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Elias Pettersson

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  1. But then Judd must have drafted Jake then. So doesn’t Judd suck?
  2. Yes I think height matters to a certain degree but when you are on the ice your weight makes a bigger difference. Guys like Domi and Crosby are short but are built like tanks. They can survive the pounding. That why I like Hoglander. At 190 pounds he can withstand the punishment and still play his game. The guys that are 165 pounds need to be very elusive and need to be sheltered to some degree on the ice. That’s why I’m surprised Caulfield went in the first round. Even Gaudreau with better numbers in college didn’t get drafted until the 4th round.
  3. Yes I’m happy with our small guy. He’s 190 pounds though so he isn’t really small just short. Big difference. And we took him in the second round not the first round. We saved the first round for a guy who will play at 210-220 pounds.
  4. Yes 3 players over the last 20+ years to make some sort of an impact in the NHL. Ask Calgary fans how they like Little Johnny’s play in the playoffs. Today’s NHL is still a big man’s game. There may be the odd exception. Also those 3 players you mentioned were not drafted very high. Little Johnny was a 4th round pick. Martin St. Louis was never even drafted. DeBrincat with his amazing junior numbers went in the second round. Not sure why Montreal took Caulfield in the first round. That’s a big gamble to take in the first round. Let’s see what happens.
  5. I also think Lowry will get 4x4. It’s possible Benning can squeeze that contract in. But Beagle would have to go on LTIR and Aquilini would have to agree to 2 buyouts. Lowry would be a huge upgrade on anyone we have. And he’s a heavyweight fighter to boot. I’d do a 4x4 for him no problem. I’m hoping Pearson’s deal doesn’t screw up our summer. I guess we will have to have faith in Benning that he knows things that we don’t. Maybe Loui has agreed to retire. Maybe Aquilini is okay with some buyouts. We don’t know what is going on behind the scenes. It just seems weird that signing Pearson even before the season is over was such a big priority. It’s like Benning knows something that we don’t.
  6. True enough. Every once in a while a small guy comes along. It’s a long shot but I guess there’s always a chance.
  7. This kid is smaller than little Johnny, another Hobey Baker winner. Good luck to him but at that size unfortunately he’s going to be eaten alive in the NHL.
  8. I'm sure Montreal will have as much success with their Hobey Baker Award winner as we have been having with ours...
  9. I'd be in favour of a trade to get a legit 3C. Lowry is probably unreachable because of our cap space so most likely we'd have to trade for one. Gaudette is never going to be our 4th line centre, but on another team he could be a winger on the 2nd or 3rd line, and Motte probably has the most trade value of anyone worth trading. Gaudette is cheap and tradeable and Motte is on a great contract so I'd do a Motte and Gaudette deal to get a legit 3C. Not sure who is out there but I'd be looking. Especially with Beagle maybe being done we definitely will need a 3C/4C for next year. Kole Lind might be a candidate to fill one of those 2 spots as well. I don't think Seattle will take Loui, even with a first round pick. I am hoping he has agreed to retire and go back to Sweden to make Sedish meatballs in his restaurants.
  10. Podkolzin could be a Russian Trevor Linden...
  11. On the surface it's not a good deal. But behind the scenes we don't know what is going on. So we will need to see what else transpires. For all we know Loui has already agreed to retire as long as he can collect his bonus in the summer. And Holtby might be bought out as well. If those two things happen that frees up almost $10 million in cap space. Enough to sign Petey and Hughes plus go shopping for a legit 3C.
  12. Nobody is offer sheeting Petey $9 million. Is there even one team that has the cap space to do it? And no Ottawa and Detroit aren’t gonna do it.
  13. Well with Pearson signed at over $3 million I think they will either play Podkolzin in his natural position at RW across from BO and Pearson and bump Hoglander down to the 3rd line, or they will keep Hoglander on his off wing and bump Podkolzin down to the 3rd line. I think Podkolzin is set to play with BO from day one so Hoglander will probably anchor the 3rd line. At least we will have a stud on our 3rd line. That's the only positive I get out of this.
  14. You've obviously never watched him play. Podkolzin might be our best defensive forward as early as next year...
  15. Loui must be retiring and Aquilini must have given the green light on some buyouts, specifically Holtby. That's the only thing that makes sense to sign Pearson so early and at that deal. Aquilini had to approve this deal, no way Benning signs Pearson to a 3 year deal prior to the summer without Aquilini's approval. Which tells me Benning isn't going anywhere.
  16. If Hoglander is better than Podkolzin then why was Podkolzin the first round pick in that draft and Hoglander the second round pick? What information do you have that confirms Hoglander will be better than Podkolzin? Anything? There is nobody out there who thinks Holgander at 5'9" is going to be a better player than an equally talented Podkolzin who some people say is 6'3" 200 pounds and still growing.
  17. It's called the rope a dope. Put everyone else to sleep. Tell everyone our entire team is out with COVID. Who would believe it really. Get a nice one month break. I'm back at full health and Demko can play all the remaining games. Then we make the playoffs. It was a perfect plan really...
  18. Are you kidding me? Podkolzin is better than Hoglander. Much better. Even Benning himself said Podkolzin will be a top 6 forward right away...
  19. He's made $30 million dollars over the last 5 years. Swedish meatballs aren't that expensive to make. Trust me, I would know...
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