GDT Game 23: @ Calgary, Thursday, December 1, 7:00 PM EST

[Habsy]

Why trade him in 2 yrs — might need him then for an actual Sal Butera playoff push

You wouldn't but I always like to have escape hatches on these things.

 

[CH1]

His hips are holding up now but I wouldn’t want to invest in them — we need a break from permanent LTIR

 

[Habsy]

Yes, that's clearly the primary issue.

They'll need to be sure.

I wouldn't mind trading him at deadline and resigning him in the summer.

 

[Krustchev]

Why trade him in 2 yrs — might need him then for an actual Sal Butera playoff push

We’re more than 2 years away.

 

[CH1]

We’re more than 2 years away.

we’ll be a flawed team but could be in bubble territory where a deadline pickup makes sense

 

[CH1]

Yes, that's clearly the primary issue.

They'll need to be sure.

I wouldn't mind trading him at deadline and resigning him in the summer.

Not possible with hips

 

[Habsy]

Not possible with hips

Yes possible. It takes a lot of imaging. My kid played sports with bad hip dysplasia and we monitored it the whole way.

The thing with hips is, while they're nasty, they do show up on imagining.

 

[Habsy]

We’re more than 2 years away.

Unless they get Askarov.

 

[Krustchev]

we’ll be a flawed team but could be in bubble territory where a deadline pickup makes sense

Could be a bubble team. A lot can happen in two years but . . . projecting ahead to then, I think NJ, Detroit, Toronto and NYR will be playoff locks, with Tampa and Fla. still likely. The rest, who knows? Boston will be old or will have a new core, Wash. and Pitt. same, Ottawa I won’t believe in until they actually do something, NYI not sure about, Buffalo same as Ottawa, Flyers Bedard will still be very young, Columbus not sure about either.

 

[Stinky]

I’ll add this. He’s fucking fun to watch play. He’s talented. He skates well and sees the game really well. Slacker looked great playing with him last night.
Mon Shawnahan might really help with Slacks development.

 

[Rolex]

Could be a bubble team. A lot can happen in two years but . . . projecting ahead to then, I think NJ, Detroit, Toronto and NYR will be playoff locks, with Tampa and Fla. still likely. The rest, who knows? Boston will be old or will have a new core, Wash. and Pitt. same, Ottawa I won’t believe in until they actually do something, NYI not sure about, Buffalo same as Ottawa, Flyers Bedard will still be very young, Columbus not sure about either.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Yes possible. It takes a lot of imaging. My kid played sports with bad hip dysplasia and we monitored it the whole way.

The thing with hips is, while they're nasty, they do show up on imagining.

But Monahan isn't a kid.

 

[Habsy]

Don't know if you heard but imaging works on adults too

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Don't know if you heard but imaging works on adults too

An adult's recuperative powers aren't as good as an adolescent's.

 

[Habsy]

And that means what in a discussion of monitoring you twit?

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

And that means what in a discussion of monitoring you twit?

You can monitor til the cows come home. All you'll find is that his hips won't hold up to the day to day rigors of NHL hockey. Dump him now before he hurts himself again.

 

[Habsy]

 

[Sal_Butera]

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[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Or don't trade him and wait for him to reinjure his monitored hips and get nothing in return for him.

 

[Habsy]

You have these little arguments in your head don't you?