Well it looks like our two teams will be fighting for the first overall pick. Haha, seems every year Edmonton says that this'll be the year that they get out of the bottom ten, but here Edmonton is again 5 points out of last place. Well you guys do have 3 games in hand. It's pretty close imo.
I'm here to inquire about which of your players you figure will be gone from the trade deadline so that I can have a better idea of which of these two teams will remain the most competitive down the stretch.
For Edmonton I think I've got a pretty good idea who'll be gone:
Hemsky: Has to be gone. We've got too many scoring right wingers on our team right now, he's on a contract year and I can't imagine Edmonton resigning him since we've got Yakupov and Eberle.
Jones: Whether anyone is willing to pick him up is the question. If nobody picks him up he'll be waived.
Nick Schultz: A second pairing d-man on a horrible team. Maybe a passable #6 or a good #7 on a good team.
All of these guys are on contract years.
If Ryan Smyth intends on playing next year it won't be in Edmonton and if that's the case I have a feeling that he'll be dealt at the trade deadline. He should just retire. His value isn't noteworthy anymore.
Some people speculate that Edmonton will trade Bryzgalov if he doesn't resign before the trade deadline, but week by week it's becoming harder and harder for me to imagine Edmonton trading him unless we got something big for him in return due to the fact that the rest of our goalies aren't even good enough to be referred to as garbage.
Correy Potter and Phillip Larsen would be up for grabs, but their value is so low that people don't even need to bother mentioning that they've been waived.
I figure Hemsky is the only notable player out of all of these guys assume Bryzgalov stays. It might cost us a few wins. In the end I imagine Edmonton will end up with 58-63 points.
So... which players do you see your team shedding and where do you see your team at the end of the season?
Also, I've gotta ask, do you guys see yourself taking Ekblad or Reinhart if your team had the 1st overall pick? I was really impressed with Ekblad at the world juniors and not so impressed with Rinhart and consider Ekblad the far superior player at this point.
I know you guys have a ton of great d-men coming up through your system and that Reinhart would be a logical choice, but it's hard to not go with BPA if Reinhart proves to much much lesser of a player than Ekblad.
I know that was a lot. Thanks for reading. Look forward to hearing of your projections and I certainly hope that Edmonton lands Ekblad at the end of the year whether that's drafting first or second overall.
I'm here to inquire about which of your players you figure will be gone from the trade deadline so that I can have a better idea of which of these two teams will remain the most competitive down the stretch.
For Edmonton I think I've got a pretty good idea who'll be gone:
Hemsky: Has to be gone. We've got too many scoring right wingers on our team right now, he's on a contract year and I can't imagine Edmonton resigning him since we've got Yakupov and Eberle.
Jones: Whether anyone is willing to pick him up is the question. If nobody picks him up he'll be waived.
Nick Schultz: A second pairing d-man on a horrible team. Maybe a passable #6 or a good #7 on a good team.
All of these guys are on contract years.
If Ryan Smyth intends on playing next year it won't be in Edmonton and if that's the case I have a feeling that he'll be dealt at the trade deadline. He should just retire. His value isn't noteworthy anymore.
Some people speculate that Edmonton will trade Bryzgalov if he doesn't resign before the trade deadline, but week by week it's becoming harder and harder for me to imagine Edmonton trading him unless we got something big for him in return due to the fact that the rest of our goalies aren't even good enough to be referred to as garbage.
Correy Potter and Phillip Larsen would be up for grabs, but their value is so low that people don't even need to bother mentioning that they've been waived.
I figure Hemsky is the only notable player out of all of these guys assume Bryzgalov stays. It might cost us a few wins. In the end I imagine Edmonton will end up with 58-63 points.
So... which players do you see your team shedding and where do you see your team at the end of the season?
Also, I've gotta ask, do you guys see yourself taking Ekblad or Reinhart if your team had the 1st overall pick? I was really impressed with Ekblad at the world juniors and not so impressed with Rinhart and consider Ekblad the far superior player at this point.
I know you guys have a ton of great d-men coming up through your system and that Reinhart would be a logical choice, but it's hard to not go with BPA if Reinhart proves to much much lesser of a player than Ekblad.
I know that was a lot. Thanks for reading. Look forward to hearing of your projections and I certainly hope that Edmonton lands Ekblad at the end of the year whether that's drafting first or second overall.
