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BEAR for the volcano?
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: Surreylily on Friday December 14, 2018, 11:27:52 PM Eastern ---Do you think we can offload him to ...... which team was it that we conned into taking Sasha? :P
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The LA Kings are rumored to be shopping Jake Muzzin. The only way the Caps could make it work salary cap wise would be to move Burakovsky and Orpik. Could the two of them plus, say, Siegenthaler, get a deal done? That's a big haul for LA to take the chance on Burakovsky, but they are last in the league in scoring, they DESPERATELY need some skill up front, and they have the grinders that could get the puck to Burakovsky and maybe get him going.
I think part of his problem is that he needs to have a grinder and a distributor on his line for him to best use his skills, and with the Caps he's NEVER been on a line with that mix. He's always been a misfit here. I think, for example, a Burakovsky/Backstrom/Wilson line would be a good one, but he's so far in the doghouse now he'd never get that opportunity. Putting him with Ovie is no good, because Ovie is the sniper on whatever line he is on, period, so it turns Burakovsky into a forechecker, which he is not.
alta:
looks like Bura is going to be scratched a 4th game in a row
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: alta on Tuesday December 18, 2018, 08:09:55 PM Eastern ---looks like Bura is going to be scratched a 4th game in a row
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As Kevin Costner said in Bull Durham, "You don't mess with a streak." Even if you would like to get someone back in the lineup -- which it isn't clear that the Caps want to do at this point.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Tuesday December 18, 2018, 08:20:24 PM Eastern ---
As Kevin Costner said in Bull Durham, "You don't mess with a streak." Even if you would like to get someone back in the lineup -- which it isn't clear that the Caps want to do at this point.
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They might want to consider scratching Eller as well if he doesnt get his head out of his ass. I'm not really buying the hot streak statement though. We were playing well before Bura was scratched.
Mickstix:
They aint scratching a 1st team penalty killer with the way they've been killing wounding penalties.
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