Chronic.Canuck

It's not the black skate so I hate it. You can't change my mind.

Pearson is highest on the depth chart of the guys you're referring to: Sutter, Roussel, Beagle (and Eriksson lol). I'm sure between Podkolzin, Hoglander, Lind, the young guys we already have on the team (Motte, MacEwen, Virtanen), and maybe another surprise (Jasek?) we have those minutes covered. What we could use is a C prospect ready in a year or two - I just listed 6 wingers who should all show age related improvement in the next two years to add to Boeser and Miller and all of a sudden that's 8 wingers and a full winger lineup lineup with a good mix of scoring, size, speed, and grit. Gaudette is in a good spot to grow as a center here with Horvat and Petey sheltering him for the next 2-3 years and I'm sure he'll find some chemistry with wingers sooner than later. He was already on a 46 point pace last year and I don't see 50-60 points a year out of the question at all. Now we just need a 25 year old Jay Beagle/Manny Malholtra type to be our primary defensive center and we can let Bo off the leash.

He's carrying Madden! /s

Looks like it, yep!

Fanta signed in the KHL. We're probably looking at a mix of Benn/Juolevi/Rafferty/Rathbone for the third pairing.

Yeah we don't talk about those years around here anymore.

88 + 8 = 96

To be fair, there are not even that many players in JUNIOR who play 25 minutes a night who don't end up being at the very least NHL contributors.

Sign Ovechkin. Bring on Tryamkin and Podkolzin. Ovechkin - Pettersson - Boeser Miller - Horvat - Podkolzin Hoglander - Gaudette - Virtanen Motte - Beagle - MacEwen Hughes - Schmidt Juolevi - Tryamkin Edler - Myers Demko

I'm pretty sure he shut out the Canucks once

Motte bad.

Wow

It's a fake account, just went through this with my buds in the group chat lol

Beauty cap hit

He's turning 22 this month. He nearly tripled his AHL rookie season point total in his 2nd year (from 17 to 44) for just under 0.75 P/G while averaging 1PIM/G as an in your face agitator type of player. Not sure what your expectations are for him but I see a successful young player taking all the right steps towards being a full time NHL middle six forward within 1-2 years. Edit: This is Hoglander talk lol. The training staff is very high on him it seems, he definitely has an advantage because of how hard he works in the gym combined with his natural skill and intelligence. He's got a great leg up on this season and it looks like he's taking another step forward in the SHL. Would be interesting to potentially see him at training camp this year.

I think he and Woo will be great physical depth additions at the bottom of the lineup in a year or two to replace guys we currently have in those spots like Roussel & Benn.

Roussel - (bag o'pucks) - Reaves would be the most hated line in the NHL by far lol.

I heard they're also signing Markstrom this offseason!

I agree, though the LD spots are filling up quickly. NHL: Hughes Edler Benn/Fanta Juolevi AHL: Rathbone Brisebois Teves With Utunen (and hopefully Tryamkin) coming in soon.

Sautner is UFA and will probably be replaced by Rathbone next year. Not sure about Brisebois though.

When you said the Bay I assumed Tampa

I had a thought yesterday - there must be some draft eligible players whose seasons have started up overseas already. I guess some bonus scouting time for these players?

2 assists from the 4th line bodes well I'd say...

Tampa looks pretty battered and Dallas had a good rest... Dallas in 7 probably.

Meh. Next Jimmy Howard/Corey Crawford. Decent goalie with his best days early in his career.