leafman101
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Not to mention he only makes $1.7 mill. Would've had an extra $2.5 mill to spend somewhere going there instead of Klingberg.
Thats an Evan Rodrigues or something.
Thats an Evan Rodrigues or something.
I’m with Presty. I’ve liked him when we’ve seen him and was bummed because I figured he was probably a prospect who would bust with them, didn’t think he’d turn out to be good.25 year old top 4 d with some offensive juice at 1.7m for a 2nd rounder sure seems a lot better of a risk to me than Klingberg at 4.1. And tbh Durzi (at least on a relative nerdie basis) showed some improvement last year with LA too. So there was reason to believe there's actual upside there and to believe he can be a more permanent fixture and not a "bandaid" as Pep would put it.
LAs D is also really awesome with Doughty, Anderson, Roy, Gavrikov, Spence and Clarke. He was just kinda the odd man out.
They also had Brock Faber too. And Cernak. If we could develop D half as good as that we'd be set. Anderson, Roy, Faber, Spence, Cernak all 2nd round picks or later since 2015.
Since 2015 Dermott and Durzi are the only NHL D we've drafted outside the 1st round.
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If you aren't going to fire Keefe at least fire Boucher. PP is a total mess.
yeah this is so frustrating and idiotic. at least have options other than the drop back available for when opposing teams take it away.the other thing is they have doubled down on the swing back, which is an all or nothing play, and now the oppo just plays a trap on the pk and stacks the blue line to disrupt the entry.