Friedman: Teams like Henrique

[cheesymc]

Stop 'liking' and pay up!

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

He’s a good player, but streaky as hell. Buyer beware!

 

[dugg133]

Henrique seems like the best option the Avs have left to fill their 2C spot with Toews and O'Reilly both off the board, wouldnt be surprised to see them push hard for him. I'd love for the Bruins to be in on him as well, as middle 6 depth, but it'd be tough for us to make the money work.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

His overall statline isn’t good, but he’s still scoring goals EV (more than Kucherov, Stamkos, Tavares, etc.). That’s more important to contenders, I think; he’s not going to crack the 1st PP unit on most, if not all. Playing on a better and more potent team could add some assists to bring his points up to par.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

He’s a good player, but streaky as hell. Buyer beware!

He wouldn't need to be a primary scorer on a contender.

 

[Gurglesons]

Whoever buys this guy is going to be very disappointed unless it’s a team like the Avs who is going to slot him in a top six role with talent.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Whoever buys this guy is going to be very disappointed unless it’s a team like the Avs who is going to slot him in a top six role with talent.

I think he'd work in Toronto with ROR on line 3 when ROR eventually goes to center because Keefe said Tavares is eventually going back to center, which means ROR eventually goes to center

 

[HockeyVirus]

He wants to win a cup (or at least see his team go all-in during a legitimate cup window). Makes sense to me and probably any other neutral

It makes no sense to just spend your assets to spend them. He doesn't move the needle enough to be worth that return. Absolute nonsense

Didn't you say the exact same thing about ROR? how's that working out?

You're damn right I'd package the 2024 1st because it sounds like ROR is going to center eventually.

You bring in Henrique you got 3 scoring lines, and I don't know if You've noticed but they are VERY likely playing Tampa you might want 3 scoring lines.

I don't care about a player that won't play here until 2028 if at all.

God no I loved it. But ROR is a hell of a lot better of a player with hell of a lot more pedigree. Let's not forget he was a cap dump to the Ducks. He found a role there but he is a bottom 6er and not worth that return.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Whoever buys this guy is going to be very disappointed unless it’s a team like the Avs who is going to slot him in a top six role with talent.

Can I ask why? He's not a "rental" considering he has another year left at 2.9 if he's retained at 50% by Anaheim and he's been one of the better goal scorers at 5v5 which you know the playoffs are mostly since refs put their whistles away with playoff reffing.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

He wants to win a cup (or at least see his team go all-in during a legitimate cup window). Makes sense to me and probably any other neutral

I have seen a deep run but it was in 2002, I was 15 It's time again

 

[SomeDude]

...but do they like him or do they like like him?

 

[Gurglesons]

Can I ask why? He's not a "rental" considering he has another year left at 2.9 if he's retained at 50% by Anaheim and he's been one of the better goal scorers at 5v5 which you know the playoffs are mostly since refs put their whistles away with playoff reffing.

Because he’s not a bottom six forward. Anaheim brought him in to replace Kesler and have stunk ever since.

He’s performing great this year because he’s playing top PP and with Zegras and Terry.

 

[MVP Zacha]

It makes no sense to just spend your assets to spend them. He doesn't move the needle enough to be worth that return. Absolute nonsense



God no I loved it. But ROR is a hell of a lot better of a player with hell of a lot more pedigree. Let's not forget he was a cap dump to the Ducks. He found a role there but he is a bottom 6er and not worth that return.

Henrique was not a cap dump to Anaheim. The Devils needed a defenseman badly and Anaheim needed a forwar. The Devils got Sami Vatanen and the Ducks got Henrique. The Ducks signed him to his latest contract.

Anyways, I wouldn't mind bringing him home to NJ.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

It makes no sense to just spend your assets to spend them. He doesn't move the needle enough to be worth that return. Absolute nonsense



God no I loved it. But ROR is a hell of a lot better of a player with hell of a lot more pedigree. Let's not forget he was a cap dump to the Ducks. He found a role there but he is a bottom 6er and not worth that return.

Everything you've just said about Henrique was false. He definitely was not a cap dump to Anaheim, they acquired him exchange for a top 4 Dman at the time (Vatanen) because it made sense based on both team's depth chart. Anaheim specifically targetted Henrique because they needed top 6 F help.

He's not a bottom sixer who "found a role" in Anaheim - he already had two 25 goal seasons (one with 30) and three 50 point campaigns before being acquired by Anaheim.

He's been a top 6 forward for over a decade (other than the one partial covid year from which he's clearly rebounded). For whatever reason, some of you around here just seem to name associate him with a much lesser player. It's weird.

 

[dracom]

i thought no one would want him because he got waived 2 years ago?

God no I loved it. But ROR is a hell of a lot better of a player with hell of a lot more pedigree. Let's not forget he was a cap dump to the Ducks. He found a role there but he is a bottom 6er and not worth that return.

wait are you saying Henrique was a cap dump coming to the ducks? wtf are you talking about?

 

[JuJu Mobb]

He could be this year's Lehkonen.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Does Henrique like them back?

 

[Gliff]

Sorry you want to move the 2024 1st ++ for a 33 year old bottom 6er? That has Foligno deal or worse written all over it.

30 goals and 50 points on the worst offensive team in the NHL is not a bottom 6er, but okay.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

He talked to me on Twitter once, so I like him too.

Did he show up at your parents house with a pizza, wine coolers and a backpack of raw veggies

 

[PainForShane]

It makes no sense to just spend your assets to spend them. He doesn't move the needle enough to be worth that return. Absolute nonsense



God no I loved it. But ROR is a hell of a lot better of a player with hell of a lot more pedigree. Let's not forget he was a cap dump to the Ducks. He found a role there but he is a bottom 6er and not worth that return.

Between him and ROR, you would then have three legitimate scoring lines, seems like that might be important given you'll be up against Tampa (again) in the first round. They always seem to have scoring depth maybe it would be a good idea for the Leafs to try to match that what do you think.

Also, Henrique's been playing top 6 all year (and most if not all of his career), I'm a Zona fan who doesn't really care about Anaheim even I know that. He's also currently centering their PP1 / playing on their first PK, that's quite a role in Anaheim what do you think. Anyway even if Henrique doesn't score, he and ROR are 2/3rds of a shutdown line, just that in my opinion would be worth a 1st+ for any contender but Henrique can score too / 20-25 goals per year so hopefully a few in the playoffs as well.

So yeah, not sure what you are on about here. Glad Ducks fans are jumping in on this thread to (correctly) clown this nonsense take

 

[Jannik Hansen]

I don't think Friedman needs your $5 I think he's doing alright

I'll give it to him anyways.

 

[Firequacker]

Because he’s not a bottom six forward. Anaheim brought him in to replace Kesler and have stunk ever since.

He’s performing great this year because he’s playing top PP and with Zegras and Terry.

Anaheim didn't bring him in to replace Kesler (except in the sense that every center including Kesler was injured at the time) and hasn't used him as a bottom six forward. Putting him on a checking line is probably a waste, but that has nothing to do with how the Ducks have used him. And he's at least not one dimensional, he's singlehandedly improved the PK by about ten percentage points this season.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Anaheim didn't bring him in to replace Kesler (except in the sense that every center including Kesler was injured at the time) and hasn't used him as a bottom six forward. Putting him on a checking line is probably a waste, but that has nothing to do with how the Ducks have used him. And he's at least not one dimensional, he's singlehandedly improved the PK by about ten percentage points this season.

I brought him up in a trade on our board and his consensus of me saying he's not Brassard was he was 100% Brassard. It's his opinion, but I don't believe that. Taking 3rd line duties, not taking on teams top players/ defensive units could bode well for him and take advantage with the right line-mates. He already is a heavy PK guy, which Brassard never was.

Anyone expecting him to be on a top PP unit, should beware. I think the 5 on 5 production won't change, though.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Uh oh… the hfboard haters going to show up to talk about how bad Henrique is and how they wouldn’t pay more than a 3rd

 

[Team_Spirit]

Monahan and Henrique are this year Lehkonen and Cogliano

Cheap, underrated and best bang for your bucks.

Tarasenko's and Grioux's rarely works out.