I knew why lol, I was just doing some wishful thinking on what we should have tried to get. Be nice if we could unload jim for something though.
Last year Couts was 23 so he had plenty of time to reach his potential and Lehtera was 28 so its not quite the same
ok AMac then. Point being, the league is littered with bad contracts
He turned his 1st year 14-30-44 +21 into gold.
You could also throw Filpula and Read into the bad contracts we have on one team.
He actually brings a little something to the table though.
At least they are both UFA's after this year. Lehtera has another year after this one.
I think a lot has to do with the fact that Simmonds and Konecny contracts are up the same time as Lehtera. Their deals will be easier to digest without having Schenn's 5mil + on the books.
I know I'm gonna get blasted for this but if all what you say is true, then we might as well do the same with Simmer. I'm sure we could get some great prospects for him that would play into our future youth and depth movement. I know a lot of fans are high on this guy but I think we could def afford to let him go at this point. Also how do we groom one of these goalie prospects we have to be NHL ready in a year? If we are set up to compete for it all with in a 2-3 yr window don't we need to have a goalie start playing with the growing team?
Or get rid if this one to then, I mean great hustler but if he can never score pretty sure we could stand to part with this kid too.
At this rate we will keep pushing our cup hopes further into the future. Our PP definitely looks better with Schenn on it and i can see Simmer misses him as a second guy in front crashing the net for rebounds on point shots. Everyone doubles down on Simmer now and its hard to score with 2 guys on you that close in front.
Yep, and Hakstoll came with the same game plan! Imagine that. I'm about over that dude as a coach too.
boy am I glad you are not GM. In consecutive posts you suggested trading a perennial 30 goal scorer on a team friendly deal and dumping a 20 year old kid that hasn't found his scoring touch in the NHL yet but put up monster numbers throughout juniors...
Yea I don't buy all this building to compete in 3-4 yrs shit, that;s stupid business on any level. Like I said, where is this big future goalie we have and why isn't he getting his reps now? These players are professionals, they are either good enough or their not, it;s pretty simple really. I agree on building a good pool to chose from but that can be done without all the 5 yer building process.
Hakstoll cant play that type of game with our defense being so young.
You need reading comprehension skills, I said if it's a 2-3 year plan why not dump Koneckney then if he doesn't learn to score and if were looking to build a future power house, who better than Simmer to get a good return on now>boy am I glad you are not GM. In consecutive posts you suggested trading a perennial 30 goal scorer on a team friendly deal and dumping a 20 year old kid that hasn't found his scoring touch in the NHL yet but put up monster numbers throughout juniors...
