Greene and then a bunch of question marks).
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