Buttock Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Younger and bigger in separate pieces...makes a lot of sense to me. Fourth line made up of kids...Jensen LW -- Schroeder C -- Kassian RW. Play them 8-9 minutes per game...let them learn their craft in the NHL and accept that they will cost us regular season points. We have probably one year free pass to win the NW Division, so timing is good to bring the kids in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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westcoast Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I don't think it's a secret that given the chance a GM would love to assemble a team of fast ,hard hitting giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXnucks975 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 eeeeeeewwwww i don't want versteeg!!! hey looks like such a weasel face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I wouldn't mind Matthias here. He is pretty young and could fit well on our 3rd line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drop Em Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I don't think it's a secret that given the chance a GM would love to assemble a team of fast ,hard hitting giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canuck Surfer Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 It would have been dumb to offer Salo any contract at $3.75 / year! Salo, while remaining steady and positive defensively, started the year with 15 points in something like 15 games. He finished the year with 9 or 10 more points in 44 more games. Lets call that not quite sturdy enough to play at a top FOUR level all year. A possible great 5th or 6th guy and a few extra dollars for being a fabulous career Canuck (which he was) = $2 mill. Good for Sammy getting $3.75, but even better for Gillis in letting him go. Same for Ohlund and his current $25 mill contract! I wouldn't of given Salo a multiple year deal either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Goblin Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Nope. It was NOT an okay thing to let Salo retire somewhere else. We should have kept him and won him a Cup Salo has done so much for the organization, and should have been free to play here as long as he wanted. He deserved it. Every team needs a player like Sami Salo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslerian one Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Younger and bigger in separate pieces...makes a lot of sense to me. Fourth line made up of kids...Jensen LW -- Schroeder C -- Kassian RW. Play them 8-9 minutes per game...let them learn their craft in the NHL and accept that they will cost us regular season points. We have probably one year free pass to win the NW Division, so timing is good to bring the kids in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslerian one Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 eeeeeeewwwww i don't want versteeg!!! hey looks like such a weasel face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RUPERTKBD Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 These kids are better off playing more minutes in the AHL. Playing 8-9 minutes a game isn't good for any player's development at any time. Kassian will be leaned on a little more heavily while there is the room to do so, but if he, or Schroeder, is costing the team points to the point where they can't play more than 9 minutes a game, they're better off on the farm. And I think Kassian has nothing left to prove at the AHL level, but he needs to play, and play lots. I can't see Jensen making the team, but I can see him being one of the last cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 No, why are being the Oilers when we can go for the win now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 How about draft from the WHL a bit more often. Or even scout the WHL? As for bigger, younger: Brendan Gaunce: 6'2", 207 lbs Alexandre Mallet: 6'1" 195 lbs Nicklas Jensen: 6'2" 202 lbs. Alexandre Grenier: 6'5" 200 lbs. Looks like this strategy has been put into place in terms of drafting. Maybe Gillis is learning from his mistakes in drafting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Gillis signed 5'10" Andrew Ebbett. And so he should have-two game winners in the limited ice he saw in 18 gp. Five goals,two GWG's. Big guys are over rated and if the OP is providing a Gillis quote,I don't see it. The reality of this signing and the reality of what constitutes a great hockey player is not youth or size. Quantity will never replace Quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBernard Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 no everyone is single minded but you. I dont care how we do it, but we need to give our young guys a chance and we need size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Then why did Gillis up until the last couple of years, draft mainly guys who were undersized? I guess he was in the minority in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Orr 5' 11" Shore 5' 11" Bentley 5' 9" M. Richard 5'10" H. Richard5' 7" Fleury 5' 6" Crosby 5' 11" Bure 5' 11" Gretzky 6' Potvin 6' Coffey 6' Koivu 5' 10" Versteeg 5' 10" Briere 5' 10" St. Louis 5' 9" Dr. Recchi 5' 10" Rafalski 5'10" Kane 5' 10" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ektisa Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What I can't figure out is this relationship between Gillis & Coach V. What does this have to do with "Younger & Bigger" you ask? Well, it's just that Gillis has supported and rehired a coach who refuses to give young players ice time, and then made a public statement about getting younger and using his draft picks. We only have to look back to Cody Hodgson (?) and Michael Grabner to see an example of Coach V at work. Especially with Grabner; he gives the guy 2 or 3 minutes a game with the 4th line plumbers and then when the guy isn't on pace for a point a game, or lets someone get by him for a goal, he's back to the farm team. Sure, he gave Tanev some ice time, which surprised the hell out of me, but then, he really didn't have much of a choice did he? I'm sure that when the season gets going we will see the same bloody lines as last year, and the same revolving door on a 4th line that will never get a chance to gel and develop chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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