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Commandant

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  1. Who do we have equivalent to Walker?
  2. Ideally the 2nd line is made up of Dach, a free agent/traded player, and then the third spot is Roy vs Newhook with the loser on the third line. That said, if they can't get a big acquisition, it could be Roy - Dach - Newhook. Either way, I think we want a top 9 that can all provide some offence, especially since we are likely to use 8 forwards on the PP (4 per unit).
  3. Yes, certainly possible, but who is to prove when that was discussed. There is no evidence of tampering prior to July 1st, and even if there was, this happens with every team in the league. Your issue could be worth the league looking into (they won't but it should have been). The other issue of having Finnish players talk to KK.... meh....
  4. Nothing is illegal if it happened over the summer. Carolina (and anyone else) could talk to KK as of July 1st that summer. Once you are RFA you can negotiate an offer sheet with any team. The fact it took him til August to sign one when he could have signed 6 weeks earlier, suggests the opposite, there was no illegal tampering. Its not like it was july 1st and hes free to talk to teams at noon, and hes signing paperwork at 12:15. Those deals are always more suspicious to me.
  5. Our end of Feb articles are coming out this week. Its a three person panel voting. Ill relase my own list after they are all out.
  6. Im going to the mat for Helenius. Im telling you this is the guy. Ive seriously got him at #2. Theres just something there. I think hes gonna be a star. This is how i felt on Quinn Hughes back in the day
  7. The islanders arent trading their first round pick to get a bit of cap relief (not even that much since they take armia in this) and a bottom pair defenceman, at the end of the season when they are missing the playoffs.
  8. I defended my point and its based not just on offence but his analytics that show selke level defence Hes grown every year He also scored 66 points while spending half the season with Harvey-pinard, Armia, and others rotating on his wings at age 23.
  9. I agree completely. Was just pointing out the value of an elite centre. That said we might have one already. Suzuki now sits 10th in the NHL for points by centres (12th on NHL.com but Reinhart and Barzal are playing wing this year no matter what NHL.com lists them as). Meanwhile Paul Maurice said yesterday that he was impressed with Suzuki and said he plays a two way game like Barkov. Could be just the opposing coach praising a guy, but I think people are starting to notice that his defensive game is getting to Selke quality. Barkov is already acknowledged in that tier. So we may have a true franchise level centre on our hands.
  10. I also still think he can be a 40 goal guy. He has that level of skill and just needs to get the shoulder back to 100%
  11. Goalies are voodoo but Fowler has been as good as we could have hoped this season.
  12. Disagree completely. Other than being papered down so that he can play in the AHL playoffs he needs to stay in Montreal for every NHL game he can play Hes getting 2nd line minutes. Hes succeeding in those minutes, and his analytics show that he is actually helping his linemates at both ends. Hes helped both Newhook and Armia to better 5v5 results. Hes scoring points and playing a 200 foot game. In fact its not crazy to think Roy-Dach-Newhook is a line next season. And even if they find a better winger for that line, at the very least, he should be a third liner next year. Keep him up as long as possible.
  13. Gallagher was apparently hurt against florida.
  14. I think that the idea is one becomes part of a tandem with Monty. I dont know that pure starter is the way to go anymore unless you find a Carey Price level guy.
  15. Assuming Pettersson would sign in Montreal you trade caufield and guhle and run away laughing.
  16. Treliving watched the Ducks, one of the worst defensive teams in the league, over the past two seasons and said "yeah, give me half their defence" Benoit, Klingberg, Lybushkin He didnt even get the good D like Gudas or Jensen
  17. If you're the Leafs, and this kind of player is available, you have to trade for him, TWICE
  18. I disagree on Caufield. We've already seen that he's an elite level goal scorer. That isn't gone. Its' been said all season that his shot doesn't have the same velocity as last year. This is normal for the shoulder surgery he had. In other players who had the same surgery, the velocity returned 18 months post surgery, which lines up at the start of training camp. While his shot was elite last year, he was also a one-trick pony. What has really improved in his game is his playmaking and his play without the puck. While the playmaking was a liability, its now a strength. Where he was a liability defensively, he's gotten to the point where he may not be a positive, but he's not a negative either. Given all of that, he still is projecting as a franchise level, first line winger. Let's remember he's just 23. Nick Suzuki is two years ahead of him in terms of drafts (2017-2019) and still improving, so I'm not down on him at all. The other issue is Newhook. yes he had the long injury, but he's proven to be a top-6 capable player when healthy and that's a plus for the team in my mind too.
  19. Thats true but there are many more moves with picks in the 20s than with top 5 picks.
  20. Stars acquire Tanev. Wonder if this starts trade dominos for D.
  21. Holtz is in and out of the doghouse in Jersey. Askarov we were apparently sniffing around last year. Reichel was recently sent to the AHL by Chicago.
  22. Or its saying that you face tough opposition, and often are on the ice for the 6 on 5 with teams scoring ENGs against you a lot, or goalies have somehow been terrible when you are on the ice. My whole point is why even look at it, when there are plenty of websites that will give you xGF%. If you are actually sucking, it will show up in that stat (also with reference to the rest of the team). If the +/- is uniquely weird cause of something out of your control, then that will also show up. xG is so much better cause it counts many more events and a big sample size is less likely to be wrong than a small sample size which is +/- for an individual player.
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