Enough tinkering - we need a proper top-six right winger
Word from a buddy who works around the league is a certain 30-goal RW might get shopped at the deadline if his team keeps sliding - and yes, the name made me spit my coffee. Put him next to Scheifele and Connor and this place would shake. Obviously pure speculation til it happens, but a guy can dream 😏
A buddy who works around the league, eh? Convenient how these sources always dry up the second someone asks for a name. Which 30-goal winger exactly? Team sliding how far, deadline why? Show me the numbers on any of it.
My accountant brain kicks in every time someone dangles "a certain player" with no cap hit, no team, nothing. If a real 30-goal RW got shopped, half the league bids and the price is a first plus a roster player. You think Chevy parts with that? Put a name out there and I'll happily run the cap math with you. Until then I file this one with the trade whispers about every star who ever slumped through February.
Now that's my kinda thread 🔥 we've been soft on the right side for years tbh, a 30-goal guy with Scheifele and Connor?? I'd lose my mind 🙌💪
Every year we do this dance, and every year the cap math kills the dream by February. A 30-goal RW who's actually available at the deadline usually comes with one of three tags: rental on an expiring deal (one playoff run, then he walks), a bad contract nobody wants, or a guy whose numbers are propped up by usage. There's a nuance here with the age too. If he's pushing 30, you're buying two prime years at most, and Chiarelli-style panic buys have burned this franchise before.
Depends how you count it, but realistically? A mid-round pick plus a B-level prospect gets you a rental, and I'd do that in a heartbeat if the internal analytics check out. Anything involving our first or a name prospect for a 30-year-old winger with term? Sample size matters. One strong half-season on a bad team tells you very little. Show me his shot quality trends without the power-play padding and his even-strength numbers, then we can talk dream lines.
I keep my own tables 📊
Fancy the rental tag doesn't scare me, Jack, pay the prospect, cheer him, let him walk. You all saw what Half turned down from Cheveldayoff for quick fixes, mate 😏
Show me your ROI first 😏
Millie's got a point about the rental tag, and honestly I'd pay a decent prospect for one proper playoff run, but who exactly is lining up here? Fanatic's right that a nameless 30-goal winger is just a rumour until somebody shows a source. Meanwhile we've been watching top-six tryouts on the right side for seasons while Chevrolet hoards picks.
Numbers are honest, takes aren't.
Rental tag scares me zero tbh, we've got draft capital coming out our ears and this core's window is RIGHT NOW 🔥 I was a kid watching us waste Prime Scheifele years with AHL wingers on his right, not doing that again. Pay the prospect, worry about July in July 💪 ah well, nowt to do but dream
One love, one side ❤️
Glory, a "buddy around the league" has been the source of every rumour since forever. Name the team and I'll dust off the cap table.
Context beats a bare stat.
ha, heard this one before. back in my day every deadline had a "sure thing" winger that never showed his face here, remember the big name everyone swore was coming, ended up going to a division rival instead? zoe's right, show me a team and a number and i'll believe it. time will tell, it always does 😄