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Riptide

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While on the topic of lastnights game. I can't believe the difference having Letang has on the minutes for the rest of the blueliners. That said... there's really no reason why Letang needs to play 26 minutes a night. Cut that down and just give extra minutes to Cole, Hunwick and Maatta. Incidentally I thought Maatta's skating looked a lot better then it did in the POs.

Letang 26:05
Dumoulin: 21:35
Schultz: 19:25
Maatta: 16:08
Hunwick: 16:18
Cole: 15:40
 

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I just do not see the upside to him. I think at his very best he would be a very meh center for us. Sure the risk is mitigated to an extent with his contract only having 1 year on it, but it kills our remaining cap space. Right now if we spend 2m ish on our #3C we'll have enough cap space at the TD to do whatever the hell we want. We want Thornton (and he'd come here), cap wise, we can afford it. We want some other expensive #3C to push down the guy making 2m? Cap wise we can afford it - without having to dump salary. Which means if we're only picking up someone who's going to be meh to average when at his very best... they have to be cheap, so that if overall it's not working that we have options at the TD.

I know we've tossed Sheahan around a ton, but even him I don't think is a great option. But he's cheap - both apparently to acquire and against the cap (he's also youngish). Which means even if it's not a perfect match, we would have the cap space to try and correct things later on. As they start to make more than 2m, that gets harder and harder to do. I'm also not willing to move Hagelin for anything other than an ideal fit. We might have to lose him this summer, and it'll be sad, but if we have to, so be it. But we should be trying to keep him at all costs in the meantime. And Colburne isn't nearly good enough to make me want to move Hagelin.

That said... McKegg didn't really bother me tonight. There were a few things I wished he would have done differently... but overall he did better than I expected. The whole team felt and looked out of sorts... but that extended from the 2nd line to the 4th line.
I dont think there is a good option out there right now, any decent player is going to cost to acquire. Colbourne for free is something I could get behind over Sheahan for assets.
 

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Don't really see the point in Dom Moore anymore either. Seems like something you'd do at the deadline if need be. Higher end 3C much more important atm.
 

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While on the topic of lastnights game. I can't believe the difference having Letang has on the minutes for the rest of the blueliners. That said... there's really no reason why Letang needs to play 26 minutes a night. Cut that down and just give extra minutes to Cole, Hunwick and Maatta. Incidentally I thought Maatta's skating looked a lot better then it did in the POs.

Letang 26:05
Dumoulin: 21:35
Schultz: 19:25
Maatta: 16:08
Hunwick: 16:18
Cole: 15:40

I don't disagree, but 4:47 of that was on the PP. Cut his PP time in half, Schultz was at 1:32 (which is a joke, by the way), and you get down to something a bit more reasonable.

ES ice time per dmen:

Dumo 19:18
Letang 19:07
Schultz 17:53
Maatta 16:08 (zero special teams time)
Hunwick 13:07
Cole 11:55

Hunwick and Cole played the most on the PK.
 

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While I'm at it, here is ES ice time for forwards. Crosby line with huge edge in ice time:

Crosby 18
Guentzel 16:38
Sheary 16:31
Malkin 14:18
Kessel 13:03
Hagelin 12:41
Rust 12:33
McKegg 12:31
Kuhn 11:39
Reaves 6:21
Rowney 6:03
Wilson 5:37

I'm not sure why Willy is getting less than half the ice time of Kuhnhackl, but I suppose that's what happens when your trailing by 2 goals and your 4th line sucks.
 

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Don't really see the point in Dom Moore anymore either. Seems like something you'd do at the deadline if need be. Higher end 3C much more important atm.

I agree. I'm hoping thatMcKegg keeps up the pace and looks good enough to stay on as solid 4th C and they find a better option for 3 (Moore would of course not be that option). And that way, the inevitable Crosby/Malkin injury doesn't bump McKegg or Guentzel into 2nd C.
 

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We could use Colborne but he'll probably get claimed by a team like Montreal or Vegas.

Lmao Mcphee just waived Calvin Pickard.
 
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I dont know why anyone would pick Subban over Pickard but its not like Pickard is anything special.
I think Pickard is a decent goalie, Don't get the move by Vegas. Guess they know Fleury is a headcase and having a good goalie like Pickard there to challenge his job is not something they want. Subban....has no shot at challenging Fleury.
 

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Soderberg was pretty good for Boston IIRC, and he's put up some decent numbers. Over 40 pts for 3 of his 4 full seasons.

I feel like he'd go well with Kessel as part of a third line. Gotta spread that winger wealth:

Crosby with Guentzel
Malkin with Sheary and/or Hornqvist
Soderberg with Kessel
 

WheresRamziAbid

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I think Pickard is a decent goalie, Don't get the move by Vegas. Guess they know Fleury is a headcase and having a good goalie like Pickard there to challenge his job is not something they want. Subban....has no shot at challenging Fleury.

Yeah he seems decent.

Him getting waived in and of itself is meh.

Getting waived for Subban is a head scratcher.
 

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Yeah he seems decent.

Him getting waived in and of itself is meh.

Getting waived for Subban is a head scratcher.

He shouldn't be waived though. He could challenge for starring jobs on multiple teams. He should have 3rd round pick value at least. I don't get it.
 

Dennis Reynolds

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Sign Zaripov.
Move Guentzel to C.
Separate Malkin and Kessel.

When healthy:
Sheary - Crosby - Hornqvist
Zaripov - Malkin - Rust
Hagelin - Guentzel - Kessel
Wilson - McKegg/Rowney - Reaves

That leaves McKegg, Rowney, Kuhnhackl, and Archibald on the bubble. Waive/trade one.

I might be mistaken, but I believe Wilson was drafted as a C. He at least has experience there. I'd try Kuhnhackl - Wilson - Reaves to see if he could succeed in that role.
 
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WheresRamziAbid

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He shouldn't be waived though. He could challenge for starring jobs on multiple teams. He should have 3rd round pick value at least. I don't get it.

I dont think he's a starter, i think he is a solid backup. Either way waiving him for a meh AHL goalie seems perplexing.
 

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Soderberg for 3C and find a good defensive 4C. Also why break up Crosby/Jake? Jake is not going to play C unless we are desperate. He's also the best winger Crosby has had in his career chemistry wise, why break that up? that should be the last thing we break up.
 
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