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zerofox:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Monday July 01, 2019, 05:00:02 PM Eastern ---Bobrowsku signs 7yr 10mn with FLA
Jesusfuckin Crrist, 7yr 10m?!?!i
We better be prepared to say good buy to Holts, Nick, or hopefully Kuzy and Carlson. Now way we can scrape another 4 together and do anything in terms of competing
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Massively overdid it. Glad we didn't make that offer. Paying him that much through age 37??? Crazy
DC_1908:
Meh not bad, Hathaway is the real steal out of that. Thankfully, their salaries will keep them in the lineup, but we’ll wait and see how Reidon uses em
zerofox:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Monday July 01, 2019, 06:18:25 PM Eastern ---Some Jackass on RMNB tweeted (well, okay, I READ the tweet on RMNB)
"Don't Panik, GMBM always hathaway"
:raspberry:
At least we added some toughness. I think D will be our issue. Holts better have a Vezina season.
Go Caps.
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I think Hagelin over Bura will be a huge improvement. Panik's gotta fill some pretty big shoes on the 3rd line though.
Carlson, Orlov, Kempny, and Jensen doesn't sound like a terrible top 4. But Orlov and Carlson need to stop being retarded and Kempny needs to recover and get his game back. Jensen seemed solid in the few games I saw of him.
I read on RNMB that our signings add a lot of physicality to big hitters like Ovechkin and Wilson. I'm down with that. We can score goals in bunches and wear people down physically. I'd hope we bring some more speed to our game too (Vrana is great, but Hagelin even though he's known for his speed is on the wrong side of 30)
What I'm most worried about is our depth, especially outside of the 12F and 6D. An injury could leave us in a lot of trouble, forcing us to pull up some unproven AHL guys.
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Sunday June 30, 2019, 02:12:09 PM Eastern ---If he grows up and quits worrying about “Top 6” and his stats, he could be a damn good player. He’s gonna learn the hard way that most teams won’t tolerate that childish video-game mentality. He’ll either man-up or find a spot on the second line of a KHL team
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This, IMO, is the foundation that all of Bura’s issues spring up from!
Every one of these youngsters, that were absolute superstars in their hometown, and beyond, before hopping onto pro NHL ice for the first time, were all coddled, had enormous amounts of praise heaped upon them, some even practically worshipped, like young gods! Simply what would seem like an endless reservoir of adulation, limelight, and the like!
It’s certainly easy to understand why most all of these “superstar rookies”, come into their first NHL training camps, thinking they are the Jesus of all things hockey! Indestructible, and cockey!
Coaches and team mgmnt, have been quite aware of this phenomenon, for years, and have learned, over time, just how to handle these individuals, generally allowing the natural “realities”, of playing pro hockey, work their magic, humbling, ways.
This normal “educating”, (LOL), process, works quite well, and has for decades, on MOST of these youngins, one way or the other!
I emphasize MOST, because there are those rookies that are SO full of themselves, without having the inner character to realize, at some point, that they are, “no longer in Kansas, anymore”! They’re in the big leagues!
They don’t get coddled anymore, instead, they get roughed up! Their “go to” moves don’t work like they did in junior leagues, BUT MAINLY, the common thread for their demise is leaning on their individual understanding, way too much, dismissing advice from players and coaches, with a stubborn unwillingness to truly believe THEY have to change! They’re heads are filled with a lot of “if onlys”, that blame other things, and convince themselves, are the REAL reasons that their performance is sub par!
Immaturity, over confidence, lack of discipline and character, or just plain growing up, are the phrases we commonly hear.
Bura was an absolute poster boy for this type of rookie-itis!
I have yet to see any other Caps youngster, be extended such longsuffering, patience, and an endless abyss of “resets”, from coaches and mgmnt, as Andre Burakovsky!
He would be the last person on earth, to be able to claim that he wasn’t given enough opportunity! (But I’d wager he still believes that very notion)! LOL
I believe the Caps, by virtue of the quick Hagelin signing, have signaled whom they believe is Bura’s replacement. With Dowd, Boyd, Stephenson, DSP, Jaskin?, getting he 4th line look!
Rush
Beaglefan2:
Who knows on these three signings. Could work out great and I do like what GMBM did with the draft. One thing this might hint toward is potentially losing Stephenson. I expect they will, and should, prioritize signing Vrana and there won't be any money left for Stephenson. I think Stephenson took a huge step backwards this year, but he still has a big upside. I would hate to lose him.
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