Sexlaf15
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5 minutes ago, BombaysTripleDeke said:
I think that unless we win the draft lottery, Murray is taking Drysdale if he's on the board.
It’s seeming that way
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I legit do not understand how Giordano keeps getting away with throwing dirty hits/knees. I mean now people are talking about it more because it happened to Lord McDavid. Guy is a clown
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Might as well make a new thread for this.
The more I read about the prospects the more I wouldn’t necessarily hate Drysdale. Seems like a RH Cam Fowler. Slick skating, high IQ, but isn’t super flashy. If we fall in the draft, maybe even trade down a spot or two of someone wants to do that. Wouldn’t hate the pick. Obviously we need scoring, so I’ll still stand by Holtz at around 4-6 which is where I picture us.
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Don’t really know about which thread to throw this in, but realistically who should we look at drafting?
obviously Lafreniere and Byfield, but I don’t see us getting top 2 picks. I think 5-6 is probable. Pronman put out a mid season ranking and has Holtz at 6. Goal scoring winger,which we need. There’s also Rossi at 4 who’s a center, playmaker. Those are the two guys who stand out to me in the 4-6 range that I’m sure we’ll be picking at.
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2 hours ago, dtsdlaw said:
For the bolded, do you mean "prime" or "peak"? Because 5 of the last 7 Vezina winners have been 27 or under. For the truly elite guys, it seems like they enter their prime around age 24 or 25, and I think Gibby has been in his prime for a few seasons now too. Gibby has a sweet contract considering his talent level, but my big concern with him is that he won't be able to sustain it for the life of his contract if the team goes full rebuild. He already looks worn out and mentally defeated at times to me. If this team goes full tank and starts selling off good players for picks and prospects, it's only going to get worse for him over the remainder of this season and the next 2-3 seasons, because that's what a full rebuild is going to look like... 2-3 seasons (minimum) of really awful Ducks hockey. If this goes full rebuild, I'd have no problem with him being moved too. He'd bring back a king's ransom in futures that the team could build around.
I guess my position on rebuilds is that there’s a sweet spot. You sell of everyone for magic beans and they never sprout you’re the Oilers. You constantly put off rebuilding and flip your roster you’re somewhere in the Wild territory. I really don’t want to see BM absolutely strip this team. Our core isn’t that bad, when I look at Detroit. I understand why they dismantled everything, they didn’t have a stable core of players and had to get one via draft. We have a pretty good Top 4 D, Getzlaf still plays at a high level, Rakell, Silf, Henrique, and Gibson. Our issue is we have too many kids in the line up and that’s effected our ability to score on a consistent basis and defend. I don’t think we should be dismantling the entire team, we have a good amount of prospects that are shaping up to be decent, Zegras, Mahura is NHL ready. If we can add some 23-25 year old scoring talent to our Top 6 and like 2-3 of our kids pan out. I think we can be back in shape.
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1 hour ago, FanSince1993 said:
I just don't get it. BM is "willing to take on bad contracts in exchange for draft picks"? I thought we already have a bunch of bad contracts that we stuck for years to come: Kesler, Eaves, Fowler; Gibson has 7 years left on his deal and he has been on sabbatical since the beginning of last year...while Lucas Dostal is NHL ready ad he is going to be a great goalkeeper. Can someone explain me how BM is going to sell this idea to the ownership? I hear the stories that Kesler started to skate again; what if he proclaims himself ready to go next season, how is the team going to accommodate his $7 mil salary? Perry's buyout next season will be near $6 mil. against the cap. Plus another bad contract on top of it? Wow...
I know you didn’t just say that Gibson’s contract is bad....Gibson is still Gibson, he still keeps us in games, makes amazing stops consistently, and is young. Goalies don’t usually hit their prime until 28 and we have Gibson signed through is prime for 6.4 mill. That’s one of the best goaltender contracts out there. He’s behind an awful defense and a team in transition.
We’re also getting our moneys worth out of Fowler this year. Lindholm might be better defensively, by Fowler is by far our most important defensemen on the roster.
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The more I think about it, the less I want to trade with Toronto. Unless we’re getting multiple of those guys and a pick, the more I’d rather be reserved and target buy low candidates ie Bennett, Wennberg, Galchenyuk
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does anyone know anything about Kerfootnor Johnsson? Because based on their basic stats alone, that’s a massive underpayment on Toronto’s end. Manson > Muzzin. Even Kapanen’s stats aren’t exactly world ending. Toronto doesn’t have their first this year and can’t trade 2021’s as it’s part of a trade conditionally.
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3 hours ago, dtsdlaw said:
That's an interesting idea, but I doubt GMBM would give up anything of significance to rent him. Galchenyuk also has enough skill and scoring ability that I would think a team with playoff aspirations and cap space would be interested in acquiring him and would be willing to give up more than we would for the rental. Colorado for example.
I mean, if you want get your William Karlsson you gotta make the moves. Galchenyuk is a perfect buy low candidate. The article also said Calgary has been hesitant to sell low on Bennett. I’d do it in a heartbeat.
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Lebrun put out an article for the Athletic and gave his thoughts on all the teams. The Ducks section was pretty vapid. Just talking about how BM wants to use our Cap space to acquire talent. The only interesting part was that he suggested we send a middling pick for Galchenyuk, give him a test drive and consider resigning him if we pans out.
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2 hours ago, dtsdlaw said:
They've got Seth Jones and David Savard as their top-2 RHD, so I don't think there's a place for Manson in their lineup. Rico would make some sense for them if they want to bring in a center with term. However, if we want Anderson or Wennberg, I think that kind of a trade would make the most sense in the early summer when we can send picks and prospects back their way rather than a roster player.
I’m fine with that. Adding Anderson/Wennberg or maybe both could be huge. I’d really like to see a move like this. Wonder of BM has the stones to do what a couple of GMs have done to him. Take a chance on a young under performing kid and turn him into a legitimate player.
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25 minutes ago, dtsdlaw said:
Torts has been extremely critical of his center play. I think it was last week that he said something to the media about his team having only one center (Dubois), which was obviously a shot at all of the other centermen they have there. Given his comments, if they stay in the playoff picture I would assume they'd be looking for center depth. I'm sure they would also love some more defensive depth too considering how often Ryan Murray gets hurt.
Edit: Columbus also needs to recoup some of the draft picks they gave away when they went all-in last season, and they don't have many to use as trade bait to acquire players this season
Henrique /Manson? I wouldn’t mind moving our second as it’s basically a late first, especially if we can get a proven guy from teams needing picks.
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1 minute ago, dtsdlaw said:
Interesting ideas here. Good stuff. A few questions though... Gustafsson and Gostisbehere would definitely bring some much-needed offense, but they're also left-shot guys that play the left side left point on the PP (as far as I have seen). Are you thinking that the Ducks could plug them in on the 3rd pair, or would this be a step towards moving on from one of Fowler or Lindholm? Because the Fowler as a RD experiment was a total bust, and we haven't really seen Lindholm tried on the right side very much to know if that's an option.
Bennett definitely intrigues me too. He plays a very aggressive game and is fearless about going into the dirty areas (something this team needs more of), and I'm also of the opinion that he has more untapped potential that would really benefit from a change of scenery. He's also primarily a LW though, and if we keep all of Comtois, Jones, and Ritchie then Bennett becomes kind of redundant as a middle-6 LW. Did you have in mind moving one or more of those kids? A Ritchie for Bennett swap would be good with me. Two gritty guys that have under-performed their draft positions and could probably use a change of scenery.
Josh Anderson is also a very interesting name, but I'd be surprised if Columbus trades him after his big season in 2018-19 unless they're getting something really good in return, which would seem a bit risky given his current injury situation.
I’m really not too sure. Just some names I’ve seen been tossed around the rumor mill of being shopped.
To be honest I totally forgot how low we are on RHD, was just going off of the age/talent of players apparently on the block. I wouldn’t be surprised if we do flip some roster players and create some holes.
If we do keep all of our LW I wouldn’t mind giving Jones/Comtois more time in the AHL and let them figure it out. Specifically Comtois who has looked pretty bad this year.
Apparently Anderson Might be getting shopped. I’m not too sure what Columbus wants as they’re in a weird spot, they’re winning on the back of some incredible goaltending. They’re in a Wild Card spot and only 1 pt back of the Isles. I thought they were done after selling out to make the playoffs, then losing Bob, Panasonic etc. So, I’m not sure if they’d want pucks/prospects or a roster player for Anderson.
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Some guys I think could make some interesting trade targets.
Erik Gustafsson:
Had an amazing 2017/2018 year and cooled off a bit, but have heard some rumblings. 27 years old, maybe a bit older than than we want to shoot, but could round out our D core, also if we trade Manson well need another Dman.
Sam Bennett:
could be had for cheap, only 23, has had a relatively disappointing career. Perhaps a change of scenery could unlock that potential. Don’t know if Calgary trades in division, but interesting name.
Josh Anderson:
Had 27 glad and 47 pts in 17/18. Big body, Total Murray type kid, but 25 years old and looks to be around a 20-25 goal kind of guy.
Shayne Gostisbehere:
Im surprised how fast Philly has turned on this guy. He’s been a perennial 30/40pt guy and 60pt potential. Has been having a really rough year, but he’s a great skater and puck mover PP QB.
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29 minutes ago, Shadowduck said:
There must be some behind the scene issues going on. The teams current situation does not warrant this sort of change. And like Jasoaks questioned, why Deboer when Laviolette is available.
Very werd.
From everything I’m reading on Twitter there’s no real whispers of anything other than the Knights being 4-6 in their last 10 and their standings. If Gallant wants to be an assistant, for the love of god throw all the money at the guy. Give him our special teams and have him give Eakins advice.
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20 minutes ago, Pazonator said:
Knights just fired their coach whhhhhasaat???
Absolutely baffled. They also hired Deboer?????? Jack Adams winner a year and a half a go. I don’t get it. Has to be something behind the scenes?
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2 minutes ago, Drake12 said:
Perds coach canned!
I wonder if the Ducks had anything to do with this?
Hahahahaha hahahahaha haha, we got Laviolette canned! This is our Stanley Cup this year.
Wonder if the Preds stop diving? Have to imagine that it was being endorsed by the coach and if a different coach comes in and won’t have that-
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21 hours ago, dtsdlaw said:
Lias Andersson has requested a trade from the Rangers. Former #7 pick in 2017. He hasn’t shown much yet, but he’s only 21 and still has time to find his way at the NHL level. Bet he’d be cheap, and since he’s forcing their hand I’m sure the Rags preference would be to send him West to a non contender.
Would you?
I would. Why not take a chance, basically add a top 10 pick to the team, add some more youth. If he can be had for cheap, why not? Although BM never makes these kinds of moves it seems.
Also, Swedenheim.
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I remember saying I wouldn’t mind Ritchie knocking this guy into next week. Someone finally had enough of the clown diving all over the ice. Not condoning what Bortuzzo did here, just not surprised nor do I feel bad
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NHL Entry Draft Targets
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I’d understand drafting Dysdale if we move Manson. It’s not seeming that way, so I’d rather draft an electric forward