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ABasin · Post #351 by **ABasin** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:29 pm

NHL33 wrote:Stastny is better than all of them. Stastny-Backes-Roy down the middle would be pretty good.

Isn't Roy a UFA after this season? I was thinking that Stastny would be a replacement for Roy, if anything.

Seems to me that StL is in the same position as Colorado with centers. They have plenty of them.

NHL33 · Post #352 by **NHL33** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:19 pm

ABasin wrote:Isn't Roy a UFA after this season? I was thinking that Stastny would be a replacement for Roy, if anything.

Seems to me that StL is in the same position as Colorado with centers. They have plenty of them.

I forgot about his contractual status. Since Roy is UFA, it's even better for them to go after Stastny.

Sure, they have plenty of centers but outside of Backes none belong in the top-6. Maybe Berglund, but imo he shouldn't be either the #1 nor #2 choice for a team that hopes to win the Stanley Cup.

Someone like Sobotka is a great complementary player in the right role. That's the third line. Steen is often used as a winger, so ditto for him.

Basically, I see no reason for them not to approach Stastny. Whether he fits into their budget is unknown, but it'd be a huge blow for us if he goes to a divisional rival as strong as the Blues.

You can't compare our center position with St. Louis', or most other teams' for that matter. We have an embarrassment of riches.

NHL33 · Post #353 by **NHL33** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:42 pm

dempsey_k wrote:It's all poop puckers and tit whistles until the trigger is pulled on a trade. I bet it's possible we add a d-man, but I doubt we trade Stastny. I also suspect that we re-sign both him and O'Reilly at decent long term contracts this summer.

This would be the best possible outcome. I don't think we trade Stastny, but I doubt we'll re-sign him either. Hopefully that isn't the case.

chewey · Post #354 by **chewey** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:01 pm

ABasin wrote:Isn't Roy a UFA after this season? I was thinking that Stastny would be a replacement for Roy, if anything.

Seems to me that StL is in the same position as Colorado with centers. They have plenty of them.

Comparing their center to our centers is like comparing a garage full of hondas and a prosche vs ferraris.
Impressive, but one is clearly better.

What they do have that we don't is that defensive depth.

stan:getz · Post #355 by **stan:getz** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:02 pm

base wrote:Comparing their center to our centers is like comparing a garage full of hondas and a prosche vs ferraris.
Impressive, but one is clearly better.

What they do have that we don't is that defensive depth.

Yes.

stan:getz · Post #356 by **stan:getz** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:06 pm

Sorry, forgot about the Porsche

stan:getz · Post #357 by **stan:getz** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:07 pm

chewey · Post #358 by **chewey** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:15 am

Blake Wheeler is quietly having an awesome season. Would love to pry him out of Winnipeg as I think he'd look great next to anyone on this team.

NHL33 · Post #359 by **NHL33** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:49 pm

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stan:getz · Post #360 by **stan:getz** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:56 pm

Post fucking deleted

NHL33 · Post #361 by **NHL33** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:01 am

You all suck.

NHL33 · Post #362 by **NHL33** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:03 am

I hope Stan contracts E. coli ASAP and Dempsey is submerged in a flood of PMs by Leafs fans.

NHL33 · Post #363 by **NHL33** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:18 am

You Leafs fans better be reading this.

WarriorOfGandhi · Post #364 by **WarriorOfGandhi** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:00 pm

Leafs fans can read?

VLoo · Post #365 by **VLoo** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:45 pm

WarriorOfGandhi wrote:Leafs fans can read?

Someone on the Leafs broad said ROR might be the odd man out for "cap reasons", so even if they can read they sure as shit can't count.

ABasin · Post #366 by **ABasin** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:57 pm

LOL. Holos must have learned to hug like that from McLeod during his short stint here.

[video]http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/123656[/video]

stan:getz · Post #367 by **stan:getz** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:01 pm

NHL33 wrote:I hope Stan contracts E. coli ASAP and Dempsey is submerged in a flood of PMs by Leafs fans.

Still good bro

VLoo · Post #368 by **VLoo** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:09 pm

Add Monahan to that who in any other year would have been in the discussion as the #1 pick and is already a fantastic NHLer. Has Granlund developed that much or is this your sisu bias? I don't remember anyone thinking he'd be that good a few years ago.

stan:getz · Post #369 by **stan:getz** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:08 pm

Granlund sucks balls

chewey · Post #370 by **chewey** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:44 pm

dempsey_k wrote:You know who's building a groundswell of young talent? Calgary.

First you've got to look at the marquee players: Johnny Gaudreau and Markus Granlund. These two could be 60+ point players in 2014-15 or 15-16. Then the next tier: Max Reinhart, Sven Baertschi, Bill Arnold, Tyler Wotherspoon, Jon Gillies, Joni Ortio. I think they've competently rebuilt that franchise. They're going to draft high again this summer and get another great player to add to that.

Yikes, deps I love you and all man but until the players show they cant consistently put up solid numbers those expectations are high. 60+ points would currently put them in the TJ Oshie, Stastny, Spezza, etc. category. Hell McGinn and Galiardi looked like they could be 60+ point getters too in a small sample size but then reality hit and i'd be surprised to see either one cross 40 points.

NHL33 · Post #371 by **NHL33** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:53 pm

Put your faggy stick and ball in the proper thread, asshole.

VLoo · Post #372 by **VLoo** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:54 am

Nikita Kucherov has also been pretty productive as a 20 year old. Didn't play a full season and has been in and out of the lineup recently, but the kid's offensive potential is monstrous. They're a pretty fun team to watch.

NHL33 · Post #373 by **NHL33** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:12 pm

For the record: Shattenkirk isn't that great defensively.

That aspect of his game has always been overplayed due to EJ's offensive production being so low prior to this season.

ABasin · Post #374 by **ABasin** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:01 am

WC:

Colorado in 6.
Chicago in 7.
LA in 6.
Ana in 6.

NHL33 · Post #375 by **NHL33** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:04 pm

Avs in 6
Blackhawks in 4
Kings in 7
Ducks in 5

NHL33 · Post #376 by **NHL33** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:31 pm

Andrew MacDonald re-signed with the Flyers for 6 years at $5M per. What the fuck?

NHL33 · Post #377 by **NHL33** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:18 pm

hek wrote:The term is getting up there, but I don't think the cap hit is too out of line for a second pairing defender if the cap does indeed rise to $71 million. I think he would have gotten a similar contract from someone if he hit the market.

The guy is injured all the time and he's not a great player. Good player. When healthy.

I'm not surprised he got the money, just surprised that the Flyers locked him up. Really should max out at $3.5-4M tops.

chewey · Post #378 by **chewey** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:08 am

dempsey_k wrote:Philly gets scored on more than average when he's on the ice. Worth seven billion per?

I thought Flyers fans liked him and that he and Schenn had a solid 2nd pairing going.

I honestly haven't see enough of the flyers or MacD to make a judgement on this signing. He likely would have gotten the same as a UFA thought. Didn't Carle get around the same amount himself ?

VLoo · Post #379 by **VLoo** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:35 am

chewey wrote:I thought Flyers fans liked him and that he and Schenn had a solid 2nd pairing going.

I honestly haven't see enough of the flyers or MacD to make a judgement on this signing. He likely would have gotten the same as a UFA thought. Didn't Carle get around the same amount himself ?

You need to peak in on the Philly board more. Good people. Mac is not great and that deal is 2-3 years too long and 1-1.5 mil too much a year. Awful deal.

ABasin · Post #380 by **ABasin** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:14 pm

ABasin wrote:WC:

Colorado in 6.
Chicago in 7.
LA in 6.
Ana in 6.

Of course, there is another conference.

Boston in 5.
TB in 7.
Phi in 6.
Pitt in 6.

ABasin · Post #381 by **ABasin** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:41 pm

ABasin wrote:Of course, there is another conference.

Boston in 5.
TB in 7.
Phi in 6.
Pitt in 6.

Just saw that Bishop is hurt. If he doesn't play, I switch my pick to Montreal.

NHL33 · Post #382 by **NHL33** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:26 pm

VLoo wrote:You need to peak in on the Philly board more. Good people. Mac is not great and that deal is 2-3 years too long and 1-1.5 mil too much a year. Awful deal.

Except for the fact they're dirty Phillies fans.

ABasin wrote:Of course, there is another conference.

No, there isn't.

NHL33 · Post #383 by **NHL33** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:55 pm

You should be ashamed of taking the easy way out and posting O Fortuna. Deep, deep shame.

ABasin · Post #384 by **ABasin** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:11 am

NHL33 wrote:You should be ashamed of taking the easy way out and posting O Fortuna. Deep, deep shame.

Weird Ana-Dal game last night. Ana owned them for half the game, then it turned the other way.

Fun OT in the Montreal-TB game also. It was great to see an OT game - not the shit OTs they play in the regular season, but a real one.

ABasin · Post #385 by **ABasin** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:59 pm

Datsyuk just smoked Boston. And Howard, I suppose.

Fun playoffs so far.

NHL33 · Post #386 by **NHL33** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:00 pm

That Bruins game was worse than the Habs-Bolts affair despite the score. How incredibly boring. Maybe the Stars will show up tonight.

NHL33 · Post #387 by **NHL33** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:17 am

Major let down tonight. We were spoiled last night.

VLoo · Post #388 by **VLoo** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:39 am

NHL33 wrote:Major let down tonight. We were spoiled last night.

First 2 nights were pretty good. Last night was pretty meh. I also detest Detroit and Boston, so I have 0 interest in that series to begin with.

ABasin · Post #389 by **ABasin** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:24 pm

NHL33 wrote:Blackhawks in 4

…and now Seabrook is almost certain to be suspended.

NHL33 · Post #390 by **NHL33** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:40 pm

Uhh, Hawks in 6. I believe.

NHL33 · Post #391 by **NHL33** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:46 pm

Playoff officiating has been terrible. That's a norm, I'm aware, but it seems like every game I watch the referees botch things up severely.

chewey · Post #392 by **chewey** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:07 am

I am hoping Dallas can pull an upset. Fuck Ducks.

WarriorOfGandhi · Post #393 by **WarriorOfGandhi** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:46 am

dempsey_k wrote:Problems I see with the Ducks:

They're a two man squad.

while this is true, it's even more true of Dallas

Brain of J · Post #394 by **Brain of J** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:58 am

Logan Couture is a real douche. His face combined with his constant embellishing of everything, just so easy to dislike.

WarriorOfGandhi · Post #395 by **WarriorOfGandhi** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:36 am

was at the CBJ game. Glad I could see Crosby and Malkin live in the playoffs, even though they only registered one assist between them they were quite clearly the best players on the ice. Also glad to have been to an OT game, even if it ended after three minutes. Great game.

ABasin · Post #396 by **ABasin** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:41 am

NHL33 wrote:Uhh, Hawks in 6. I believe.

You're a stud.

If we Avs fans are feeling low about how the Minnesota series is going, just think what the Hawks would have done to us.

NHL33 · Post #397 by **NHL33** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:17 am

ABasin wrote:You're a stud.

If we Avs fans are feeling low about how the Minnesota series is going, just think what the Hawks would have done to us.

If the 2013 and 2014 parallels continue, then the Blues will be losing in 2-1 next game.

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