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So grateful to the city of Utica and the incredible fans there for supporting the Comets so much. On another note, I've come up with another draft of the top 10 Comets of All Time with influences based on comments here earlier. Any suggested changes? I might write a little article on it later if there's any interest. 1. Darren Archibald 2. Reid Boucher 3. Jacob Markstrom 4. Alexandre Grenier 5. Cal O'Reilly 6. Carter Bancks 7. Zack MacEwen 8. Ashton Sautner 9. Brendan Gaunce 10. Thatcher Demko Honourable Mention: Mike Zalewski Honourable Mention: Vincent Arseneau Just missed: Hamilton, Biega Open to any suggested changes/additions/removals.
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Hard pass from me. I like Reinhart and do honestly think he's a great player, but Boeser puts up more points and is about a year younger. Almost no reason do make that trade unless we really feel a centre is that badly needed--and to that point, I'd suggest that we have two top six centres already and Reinhart would be wasted as a 3rd line centre. Furthermore, Reinhart isn't good at face-offs and doesn't kill penalties. He also isn't physical. Boeser is literally just Reinhart, but better and younger.
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Our PP ranks higher than our goals per game and our PK ranks higher than our goals against per game, which suggests that Brown isn't actually doing horribly and that it's even strength hockey hurting us more. The only one I said to get rid of is Baumgartner, as I think we really shouldn't be as bad as we are with that D-corps and Demko.
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Identical to a junior b (I believe) team already there. I'd rather let them be the Abby Pilots and we pick something new.
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I don't think they'll actually use "Comets" given the heritage of Utica's team using the "Comets" name throughout the years. Seven syllables, same number as "Montreal Canadiens".
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If we choose to qualify him, it has to be $7.5M, yes. We could still sign a different deal once qualifying him, I believe, just as is done with a lot of qualified RFAs, if they deny the qualifying offer I think.
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Another option may just be another short deal so we don't worry about being burned. Also, He's starting to border on being worth that money on a long-term deal anyway. Looks to be at about a 30-35 goal pace and around a 70-point pace this year. I'd say that earns probably $7M a year at least anyway.
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It's risky, but we might just not qualify him and hope he signs with us as a UFA.
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14 points in his last 18 games (7G, 7A). Looking to be heating up, hopefully for a killer sophomore season.
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At the right price, maybe. I'd say he's still worth his contract, though that might not be the case near the end of his career if he slows down too much. Skating has often been one of his stronger points and he might not move as fast at 34 or 35 as now at 31. To be honest, Hamonic, while worse than Tanev, seems to be a better bargain. More bang for your buck, so to speak. I really wouldn't want to give up assets to trade for him though. It'd be more of an "if he was a UFA" interest than actually trading for him. I do get the feeling that Tanev is a victim of "not a Canuck"-ism around here. Far as I can tell, he's still just as good as ever in Calgary so far.
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And what's more, his contract becomes more reasonable to be bought out, so we might be Eriksson-free in a few months.
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For cheap, sure. Ideally less than $3M and being honest, he's probably worth closer to $2M. If for some reason he pushes for bigger money, we should probably let him walk/retire to be honest.
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I wouldn't mind the Comets, but I think I'm pretty open to a lot of names.
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It it was a play, the genre is definitely a tragedy.
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[GDT] Around the NHL | May (02-08) 2021
-AJ- replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
Kind of a shame that Wilson's garbage has to overlook the nice story of Oshie's hat-trick after his Dad's passing. -
Thanks for sharing. It seems even though Marky was only there for a bit over a year, he made a big impact with his incredible year and playoff run--a bigger impact than I expected. I'm moving him way up my list I think. If either of you two would be interested in sharing a more fleshed out list of 10 guys (or as many as you want), it might help me get a better ending list.
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I'm putting together a top 10 list, but I'm still not too sure of it since I watched very little of Utica hockey outside of highlights on YouTube. Would you guys have any input as to an entire top 10?
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Thanks. It's great to hear it from a Utica fan's perspective. You learn things you never would've known from just reading stat lines.
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It's tough because I mostly just have stats to go off of. It's hard to see the stories behind the players that might change things. You might be right about Archibald--it wouldn't surprise me.
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Question for Utica fans--who's the greatest Comet of all-time? I was deliberating between Grenier and Boucher, but I went with Boucher. Fan favourites Archibald and Bancks might have something to say about that too though.