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DC_1908:
Official Offseason thread:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday May 06, 2019, 08:54:59 AM Eastern ---Be interesting to see what, if any, changes Rierden makes to his coaching approach.. Will he just be the same as he was and hope for the best? Did he learn anything and will he adjust?? Will they change any of the assistant coaches or systems?? Will the veterans of the team help with attitude, effort, etc.. (ie: someone needs to hold them accountable.. On effort alone! Especially shit like Kuznetsov saying he just doesn't give 100% most of the time.. If that's how he wants to play, please trade him immediately!!) And that leads to GMBM.. What will he do with the roster? That's about all we have to look forward to, imo.. My bets: No major changes forthcoming, just tinker here and there.. Probably overpay Burt, Sign Vrana for longer than they should, so they can afford him, let Hagelin walk. Probably keep Niskanen as I don't see how they unload that contract w/o major "helpers" attached.. Connolly? Not sure.. Him or Burt have to go I suspect.. Orpik probably comes back 1 more time. So basically Im looking at the coaching, system, attitude type adjustments.. Look for this to be copied/pasted when the "offseason" thread pops up.. Im too lazy to write it again. :snicker:
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There ya go Mick!
alta:
Management should attempt to keep Hagelin. He looked good. Who else is up for a contract?
I will give Reirden until November to prove why he doesn't deserve his own volcano thread, because I'm nice like that
Mickstix:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Monday May 06, 2019, 10:35:42 AM Eastern ---Official Offseason thread:
There ya go Mick!
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Thanks brother!!
--- Quote from: alta on Monday May 06, 2019, 04:19:00 PM Eastern ---Management should attempt to keep Hagelin. He looked good. Who else is up for a contract?
I will give Reirden until November to prove why he doesn't deserve his own volcano thread, because I'm nice like that
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Hagelin's gonna cost too much for a 4th line penalty killer, isn't he?? :huh: Though I see he's at 1.875 now.. I was thinking he'd get 3 mil, but maybe Im wrong.. We can't afford 3 mil though.
That Kuznetsov contract is gonna burn my ass if this punk plays like a girl again next year.. Just sayin'.. :snicker:
zerofox:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday May 06, 2019, 04:40:30 PM Eastern ---Thanks brother!!
Hagelin's gonna cost too much for a 4th line penalty killer, isn't he?? :huh: Though I see he's at 1.875 now.. I was thinking he'd get 3 mil, but maybe Im wrong.. We can't afford 3 mil though.
That Kuznetsov contract is gonna burn my ass if this punk plays like a girl again next year.. Just sayin'.. :snicker:
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Hagelin's real cap hit is $4M, but there's some retained salary. I assume whoever retained that salary no longer has to pay him after this year since his contract is up, so there's no more benefit for us cap wise. He may be out of his prime years but I can't see him going for lower than $3M at all. Guy has speed and the NHL today is about that speed and skill.
As for Kuzy, honestly his contract was a bit rich even before he started playing like shit. Was hoping $7M would be more reasonable as a high end, but he ended up closer to $8M. He better perform next year or it'll be a shitshow. That said, last thing I wanna do right now is cut bait and go back to being a 1C team, like back when Brooks Laich was our 2C of the future. Only Cup that guy has is the one protecting his glass groin.
DC_1908:
I’ll bet they’ll let Hagelin walk and give BretFuckinConolly 4+mil to score 20 goals and cost 50.
Given Monumentals ideal of “Keep The Band Together. We’re The Best. We have “Chemistry” “, it’s safe to say that it’s unlikely we’ll see trades to cut salary, and continue to overpay most anyone on the 17-18 team.
I’ll bet that DSP and Jaskins won’t be back, don’t wanna come back, and will have a great year for another team that values them.
Theoretically, if Connolly, Hagelin, and Bura where dumped, we could go for Colburn, Simmons, Del Zotto, Mcquaid, Flippula, or Maroon amoung others, and MAYBE still keep Hagelin. . .
I just don’t see Monumental being willing to, or GMBetaMale being good enough to do it.
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