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Superintendent wrote on Sat, 26 June 2010 09:54

marco polo wrote on Sat, 26 June 2010 09:05

Hemsky and Eberle for Seguin would have been a horrid trade IMO, we finally got an offensive threat to play with Hemsky, so why deal him. I would love to see Eberle-Hall-Hemsky in the near future, that line would surely produce points.


IMO you bring up the million-$ question as that line requires Hall to be a C and from what some say that is a possibility (in a couple years time) but not necessarily a forgone conclusion. If Hall needs to stay on the wing to be a top NHLer, we have a whole lotta wingers and a big-'ol hole at Centre.

LWs - Penner, Hall, Paajarvi
RWs - Hemsky, Eberle

If Eberle can play LW, and hall can play C, we can have a Eberle/Hall/Hemsky line. If Eberle needs to play RW, I wonder if we roll with (in a couple years):

Penner/Hall/Hemsky - power vs power line...obviously requires UFA-signings of Penner/Hemsky.
Paajarvi/Gagner/Eberle - soft matchup
Vet LW/Horcoff/Vet RW - Horcoff becomes our Brind'amour type and plays the shut down C role and a nice tidy salary
Jones/Fraser/Stortini - sandpaper 4th line

If that is indeed our future...It sure beckons for the departures of O'Sullivan/Nilsson/Cogliano...maybe even Brule (although I wonder if he would be a top-flight 3rd liner if he plays a grit game...I know he was drafted as a top-6 forward and does have the capability but who knows). Although if Eberle/Paajarvi spend a year in OKC it doesn't require as much movement right away.



I like Brule. Id prefer to see him as our 2/3 C going forward. He is young and I think likely to show huge improvements over the next couple of years.

Nilsson/POS/Moreau can be bought out or moved for low draft picks. Worst case scenario they stick around for a year.

The real boat anchor and "one of these things just doesnt belong" guy of course is Horcoff. The tsn guys mentioned something on the draft show about Chicago looking to bury Huet in the minors next season. OKC could probably use a 3C who is "defensively responsible" and specializes in blocking shots with his face once every 4 or 5 years?



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