Nobody will want to stay over there to play hockey until 2024/25 with the way that country is trending...so the chances are better than you would think!Maybe we’ll get lucky and the league will fold under the weight of the sanctions against the various oligarchs?
From what I can understand from the few who report knowledgeably on the KHL, the sanctions have been bad enough to reduce spending and keep a lot of foreign players out but not bad enough to do any financial damage otherwise. Their domestic revenues are still basically the same, although expenses are up. It's the kind of thing they can hunker down and get through so long as it doesn't last forever.Maybe we’ll get lucky and the league will fold under the weight of the sanctions against the various oligarchs?
Many (most?) Russians feel differently, so ...Nobody will want to stay over there to play hockey until 2024/25 with the way that country is trending...so the chances are better than you would think!
Scott Wheeler said:But for all they have in quantity, and even quality within that quantity, they lack in true star power. On one hand, there are several pools whose top three or four prospects would all rank No. 1 on the Canes’ list here. On the other, there are several players who didn’t make their list here who’d rank in the upper half on a majority of other teams’ lists.
That last bit is more important than the first. In both cases and especially with San Jose, enough bulk quality heading their way will be sufficient but only so long as the player is willing to stick around. Otherwise, just rent a lower profile guy. There's going to be a portion of the media and the fan base who won't understand that, but the teams that do the "all in" thing for the playoff rarely if ever win ... especially those that go all in on the one hot name. It's one of those things that has worked just enough times for there to be expectations that are unsupported by bulk of the evidence. Also, most of the time that deadline acquisition that worked is a guy named Bourque or Selanne ... not freaking Timo Meier.The Trocheck trade was 2 NHL players and 2 middling prospects in Luostarinen and Priskie. So maybe Wallmark was a makeweight to offset the quality of the prospects? Either that or it was to make the cap work.
But I don’t think anything is going to happen until the Canucks and Sharks allow teams to negotiate extensions for Horvat and Meier.
But in fairness, it worked out for the Hurricanes with Weight and Recchi in '06. So this fan base might be a little biased toward the more aggressive trade deadline posture.It's one of those things that has worked just enough times for there to be expectations that are unsupported by bulk of the evidence. Also, most of the time that deadline acquisition that worked is a guy named Bourque or Selanne ... not freaking Timo Meier.
They can be as biased as they want ... they'll still be wrong when you look at the history of deadline moves across the league.But in fairness, it worked out for the Hurricanes with Weight and Recchi in '06. So this fan base might be a little biased toward the more aggressive trade deadline posture.
Depends on the move I guess and what you have and what you’re looking to add to the mix. I think it’s a bad idea to mortgage the future to try to make a run.They can be as biased as they want ... they'll still be wrong when you look at the history of deadline moves across the league.
This is all measurable. You can literally look back at the deadline moves of the last two decades and count the ones that were worth the cost on one hand.Depends on the move I guess and what you have and what you’re looking to add to the mix. I think it’s a bad idea to mortgage the future to try to make a run.
The bulk of the moves are predictable in their stupidity. DW/MR to the Canes wasn’t. Added leadership depth grit and experience to a team that was close to good enough.This is all measurable. You can literally look back at the deadline moves of the last two decades and count the ones that were worth the cost on one hand.
Domi cost Carolina next to nothing and won them a Game 7. Those kind of deadline moves quite often work out just fine, depending your expectations. Moves for depth are easier to pull off and easier for the player to execute. And IMO you can't just dismiss 90% of historical deadline moves as obviously dumb ... because that's the whole point. This entire idea that you can routinely pull off direction changing moves at or near the trade deadline is on its face a dumb idea. And yet, EVERY deadline sees a parcel of GMs throwing away precious future resources chasing the longest of long shots ... because that one time it worked for that other guy.The bulk of the moves are predictable in their stupidity. DW/MR to the Canes wasn’t. Added leadership depth grit and experience to a team that was close to good enough.
Horvath to the Isle. They’re still not gonna win the cup.
You are correct that most of the moves don’t work especially for rentals when a lot was given up. I’m just saying you can exclude probably 90% of them putty them into the category of it’s a long term move to make the team better or a PR move or a desperate shot at something right out of the gate.
You can also look at the moves that are likely to be effective and know that up front.
Domi to the Canes last season - unlikely to move the needle significantly.