stealth
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sorry I quoted myself
look ....you guys were cruising until after the Olympics. Then what happened you had a slide due to injuries and what do injuries do? They keep players off the ice at different time frames in the schedule, so logically not all the weapons are skating together nor at different time as were prior to the Olympics
This a witch hunt for no reason and there could be worse reprecussions if it goes down
I totally understand what you are saying but if you have watched this team under Bylsma in particular, it isn't hard to see. The guy does not know how to adjust and is outcoached often. He is good enough to get a highly talented team into the playoffs but that's where it stops. Plus the East isn't the strongest as a whole that it has been.
5 straight playoff losses to lesser seeds...the only constant...Abysmal. He has to go...unfortunately, I don't have a replacement in mind.
I say, move Letang to wing. Keep Jokinen, move Neal for a stud D man. one who plays and thinks and leads by shutdown D
you are forgetting line chemistry neal plays with Jokinen. And that isnt much of an answer abysmal
Being in the East doesnt matter, you only see one team from the west and thats in the final, which you already know. Im saying you saw a goalie have a revision of himself, I havent seen Hank like this since the start of his career (and thats 3 games)
I noticed the media was quick to point out a need for change and then call for punishment. They are off their rockers. If Blysma cant match lines himself he needs more input from the offense. Crosby was silenced, and the Ranger front five were highly motivated by Hanks play then vice verse for Fleury
If we're going to go with Fleury, he has to be insulated by an elite defense. That's how the Blackhawks do it, and that's the team we should be modeling. It's possible Scuderi just needs to be in a different system. He looked uncomfortable in Dan's. He's unmovable, and that much dead money after a buy-out would be tough to swallow, so it might be worth a look. He's not that far removed from being very good, and there have been defensemen in his mold who looked washed up in Pittsburgh, then went elsewhere and had success again. If Scuds stays bad, just scratch him, and contemplate the buyout throughout the season.
Letang may never play up to his contract, but he had a strong second round and enormous upside, and I think he's more valuable to us than he is as trade bait. Shop him around to see what you can get, and jump on a good deal, but I don't think it's hugely imperative to move him, either.
Retain Niskanen if possible, but don't overpay. 4 years, $16 million would probably be a decent deal. I wouldn't go much higher than that in either years or dollars.
Give the young guys a shot. We have to see what we have. It looks promising, but we can't be sure without giving them a shot.
Sutter, Stempniak, Goc, Jokinen, Gibbons, and Megna should all be targets for retention. I'd probably make Sutter the priority, then Jokinen, Gibbons, Goc, Stempniak, and Megna, in that order.
Being in the East doesnt matter, you only see one team from the west and thats in the final, which you already know. Im saying you saw a goalie have a revision of himself, I havent seen Hank like this since the start of his career (and thats 3 games)
I noticed the media was quick to point out a need for change and then call for punishment. They are off their rockers. If Blysma cant match lines himself he needs more input from the offense. Crosby was silenced, and the Ranger front five were highly motivated by Hanks play then vice verse for Fleury
I don't know, DS. I don't know how you essentially keep everyone. Is it even possible with the cap constraints to keep Niskanen and Jokinen?
I'd keep at least Gibbons, Megna, and Sutter. I'd like to keep Goc since his style of play is what this team is missing. Unless Stemp is really cheap or one of the the top 6 forwards is traded I'd just let him walk.
I know we can't keep everyone, but I talk to everyone to see where we stand, and I prioritize in the order I showed.
That doesn't mean we sign each guy before the next. It's just how I rank their value. But the price has to be right.