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Will be interesting to see what the forest injury ends up being. Probably week to week then season ending surgery in April. Misses start of camp. Would be par for the course with this medical team.
Sucks for Tyson as he is a legit bright spot for the team going forward. Didn’t he have his shoulder repaired few years back? No worries as ND can draw back in the lineup on a consistent basis.
A gpalie who can stop the puck and the top 4 on the blueline is the catalyst for success. I guess Risto is closing to coming back to help bolster the 3rd pair. Kind of hoping Kyrou would get a shot with Seeler on the 3rd pair. The blueline is not big, but constantly gets it out of the D zone with good outlet passes as opposed to chipping the puck up the boards every time. It would take real courage to embrace making the blueline smaller, but even more mobile and passing ability with inserting Kyrou. I do not expect it to happen any time soon, but with Drysdale and Andrae not getting caved in due to lack of size, it is something to think about.
That whole Drysdale trade still doesn’t sit well with me. Gauthier screwed the organization over with his request, he probably wouldn’t be having as much success offensively with the Flyers as they lack the talent that the Ducks have, but his talent level far exceeds Drysdale’s in my opinion. Bad trade!!
I don’t disagree about the results of the trade, but Drysdale is a big part of the results of the current team. This team currently built is not a true contender. Above average goaltending and a top 4 cannot take a team to the Finals. As far as asset management, no doubt trading for a top line winger for a second pair Dman is not ideal. A miss for Briere. Trading a 4th line center for at worst a top line winger is a win. I am not a Briere apologist. From day one, I thought the path of the rebuild laid out was a mistake. TK and Tippett extensions a mistake, IMO. If he can trade for Tippett before his NTC kicks in to bolster the team, then not a mistake. The way forward is trades and savvy free agent deals. Vladar full credit as a savvy free agent move. Pretty obvious, the next big move is trading some of these winger assets for a top 6 center or top pair Dman. It is really the only was forward to making this team relevant. That’s why if Hughes becomes available, Briere will try to acquire.
A gpalie who can stop the puck and the top 4 on the blueline is the catalyst for success. I guess Risto is closing to coming back to help bolster the 3rd pair. Kind of hoping Kyrou would get a shot with Seeler on the 3rd pair. The blueline is not big, but constantly gets it out of the D zone with good outlet passes as opposed to chipping the puck up the boards every time. It would take real courage to embrace making the blueline smaller, but even more mobile and passing ability with inserting Kyrou. I do not expect it to happen any time soon, but with Drysdale and Andrae not getting caved in due to lack of size, it is something to think about.
That whole Drysdale trade still doesn’t sit well with me. Gauthier screwed the organization over with his request, he probably wouldn’t be having as much success offensively with the Flyers as they lack the talent that the Ducks have, but his talent level far exceeds Drysdale’s in my opinion. Bad trade!!
lol. flyers screwed it up.
A gpalie who can stop the puck and the top 4 on the blueline is the catalyst for success. I guess Risto is closing to coming back to help bolster the 3rd pair. Kind of hoping Kyrou would get a shot with Seeler on the 3rd pair. The blueline is not big, but constantly gets it out of the D zone with good outlet passes as opposed to chipping the puck up the boards every time. It would take real courage to embrace making the blueline smaller, but even more mobile and passing ability with inserting Kyrou. I do not expect it to happen any time soon, but with Drysdale and Andrae not getting caved in due to lack of size, it is something to think about.
That whole Drysdale trade still doesn’t sit well with me. Gauthier screwed the organization over with his request, he probably wouldn’t be having as much success offensively with the Flyers as they lack the talent that the Ducks have, but his talent level far exceeds Drysdale’s in my opinion. Bad trade!!
A gpalie who can stop the puck and the top 4 on the blueline is the catalyst for success. I guess Risto is closing to coming back to help bolster the 3rd pair. Kind of hoping Kyrou would get a shot with Seeler on the 3rd pair. The blueline is not big, but constantly gets it out of the D zone with good outlet passes as opposed to chipping the puck up the boards every time. It would take real courage to embrace making the blueline smaller, but even more mobile and passing ability with inserting Kyrou. I do not expect it to happen any time soon, but with Drysdale and Andrae not getting caved in due to lack of size, it is something to think about.
So, two points out of first place in the Metro, I did not see that happening at any point in the season after Thanksgiving. 😵💫
I expected them to be better this year but not THIS much better. I’m truly impressed.
So, two points out of first place in the Metro, I did not see that happening at any point in the season after Thanksgiving. 😵💫
I do believe Quinn Hughes does get traded and has no interest in extending in VAN. There has not been many top tier players who have been traded with more then a few months left on their current contract. The most recent example was Jack Eichel and he had a medical situation added to the equation. Whoever trades for Hughes the assets given up to get him might be surprising lower then expected.
I have posted before I would prefer to trade for Dahlin over Hughes. However, the current regime has to justify its plan back to relevancy. Hughes is the type of player they have to try and acquire because of their insistence of not gutting the roster to acquire multiple top 5 picks. I have been no fan of Tocchet, but we’ll see if he can help get a Hughes trade over the line. What we have seen so far with the cap rising is all the star players not waiting to sign in the summer of their free agency, but extending early. Will Hughes buck the trend to player with his brothers? Possible. However, I read a rumor that Hughes may sign an extension which ends when Jack’s current deal is up in 2030. Hughes current cap hit is 7.8 million. I have to figure his extension will probably be double that number. We’ll see who has an appetite for giving out that type of contract.
