amplified0ne
-
Posts
1,110 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Blogs
Gallery
Posts posted by amplified0ne
-
-
3 minutes ago, Strawbone said:
Wait, the Bruins might be doing even MORE to make their team better? Should we just mail them the Stanley Cup now and avoid all the hassle of the playoffs?
They need more secondary scoring and their goaltending isnt tested but yeah having Bergeron and Krejci helps
-
6 hours ago, BCNate said:
And what do you think we are going to spend our cap on next year? We are gonna take as much expiring bad money for picks as we can. Driedger is a real good start.
Do we even have cap next year, lol. Are they shelving Pearson and who knows whats going to happen with Poolman. We need to shed cap by giving away what little assets we have as no one wants our loser players.
-
1 hour ago, KoreanHockeyFan said:
I wonder if Minnesota has the first-mover advantage of this. Seems like they were the first to think outside of the box and now all of the bottom feeder teams have caught whiff and are piling on.
Is the influx of teams willing to take on cap retention as a third party broker creating more competition such that the return will be comparatively less than what Minnesota's been able to get for their past two deals?
Not like they got much to begin with a 4th and a 5th rounder, but it is being aggressive to get more chips as currently a playoff team to be able to move a bad contract in the offseason if they choose to. A stanley cup contender unlikely but who knows who might come out of the west this year.
-
39 minutes ago, RakuRaku said:
Take him for next season?? he's pretty good, way better than Martin and Delia....
He was a 1 hit wonder and wasnt great in the playoffs. Too much against the cap for a cap strapped team even with 50% retention. There should be capable backup goalies with NHL experience in free agency that we dont have to spend much on.
-
1
-
-
Kane just a beast this past week after 2 of the teams he was rumored to be interested made other deals
-
38 minutes ago, Hairy Kneel said:
Maybe that's why Rutherfraud said what he said at the press conference that aren't we tanking? Maybe the orders were given to Boudreau to tank and he wouldnt do it, so they changed him out with someone who would follow Management orders. Maybe they were criticizing him publicly to make it incredibly uncomfortable for him, which would be incredibly low but who knows with this team.
-
1
-
-
3 minutes ago, higgyfan said:
Bruce gave us 15th overall at last year's draft
What about the other teams in the league that build winners without top picks. Eventually yes they will go through a bad cycle but 10+ years of darkness and we have no prospects coming. Its not just about the 1st round and even then some of the best players in the league were not drafted in the 1st round.
-
Bruce deserves the coach of the year, one hell of a job to get this team close to the playoffs last year and to dig themselves out of the early hole to near .500 mid way through the season while being thrown under the bus at every opportunity that's an incredible accomplishment.
-
Truthfully, I'd rather seen Bruce behind the bench until the end of the season, at least there were some goals for.
-
1
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, Mustard Tiger said:
I saw someone fixed anson carter's bogus "Need" list from the intermission lmao!
What about the PK? It is some next level trash, no coach can uncoach whatever it is they are doing
-
10 minutes ago, BobbyClarke said:
Demko is not ready to go yet. And it’s unlikely that Martin gets claimed. If he does, good riddance to his salary because he’s been very mediocre this year. I actually hope he does.
Really he only became mediocre/trash after Demko went out with injury. We were riding him at the start of the year when he was the only one getting points. Its tough because of the way this team defends but yeah at this stage he can't be 1A/1B tandem, only a backup and that's now debatable as the sample size is bigger and teams/shooters have more of a book on him.
-
1
-
-
Former Portland Winterhawk...oh wait
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, mpass1 said:
Regroup and try to re-sign him in the offseason (unless some team offers him something ridiculous
You think he'd even entertain coming back after being treated as he has this year? No way unless you way overpaid.
While he scores goals and wins faceoffs, he's not great defensively and doesnt fit a 3rd C role. They have to hope Miller is a C or they better have a way to trade wingers for a C or get someone in free agency that can fill 2C/3C role.
-
5 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
Worse to have to add picks to dump players.
Eventually we will be competitive (I hope), that dead cap could be a killer. Either way it sucks but given Kuzmenko's age I think they'd been better off trying to pick up an asset pick or prospect.
-
3 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
This has no bearing on their trades.
They’ve already said they’ll use buyouts if they can’t clear cap.
So more dead cap, how many years/decades even this team going to basically pay players to not play for them.
-
Probably means this team will have to either add assets, retain dollars, get pennies on the dollar to get rid of cap. Its short sighted but understandable given his performance.
-
40 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:
Spencer Martin in his last eight games:
0-8-0, 4.95 GAA and .847 SV%.
More teams have video of him now and have scouted him. Initially he started off on fire getting points in every game he played. But when asked to do more than capable of we see the result. He's fine as a back up, but in a starter tandem not so much.
-
1
-
1
-
-
3 minutes ago, bad alice french said:
I totally agree it’s not all on goaltending but assuming you played some hockey you know how it goes… Getting bailed out by your goaltender really affects the mojo of your team. The team has no confidence or identity right now. The MVP is on the shelf and they’re feeling it.
At this point they are better off trading Demko in the offseason. He's already showing signs of his body breaking down from the wear and tear, plus he will probably age out before we are any good. Find a decent 2.5million dollar goalie on a 1 year deal in the offseason and ride with them and Martin next year.
-
Just now, bad alice french said:
Goaltending has been terrible all year including Demko since the beginning of the season. It had a lot to do with our start. I can’t recall many teams getting through 50 or 60 games with two minor league goaltenders and coming out with a winning record. I just think that it’s hard to properly assessed this roster with us bleeding goals like this.
Demko was playing near Vezina caliber last year before his injury and they STILL couldn't make the playoffs. The AAA chances this team gives up is baffling, its either they dont care and just looking to stat pad and get paid or they are incapable of basic team defense. Probably a little of both, how many coaches cant fix this god awful PK. That is a clear and obvious sign.
-
- Popular Post
12 minutes ago, VancouverHabitant said:
He got us to the playoffs legitimately with the Sedin's aging and less talent than this current roster has
-
1
-
2
-
1
-
6
-
Just now, Elias Pettersson said:
Minnesota did it with two players, not one. And their 8 year buyouts were a lot worse. We save almost the entire contract next year so we can make some big changes. The year after it’s only $2 million. Years 3 and 4 it’s $4 million but by that time the cap is supposed to be up to $92 million. And then the last 4 years is $2 million.
It’s obviously not the ideal situation long term but I think JR is at least considering it. Unless OEL agrees to wave and we eat 50% of the contract for 4 years. Not sure that is any better to be honest as it hurts up a lot more in the first 2 years.
Except Minny had/has a prospect pool and relatively deep defense core to help absorb it, we clearly do not.
-
1
-
1
-
-
Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said:
Interesting...
What message does it really send if we get blasted. Technically JT has an out, as he only played 10mins lol
-
If management had a vision for this team it would sell off ASAP for whatever it can get for anyone. At least the fans could understand what the hell the plan is. Total embarrassment this team is. At least it could score goals but that will probably end with this coaching regime.
-
1
-
-
2 minutes ago, DeNiro said:
Let Cull coach for one game. Does it matter?
If they let him go in front of the media again the fire and the outrage is gonna continue to grow. (Probably will anyways)
It matters if you have a job or not after. With rumors there are 2 associate coaches also coming with Tocchet, which may mean he's already negotiated his own coaches.
[Trade] Avalanche trade Shane Bowers to Bruins for Keith Kinkaid
in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Posted
Could Bowers become a 3rd line centre or not heavy enough to grind?