Confirmed with Link: Panthers sign Vinnie Hinostroza 1 year 1M

[Mogo]

GM Bill Zito confirms #FlaPanthers
are signing Vinnie Hinostroza, who played for Coach Q back in his Chicago days.

I was asking earlier if he was a Q guy back from the days

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[violaswallet]

Hmm I guess Wennberg is the 2C then?

 

[Mogo]

Hmm I guess Wennberg is the 2C then?

It's day 1 of free agency and were 3-5 months from the season starting if then

 

[violaswallet]

It's day 1 of free agency and were 3-5 months from the season starting if then

I mean with cap space. As of now our roster is:

H-B-T
Connolly-Wennberg-Hörnqvist
Vatrano-Ver-Saarela
Lambert-Acciari-Hinostroza

not terribly exciting I must say. I think Horny and Tippett could do well though

 

[Mogo]

I mean with cap space. As of now our roster is:

H-B-T
Connolly-Wennberg-Hörnqvist
Vatrano-Ver-Saarela
Lambert-Acciari-Hinostroza

not terribly exciting I must say. I think Horny and Tippett could do well though

I trust Zito will somehow get rid of Yandle or Stralman. In the perfect both then sign Barrie to a cheap 1-2 year contract if we cant get Pietro

I think he has more tricks up his sleeve. I can see him signing Dadonov too

 

[HockeyRulez]

It’s a 1 year deal for $1 mil according to cap friendly

 

[batting1k]

I mean with cap space. As of now our roster is:

H-B-T
Connolly-Wennberg-Hörnqvist
Vatrano-Ver-Saarela
Lambert-Acciari-Hinostroza

not terribly exciting I must say. I think Horny and Tippett could do well though

Not exciting but this is what happens when you draft poorly for the last 10 years. You have to build a culture and when you have no one in the system you gotta go out and get guys that will play the right way. The team isn't going to be fixed in a span of a month or 2. It's going to take some more time. But this is a great start.

We may not score 5 goals every night but you can bet we'll be a pain in the you-know-what to play against, for the first time in a long time.

What's even better is all of these guys are on very good, low risk contracts. If they suck, no harm, can probably move them. If they're good, decide who you want or who you want to move for pieces. It's really a win-win.

 

[Great8Cam]

I trust Zito will somehow get rid of Yandle or Stralman. In the perfect both then sign Barrie to a cheap 1-2 year contract if we cant get Pietro

I think he has more tricks up his sleeve. I can see him signing Dadonov too

Dadonov is declining and he is not “exciting”

 

[violaswallet]

Not exciting but this is what happens when you draft poorly for the last 10 years. You have you build a culture and when you have no one in the system you gotta go out and get guys that will play the right way. The team isn't going to be fixed in a span of a month or 2. It's going to take some more time. But this is a great start.

We may not score 5 goals every night but you can bet we'll be a pain in the you-know-what to play against, for the first time in a long time.

What's even better is all of these guys are on very good, low risk contracts. If they suck, no harm, can probably move them. If they're good, decide who you want or who you want to move for pieces. It's really a win-win.

I somewhat agree: the difference with 2011 is that we have three studs To build around. Disappointing to see a worse offense than last year.

We will still have about 5.5M in cap which could be used to sign someone who doesn’t have the right offers or pull someone in cap hell

 

[ProjectPanthers]

I like this. Good depth signing who provides offense for the bottom 6.

 

[Chessarmy]

So the strategy is to load up on 3rd and 4th line guys and hope for the best.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Not exciting but this is what happens when you draft poorly for the last 10 years. You have to build a culture and when you have no one in the system you gotta go out and get guys that will play the right way. The team isn't going to be fixed in a span of a month or 2. It's going to take some more time. But this is a great start.

We may not score 5 goals every night but you can bet we'll be a pain in the you-know-what to play against, for the first time in a long time.

What's even better is all of these guys are on very good, low risk contracts. If they suck, no harm, can probably move them. If they're good, decide who you want or who you want to move for pieces. It's really a win-win.

Lmao what? This is just what Tallon did in 2011 but now Florida would be losing 2 30 goal scorers. It is concerning your tone makes it seem like they are done as this roster is not good.

 

[violaswallet]

Lmao what? This is just what Tallon did in 2011 but now Florida would be losing 2 30 goal scorers. It is concerning your tone makes it seem like they are done as this roster is not good.

We aren’t done: we have 5.5m in space.

In 2011, we had no core: now we have a core. We are missing some auxiliary scoring. Looks like we need to bet on Tippett. Hopefully one more signing (I’m guessing Dadanov)

 

[MintyFresh88]

So the strategy is to load up on 3rd and 4th line guys and hope for the best.

It’s probably frustrating to look at right now but you also have to keep in mind that guys like Tippett and Denisenko may be close to ready and you can’t commit to top 6 wingers to big money long term and end up blocking them. Barkov and Huberdeau also need contracts in a few years. I trust Zito has a plan.

 

[Sticksandsun]

We aren’t done: we have 5.5m in space.

In 2011, we had no core: now we have a core. We are missing some auxiliary scoring. Looks like we need to bet on Tippett. Hopefully one more signing (I’m guessing Dadanov)

I can live with losing 1 of Hoffer or Dads for the price of better D but they will not survive losing both.

 

[batting1k]

Lmao what? This is just what Tallon did in 2011 but now Florida would be losing 2 30 goal scorers. It is concerning your tone makes it seem like they are done as this roster is not good.

Where did I say we were done? This roster isn’t going to be rebuilt in a day. This is a process and there’s more work to be done. But let’s be clear, Zito hasn’t seen the team play a single game. There’s only so much you can or should do without overdoing it too soon.

This is a good start and assuming they make some more tweaks/moves here and there before next season, it will be a step in the right direction as we get the team thinking the right way and the opponents realizing that Florida will no longer be a team that is soft and easy to play against.

 

[Crossbar]

Only so many moves you can make when you're stuck with large contracts such as Bob's and possibly Yands/Strals/Conns, then guys like Dads/Hoff/Weegs all want to get paid. You're not going to keep icing the same failure as last season again, so that's why we have these small signings.

 

[Chessarmy]

Losing Hoffman is going to hurt bad. He was an ace on the powerplay and scored huge goals for us.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

GM Bill Zito confirms #FlaPanthers
are signing Vinnie Hinostroza, who played for Coach Q back in his Chicago days.

I was asking earlier if he was a Q guy back from the days

Q liked him as a 3rd line energy type who could plug into higher spot when needed and occasionally on PP

Alot of anti-Q people weren't happy thinking Hino was some gem that was a legit top 6 talent so when he was traded they blamed Q and talked up Hino as a future top 6 guy who was deprived chances to star for Hawks by Q utilizing him as a 3rd liner

Hino is not a top 6 talent and how Q utilized him was exactly the player he is

He has good speed and puts in honest effort on ice so that is something Q liked about him in Chicago so I expect you see him as a regular fixture on your 3rd line and occasionally popping into top 6 or on PP

 

[Panteras]

So the strategy is to load up on 3rd and 4th line guys and hope for the best.

yeah, it's called good depth, something we didn't have last season. Scoring from all lines is how you win hockey games...and of course not having Matheson on D

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

How can anyone not be pleased with what Zitos done? The guy was given a complete train wreck of a team, managed to offload our worst player and contract for a position of need, and change the identity of the Panthers practically overnight.

Edit: just realized I put this in the wrong thread

 

[MintyFresh88]

Another thing to mention about this guy is I’m pretty sure he’s solid in shootouts...a nice bonus.

 

[Ghoste]

Another thing to mention about this guy is I’m pretty sure he’s solid in shootouts...a nice bonus.

Yeah, beat Lu pretty easily and beat another team using the same move (forehand-backhand). He can take Sasha’s spot since he completely forgot how to score, haha

-ghoste

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Hinostroza 'Full of Confidence' Heading into 1st Season with Panthers

Vinnie knows Frankie.
Good read on Hinostroza.