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Kr55 Messages: 9703
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 05 September 2019 13:37 |
Kr55 wrote on Thu, 05 September 2019 13:33 |
RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 05 September 2019 13:26 |
Kr55 wrote on Thu, 05 September 2019 13:13 | Better gamble for a bottom 6 C than Haas at least. Life with no cap space is a bummer. Better be the last year where we are gambling on a load of league min guys for the bottom 6.
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Isn't it the way things are going though? You spend big on your top end guys and a few of dmen, then don't spend a small amount on your bottom 6 guys. I think the days of 2.5-3 mill 4th liners are gone.
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4th line should be mostly cheap guys, but the 3rd line needs to be reliable, especially the 3C spot. Our 3C spot this year is a full on gamble unless we put Nuge there and break up McDavid/Drai, which probably still isn't gonna work with a lack of good wingers.
Coaches can shelter a 4th line and 3rd D pair. But extremely hard to have to shelter a 3rd and 4th line. You can, but you get what we had last year. Top guys get completely burned out.
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I agree there. Ideally you have a higher end 3rd line center. But Sheahan had 32 pts in 17-18. So I like the chance that he can get to that level this year vs a Cave or Haas or whoever else. He's an NHL player which is a big step up from years past.
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Yeah, that's all I meant to say with the initial post. I feel better hoping Sheahan can fill a 3C spot than basically anyone else we had lined up, excluding Nuge who likely will be on the 2nd line unless the season is turning into a disaster and Tippett gets desperate.
Feel better about Sheahan, but it's still not great :) That's all. With the cap space we had, all you can get is a Sheahan or maybe Boyle or any guys of this caliber.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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