spook007 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 2 hours ago, eeeeergh said: You're not wrong. Here are the variables: - Will Rathbone be able to jump into the top 4? Who knows - could do, but also could end up being a bottom pairing defenseman - IF he does, will OEL still be good enough in a couple years to still be in the top 4? Hopefully, but not guaranteed If those two things happen I think we're in good shape, but no doubt, the next couple drafts have to hit a couple quality defenseman prospects. I will be over the moon, if he can improve his defencive play enough to play even bottom 6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CanucksJay Posted September 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2022 I think Burroughs did a more than finbe job on 3rd pairing last year. I dont recall seeing him get beaten. Plays the game tough, good mobility and sticks up for his team mates. I'd like to see him play more this year. It might seem like a possibility now that Hunt is no longer here to take his minutes 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeeergh Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 51 minutes ago, spook007 said: I will be over the moon, if he can improve his defencive play enough to play even bottom 6. He's already good enough to play on the bottom pairing. Especially if he's sheltered by a stay at home partner. Remember, bottom pair can be sheltered, he can be given fewer d zone starts, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eeeeergh Posted September 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2022 27 minutes ago, CanucksJay said: I think Burroughs did a more than finbe job on 3rd pairing last year. I dont recall seeing him get beaten. Plays the game tough, good mobility and sticks up for his team mates. I'd like to see him play more this year. It might seem like a possibility now that Hunt is no longer here to take his minutes I liked Burroughs better than Poolman. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 1 hour ago, eeeeergh said: He's already good enough to play on the bottom pairing. Especially if he's sheltered by a stay at home partner. Remember, bottom pair can be sheltered, he can be given fewer d zone starts, etc etc. Is he? I think, I can safely say that the same was said last year, and it was very evident, that it was not the case. I think the jury is still out, on whether he can defend well enough to play on any of the D pairings.... Hopefully you're right, but I'm not sold on it just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, CanucksJay said: I think Burroughs did a more than finbe job on 3rd pairing last year. I dont recall seeing him get beaten. Plays the game tough, good mobility and sticks up for his team mates. I'd like to see him play more this year. It might seem like a possibility now that Hunt is no longer here to take his minutes Hunt was the left side guy...no more Hunts please (although he did have one good game for us). Burroughs was just fine as a spare part that worked out. Same as Lammy and Highmore really. It would be amazing if one of these guys could come in and cement themselves as part of the team going forward. Burroughs played with grit. Not sure he's good enough ... compared him to Steve Staois on a different thread ... kind of has that vibe. If that's the case then our bottom pairing actually is pretty decent. At the very least, he's a good extra D to have around. Poolman is completely unknown commodity still. He's for sure getting paid to be a regular. I trust Bruce will play the guys that earn the ice time. Edited September 13, 2022 by IBatch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTramFan Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I would be targeting Jacob Bernard-Docker from OTT right now in a straight up trade for Hogs. Love me some Hoglander but we are stacked at forward now and JBD is a potential top 4 RHD hidden in OTT's system behind quite a few other Dmen. He's 22 years old and ready to start playing as a depth Dman in the NHL. Trade for him now before he gets too much more playing time and his value increases around the league. Next off season I think we should be aiming to move Myers to create cap space (after paying his signing bonus he will only have $1m in salary owed). This would give us space to make a UFA signing. At this stage my favoured target is Artem Zub. Will be 27 years old next off season, 6'2", 204 lb, plays a physical strong defense-first game, averaged 21 mins/gm last season, excellent on the PK and a good long-term partner for Hughes. The Russian players on our roster will help to draw him into a decent UFA long-term deal somewhere in the $4.0-4.6m range. D lineup in 2023: OEL Myers Hughes Schenn Rathbone Dermott (Burroughs Bernard-Docker) D lineup in 2024: Hughes Zub OEL JBD Rathbone Schenn (Dermott Burroughs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/12/2022 at 1:29 PM, CanucksJay said: I think Burroughs did a more than finbe job on 3rd pairing last year. I dont recall seeing him get beaten. Plays the game tough, good mobility and sticks up for his team mates. I'd like to see him play more this year. It might seem like a possibility now that Hunt is no longer here to take his minutes I recall Burroughs being beaten a few times but he battled hard to recover and limit the scoring opportunities. All in all he was a fine bottom pairing defender as long as he is able to stay in his wheel house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honourable Hughes Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/10/2022 at 1:19 PM, Alflives said: This 100% is what to do. Great D will excel on either side. The Red army teams (60’s to 80’s) often didn’t even have any right shot players, let alone right shot D. The great Habs’ teams in the mid 70’s were led by three HHOF left shot D, who pretty much played the whole game. Quinn will be our best D (on the right) side we’ve ever had. OEL - Quinn is a fabulous top pair. Even with this strategy, we could still use a RHD for the second pairing for more depth. If we get injuries, our D is stupid thin compared to the quality of our goaltender and forward group. I still think a F for D trade is necessary, even if it doesn’t come until next off-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Maru Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I think the only top RD that could be had is Severson. NJ would just look for a player swap as they are not looking to take a step back. Only player I could see them interested in would be Bo which is a pretty tough. Maybe we could convince them on Garland or Boeser (with some retention) but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 We have three potential rhd coming up,maybe one makes it so we either trade for one or get one ufa.Or both and trade Myers at the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 10:37 AM, Muttley said: Would be nice but more then likely would not see him for a year or two as he would play in the ahl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Im almost ready to take one for the team and do a deal with the devil for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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