The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Game 8 - Canadiens @ Wild
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Sal_Butera
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Has the league speed caught up to Byron negating his advantage? Hardly noticeable on the ice...
Altair
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Or he's lost a step.
He's no spring chicken. I've said for a while that Byron would have been on my early list of those to sell high on as once he lost a step his entire game would drop off.
Once again this regime`s fascination to lock up a depth guy with term is beyond me
Waiver wire pick up and another overpay
Hope we can dump this year
Sal_Butera
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I’m not too concerned NHL is a heavily reputation based league - Byron should be moveable for solid return and I fully expect he’ll be the asset used as part of a deal.
I’m simply concerned the PK this year is looking like the PP last season - an anchor for the team...but it’s still too early in the season to outright panic.
No issue with the respectable start this year
My point is contract is a waste a year after his signing just like Alzner
That's totally on the regime
3.5 here , 4.5 there and some other coin and that's a sizeable chunk of cap space
Put Byron and other assets in a larger deal and get a quality player
GrandWazoo
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I like Paul but it was too much for too long. He's not the type of player you give 4 years contracts to.
Sal_Butera
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Byron simply received term (an extra year) in exchange for no restrictions / NTC
He's getting older so likely not as fast. We need to get rid of either he or Lehkonen and move Poehling to the wing for this season.
worm
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you would rather play weaker players on the team than Poehling?
worm
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i would rather him play his natural position and develop him there
Sal_Butera
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Move Domi to wing and play one of Poehling or KK at C and the other with Drouin
GrandWazoo
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What's the obsession with moving our best center to the wing?
He isn’t a center
Sal_Butera
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I commend Domi for adapting to the C position but he’s weak defensively, much of it stemming from getting dominated by physically stronger opposing C’s he faces with road matchups.
Domi’s north/south speed in the W IMO would do wonders for KKs game.
Exactly , he struggled late last year
He would be solid with 11 and KK
His playmaking will be an added bonus on the wing
GrandWazoo
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How is he not a center? 81 points in 91 games with us at center. Why change something that is not broken?