Ongoing NHL Thread Part IV - A New Hope

KennyBanyeah · Aug 18, 2017

Nasty_Magician said:
Well shit, hope the young guys are ready to go.

Fahlin for Dahlin?

Take the weekov for Svechnikov?

:dhd:

tducey · Aug 18, 2017

Yeah, the Zajac injury is going to impact the Devils season. Wonder if Hischier will step up in Zajac's absence.

DragonfromTO · Aug 18, 2017

@Comeds Lots of big races this weekend, old and young, boys and girls, even one up in Canada. Any thoughts? The Alabama Stakes would obviously be a lot more interesting with either Abel Tasman or Unique Bella entered but it's still a big deal.

The Travers could be fun next weekend too, the Haskell certainly was.

dash · Aug 21, 2017

A solar eclipse and a Beauchemin signing on the same day?!?

jstewismybastardson · Aug 21, 2017

hey ... how about a Bieksa Beauchemin d pairing ????

dash · Aug 21, 2017

jstewismybastardson said:
hey ... how about a Bieksa Beauchemin d pairing ????

Nobody wants to see that, jstew.

jstewismybastardson · Aug 21, 2017

dash said:
Nobody wants to see that, jstew.

you suddenly a ducks fan???? :wtf:

dash · Aug 21, 2017

jstewismybastardson said:
you suddenly a ducks fan????

wings-pens2166 · Aug 21, 2017

dash said:

man, that just never gets old watching that

forty_three · Aug 21, 2017

wings-pens2166 said:
man, that just never gets old watching that

I have to call that one like my second favorite.

puckhead · Aug 21, 2017

forty_three said:
I have to call that one like my second favorite.

Nasty_Magician · Aug 21, 2017

Report: Rangers among ‘final two or three teams’ in running to sign Kerfoot

Honestly, if this guy signs with the Rangers fuck him. If you're not going to sign with the team that drafted you there better be a valid reason. Want to be close to family, don't want to play in a certain area, etc. But to burn the team that drafted you and play 10 minutes away? That's scummy.

Duke of Douchington · Aug 22, 2017

Nasty_Magician said:
Report: Rangers among ‘final two or three teams’ in running to sign Kerfoot

Honestly, if this guy signs with the Rangers fuck him. If you're not going to sign with the team that drafted you there better be a valid reason. Want to be close to family, don't want to play in a certain area, etc. But to burn the team that drafted you and play 10 minutes away? That's scummy.

Shouldn't be too sad about losing out on a shittier version of an already shitty player, Jimmy Vesey.

Bloody Brian Burke · Aug 22, 2017

Nasty_Magician said:
Report: Rangers among ‘final two or three teams’ in running to sign Kerfoot

Honestly, if this guy signs with the Rangers fuck him. If you're not going to sign with the team that drafted you there better be a valid reason. Want to be close to family, don't want to play in a certain area, etc. But to burn the team that drafted you and play 10 minutes away? That's scummy.

Could be more about opportunity? The Devils have C prospects up the wazoo.

DragonfromTO · Aug 22, 2017

Teams draft players and end up exercising their option to not sign them all the time. I'm not sure why so many people get so upset when it happens the other way (I will make an exception for fans of the "spurned" team, I understand why they're upset, it's an emotional thing for them)

dash · Aug 22, 2017

DragonfromTO said:
Teams draft players all the time and end up exercising their option to not sign them. I'm not sure why so many people get so upset when it happens the other way.

I think it depends on whether or not the player is being forthright with his intentions regarding signing with the team that drafted him and that's where you need your GM to be astute in making that call. Flames got burned with Tim Erixon being wooed away by the Rangers a few years back when he looked like a shoo-in to make the team (of course, that was when Jay Feaster was GM of the Flames). This past off-season as part of the Mike Smith trade with Arizona, the Flames sent the rights to unsigned Brandon Hickey to the Coyotes. I think Brad Treliving was reading the tea leaves and determined that Hickey likely wasn't going to sign with Calgary.

forty_three · Aug 22, 2017

DragonfromTO said:
Teams draft players and end up exercising their option to not sign them all the time. I'm not sure why so many people get so upset when it happens the other way (I will make an exception for fans of the "spurned" team, I understand why they're upset, it's an emotional thing for them)

It's happened to the Jackets recently, and while I hope Mike Reilly fails spectacularly and want him to play at least one game where we bring back Jody Shelley and Jared Boll for just that game, my over-arching feeling is fuck Mike Reilly. If he doesn't want to play here, I don't want him to be here.

dash said:
I think it depends on whether or not the player is being forthright with his intentions regarding signing with the team that drafted him and that's where you need your GM to be astute in making that call. Flames got burned with Tim Erixon being wooed away by the Rangers a few years back when he looked like a shoo-in to make the team (of course, that was when Jay Feaster was GM of the Flames). This past off-season as part of the Mike Smith trade with Arizona, the Flames sent the rights to unsigned Brandon Hockey to the Coyotes. I think Brad Treliving was reading the tea leaves and determined that Hickey likely wasn't going to sign with Calgary.

You need to rely on your GM to get those answers out of the kid in interviews. In Reilly's case he was a 4th rounder, so you can't expect GMs to be that detailed, but for anyone you plan to take in the first two rounds, you need to have seriously had discussions with anyone who could potentially be there at your pick.

Duke of Douchington · Aug 22, 2017

Can we just simplify this to, "fuck Jimmy Vesey"?

Bloody Brian Burke · Aug 22, 2017

How about we just abolish the draft and let grown men decide for themselves where they want to be employed like the rest of society does?

tducey · Aug 22, 2017

That Kerfoot guy could be good for the Rangers, be interesting to see where he ends up.

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