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  1. Is it ideal? No. But other guys have done it before. The coaching staff (and team mates) will likely have to shelter him a bit for his first couple games and after that ...fly little birdy, fly. Pretty sure he could afford to fly his GF out to NY for a couple weeks and put her up in a nice hotel.
  2. I guess we can't trade him any time soon...
  3. Problem is, Hansen is a lot of what's stirring the drink on that line and it's presently our only line consistently performing. Not sure I'd break that up. Agree that Hansen would be a stellar match for Horvat though. Virtanen playing like Virtanen would be nice too but apparently not happening. Perhaps we'll claim Etem and he'll actually wake up this go around...
  4. Not to say Nylander's crap or anything. I just would have picked JC before him personally. But no, we won't know anything for sure for 5+ years.
  5. That's really the issue IMO. Not sure if it's a communication issue or what though. Really, his agent etc need to get through to him on that point. He's either getting bad advice or advice isn't being communicated to him clearly/he's misunderstanding it.
  6. Tanev needs to get healthy first.
  7. If it weren't for our injuries, I'd send him down but the 'ruining Virtanen' melodrama is a touch over done IMO. With Etem back on waivers, I hope we claim him and perhaps that gets Virt sent to Utica sooner than later.
  8. People are worrying far too much about the "Tryamkin situation" IMO. It is what it is. He'll get in to shape. We'll have injuries.
  9. Tanev is a right side, puck moving D who normally partnerts with Edler. Who more closely resembles that? Who showed good chemistry with Edler in the preseason?
  10. I had him in my top 10 at the draft, not hindsight.
  11. He just looks like he's thinking too much instead of just playing. Part of that is likely his age/experience, the pressure of playing in his hometown fishbowl etc. Utica would likely due him some good and not really because he's 'not good enough'.
  12. Not doubting you per se but that references reentry waivers, which no longer exist. Is that from an old CBA?
  13. Yeah the whole team looked pretty beat last night. Forward who were tired were doing a poor job supporting the D and the also tired D looked even worse because of it. They've played a lot of hard hockey in a short time. Hopefully they can recoup a bit today in time for tomorrow's game.
  14. If he was a Leaf's prospect, we'd be getting weekly updates on his awesomeness from eastern media and features on him on HNIC.
  15. We got the best D imo but a lot of teams after us should be kicking themselves IMO. JC should have gone top 10.
  16. One of the many reasons I've wanted Hansen on their line from the start.
  17. Given it's possibly more important that his role allows Hutton the freedom to create those setups... I think so
  18. Sure Tanev is better defensively but is a lesser player offensively and physically. Edler still a better overall player. Hutton is basically the opposite of Tanev. Edler is again, a better overall player (so far anyway). Never mind that none of those guys play the same role on D and aren't truly comparable (Edler, top 2, 2 way D with some offense and physicality, Tanev top 4 shutdown PMD, Hutton top 4 offensive D). You're apples and oranging. I never said anything about Gudbranson, not sure why you'd bring him up? And for the record I was on board with Gudbranson before we even made the trade. Even made some trade proposals for him. Was thrilled when Benning got him for far less than I thought he'd cost. None of that has a thing to do with Edler. His play really hasn't slipped much if at all. Sure there's probably a touch of age related decline but the only thing that's really changed is the team around him. The quality of his D partner, the rest of the top 4 (even 6) D and the quality and depth of forwards. It's very similar to the Sedins 'decline'. Give them a D core with a legit top pair, offensive PMD and secondary scoring/forward depth like we had from 2010-2012 and they'd likely be a lot closer to PPG players than they are now. Edler would likely be ~35+ point D again and our PP would not have looked so horrid the last few years. People discount far too much just how good our team was those few years and how greatly the comparative lack of depth and quality has affected the remaining players performance. It's a TEAM sport. Our team has not been very good.
  19. Apparently you didn't hear Stetcher's comments on him. Took him under his wing even in the summer and was a tremendous mentor apparently. And no, Edler is not behind Tanev or Hutton. This ^^^ You do realize that ALL D men give pucks away, flub the odd pass etc? If you over-analyzed every shift of Kieth or Doughty you'd see a lot of the same things FYI. It's what happens when you play nearly half the game, largely against the opposition's best players. Edler's certainly not at those players level but yes, he is far and away our best D still and is most definitely a first pairing (though not a #1) D.
  20. He's already on pace for a ~27 point season But seriously, he's got a good slapper and playing with Hutton he'll likely get set up pretty frequently to let it off. He's also going to see a touch more offensive deployment than he got in FLA. Those 2 things could easily bump his points to the 15-25 range IMO.
  21. REALLY doubt we move Miller until the TDL. LA's going to need a goalie before then (or not at all).
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