You won't get nearly as much for Laich as for Brouwer and he seems to have a bit more to offer at ES and on the PK. Plus he's a left hand shot and our coach is a handedness nazi. Plus, "utility". Whoo!
Laich should be moved in general though, costs too much just doesn't fit the makeup of the team. Wish we found a way to offload him and bring Bolland in during the offseason instead.
Easily Brooks Laich. He is awful.
Laich: just to get out from under that contract.
Brouwer: because he can probably return good value.
Erat: if he asks for it/he's relegated to the 4th line for some reason, but he's probably our 2nd best winger.
Johansson: iff he returns a legitimate top pairing defenseman.
Ward: not at all.
Chimera: not at all.
Fehr: he won't return anything.
Look....he's returning from an injury and is clearly rusty but he is by no means an "awful" player. He's a good player who needs to find his groove and is a good locker room guy (the anti-Richie Incognito) from all accounts.
Currently we are 2nd in the league in PK.
Last year our PK was bottom 3rd.
Guess who our leading SHTOI forward is????? I'll give you ONE guess
http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20142WSHSASALL&sort=avgShortHandedTOIPerGame&viewName=timeOnIce
And you will see who our 2nd leading SHTOI forward is....the two main whipping boys here on the forward ranks.
Yeah, that's the saving grace for Laich and Brouwer. As incompetent as they've been at even strength, they're maybe the best PKing duo in the league right now.
^this. Useful/nice guys and all but not at the money they get...I wouldn't call an $8 million investment in a PK tandem a saving grace. But that's just me
^this. Useful/nice guys and all but not at the money they get...
I wouldn't call an $8 million investment in a PK tandem a saving grace. But that's just me
Brouwer isn't really overpaid by that much. He's physical, big part of the PK and still scores some goals, although not at last years pace.
Laich on the other hand... while he is good PK guy, he doesn't bring much even strength, is absolutely useless on the PP (and still gets time there over better options), and has few points and -8 rating so far.
Johansson value wise, Brouwer value and cap wise and Laich just to get rid of his cap.
Guess good thing we didn't.