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Because! That's why!
Why?Go get JT Miller
Thats like if you were remodeling your kitchen and your wife buys an expensive tub.
Why?Go get JT Miller
If we take Kassian, we can swap tampas 2nd for the oilers 1st and get another first round pick which we can use to with the 7th to get Keller.We can get Poolparty but what the crap are we going to do with Kassian which I can only guess will be part of the deal, maybe send Matt Murray to Edmonton with some retention.
Yay.Let's say NYR offers us Braden Schneider for Pinto.
Yay or nay?
If we take Kassian, we can swap tampas 2nd for the oilers 1st and get another first round pick which we can use to with the 7th to get Keller.
This is my head canon.
Watty is doing great here.If the Oil offer their first rounder, I'd be all over that.
If anything, I'd be looking to shop Kassian asap. Don't think our organization would be healthy for someone who's recovered from addiction issues and Kassian is too slow to be good at hockey. I'd hope Dorion looks into getting rid of MDZ by including him in the package. Oil might bite, especially if they are looking to move Barrie and still want a puck moving defender on the roster.
BoucherIt doesn't look like we have learned a lot from the last 10-15 years
Ottawa is a micro market, there's no hype for prospects here. Think about how guys like Karlsson, Stone, Batherson, Norris, etc were seen as prospects. Now just imagine how high people would have been on them if they were drafted by Toronto, Montreal or the New York Rangers
lol I think there was more hype for Ryan freaking Poehling than any of them
Trading Shane Pinto or Ridly Greig as "first round type prospects" would be a huge mistake.
There was definitely hype for Stone & Chabot after the WJC.It doesn't look like we have learned a lot from the last 10-15 years
Ottawa is a micro market, there's no hype for prospects here. Think about how guys like Karlsson, Stone, Batherson, Norris, etc were perceived as prospects. Now just imagine how high people would have been on them if they were drafted by Toronto, Montreal or the New York Rangers
lol I think there was more hype for Ryan freaking Poehling than any of them
Trading Shane Pinto or Ridly Greig as "first round type prospects" would be a huge mistake. With Jake Sanderson, that's 3 skater prospects you've gotta be extremely careful with (Sogaard would be another one)
Same story as when Chabot, Batherson, Norris were prospects. Just not worth it to trade them because they'll reach much higher value in the near future.
Agreed, yay all day.Yay.
Hell noLet's say NYR offers us Braden Schneider for Pinto.
Yay or nay?
Makes me nervous. I don’t think I’ll survive him beating us in the playoffsFriedman says Toronto was (is???) rumored to have/ had interest in Matt Murray! On the latest 32 Thoughts Podcast. He doesn't think it's in the cards, but believes there was at least internal discussion in TO. Ties between Dubas and Murray...
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Shane Bowers
Logan Brown
Colin White
Curtis Lazar
Noesen
Puempel
We have had misses with first rounders that we thought would be studs too.
I am okay giving Greig up in a trade if it means getting someone that fits the mold and slides right in with the core so they can all develop together.
We have Tkachuk, Norris, Batherson, Stutzle, Chabot, Sanderson, Pinto, that are all close in age and will peak at the same time.
A player like Keller (who I am gunning for) is perfect now, Greig is 3 years away.
There was definitely hype for Stone & Chabot after the WJC.
We could definitely use 1 or 2 more top 6 forwards with speed and puck handling capabilities.This notion that defences will catch up to Norris on the PP is misguided giving all the other weapons on the PP. Tkachuk owns the front of the net, Stutzle owns the perimeter, Batherson works the behind the red line & with Chabot on the blue line, they have five different weapons that can all score from anywhere on the ice.
Given what we have seen from Pinto, he is another guy with a great shot who could be on the oppositie side of Norris making the same play with a wicked slap shot. They should have enough weapons soon to put together two very good PPs. Their problem has been keeping pucks out of their net, not scoring goals, that they are good at & still getting better.
TIL hockey cards are still a thing....I just assumed they died out in the 90s.For example, Caufield's Young Guns rookie card sells 4-5 times higher than Josh Norris.
Drives the play way better than Sanford. Better playmaking skills. Better defensive results.I used to think Puljuarvi had some untapped potential (and he may still). But as of now, he's just Zach Sanford...maybe slightly better hands. He's a big body that would be fine on the 3rd line but that's about it.
I like lazar. Needs to play in Ottawa again.Lazar could be an interesting add, depending on cost. He could play 4C this year and then replace Watson as 4RW in 2023-2024 with Kastelic moving in as full-time 4C.
Plays the way we try to play and has developed into a good 4th liner, maybe even a 3rd liner in spot duty.
Drives the play way better than Sanford. Better playmaking skills. Better defensive results.
I think he can be closer to Nichushkin (not saying he can be that good, mind you) than Sanford.
I think he's a guy you bring in to replace (downgrade) on C. Brown if you move him... with the caveat that a top 6 add is still needed.
The hockey cards from the 90s have no value because of mass printing. Hockey cards today and hockey cards before the 90s have value. They however are no NBA cards which have shot up an astronomical amount due to Chinese money buying them at heavily inflated prices so they can move money out of the Chinese banking system, a lot like Canadian real estate. If China money enters the NHL card market it would make a lot of people rich.TIL hockey cards are still a thing....I just assumed they died out in the 90s.