Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

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NHL Free Agents: Puck Daddys top 15 unrestricted defensemen | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports Canada

Not exactly a bumper crop, but maybe the Oil can spend some big dollars and lure someone to Edmonton...

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I dunno, I feel like the overwhelming majority were pretty much in agreement that it was a strange move for Philly. Some tried justifying it with cap talk and it was a move for the future yada yada, but for the most part we agreed it was a good move by Columbus.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

NHL Free Agents: Puck Daddys top 15 unrestricted defensemen | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports Canada

Not exactly a bumper crop, but maybe the Oil can spend some big dollars and lure someone to Edmonton...

Of course the Devils have mountains of cash the year nobody worthwhile is available.

 

[forty_three]

Somebody actually made this argument?

Yes, and I laughed until I had to pee.

NHL Free Agents: Puck Daddys top 15 unrestricted defensemen | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports Canada

Not exactly a bumper crop, but maybe the Oil can spend some big dollars and lure someone to Edmonton...

Some names on there that scare me, especially with our GM under the impression we need an upgrade on D. I hope someone else drops the coin on Green and Jackman. I want no part of either of those guys.

Obviously, I'd love Oduya to come here, but the Jackets have to be cautious spending big money. Johansen's deal is coming, then Wennberg, Murray and Dano not long after. They need to make sure they have cash on hand.

 

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I wouldn't mind Jackman at the right price (no more than two years and no more than 3 million per season). I think he would be a pretty good 5th-6th defenseman while waiting for a younger guy to step up.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Oof, if Andrej Sekera is the second highest rated UFA out there it's a tough year.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

To be honest, no. A few on here and other forums but...no. That's weird.

Other than the ones on here who are pretty reasonable, you're not really missing much.

 

[puckhead]

Obviously, I'd love Oduya to come here, but the Jackets have to be cautious spending big money. .

huh. I must the only one who thinks Oduya is bad at the hockey.
every game i see him play, he seems to stick out as a weak spot.

 

[forty_three]

huh. I must the only one who thinks Oduya is bad at the hockey.
every game i see him play, he seems to stick out as a weak spot.

Remember, my team has Jared Boll and Jack Johnson.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Remember, my team has Jared Boll and Jack Johnson.

Forgetting someone?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

huh. I must the only one who thinks Oduya is bad at the hockey.
every game i see him play, he seems to stick out as a weak spot.

I concur. Inflated by who he plays with. Numbers seem to back it up:
Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com - JOHNNY ODUYA 2014-15 WOWY Analysis 5v5 Even Strength

 

[forty_three]

Forgetting someone?

To be fair, he's only played two games. We don't even know if he has learned to skate backwards yet.

THERE'S STILL HOPE!

 

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I expect the Hawks to make Bickell available - Man, he certainly cashed in for having a John Druce like playoff performance a couple of years ago.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I expect the Hawks to make Bickell available - Man, he certainly cashed in for having a John Druce like playoff performance a couple of years ago.

How can anybody consciously trade for him? He had 5 points this post-season and wasn't exactly "contributing in other ways" as the Don Cherrys like to say.

It gets worse for Chicago because they don't have a first round pick to dangle to teams as a sweetener to take this contract off their hands (not that they're really regretting it).

 

[BGDave]

I expect the Hawks to make Bolland available - Man, he certainly cashed in for having a John Druce like playoff performance a couple of years ago.

FIFY.

Oh wait, I am stuck in 2013. Plus ça change, ...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

How can anybody consciously trade for him? He had 5 points this post-season and wasn't exactly "contributing in other ways" as the Don Cherrys like to say.

It gets worse for Chicago because they don't have a first round pick to dangle to teams as a sweetener to take this contract off their hands (not that they're really regretting it).

I smell a Nathan Horton for Bickell trade comin'

 

[Nasty_Magician]

From what I remember about Oduya he was prone to making bad passes in his own end and he'd cough the puck up from the slightest contact. If there was a loose puck along the boards the other team was almost guaranteed to come away with it.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

anyone know of any big contracts that are injured right now ... like ltir injured? Backstrom with the Wild is an LTIR right now correct?

 

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How can anybody consciously trade for him? He had 5 points this post-season and wasn't exactly "contributing in other ways" as the Don Cherrys like to say.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

How can anybody consciously trade for him? He had 5 points this post-season and wasn't exactly "contributing in other ways" as the Don Cherrys like to say.

It gets worse for Chicago because they don't have a first round pick to dangle to teams as a sweetener to take this contract off their hands (not that they're really regretting it).

No kidding, I'd give up a decade's worth of 1st round picks for 3 Cups in 6.

They'll find someone to take Bickell though. As you say, his contribution isn't spectacular, but he's not a negative kind of guy like some out there. And his $4M, while too high, isn't one of the Davids (Bolland or Clarkson) outrageous.