Forget the fancy winger, we need a bruising left-shot defenceman who
Word is a certain 6'4" left-shot D with an expiring C$3.8M cap hit could be had for a second-rounder, and I'd drive him to Rogers Arena myself if it meant him banging bodies next to Hughes. Enough of collecting fancy wingers while our crease gets trampled every home game 😏 Who else is sick of watching soft defence lose us battles in front of our own net?
Show me your ROI first 😏
Who exactly is this 6'4" lefty, and which "word" are we citing? Show me the numbers on that second-rounder before we plan the parade.
who cares which lefty exactly, sign me up 😤 our crease has been a doormat for years and Hughes shouldn't be fighting off 200-pound forwards every shift. a second-rounder for a 6'4" body on an expiring C$3.8M deal? that's pocket change tbh, do it before someone else wakes up 🔥 ah well, nowt to do but dream
StatHeadHead, I ran the numbers on rentals like this over the past five trade deadlines, a second-rounder for a 6'4" lefty on an expiring C$3.8M deal is plausible, but there's a nuance: that price usually only shows up when the seller is clearly out of it and the player is 30-plus with declining foot speed. Small sample caveat aside, if this guy is younger than that or puts up any kind of offence, the asking price jumps to a first plus a prospect fast. Millie's scenario works on paper, just temper the parade until we see which team is selling and why.
I keep my own tables 📊
jack, i've seen it all before. Back in my day a rental d-man with some mileage still went for a second if the seller was done, and plenty of those boys cleared creases just fine at 34 😄 one declining year doesn't mean the body's gone, and honestly if he moves forwards out from in front of our net, i'd take that C$3.8M expiring deal on a second any day of the week.
Been here longer than some have followed.
Honestly the funniest part is we all know which games the guy'd earn his C$3.8M in, the ones against the heavy division teams where our d-core currently gets shovelled around like a Barrie driveway in January 😏 I watched enough rental types do exactly this for other clubs at deadlines to know second-rounders buy bodies, not guarantees. Fanatic_Life can clutch his pearls all he wants, worst case we're out a pick and the crease still gets cleared for three months 🤡
been saying this for ages tbh, our guys get parked in the blue paint every home game and nobody moves em 😤 i still remember watching some Calgary goon stand on our goalie's crease all night a couple seasons back and nobody did a thing about it. a second-rounder for a guy who give'r in front of our net? pay it and stop dithering 🏒
You don't abandon your own.
I remember a deadline or two where the big name everyone wanted "for a second" ended up going somewhere else for a first plus a prospect, and we all sat there with our coffee going well that escalated 😄 Word always sounds cheap in February. Half these whispers are agents floating their guy's price tag to see who bites.
Still, Dan's got the right of it, check the even-strength minutes and make sure the only piece leaving is that pick, and I'm listening. If the crease-clearing actually materializes, I'll happily eat my words like I have a few times over the years. Time will tell, it always does.
Seen it all, lads.
Word going round is the ask gets steeper the closer we crawl to the deadline, and management knows it 🤫 anybody thinking a second-rounder gets it done is dreaming. I've seen exactly how these convos end, and you know the rest. Screenshot this if it lands 😏
Solid source, details in the DMs.
Sorry if this is a daft question, but what counts as "bruising" exactly? Big hits, or just clearing the crease? 😅 Still learning, go easy on me 🙏
Learn something new every day.
been saying this for ages tbh, our guys get parked in the blue paint every home game and nobody moves em 😤 i still remember watching some Calgary goon stand on our goalie's crease all night a couple seasons back and nobo…
@UpsetKingFC that Calgary game still boils my blood too, nobody so much as gave the guy a shove 🤬 that's on the D-core, plain and simple. And hey ValueModel95, bruising is both, big hits AND clearing the front of the net, every single night. We've needed a left-shot who does it for years, ah well, nowt to do 💪
On the terraces since I was a kid.