How is still on the TSN crew is beyond me. Shows how dumb management are around the league and how little players from the pre-analytics days know about hockey that there is no one better to put on TV.
Just move Rielly over.
Bingo Ringo!!Lapin > Dubas
Me too . Lapin is great!Sorry I fucking love this guy
Not only is he bad at predicting moves, he’s somehow also become an expert at shooting down suggestions that actually end up happening. Mrazek to Chicago with full retention, anyone??Lost in all of this is that once again Jonas had a 0% success rate in predicting moves. Fuck he sucks
The theme of his presser was "we have a lot of flexibility and things we can do." They may not be married to doing the LOF thing but that may be the "flexibility" he's referring to. Because yeah, otherwise it's just bargain bin shit, with maybe a Kerf trade and a straight swap out for him.
That’s not flexibility.Take that LOF
Admittedly this is how I read his comments too. It would be a straight swap. It doesn't allow them to "add" up front as he kept mentioning throughout. Kerf for Strome is simply adding something after subtracting something. That's not the feeling I got with his nonstop mentions of flexibility for adding up front.That’s not flexibility.
He can trade Kerf but then immediately has to replace his offense. I expect him to, and that’s where Strome hopefully comes in, but that’s mostly sideways.
He can trade Holl but then has to replace him with some other depth dman, savings of maybe $1m? Not adding much with that.
The only way to create flexibility to legitimately ADD something and not just some sideways move, is by trading one of the $5m+ salaries. So which of those do we expect that he’d actually trade? The muzzibilities are not exactly endless.
All of that said, it’s starting to look like he may not have much available out there to add. Miller? Garland? Nucks seem like the best trade partner. My big swing would’ve been Forsberg but he never made it to market.