I’m not talking about the team I would ice, but for what other imaginable reason would we have signed McLeod, or would anyone even mention Scott Hartnell or Chris Stewart anymore?
Speculation: Roster Building Thread Part VII: Now with less frenzy!
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We need to do everything we can to make sure TB wins the Cup this season
If I was the GM, I would sign a good to have for preseason alone. I would also definitely have a goon in HFD. JMHO.
GeorgeKaplan
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Unfortunately, last season was when they should have won it. Amazing Buffalo has three picks as of now in the first round.
I expect that eventually Ryan Callahan will be the guy filling the character/sandpaper/veteran leader role
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Picks are worth the least at the deadline when Zuccarello and Hayes will be available. I'm going to root really hard for these guys to play well this year. The Rangers should get another 1st rounder in a deal with one of them.
Machinehead
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You're not wrong. The team obviously values the role.
Since they do, I'd much rather have Hartnell or even give Beleskey a shot over skating sewage like McLeod, Brouwer, Stewart, etc.
Machinehead
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Agreed. Nobody is doing it now, but that changes when teams get a sniff of first place.
It won`t help us that much - it will be a really late 1st pick, because just injuries will prevent Tampa getting another playoffs position in 2018-19 season.
Oscar Lindberg
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People said the same last year "No GM is gonna move their first this year"
Like a third of the first rounders last year were involved in some sort of trade
There will be movement like there always is
Like a third of the first rounders last year were involved in some sort of trade
There will be movement like there always is
If they both don't bring back 1st round picks, that would be an issue
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I don’t know that I’d take on Callahan if his dying body bumped against the space hatch and we had a spare cryopod.
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I already have Beleskey penciled in. Brouwer could be a nice complement to that. Then we could have a legit physical line.
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We will have plenty of cap left over. And if we can get a 1st or another decent prospect for him then it would be pretty silly not to. Regardless though I think all the rumors died about this once the Karlsson rumors died out.
SA16
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Highly doubt they'd get a very good prospect out of it as TB is currently under the cap and has no need for more space/to move him now and getting the first is not as valuable since it's likely late and we already have a condition where we get it in the first place. They will need space next year to sign Point however Stralman/Girardi/Coburn will be 11M off the books and they can fill out their D with cheaper guys on the backend.
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I think there is a good chance Rangers and Tampa have a 3 way trade where we get Callahan plus 1st rounder and top prospect and, Tampa gets Hayes and Vesey and some other team gets Tyler Johnson and obviously gives up a 1st rounder.
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I just can't see Belesky making the team unless he went Rocky IV training montage all summer and 20/4 intermittent fasting. Guy isn't slow in the traditional sense, but his turns, stops, and corner movement leave a lot to be desired. He also played a pretty terrible last game of the season.
He looked good in that game. Did well in Hartford before that. I’d clear him for 4th line duties.
Yeah, and there are 31 teams in this league right now. The second round used to start with the 25th pick now it’s 32 and goes all the way up to 62...
There is a HUGE difference between picking in the 10-20 range and picking in the 28-31 range.
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