Fit_Shaced84

Has anyone called the kelowna sushi restaurant yet to confirm linden and iggys meeting that would be awesome someone do it!!

Why don't we bring back "Backup" Bob Essensa....

I'm pretty sure Benning hates our current goalies hence why he drafted Demko... I think his plan is this.. Sign Miller 4-5 years, trade one of Lack or Markstrom, Demko is in NHL within 3-5 years, 1 season of Demko as backup, then one season of a 50/50 split then Miller retires/leaves/re-signs as the backup. Demko's age/progression timeline sync's up with our current prospects much better then Lack/Markstroms do plus these are project prospects that he inherited so he has very little invested personally into them. I don't think Benning sees them in our long range plans. Not saying it's a great plan but if they are planning on "competing" throughout this rebuild then The steady veteran that Benning is familiar with from his time in Buffalo would be in his mind exactly what he needs. Again I'm not saying I like this plan so don't shoot the messenger it's just the most likely scenario I see happening and it makes logical sense.

Yeah I hear he was in a Yale town coffee shop tweeting all our moves before they happened.... MILLER=FALCONER!!! DUN DUN DUN!!

I'm probably in the minority here but Here's what I see shaping up... Benning drafted Demko and has contacted a veteran goalie (Miller, Hiller) because he isn't happy with what we currently have. Demko by all accounts is up with the big club in 3-5 years(assuming he doesn't bust) which is right around the time the rest of our prospects should be hitting their stride so the timing with the next core works better then any of Lack, Markstrom, Eriksson. Benning has also cleared tremendous cap space to re- shape the team. Like it or not I think his plan is to throw a 4-5 year deal at Miller make him the starter and trade one of Lack/Markstrom (whoever he can get the best value out of) before the season starts. I don't think at this point either goaltender is in the long range plans of Benning as anything more than a backup/trade piece as he continues to acquire players that he is familiar with. The last two years of the Miller deal would conclude in this scenario with Demko backing up one season while learning from an American veteran goalie, then the following season a 50/50 split before Miller leaves/retires, and Demko takes his spot as the starter. Now let me make this clear I'm not saying this is what should happen... it's just my gut feeling from the moves I've watched him make so far. I'm not sold that Miller would be the right path to go down however this scenario seems like the most likely to happen if the team wants to still be competitive throughout this rebuild. Who knows maybe Melanson could work some magic on Miller and get some useful years out of him!

How the hell has this gotten to 65 pages?!?!?!?!?!?!

Anyone else think Luo needs to shut the he11 up and focus on the fact he is stuck in Florida until he retires with no chance to ever play for the cup again? Face it guys this guy is a goof good riddance! His heart hasn't been in it since the cup final and he will finish his career less respected than Curtis Joseph another great regular season goalie! #floridasucks #luogaveup #strombone1isabitterEx!

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