GDT: Trade deadline 2021

[bur and 666 others]

We couldn't beat the Bruins on Hall? I'm not sure why we should keep the 1st this year as there aren't many evaluation of the players going on, so good future players can be everywhere.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

[QUOTE="TheLegendOfPatPeake, post: 177275578, member: 328487"
Ovi will be 37/38....father time always wins. He won't suck but he also won't be the best player on the team anymore.
.[/QUOTE]
Didnt 45 year old Tom Brady just win super bowl MVP?

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

[QUOTE="TheLegendOfPatPeake, post: 177275578, member: 328487"
Ovi will be 37/38....father time always wins. He won't suck but he also won't be the best player on the team anymore.
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Didnt 45 year old Tom Brady just win super bowl MVP?[/QUOTE]
Do you have an example in hockey?

 

[HecticGlow]

I guess Laughton would have been ok but he’d need to be in the lineup and not eating nachos. Given that, would Vrana come out of the lineup, or Sprong? What’s the marginal upgrade in someone like Laughton over those guys? I’d say it’d be negative in the case of Vrana, and minimal over Sprong.

I think the argument would be Laughton over Sprong maybe means a player Laviolette trusts more defensively, but primarily serves to ensure you don't get this in the playoffs:

Sheary–Oshie–Panik or Vrana–Pinho–Sprong

Sprong doesn't need to stay in the lineup to be effective when he comes back in. If Panik is our #13 and we're relying on Carr, Pinho, Sgarbossa and Maillet as our forward depth thereafter, I have no problem pushing Sprong out of the lineup to get a little more NHL depth up front.


Remember how many forwards we used during the Cup run?

Spoiler

1. Ovechkin
2. Kuznetsov
3. Wilson
4. Backstrom
5. Oshie
6. Vrana
7. Burakovsky
8. Eller
9. Connolly
10. Stephenson
11. Beagle
12. DSP
13. Chiasson
14. Boyd
15. Shane Gersich
16. Nathan Walker

Six of them played center for at least a game. I'd feel more comfortable being able to move a Stephenson from wing to center than Oshie, or know that our 5C is vaguely NHL-credible. A quiet depth addition or two that doesn't cost much – and doesn't necessarily need to be in the lineup regularly – would be fine by me. Does no-one in the league have a cheap, capable 4C-type who could be had for a 4th?

 

[Melkor]

The deep get deeper.

I bet they don't see him higher than their 4th line C.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Didnt 45 year old Tom Brady just win super bowl MVP?

Do you have an example in hockey?[/QUOTE]
Jagr is still playing pro hockey...

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

I bet they don't see him higher than their 4th line C.

Totally. He is depth.The playoffs are a battle of attrition.

Another wrinkle, the Caps are old, ish is going to get real if they get past the first round, especially with the condensed schedule they played this year.

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

Do you have an example in hockey?

Jagr is still playing pro hockey...[/QUOTE]
And he wasn't particularly good at 37.

 

[895]

3m a year for Laughton is okay but 5 years is dumb but I suppose those things are correlated.

 

[twabby]

If a center does go down I think I’d be ok with just double-shifting the remaining 3 centers, and Oshie for a few shifts at center, rather than to acquire someone like this:

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

If a center does go down I think I’d be ok with just double-shifting the remaining 3 centers, and Oshie for a few shifts at center, rather than to acquire someone like this:

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Don't worry, they have Brian Pinho. All will be fine. And if we lose a winger or two, Daniel Carr will be fantastic.

 

[hb12xchamps]

We couldn't beat the Bruins on Hall? I'm not sure why we should keep the 1st this year as there aren't many evaluation of the players going on, so good future players can be everywhere.

Caps reportedly were in on Hall. Hall wanted to go to Boston because there’s a good chance he re-signs with them. Sounds like he may have chosen Boston over Washington and one other team.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Don't worry, they have Brian Pinho. All will be fine. And if we lose a winger or two, Daniel Carr will be fantastic.

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

Good one. I guess pointing out areas of concern makes someone suicidal.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Do you have an example in hockey?

Jagr is still playing pro hockey...[/QUOTE]
We also have this 44 year old on our team

 

[hb12xchamps]

Good one. I guess pointing out areas of concern makes someone suicidal.

It’s a joke bud lighten up.

The thread has become an echo chamber of you pointing out the same few ideas over and over again.

You’ve used Brian Pinho’s name in this thread more times than he’s been mentioned in previous Hershey threads that were a season long.

 

[bur and 666 others]

Caps reportedly were in on Hall. Hall wanted to go to Boston because there’s a good chance he re-signs with them. Sounds like he may have chosen Boston over Washington and one other team.

f*** him! Boston missing the playoffs and winning the 1st overall pick confirmed

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

It’s a joke bud lighten up.

The thread has become an echo chamber of you pointing out the same few ideas over and over again.

You’ve used Brian Pinho’s name in this thread more times than he’s been mentioned in previous Hershey threads that were a season long.

Feel free to ignore said posts champ.

 

[trick9]

Shame Iafallo was re-signed.

 

[HecticGlow]

f*** him! Boston missing the playoffs and winning the 1st overall pick confirmed

In fairness, there was a suggestion by (I think) their writer for The Athletic on Twitter that Hall’s hoping to re-sign in Boston.

So Boston’s imminent rebuild is confirmed

 

[The Instigator]

And he wasn't particularly good at 37.

Haha I would check that again. He was definitely particularly good at 37.

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

Haha I would check that again. He was definitely particularly good at 37.

He was in the KHL at that point. His next season in the NHL after that he had a whopping total of 54 pts.

 

[HecticGlow]

Sorry, but I don’t think you ever want to hear an $8million a year player say ‘I’m not the most confident’ and imply he picked a team where he didn’t need to be the star player and could be a quieter contributor.

Can’t see he was going to find his game again under playoff-intensity Laviolette. Bullet dodged?

I also feel it’s perhaps better etiquette to wait until you’ve found your game again, or at least played a minute for your new team, before declaring you’d like to re-sign there.

 

[Langway]

 

[trick9]

Curious at what the price is.