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  1. Could give us a shot at Hamonic if Tanev is indeed signing in CGY.
  2. Decided to build from the back-end out. Tracey ($2) - Turcotte ($4) - Kayliyev ($3) Byram ($5) - Korczak ($2) Knight ($4) Ps: I'm pretty sure this is the best team possible
  3. I'd say this is a fair assumption based on being part of a very offensively gifted team. It's hard to gauge (for me) how good the CGY Hitmen will be next season but I certainly wouldn't expect an increase in production (I don't see him having a drop off either). I think if you ask most prospect savvy people(including scouts) they probably wouldn't project Jett Woo to be an offensive catalyst when he reaches the NHL, His game is predicated more on a 2-Way level with added physicality and leadership qualities. The increase in offense at the Jr level is obviously much welcomed as it's shown everyone that he indeed has skill on both sides of the puck. Jett's progressed very well so far and looking forward he could be a candidate for the "C" next year in CGY coupled with hopefully a strong WJC. I'm personally bullish on him and am hoping he becomes something like what we had with Bieksa pre-achilles injuries. edit: For those who are into making highlight videos, can we please get one of Woo?!?!?!
  4. Maybe not next season but i think these lines would look good down the road. Sedin - Sedin - Sutter Eriksson- Horvat - Boeser Baertschi - Granlund - Hansen Virtanen - Gaunce - Rodin Dorsett Edler - Tanev Hutton - Gudbranson Juolevi - Stetcher Sbisa - Tryamkin Markstrom ???
  5. Oh Man, thx a ton dude !!
  6. Alf if i didn't know better I'd say you were Val Venis
  7. The days of the "4th line" are over my friend, more and more teams are running all there lines and in the West it's the only way to survive. Also no one is really "stuck" on a line they will play there way up or down.
  8. Lol ok my turn I could see it shaking out to something like this if Horvat makes the team. D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Vrbata Matthias - Bonino - Burrows Higgins - Vey - Kassian Richardson <-> Horvat - Hansen Sestito, Dorsett Richardson and Horvat can alternate as needed.
  9. Because we're not making the playoffs and its also not a good situation up on the big club for a young player to soak up.
  10. We shouldn't be penciling Horvat into next seasons line up at this point. If he comes in and earns a spot then great but another year of Junior wouldn't be bad either. When I look at Horvat I'm reminded a bit of Mark Scheifele and how he was brought up, both being similar players in my mind with similar shortcomings coming out of the draft (mainly skating). Horvat has some speed which I'm not debating but his overall agility and edge-work need some more developing. A strong off season and I'm sure he can make some strides in that department but even then it wouldn't be a bad idea to let him play another season in London so he can get game repetitions in a league he is already comfortable in. Really, he just needs to work on physical aspects of his game at this point because mentally I'd say he's NHL ready. Personally I'd only want Horvat on the team if he will be an impact player in some regard so next training camp + the first 9 or so games of the season will tell. If everything stays the same and Jensen continues to have success with Hank and Burr I'd like to see something like this next season: Burrows - H. Sedin - Jensen D. Sedin - Kesler - Santorelli Higgins - Mattias - Kassian Booth - Richardson - Hansen If other prospects come and steal a job great.
  11. Exciting time of year and since everyone else is sitting comfortably in there GM armchairs, throwing out Pit - Van proposals I couldn't resist. DISCLAIMER: Bennett has been on IR since late November with a wrist injury and has very recently suffered a set back that's going to cost him another 3-4 weeks (peculiar timing? maybe). With him being injured I don't think we can include him in any package that goes down before the trade deadline and I think he's a must have if were to move Kesler to PIT. Regardless of injuries, for me an ideal package involving Pittsburgh would look something like To : Pittsburgh Kesler - Elite 2way 2nd line Center Tommernes - Bottom pairing + 1st/2nd PP McNally - Bottom pairing + 1st/2nd PP To : Vancouver Sutter - Very good 2way 3rd/2nd (tweener) line Center Bennett - Top 6 Scoring winger Despres - Top 4 Offensive Dman Dumoulin - Top 4 2way Dman or Harrington - Top 4 Shutdown Dman I Ask for Sutter, Maatta, Bennett and "settle" for the above. Pittsburgh is happy to acquire Kesler while still retaining Maatta, Pouliot, and one of Dumoulin/Harrington in the system, I'm happy I get a much needed infusion of talented youth into our system. I'm hearing a lot of "quality over quantity" but I feel confident we check off both in this trade and pull the trigger, our organization has a lot of holes to fill on all levels. I break it down like this, We essentially know what we're getting in Sutter and I wouldn't be surprised if we could squeeze some more offense out of him to go with that great defensive game, sometimes a change of scenery is all that's needed ala Brad Richardson. Bennett gives us a young, NHL ready skill winger who could play top 6 min. as soon as next season. Despres gives us a young, NHL ready skill Dman who wouldn't look any worse then the guys we have running the power play ATM. Dumoulin and Harrington are both roughly a couple seasons away from being full timers IMO but regardless I feel everyone here is quality and measure in at 6ft 2in or +. Since I already have the reigns, I might as well trade Edler + Gaunce to OTT for Zibanejad + Mark Stone..... Whew that was fun, but let's step back into reality for a sec. I'd have to say that while Pittsburgh might want Kesler really badly and those are the most prominent rumors being heard right now, I might not consider them our most ideal trade partner due to guys like Bennett (injured) and Maatta (by most accounts an untouchable) being off the table. I wouldn't be satisfied with a Sutter, Pouliot+1st deal either as it would create more holes then it would fill and make our team much worse. In any case here's the silver lining to all this. STL shakes up the trade market yesterday by aquiring Miller (rumoured to be willing to resign) + Steve Ott and look like the team to beat in the West right now. Then there's Kesler to Pits rumours flying around which would make Pittsburgh the team to beat in the East +Kesler has 2 years remaining on his contract which would move Pits into potential dynasty territory because that team has all its stars locked up. At some point other GM's are going to HAVE to step in if they want to stay relevant and Kesler is the biggest fish in the pond ATM.
  12. Not the point I was trying to convey but I guess that's one way to look at it
  13. Sounds like WPG is putting big Buff up front as a forward so that should tell you guys what there needs are.
  14. Watched a few Wolves games over the week and Schroeder reminds me a lot of David Desharnais in MTL except with a better shot. If he keeps developing the way he has been lately I think he could put up similar numbers as well (60-65pts). Heck we could form our own version of Pacioretty - Desharnais - E.Cole in a couple years --> Jensen - Schroeder - Kassian. Having 2 power wingers would give Jordan the "freedom" to play his game and produce offensively the way he is capable of.
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