Rumor: Sheahan to Pittsburgh?
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Shaman464
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I think selling Sheahan now would be a mistake, especially how thin Detroit is at centers who play center. They have converted many of other options for 3rd line center to wingers, and to be honest Z should be playing wing at this stage in his career.
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We also don't appear to have much leverage in any deal, considering our cap circumstances, so I doubt the return will be what we could probably get at the TDL or some other later point.
Keep Sheahan, try to get him to run up 12-15 goals again, and then look to deal him if you're going to deal him. Find some other way to fit Athanasiou's cap hit.
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Rumors said that teams asked about him near the trade deadline. My assumption is that they were low ball offers, and the org. values him as a piece going forward.
IMO, it's time to sell Ouellet.
I don't get this. He will NEVER score 20 with us. EVER. So how is it a mistake? To let another team have him to score 10-20 goals versus 5-10 for us? Or are you actually saying he could score 20 goals on this year's or next year's DRW team?
Send him out for a 3rd, new blood can come in, lose 2 M in salary. Fine by me. Riley Sheahan is the least of our worries in the next 3 years.
Z, Frans, Larkin, Helm, Luke up the middle. Abby taking a 3 or 4 C for a week or 2 with an injury won't kill anyone either. Our C depth for this year or next year is fine without Riley freaking Sheahan...
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All they need to do is announce they're closing Little Caesar's Arena prior to every home game, and Riley will put up 80 goals a year.
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He can/will score 10-15 like he has done his entire carrer. Getting rid of sheahan for a 3rd rounder is a lost trade
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Would be nice for Sheahan to get traded before he Holland has a chance to sign him to a bad deal. He's better than he was last year, but you can find a mediocre bottom 6 player for cheap every season.
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I'm fine trading him. Though the return will be very small and, after the season he had, rightfully so.
I do like Telle Tubby. But I'm sick of all the boards negativity about him and the "Holland never trades" comments. So give me a 3rd rounder just cool the DRWs forum down with all obnoxious negativity.
I do like Telle Tubby. But I'm sick of all the boards negativity about him and the "Holland never trades" comments. So give me a 3rd rounder just cool the DRWs forum down with all obnoxious negativity.
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I don't think he has much of a role anymore on our team. Only reason to wait on trading him is that he's coming off a disaster season so his value is low.
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Is Pittsburgh ever going to play Pouliot? Is he a complete lost cause at this point?
I liked him in his draft year, maybe he could be a decent reclamation project. 1st rd disappointment for 1st rd disappointment, lol.
Or maybe we let him rebound his trade value and then trade him for a pick. I actually don't mind Sheahan, I don't think he is worthless.
As long as Larkin sticks at center, I agree. But I actually still think Sheahan can be a solid 3rd line center in the NHL.
I liked him in his draft year, maybe he could be a decent reclamation project. 1st rd disappointment for 1st rd disappointment, lol.
Or maybe we let him rebound his trade value and then trade him for a pick. I actually don't mind Sheahan, I don't think he is worthless.
As long as Larkin sticks at center, I agree. But I actually still think Sheahan can be a solid 3rd line center in the NHL.
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I wonder how many people are aware that in the three seasons before this past one where not only did everyone on the roster pretty much have a disastrous down year , Riley Sheahan was also about as snakebitten as you could possibly be with a 1.8% shooting percentage, he actually produced right in line with what Andreas Athanasiou gave them last year.
Henkka
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If he would score 2 goals with our system and with our players, what's the reason of keeping him?
Sometimes you have to lose a trade to move on. Open a spot for somebody else.
Coaches will always make some sort of role for him. He is the type of guy that coaches love and will always love more than fans do (he is the complete opposite of AA in that regard. Edit: he is the complete opposite of AA in all regards now that I think of it). In an era of hyper-structured hockey coaches love super responsible, coachable players.
Now that being said, as a non-core player on a rebuilding team he should be traded at the deadline. Now is not the time to move him as there is no need to sell this low on him.
Plenty acknowledge it, they just argue that his production has decreased each season he's been in the league and he will never get back there. Valid argument, not a set in stone conclusion though.
Because he most likely wouldn't score 2 goals on a 1.8% shooting percentage over a full season again.
Value at an all-time low is always the best time to sell players who's value could double by the TDL.
Sell him low if absolutely necessary for cap compliance, keep him til at least mid-season if not.
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Henkka
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Even if Sheahan catches his career shooting percentage, he will be 29 point player in 82 games. Scores 12+17=29 on average season.
That's worse than Helm. In new speed NHL, Helm is more needed than his type of player. Sheahan is not faceoff specialist either. Just pointing to be the next Drew Miller. Penalty-killing winger because there's not center slots avalable. Zetterberg-Larkin-Nielsen is the way to go for next 2 years, with Helm as spare option for TOP9. Glendening at 4th line.
If he was planned to be somwhat net-front precence guy at TOP6, I think Rasmussen was already a signal to move on from Sheahan. Abdelkader will be there for years and Rasmussen will come soon. Also Svechnikov could fit better on that mold.
It's just time to move on. Others will eat his job.
That's worse than Helm. In new speed NHL, Helm is more needed than his type of player. Sheahan is not faceoff specialist either. Just pointing to be the next Drew Miller. Penalty-killing winger because there's not center slots avalable. Zetterberg-Larkin-Nielsen is the way to go for next 2 years, with Helm as spare option for TOP9. Glendening at 4th line.
If he was planned to be somwhat net-front precence guy at TOP6, I think Rasmussen was already a signal to move on from Sheahan. Abdelkader will be there for years and Rasmussen will come soon. Also Svechnikov could fit better on that mold.
It's just time to move on. Others will eat his job.
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Smart plan by Pittsburgh. I hope we get something decent in return. I know Sheahan had an incredibly rough campaign, but I still like him as a third line center in this league.
I do think this would be ideal for him heading into the final year of a contract to be in Pittsburgh in their system with their surrounding talent. They also lost both their net-front guys on the PP.
I do think this would be ideal for him heading into the final year of a contract to be in Pittsburgh in their system with their surrounding talent. They also lost both their net-front guys on the PP.
