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  1. Oh yeah Kreider is gonna yield a lot if NYR are smart.
  2. I think we just need a better top 6 so we don't have to play our top 4 22+ minutes so much. Benn/Stech/Fanta only play like 15 minutes. Acquire some guys that can take up roles on PK and PP. If Rafferty came up and played alright he'd be a better option than Myers on 2nd unit PP. Then just acquire someone who plays physical and is a great PKer.
  3. Good point in terms of special teams. Myers is being more in every sort of situation this year. 6M i'd expect more around 30ish points but who Myers is playing with and how the special teams are I am willing to ease of him slightly, not entirely though. Can't deny playing with Hughes 3/4 of the time is gonna help your stats out. I am more concerned with our top 6 D than our top 4 though. Need guys to play more than 15 minutes a games there.
  4. Hasn't been a fit there but it was in Colorado all those years. Six of which he averaged over 21 minutes a game. 340 points in 545 games pretty good for a defenseman. FTR I don't think we should get him but he's a top 4 D.
  5. Playing with Hughes will probably do that. Myers has either been with Edler in a defensive role or a top 6 D. Would be nice if we got a bit more out of Myers offensively though.
  6. Despite what you think Barrie is still a top 4 Dman. Last 6 seasons Barrie's averaged over 21 minutes a game while Stecher is only averaging 15 minutes a game this year now that we have a top 4.
  7. Between him and Benn he is one of the worst defenders on the team and we need upgrades there. I don't think we should trade for Barrie but he is a legitimate top 4 defenseman. We should be trying for more gritter defensive dman.
  8. It would of been nice but I don't think we would of gotten Petey and we definitely would of missed out on Hughes had we drafted Tkachuk. 50 point PWF that year with Flames. Probably gotten more points playing with Sedins. So things worked out well all things considered.
  9. I think if you ask most people who'd they'd rather have it would be Dahlin. That's no slack on Hughes but Dahlin was touted so high for a reason. Redraft he still goes 1st overall. Dahlin somehow keeps improving at a rapid pace ever since his concussion and despite being on a crap shoot of a team. You'd think he wasn't 7 months younger than Hughes. IMO he is the next Lidstrom. For his sake Buffalo needs to figure their $&!# out.
  10. I don't think there's any credibility to those rumors. Just speculation someone came up with and everyone thinks it is a credible rumor. Just like Friedman with OJ for Simmonds.
  11. If it was Stech for Barrie but there's no way Toronto does that straight up.
  12. Funny how something Friedman speculated on Tim & Sid people are taking in as actual fact and rumors.
  13. I'd be a little iffy giving up young players now till we got a few more in and make some players expendable. Don't know if that would be enough either. Patience might be the right call for the time being.
  14. I don't see Bailey having a future here or even consider a part of that 7. Big fast guy but doesn't use his size unlike Mac. He also is't a kid anymore. He's only a few months younger than Bo who's turning 25.
  15. Yeah at the little things a bit better you can say. He hasn't taken huge strides in any regard though, just a step forward in the little things and offensively. But he isn't as nearly as physical of a presence as he should be. If I see a guy like Motte who's 5'10" 190lbs averaging 3 hits a game when Virtanen is not even close to 2 hits a game that is an area he can most definitely improve. Motte isn't even an intimidating physical presence either. If he had Motte's motor then he'd definitely be worth 3+ no question. He also isn't used in any sort of checking role or defensively. Therefore the role he plays is strictly to provide secondary scoring. Same with Gaudette. I would of liked to see Green use Gaud and Jake on the PK but that's probably not gonna happen this late in the year.
  16. I don't think we should make the trade. We don't really have the cap too.
  17. Honestly I think he gets 3ish. Nothing more than that and maybe a bit less. He's taken a step offensively but consistency has been his biggest issue and he isn't as physical of a presence as he should be. Guys like Ferland Mac and even Motte have almost 3 hits a game and Jake's has close to Pearson numbers in that regard. That's not a good thing in my mind he has the tools to be pretty good with physical play with the size and speed he has. He doesn't get used in a checking role either or is used on the PK. He's only really been a secondary scorer this year. Don't get me wrong he's a better player but the only big steps he's really taken are a bit offensively. If he upped his physicality and/or was more consistent then 3+ wouldn't be out of the question.
  18. Nothing to complain about so far. He was a positive tonight.
  19. Virtanen's been really quiet this month. His play has taken a step back from that solid stretch he was on.
  20. He's been non-existent. Need a bit of rework with our bottom 6 wingers. Need to bring in some guys that'll actually compete and bring in a physical presence. Mac, hopefully Ferland and someone else in FA(Reaves/Martin).
  21. Forward-wise we probably don't see anybody new save for FAs and Mac. Need some legit gritty players. Defense we're gonna see Rafferty in top 6 Lind will probably be like Mac next season and be the first call-up
  22. Probably he's an RFA and a 4th line staple. I bet we lock him up long term
  23. You guys know where the Juolevi-Simmonds talk started? Freid speculated that one of the D prospects because we don't want to give up picks. There's really no credibility to it. Also Greener didn't get the message that JB sees Mac as a regular.
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