This is the type of trade which should have been done in the first few weeks of the season.
Morin will definitely be an improvement upon Cracknell, Tropp, Gibbons and the other bottom 6 disasters on the CBJ.
Morin's stats haven't been much this year. In fact, they fit in quite well with the CBJ bottom 6 guys who have played 10 or more games.***That group is now scoreless in 126 man-games*** But, he did a PPG in the AHL which is no small feat. Check out his 5 vs. 5 points produced per minute last season:
http://www.behindthenet.ca/nhl_stat...+RW&f5=CHI&f7=20-&c=0+1+3+5+4+6+7+17+18+19+20
Best on the team for those who played 20 games or more.
So, we got a guy who outproduced Kane and Toews for Erixon.
In the first few weeks of the season, things were very different. In particular:If you stick your fingers in your ears and shout "LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" long enough, then it may appear to make sense to fit this into a "Kekalainen is lazy/needs to step up" narrative, but it doesn't quite work that way.
- We were looking at Erixon potentially taking that next step this year. (He took maybe a half-step.)
- Deals were not available in general because everyone was gleefully offering us Random Depth Guys for Johansen and Jenner or similarly absurd one-sided deals.
- We didn't have Connauton or Leopold.
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That actually makes a big difference as to what types of deals people are willing to make with you. If you're losing and thus could be seen as desperate, the vultures will be circling. After a six-game winning streak, folks are more prepared to be reasonable.
...what the actual ****?
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Probably the same place you got yours.
Autopsy? Darn we had no clue.... Whats your diagnosis on the rest of the injured guys
And I have a scout's first aid merit badge, but that doesn't necessarily entitle me to advance silly conspiracy theories, especially when they're based on misrepresenting someone's country of origin.
And I have a scout's first aid merit badge, but that doesn't necessarily entitle me to advance silly conspiracy theories, especially when they're based on misrepresenting someone's country of origin.
The front office has worried about players' development before. Remember early on when it seemed like Savard was going to be traded Any Day Now, and then he started to step up? Erixon hasn't stepped up. He's taken little baby steps here and there, but that's all. He's still got great upside and will probably be a very good complete hockey player sometime, but we were running out of time and space to accommodate his development needs. It happens - heck, that's where the Blackhawks were with Morin, which is what makes this trade such a nice setup.
And I have a scout's first aid merit badge, but that doesn't necessarily entitle me to advance silly conspiracy theories, especially when they're based on misrepresenting someone's country of origin.
The front office has worried about players' development before. Remember early on when it seemed like Savard was going to be traded Any Day Now, and then he started to step up? Erixon hasn't stepped up. He's taken little baby steps here and there, but that's all. He's still got great upside and will probably be a very good complete hockey player sometime, but we were running out of time and space to accommodate his development needs. It happens - heck, that's where the Blackhawks were with Morin, which is what makes this trade such a nice setup.
In the first few weeks of the season, things were very different. In particular:If you stick your fingers in your ears and shout "LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" long enough, then it may appear to make sense to fit this into a "Kekalainen is lazy/needs to step up" narrative, but it doesn't quite work that way.
- We were looking at Erixon potentially taking that next step this year. (He took maybe a half-step.)
- Deals were not available in general because everyone was gleefully offering us Random Depth Guys for Johansen and Jenner or similarly absurd one-sided deals.
- We didn't have Connauton or Leopold.
