Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw
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Suspected? Kapanen and GM Armstrong have already made separate statements talking about it.
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One year in and he already seems like a pretty complete player. By season's end, he didn't seem to have any glaring weaknesses. He passes the numbers test and he definitely passes the eye test.
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I would also like to go to Bali to get fit
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Thrashers legend. Number.... 24(??) needs to be put up in the rafters of the MTS Centre.
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58 minutes ago, EddieVedder said:
Sens are just throwing money away and its going to bite them soon. Sanderson has had one okay year.
The only people thinking this are people who don't watch Ottawa games. It's very easy to tell.
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Hey at least we're not Anaheim
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8 minutes ago, IBatch said:
How has he passed Chabot, who played almost 25 minutes a night last season? Chabot had a pretty awesome pedigree too, was a man amongst boys when I watched them live at the WJs. Still he had to put some time in before getting his deal. Don't get how one year can be parlayed into this sort of thing. Dahlin didn't get it. Neither did QHs. Or Heiskanen, or Makar. Or Dobson, Boqvist, Bouchard or McAvoy, or Chychrun or Sergachev. All "promising" young somewhat recent D's.
Chabot had a very difficult year this season - although I think he was put in difficult circumstances. I actually think his minutes dropped as the year progressed and DJ Smith began to trust Sanderson more. But for the first half of the season, Chabot was playing over half the game with Nikita Zaitsev as his primary partner. The whole situation was not conducive to his success.
As for a more direct comparison, obviously Chabot is a more offensively gifted defenceman - probably one of the most underrated offensive D-men in the league, hampered by a team with weak possession. But when he went down due to injury, Sanderson took over the #1 job with excellent results. He seemed to play better with the heavier workload, putting in work on both special teams units.
This is an early bet from a team trying to lock its players down early and make a legitimate rebuild in the post-Melnyk era. Technically this upcoming year is still the last year of his contract (not unlike JT Miller last year). We'll see what happens, but I think he will do great.
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1 hour ago, IBatch said:
Thing is, Seabrook put his time in,
like a normal hockey player. Was just b!tching about this on another thread and noticed this. And have been b!tching about it since Dubas did his master stroke of mathematical idiocy in his early TO days. What has this kid done, to deserve a 64 million dollar deal? It makes zero sense. Seabrook was a core CHI player. And could hit guys. Do a bit of everything. Did he get this sort of contract after one year ... I don't like this deal. It's bad for the league it's actually awful for the league. But at least the other GMs can just cross it off the list when dealing with their own RFAs, as pure idiocy. So many GMs will be pissed at this and rightly so. What did Dahlin "the next Lidstrom" or Makar, or Heiskanen or QHs do first? Is the cap going to 120 million. Dobson. Or Bouchard and Boqvist all the big names in that D heavy draft. This is probably the worst contract i've seen for a RFA in a long time. You can't give an RFA close to 10% of the cap unless they are one of the better players in the league for a year.
Sure he could be the next Seabrook. And is going to have to be that at least now for OTT. At least Chabot had the pedigree and did it first. Warhippy, we needed a Seabrook, reminded me of Aucion. Is this kid really got that in him? I don't know. First has to put on 30lbs.
1 hour ago, Warhippy said:Yes, he did and much like many other legacy contracts or contracts signed by older players that didn't age well, his didn't age well at all to the point he was what amounts to kind of a paid cap dump.
Ottawa is currently paying now for potential and that's on them. As stated it's a risk and gamble and if it hits that's amazing for them. if it doesn't that's on them.
From what I have seen, Sanderson is a very quick decision maker with excellent vision and stickwork. It's not often you watch a rookie and be impressed by his incredible defensive skills. He will body you off into the corner. He will tie your stick up. He will be in the right place to intercept a pass. And when he re-takes possession, he can move the puck up under pressure.
An incredibly sound defender who has just begun to develop his offensive game? He has already surpassed Chabot and Chychrun to become their #1 defenceman. Nobody on the Sens controls the pace of the game better than Sanderson. I believe he is only a couple years away from emerging as a Norris candidate. The deal will probably look like a steal by then.
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33 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:
We have a decent amount of forwards and an abundance of wingers and I don't really think Dzingel is a stud compared to any of them. He was only 43% on the faceoff dot his last season in the NHL and San Jose didn't even use him has a Centre. On our Depth chart he's not even an NHL regular even at Centre imo.
Petey
Miller
Blueger/Suter
Dries/Studnicka/Dzingel
So not really sure why you think he looks like a stud at all?
What? No...
I'm saying whoever we bring on as a PTO will make Dzingel look like a superstar... because we haven't signed anyone yet...?
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47 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said:
Isn't that exactly what Dzingel is at this point?
You are correct. Until we find out who we bring in. Then Dzingel will look like a stud.
1 hour ago, canucklehead44 said:Dzingel was a good player at one point - 26 goal season. Wrist surgery seemed to kill his shot.
I think Schneider wants to retire or play in Switzerland but I could see him entertaining a PTO as a short term NHL backup and perhaps retiring if he gets sent down. Ryan Murray could be an interesting option as well since the bottom pairing left side is a bit open.Cory Schneider used to be Vezina calibre. If he couldn’t find a team despite putting up good numbers in Bridgeport, I feel like there's better options out there.
But we could use another goalie - I'll tell you that for free.
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On 9/6/2023 at 7:04 AM, HorvatToBaertschi said:Also, OEL having to play through a fractured foot all year didn't help our transition defense because he would get smoked on the outside constantly. Good player, but horrible situation for him last year.
It should be concerning that the Canucks doctors allowed multiple skaters to play most of the year with injuries requiring surgery. I am no medical professional but letting these guys play through a broken foot or a torn ACL seems pretty freakin' stupid to me.
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43 minutes ago, DrJockitch said:
One season in the league and 30 points.
Still think Bo is overpaid? (Don't answer that Alf, I know your answer)
Sanderson is a two-way defenceman. Seriously. Just watch clips of him. Point production isn't why they paid him 8M.
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1 hour ago, Alflives said:
What do the Sens do with Chychrun? Sanderson and Chabot will eat up top four minutes. Likely Chychrun gets injured in his limited minutes anyway, but he’s not going to be too happy with third fiddle on the left side.
This is exactly what I mean about folks here - they don't watch Sens games and have no clue what they're talking about.
Chychrun has played the bulk of his minutes on the right side with Chabot.
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A lot of folks here suggesting he's overpaid because of his production simply haven't watched enough of him. He's an insanely good defender, always preventing high-danger scoring chances and always backchecking whenever he makes mistakes. Even if he doesn't improve and simply plateaus, Ottawa will still be okay with it. Obviously everyone expects him to do much better - a reasonable expectation.
Just watch any part of this massive highlight video. He makes the right play a lot more often than not.
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A gamble is a gamble. At least they have money.
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55 minutes ago, Mj2345 said:
I’d say Yes, even better if Murray and Wiggins play on the Olympic Team in Paris next year
1% chance Wiggins plays
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4 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:
If you mean Canucks prospects.
Yes.
I don't see us going after any PTO's.
Hey we need warm bodies I never mentioned signing them
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We're gonna bring absolute scrubs to our training camp aren't we
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1 hour ago, LegionOfDoom said:
Great another player we will have to listen to leafs twitter hype up…. “There’s a world Gregor is a 30 goals scorer” I already hear the clowns
Oh just wait. He actually scored a hat-trick last year which will only add to the hype. Of a tryout player.
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*Veterans Crosby, Giordano, Josi, and Rantanen report to training camp scrimmages*
Pittsburgh Penguins projected lineup:
Unsigned prospects: Riley Heidt, Koehn Ziemmer, Cam Allen, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Scott Ratslaff, Ilya Safonov, Alex Rykov, Nikita Yevseyev, Jake Richard, Patrik Hamrla
QuoteAs the CDCGFL rosters begin to report to training camp, there are dozens of new faces on the Pittsburgh Penguins, and none bigger than Bob Loblaw, recently signed to the position of general manager by President of Hockey Ops Kyle Dubas. In keeping with the spirit of Dubas' original vision of the team, GM Bob has opted for a grizzled veteran squad shored up by plenty of affordable depth players. The inaugural draft began with some heavy hitters, including the team's first player, Mikko Rantanen. There will be high expectations out the gate for Rantanen as he was immediately named the new Penguins' captain.
But there are some old faces returning to the roster as well. Sidney Crosby, his hair mostly grayed out, has returned for two more years to try and win a fourth cup for Pittsburgh. When asked about his being stripped of the captaincy, he demurred, “I’m not going to change my game, I’m going to go out and play hard every night.” Marc-André Fleury, another previous first overall pick, has also returned for what he has deemed "The Last Dance".
Asked about his drafting strategy, GM Bob said he wanted to draft the best possible players he believed could play smart, analytical hockey. But as his early picks came with a high price tag, Bob shifted over to low-cost, high-value picks as well as young prospects from the 2022 and 2023 NHL entry drafts. He is largely satisfied with his prospect depth, particularly with a legion of youngsters currently developing in Russia. There could still be more room for goalie depth, a concern that is expected to be addressed in the coming weeks.
With a full roster but plenty of cap space left, it remains to be seen which direction the Penguins will go in improving the team. They are clearly competitive and will seek a secured playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division. GM Bob can either continue to add players and spend up the cap via free agency, or leave space open for future trades as the year progresses.
#LetsGoPens
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41 minutes ago, RWJC said:
Again, there’s good and bad with almost every player. Myers is certainly a whipping boy for a number of reasons but when we lacked minute munching Dmen, at least we had someone to step up and try to manage that in that role.
If he’s out of his depth, it’s because of coaching decisions and a lack of personnel to offset.
Regardless he is still a legit bottom pairing NHL Dman that has parlayed a pretty good career through the years despite many armchair GMs critical analysis. He’s overpaid and overplayed and at the same time somewhat under appreciated for what he does provide, imho. To each their own perspective.
Unless a player is absolutely mailing it in and has obviously given up on the team, I'll never fault the individual for taking the bag. I don't even resent Eriksson over that. But I think it's fair to expect more out of a $6M player. That kind of key role demands a lot more good than bad. But with Myers we get a lot more bad than good. And that's the problem - being paid $6M demands he plays a more important role on the team (ie. second pairing, special teams, just more ice-time in general), and he struggles to keep up.
His contract was a red flag, where Jets fans seemed totally content losing him in free agency. It's an odd career track where he completely peaked in his first two years and has since regressed. His WAR chart is a roller coaster - ups and downs but definitely going down. He has been paid off that early promise he showed but has never lived up to it. So let me alter your statement: he has parlayed a good salary and term off what's been a pretty below-average career.
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38 minutes ago, RWJC said:
You obviously don’t appreciate Shaolin Temple style Myers.
On the flip side, his reach prevents a lot of opportunities as well. It doesn’t absolve the negative, but you have to accept some of his positives as well.
His reach gets him into penalty trouble, though. As a comparison, Zdeno Chára was always good at avoiding penalties despite being extremely slow. Even when he was in New York, a good chunk of his PIMs came from fights, and not minors.
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2 hours ago, flickyoursedin said:
Myers in a top role hurts us. Myers limited minutes on a bottom pairing is fine. Only problem is you don’t want to commit 6 million to a sheltered bottom pairing dman but it’s not like we could move him and add somebody different at this point. May as well keep him for the bottom pairing/pk1 role. If we’re out of it just him being a RHD you’d get a 2nd or 3rd round for him at the trade deadline.
If we put him in a PK1 role we will give up a lot of PP goals. It will be painful watching him versus an Oilers powerplay. He is an extremely weak penalty killer. More importantly, he usually spends PK time in the penalty box anyways.
But as you said, it's not like we can move him easily. I would just rather limit his playing time in all situations. The more you play him, the more he will struggle.
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Local Langley boy. Everyone here is saying good things about him. I simply have no clue why he wasn't even signed to a minimum deal somewhere.
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I believe our repeated Suter proposals manifested into reality.