Pre-season thread

[LT]

Plenty of interesting names on waivers today. Weise, Gagner, likely to see several more. I don’t want us to claim anyone though.

 

[serp]

Now the two rookie goalies and if Johns is ready Bayreuther ( if Johns isn't he stays ) will be send down later and the roster is set .

 

[serp]

Down to Bayreuther it is.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Benn - Seguin Radulov
Janmark - Spezza - Comeau
Nichushkin - Faksa- Pitlick
Dickinson - Hintz - Shore
(Smith, Ritchie)

 

[Kcb12345]

YESSSS

 

[serp]

Plenty of interesting names on waivers today. Weise, Gagner, likely to see several more. I don’t want us to claim anyone though.

Would make little sense. We have a glut of cheap young players. No reason to add a Weise , Kühnhackl or whoever . Just use the guys on ELC and your own cheap players still restricted FA

 

[Zapp]

Good for Hintz. Deserved it with how well he's played.

With Spezza not showing much of a bounce back, hoping we see a Janmark - Hintz - Nichushkin line.

Its pre-season still but to me Spezza just seems to have lost his creativity and ability to make big plays. I'd rather him bounce back but you can't give him all year to do that.

 

[LT]

Would make little sense. We have a glut of cheap young players. No reason to add a Weise , Kühnhackl or whoever . Just use the guys on ELC and your own cheap players still restricted FA

I agree, hence me saying I don't want us to claim anyone.

 

[serp]

I agree, hence me saying I don't want us to claim anyone.

We could bring back McKenzie though since Vegas put him on waivers

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

This is awesome. Even though he’ll likely be playing on the third or fourth line Hintz looked really good this pre season. Solid all around player and he can actually create offence unlike a lot of our bottom six.

Like other have said our bottom six is looking really good. Once Hanzal comes back (I still think he can be decent, don’t hate) we are going to have two great checking lines.

 

[LT]

I love Hanzal's game too and I think he was stylistically suited to be the best third line center in the game for several years.

But I think his injuries are too serious for him to ever play consistently again, much less reach that level. As much as I would love for that to happen, it just doesn't seem very realistic.

 

[LT]

Okay...

 

[LT]

Anyone else think Bishop's new mask is ugly?

 

[Kcb12345]

Okay...

I'm assuming that means he tried to trade Elie but couldn't find a partner. No surprise there though

 

[serp]

Neat group picture of the guys who went to the yearly six flags event . Nice to see Hanzal is also around albeit i still have doubt he'll ever really play again.

Johns and Klingberg i don't see other than that i think thats the full roster ( well Carrick but that doesn't count )

 

[Kcb12345]

Neat group picture of the guys who went to the yearly six flags event . Nice to see Hanzal is also around albeit i still have doubt he'll ever really play again.

Johns and Klingberg i don't see other than that i think thats the full roster ( well Carrick but that doesn't count )

I'm confident Hanzal will return around December. How long he plays for after that though before he gets injured again and decides to stop playing is what I'm wondering

 

[serp]

Spinal Fusion is no joke . I have no idea how well you can play hockey after that procedure . That has to cut into your mobility and thats kind of an important thing for pro-sports.

 

[Troy McClure]

Spinal Fusion is no joke . I have no idea how well you can play hockey after that procedure . That has to cut into your mobility and thats kind of an important thing for pro-sports.

Also increases the risk of damage to the disc below the fusion because it starts to take more of a pounding.

 

[ItsBennGreat]

Did anyone on the forum go to the Six Flags season ticket holder event? If so, how was it and how were the guys?

 

[Kcb12345]

Goodbye to Remi Elie. Good for him though

 

[LT]

Good for him. No major loss.

 

[serp]

Well a 2nd round pick that could've been invested in a better prospect but thats about it .

 

[Magic Mittens]

Surprised someone claimed him. Oh well good luck Elie

 

[LT]

I do recall him being quite the reach at the time, but he seems to be at about the same caliber as most of the players taken around there. Lehkonen is the only 2nd rounder from that draft taken after Elie who looks decent, and even he's no more than a good 3rd liner.

Not gonna complain about it, really.

 

[Kcb12345]