Confirmed with Link: Sam Girard signs 7-year deal

[GirardSpinorama]

Interesting.

I would take Sammy over Rielly, personally. I think he would be a much safer option for the 6/7/8 spot.


MacKinnon - McDavid - Marner

Would be absolutely impossible to stop lol

I'd rather have Mack on his own line tbh. Too many players who need the puck on one line isn't great. Mack with stone and stamkos would be sick.

 

[the_fan]

Nice!!!!!!!!

Who are we trading to get McDavid and Marner? I'm all for it

 

[The Merchant]

The fact that we're even reasonably considering three Avs defenseman making the Olympic team is insane. You tell me that five years ago and I'd tell you to go f*** yourself

 

[Soedy]

Nice!!!!!!!!

Who are we trading to get McDavid and Marner? I'm all for it

Heard rumors about JTC being available...

 

[Pokecheque]

Heard rumors about JTC being available...

No he’s too important to the PK

 

[Balthazar]

I'm starting to see a trend here

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[Foppa2118]

I'm starting to see a trend here

Year 1:

Year 2:

Year 3:

Year 4:

If we can get him to grow a Brent Burns beard, he'll be like Bobby Orr on steroids.

 

[Balthazar]

Little high to begin the contract, hopefully it'll be a steal by year 3 or 4.

Looks like it's going to be a steal starting year 1.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I'm starting to see a trend here

Year 1:

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Year 4:

Afro and full beard by year 8.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

It's literally the Brent Burns evolution all over again.

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

It's literally the Brent Burns evolution all over again.

So long as it doesn't end up being the Mark Rycroft evolution.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Do ya’ll think the more assertive version of this young hobbit we’ve seen this season is here to stay?

That was really my only criticism (aside from size/shot) that I had about his game last season. I just didn’t think he pushed the action enough. This season he’s had a more aggressive mind-set.

It seems like he might be on his way to being a star in this league. His underlying numbers are good, probably not great, but I’m loving his game this year. I’m starting to think I might not have been bullish enough on his upside.

 

[Foppa2118]

Do ya’ll think the more assertive version of this young hobbit we’ve seen this season is here to stay?

That was really my only criticism (aside from size/shot) that I had about his game last season. I just didn’t think he pushed the action enough. This season he’s had a more aggressive mind-set.

It seems like he might be on his way to being a star in this league. His underlying numbers are good, probably not great, but I’m loving his game this year. I’m starting to think I might not have been bullish enough on his upside.

He's definitely intentionally playing more aggressive, and it's brought him a lot of offensive success.

So I would say there's a good chance this is the style he will try to keep playing moving forward, and when it starts to dip, the coaches will be pushing him to play like this again.

 

[MonsterMack]

Samuel Girardo

 

[El Travo]

Samuel Girardo

Thank you! Someone else finally vocalized (visualized?) it.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Top 10 in D scoring and only 2 points out of the top 5.

Everybody ahead of him has more games played too. He’s 5th in points per game and only trails Hedman, Petry, Makar and Doughty.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I'm starting to see a trend here

Year 1:

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Year 3:

Year 4:

Hes gotten bigger as the years have gone by. Unfortunately, hes also getting shorter as the years have gone by.

 

[henchman21]

I'm starting to see a trend here

Year 1:

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He's transforming to the bouncer outside of Broussaille.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Top 10 in D scoring and only 2 points out of the top 5.

Everybody ahead of him has more games played too. He’s 5th in points per game and only trails Hedman, Petry, Makar and Doughty.

Where would you rank him among D this season?

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Where would you rank him among D this season?

5-10 in the league so far. Not saying he’s a bonafide top 10 D by any means but he’s been one of the 10 best in the NHL this year.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

5-10 in the league so far. Not saying he’s a bonafide top 10 D by any means but he’s been one of the 10 best in the NHL this year.

I’d probably have him similarly ranked.

Bonafide top-20/25 guy, yet for you?

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I’d probably have him similarly ranked.

Bonafide top-20/25 guy, yet for you?

I think so but I’m a homer. I considered him around 25-30ish pre-season so I think it’s safe to say he’s definitely jumped above guys like Dahlin, Ellis, Giordano and Karlsson

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I think so but I’m a homer. I considered him around 25-30ish pre-season so I think it’s safe to say he’s definitely jumped above guys like Dahlin, Ellis, Giordano and Karlsson

It really does start getting pretty hard to pick guys over him after you get to about 20.

He’s ascending.

 

[Oblivion Beckons]

Do ya’ll think the more assertive version of this young hobbit we’ve seen this season is here to stay?

That was really my only criticism (aside from size/shot) that I had about his game last season. I just didn’t think he pushed the action enough. This season he’s had a more aggressive mind-set.

It seems like he might be on his way to being a star in this league. His underlying numbers are good, probably not great, but I’m loving his game this year. I’m starting to think I might not have been bullish enough on his upside.

He is 22 so this looks to be him taking the next step in his game and being more confident. I expect this to carry on.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

He is 22 so this looks to be him taking the next step in his game and being more confident. I expect this to carry on.

But, to what end?