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You think they're top-level centres. Or at least have enough potential to be that we don't need to worry about that position.
 
I'd be concerned about the center position. Apparently Burke isn't because he sees this as a learning year anyway.
 
Habsy said:
I'd be concerned about the center position. Apparently Burke isn't because he sees this as a learning year anyway.
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By learning year do you mean another tanking season?

Burke's made it clear he expects us in the playoffs and his moves prove it. If it happens or not remains to be seen though.
 
Unless he's feeding everyone with playoff hopes to please the masses he doesn't look at this as a learning year.

He's fully expecting this team to compete.

And by this I mean the roster come this fall not what we have on paper now.
 
I'll be disappointed if we don't make it this year. Goaltending and defense are fine its just the current lineup of forwards needs a little more tinkering.

We won't be odds on favorites to win the cup but there is no reason we can't be in the miz for a playoff spot
 
Habsy said:
I think he will be disappointed if that is his expectation.
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I think the leafs can make the playoffs. Hell, Colardo made the playoffs last season after finishing dead last the year before and they did it without adding any major roster players. If the leafs can get some goaltending, much improved PK, and their players stay healthy I dont see why they cant or wont make the playoffs.
 
Pronger84 said:
I think the leafs can make the playoffs. Hell, Colardo made the playoffs last season after finishing dead last the year before and they did it without adding any major roster players. If the leafs can get some goaltending, much improved PK, and their players stay healthy I dont see why they cant or wont make the playoffs.
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2 amazing rookies, kyle quincey, and Craig Anderson are not major roster players?
 
Anderson had put up stellar numbers for a few years before .935 and .924 as Panthers backup.

It was not luck it was a calculated risk that he could handle being a starter, you are a newer poster but many posters wanted to see him come over here in place of Toskala before last season because of his numbers.

Quincey had good numbers 39 pts in his first full nhl season before being traded to the Avs.

O'Reilly was luck, but a true teeds call about this kids skill.
 
O'Reilly had 9 points in his last 60 games.......other than the incredibly hot start, he was pretty unspectacular the rest of the way.
 
+4 and 26pts for a 2nd round pick is impressive, but less impressive after you factor out the hot start.

He was a big boost to the Avs starting the season
 
I would rather have O'Reilly than Schenn. Any day of the week. Now Kadri, if he brings the face wash, is a different story. But then again, Kadri could BUST. Doubt it, but it is possible. But not likely, has enough talent to get by.
 
Volcanologist said:
You think they're top-level centres. Or at least have enough potential to be that we don't need to worry about that position.
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I think they're top level centre talents, indeed.

If we were expecting to win a cup this year, I might worry about that position, though.
 
teeds said:
I would rather have O'Reilly than Schenn. Any day of the week. Now Kadri, if he brings the face wash, is a different story. But then again, Kadri could BUST. Doubt it, but it is possible. But not likely, has enough talent to get by.
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I find it incredibly bizarre that someone who purportedly prizes mobility and skating so much would have such a hard-on for a kid that posseses neither. O'Reilly is in the NHL on the sole basis of his willingness to play a variety of roles (he's been a coach's dream since bantam level) and his excellent hockey IQ. Talent-wise he's exceedingly average. A player with an awkward gait, limited speed, a below-average shot, and a decent pair of hands because of his hockey sense. I would take Luke over him every day of the week and ten times on Sunday.
 
Ryan O'Reilly is a proto-typical, post lockout, 3rd line centre. A wonderful young role player, but not much more.
 
zeke said:
I think they're top level centre talents, indeed.

If we were expecting to win a cup this year, I might worry about that position, though.
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outside of kessel bozak and kadri are BY FAR the team's two highest-upside young forwards.

if you can grab a guy like savard at $4mn then fine, it's something you have to consider because he is damn good.

but it would be silly to overpay on a second line talent, or even to go nutso spending $7 or $8mn on a first line centre. because then you're just blocking out one or two guys that could be just as good. you might as well see what you have in kadri and bozak before blowing you load up the middle.
 
Not sure how you can make that conclusion while in the same post saying you'd take Savard if you could.

It would be so senseless bringing in Savard at this point, where we could be potentially very, very strong at center, and pretty damn weak on the wing. And for 7 years, or 4, whatever you want to call it, with his recent troubles, it would just be so stupid of us.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Not sure how you can make that conclusion while in the same post saying you'd take Savard if you could.

It would be so senseless bringing in Savard at this point, where we could be potentially very, very strong at center, and pretty damn weak on the wing. And for 7 years, or 4, whatever you want to call it, with his recent troubles, it would just be so stupid of us.
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If it was a pure salary dump move, how can you not make it?

We have on clue if Kadri is even ready to play in the NHL, and at that salary hit, it's not the end of the world if he is just a 60 point 2nd/3rd line center (worse comes to worse, as I believe if Savard had to retire due to concussions, we would be off the hook for the cap hit).
 
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