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9 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:
Kuzmenko Pettersson Mikheyev
Podkolzin Miller Lekkerimaki
Frederic Raty Klimovich
Joshua Aman Karlsson
I think Boeser will be traded, especially if Lekkerimaki is the real deal and can play in the top 6. Also, we need more truculence in the lineup. I would trade Rathbone, Hoglander and McDonough to Boston for Trent Frederic and Ryan Mast...
Boeser’s contract ends same time Lekk’s SHL one does. He will be gone in 2 years, not sure about trade unless deadline next year.
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They spent $20M to buyout OEL. This ownership group is many things but cheap isn’t one of them.
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4 hours ago, Curmudgeon said:
If that's a winning formula, then I'm all in. Tired of losing out year after year. And what is more boring, playing a tight defensive game and winning or playing a wide open Boudreau style that bleeds goals and piles up losses? I'll take tight defence and let whatever happens happen because what they've been doing for the last 12 years clearly hasn't worked.
4 hours ago, Dr. Crossbar said:If that gets us winning consistently, more disciplined, more responsible ... so be it. On the flip side, fans also need to embrace the uncomfortable.
Tocchet says this earlier in the interview ...
"Getting Cole and Soucy, Blueger and Suter ... these guys are very good penalty killers. They're grittier guys. They're willing to block shots. They don't let pucks through them, they knock pucks down. That's what good penalty killers do."
That's the type of uncomfortable and sacrifice it takes to win.
3 hours ago, spook007 said:The inspired pond hockey didn't get us anything, as entertaining as the games were.
We may get some boring hockey games, but if we can win them, its a step up.
Not every game under AV was entertaining (some were calling for him to be sacked). But it gave is a memorable run...Wasn’t saying was a bad thing. Can clearly see that is what most of the newer guys are aimed toward as well as some of the players like Mik that they added last year. Getting Mik and Podz into our top 6 would make a very different looking team with a microscopic bottom 6.
Not sure Podz will be there next season or not.
work in progress but still doesn’t really seem like the right forward core to suit Tocchet’s style.-
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4 hours ago, NewbieCanuckFan said:
Sometimes things go wrong for circumstances beyond the control of the club (eg., major injuries, etc.,). At the end of the day, their thought process seems logical which is all you can really ask for.
It’s a hot take thread man, don’t over analyze it.
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End of first month we have worst record in league. Make a big recovery before losing out on playoffs by losing last game.
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6 minutes ago, Dr. Crossbar said:
This is everything, really, and so, SO needed in every facet of the team and organization ...
Tocchet: This team is capable of success. It’s a matter of making everyone understand how hard it is to win. To be a winner, you’ve got to do a lot of uncomfortable things. I was only there 30-something games. . . but I can see there are some players, I don’t know if they realize where we have to go. It’s going to be very uncomfortable to go where we want to go. But if we have that mindset and we’re prepared and we’re willing to go there, we’ll have success. Is that to make the playoffs or win one round? I don’t know. For me, it’s: Are we willing to be uncomfortable as an organization to get to the next level?
I take this to mean get ready for dump and chase, clog the middle boring hockey.
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31 minutes ago, IBatch said:
Aside from Ilya M, current management hasn't spent money on guys we can't afford. If they buy, we won't be a maybe then. In a solid position. But get the JB stockholm syndrome. Size does matter, but I will take 10
Garlands over one Taylor Pyatt anyday. Or a Chelios over a Gudbranson (sure two fights a year and he's good at it ... but point is it's not the size of the dog, it's the fight in it, get both and yes that's the best - and how the league used to be too). Big guys that play small are the worst. Tochett wasn't a big guy either. Neither was his buddy in St. Louis Berube. Didn't stop them. If he can teach even that 5-6% to the team, we will be fine. Mike Peca. Scotty Walker. Wendel Clarke/Gilmour. Nothing is more inspiring, than watching one of the smallest guys on the ice play like an animal. Bleugar and Suter will be fine. Garland will draw penalties. It's guys like Brock that need to step it up, and guys with size actually play with it.
I am all for small players but they need to put in a position to succeed. Surrounding them with a dozen other small players is not that.
our TDL moves are more directed at showing STH that we should be better next year, so we buy when we are out. It is a crazy way to do things but that is the Aquillini way.-
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Small forward group that fits poorly with coaching style.
Defence that needs everyone to play at a level they never have.
Jeckle and Hyde goaltending last year.
Who knows how we will do. But i suspect floating around the bubble.
My prediction: Poor start but not as bad as last year, our first month schedule is very tough. A little under 500 first half or so of season, a little above after. Knocking on door of WC but falling flat on our faces last few days of season when have chance to grab a WC spot is how I see it. That and spending draft capital on UFAs we can’t afford to resign at the deadline.-
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3 hours ago, Alflives said:
Garland would cost sugar to move. New (and better) Beau will be covered and have good value nearer the TDL
A small soft defensively poor goal scoring winger who can’t score 20, nah not half the player Bo is. Defensively poor little wingers rarely have a lot of TDL value.
If we wait that long to move some little wingers we will be selling at TDL. Or as we do when out of the playoffs, buying!?-
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On 8/23/2023 at 10:40 PM, ABNuck said:
No room for him. It was suggested to move out a more expensive contract to make room for him. We are chock full of bottom 6 players, we don't need anymore. And it would be a huge step backwards if we move out a top 6 forward (Garland or Beau-v) to make room for another bottom 6 forward...so...no.
Clearing out 4-5M in cap space for a small middle six forward when we have too many small middle six forwards would be a coup for Alvin.
Hoglander is waiting for one of those spots and is a likely waiver wire casualty otherwise.
We would gain cap flexibility and a chance to find another right side D or a right handed C since we seem to have exactly none.
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Just now, BCNeil said:
I was thinking the same thing. Gretzky retired in 1999. Can the Ontario government really legally prevent him from working for a legal industry?
It also seems that by saying celebrities can’t do it, does that mean they can’t have actors act in commercials?
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19 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:
I think everyone understands that. Hopefully they can see from the visceral reaction here that people are sick of being beaten over the head with this.
I'd rather hear about Rybelsus for the 1000th time.
Drug adds are so cheesy it is comical. Gambling adds are just frustrating.
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5 hours ago, Alflives said:
Do you remember the Esso and Tony the Tiger adds? Vintage cool. Gambling is up there with smoking for bad news.
I’m only guessing but likely young guys think gambling is cool, considering the marketing it’s getting.Wayne and Pronger. Ain’t the young guys they are aiming at, it is us.
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It is too much and it is pervasive. Heck they even have gambling segments in the shows now as if the advertising isn’t enough.
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1 hour ago, aGENT said:
Guy thrown to the wolves in the top 4 (over his head) on a bad team.
Would agree. First year numbers say definitely worth a shot. Not a bad signing, see how he does a little further down the lineup on what is begrudgingly a pretty good team
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Wow, that was a drop off. Looked like good player 2 seasons ago.
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No, but OEL wins the comeback award.
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12 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:
Refuse to accept any responsibility, refuse to make any contrition, blame your victim and threaten to sue them, call it a "witch hunt" and make you the victim not them.
Who's playbook does this sound like?
Same person that would grab a woman like that and think it was appropriate with his daughter? Or publicly fantasize about it with his daughter.
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Okay, I saw the headline and said the Leafs and who? I really couldn’t come up with the second. Edmonton never even occurred to me.
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2 hours ago, Alflives said:
Yup. Woo will be Hughes’ partner this season. He’s just developing so fast now. Big, strong, athletic, smart. He will fit perfectly with Quinn.
I look at our prospects and compare them to a team like Montreal and even though the Habs have been drafting really high, our group is way better. I’d rather have Woo than Bustkofski.You have some crazy takes on here but I find your Woo ones the wildest and most entertaining.
He did an amazing job last year bringing himself from borderline AHL D to a mid pairing regular. Fantastic growth considering how slow had developed until then.
This is nowhere near regular NHL depth D man level. Maybe it has clicked now and he will get an NHL game or two this season which will be great progress.
But, first pairing NHLer!?
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8 hours ago, aGENT said:
I'm not opposed to all three. You guys keep trying to make this Garland vs Boeser and Beau. It's not. Beau is gone after this season one way or another anyway. Boeser, may or may not be in long term plans depending on whether he rebounds.
Garland or Hoglander (plus ~$3m in cap to allocate elsewhere) is the debate. We don't need both... and I'd easily keep the younger guy and the cap space.
I think it is a matter of these are three wingers that are somewhat redundant and disappointing at their cap hits while we need to move out some salary. Not hard to reach as to who we would prefer to move.
I don’t think there is a situation that we see Brock come back after his contract. He has been overpaid, seems to have little value around the league and his contract ends when OEL’s cap penalty jumps and Lekkerimaki is probably coming over. It also probably;h coincides with the timing we should see Raty and Klimovich starting as NHL regulars of it is going to happen. Probably also around the time Willander and EP are coming over.
The strategy seems to be place holders next 2 years until this group of prospects has matured together then see if can work them in when we need cost controls the most because of cap recapture and EP/Hronek’s new deals kicking in.-
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We were very near the bottom (great for rebuilding team) when Benning left.
Looks more rounded after actually drafting some D last year.
Still short at C but adding Raty was helpful especially if he improves skating.
Some puzzling picks this year in overages that likely were going to be available for free soon and didn’t exactly blow their draft plus seasons away.
Would be nice to hold on to some second rounders and actually make some extra pics but that isn’t how FA runs the team.
For a team that has been as bad as long as we have we should have a top prospect pool but we are just happy to be scraping out of the basement at this point. We build for scraping all the way into the middle of the pack and are easily satisfied at this point by any positive signs because of the backwards way we do things.
Crazy that we have been this bad for this long and still had to build a third of our lineup through the B-D level UFAs again.-
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Need size and attitude in our forward lineup, especially the bottom six.
This off-season we have somehow found a way to get smaller upfront on a lineup that already looked like a Smurf villages.
Suter is nice add but small, even though Blueger plays a more physical game he is barely averages sized. Aman looks to be on the outside looking in and he was one of the few players with size, Hogz no longer waiver eligible so will be most likely be on team. We went from small to tiny upfront on a lineup that wants to stress boring dump and chase hockey. Joshua is not coming out of the lineup.He may be a nice add but we need subtractions more than we need additions and that is where this management has struggled, removing players and contracts.
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I think at this point it is an absolute crap shoot.
We could click and outscore our issues. Demko could carry us at least to the threshold.
It could be a terrible failure. The defence doesn’t click, the forwards get pushed around to easily and Demko is slow out of the gate again.
Either outcome seems about as likely to me.
At least, unlike in the Benning years, if it doesn’t click we have some sellable assets.
[Report] RT calls out ownership for no practice facility
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Posted · Edited by DrJockitch
FA has been very generous. Everyone is spending to a cap that has been flat for several years, well not everyone but a lot of teams. Some though are more paper cap hits like Myers would be if we traded him. Many teams have weaponized the cap to picking up dead weight contracts. We get our dead weight contracts the old fashioned way, FA’s money.
I think his willingness to spend has held us back from tearing down when we should have. Every GM thinks they can spend their way into a contract extension when we spend to the cap no matter how bad we are.
I think it is fair to have lots of gripes about FA’s ownership but his willingness to spend money is not one of them. (I know I just griped about it)
Since they hired JR they have been talking about the need for a practice facility and looking for solutions, not like what Tocchet said was new.