Wonder if Torts could revive either Duchene or Johansen to their former glory. Both are on terrible 8m deals so Preds would have to keep quite a bit of salary tho
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Wonder if Torts could revive either Duchene or Johansen to their former glory. Both are on terrible 8m deals so Preds would have to keep quite a bit of salary tho
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Viqsi
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There's not going to be much appetite for retention. I'm frankly not sure which one I'd want less - Joey because of how he was acting on his way out under Torts, or Duchene because he really badly wanted to be in Nashville and I'm not sure how he'd react if forced out.
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The cost for Forsberg would be somewhat ruinous.
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I'd take Johansen back. He's the kind of player we need in terms of play style (playmaker, center, can play all situations), the issue is the same with him as when he left though in terms of compete level.
I don't expect him to return but I'd take him with 4 years left at 8m per.
I don't expect him to return but I'd take him with 4 years left at 8m per.
Any insights on Granlund or Haula? If the Preds blow it up then it's more likely we get one of those guys to fill a hole rather than go after a bigger name.
Can Joey still play even? I can't imagine a player as inconsistent as him getting tolerated anywhere except a rebuilding squad where you can take games off. It won't be here. I have a feeling he'll go on LTIR before his contract is done, basically retire early.
Is it possible that the bloom has worn off for Duchene in Nashville? Is he enjoying this? The pinnacle of his career came in Columbus and he left on good terms, maybe he'd welcome a return. My bigger issue there is that he just isn't an $8m player. Nashville would have to retain or pay some assets to unload him.
Can Joey still play even? I can't imagine a player as inconsistent as him getting tolerated anywhere except a rebuilding squad where you can take games off. It won't be here. I have a feeling he'll go on LTIR before his contract is done, basically retire early.
Is it possible that the bloom has worn off for Duchene in Nashville? Is he enjoying this? The pinnacle of his career came in Columbus and he left on good terms, maybe he'd welcome a return. My bigger issue there is that he just isn't an $8m player. Nashville would have to retain or pay some assets to unload him.
I haven't looked at his analytics but I believe Duchene has enough left to make us a lot better if we were to reaquire him. I really enjoyed his play while he was here, and I feel like our system fit him well.
Overpaid for sure, but I would bet Nashville would retain some in order to get rid of 1/2 of Joey/Duchene.
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No way. His contract is terrible. It would need to be post-buyout or with Nashville heavily retaining. We're entering a multi-year flat cap period (unless Seattle entering the league bumps it up - not sure of the particulars on that).
He's a 40 point player in his last 78 regular season games. This team isn't paying $8m for that. He turns 29 this summer and apparently he's already on the down slope of his production.
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I'd take Duchene back with some salary retained, hard pass on Johansen.
Johanson would be a disaster with Torts. Heck Ryan was lazy with a far more accommodating HC. As much as I despise Duchene, I would take him back if the Preds eat some salary. He is a good center and would give us a legit 1C.
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Johansen WAS a disaster under Torts. Don't forget he was here when Todd Richards was fired and Torts was brought in.
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I understand the apprehension on bringing back Joey, but I just want to point out he’s younger, better defensively and at faceoffs, and is a better playoff player.
If we have the assets to get Filip Forsberg, we ought to put that towards a center instead.
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Granlund is the one they should go after. 3.75 cap hit and ufa after this season. Laine-Granlund-Bjorkstrand
I noticed he was centering Forsberg last game, any reviews on how he looked there? Granlund has barely played center in the last five years. We just had Wild fans telling us that he was never that good at center but that was ages ago.
I wasn't thinking of a Nashville Predator center. None of them have any value/cost compared to Forsberg anyways. But implicitly if you have the assets to pay for Forsberg you can get a pretty good center from some other team for that same package.
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He was the 2nd line center behind Koivu from 13-14 to 15-16 and had 1 point less than Koivu 5v5 in 14 less games and 2nd line minutes.
I don't think Preds will trade their players to the teams of our division. So maybe we should look at others. I would like to see J.T. Miller or Sean Couture here but it's only a dream. Although... Canucks has still Horvat and Pettersson but problems with defensmen so maybe Miller for Werenski/Jones.
Of course Pettersson would be better but I doubt Vancouver would trade him. Besides his contract is to the end this season.
Of course Pettersson would be better but I doubt Vancouver would trade him. Besides his contract is to the end this season.
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If we had the assets to get Forsberg we would have used them for a center already considering how long we’ve been looking for one.
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Preds won’t trade in their real division, but trading to teams like us or the Florida teams or Carolina would help them tank this year (if that is the plan) without long run issues. That said, I don’t see us as trading partners for the Preds.
That does make me more interested in acquiring Granlund.
One issue is that I'm sure some teams will be offering their late 1sts to rent him, and I don't think the Jackets will want to get in that bidding war. The Preds would have to be open to a player swap (i.e. Domi for Granlund), because we're not in a position to be paying in picks/prospects.
We've had a clear demand for a center since 1) the PLD trade, and 2) we gave up on Domi at C. That was only a month ago, and that time span in the early season is the hardest time to make a deal like that. No one is selling until their plan A blows up. Nashville, Calgary, and Buffalo are the three teams everyone is talking about as soon-to-be sellers, but they haven't even started selling yet. Trading hasn't started yet.
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I'd say he still isn't, but right now I'm grumpy about everything Preds (I'm actually waiting to see Hynes fired now, which... well, those of y'all who know me know that I tend to be the one speaking strongly against demanding that heads roll, so
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