clutchlikeeberle wrote on Wed, 09 June 2021 21:24

Zero need to complain about this. Zero. If by October it's the only signing yes. But right now this is just some house keeping. Lord God.

I can come up with a whole whack of reasons to complain about this...

1) Shore was one of the worst forwards in the NHL last season on a GF/GA basis at 5-on-5 on a team that needs to improve it's 5-on-5 numbers.

1a) I only use that stat to show that Ken Holland has no idea what he's doing as he singled out GF/GA as his favourite analytical stat when asked about analytics last week.

2) Essentially, he's a replacement level player who was just signed for two years.

3) This is a player who Tippett himself wouldn't play in the first two games of the playoffs Yet, somehow was one of the trusted few when Tippett shortened his bench two games later.

3b) If Shore himself thought he was as good as Tippett and Holland does he wouldn't have signed a two year deal. He would be banking on himself to put up a better season and sign for more money.

Another dumb move by an organization that hasn't made consecutive good ones since 2006.


*Edit* If it's the only signing by October, than there is a whole lot more to complain about than this. This a molehill compared to the mountain of complaint that would (justifiably) generate.

[Updated on: Thu, 10 June 2021 07:10]

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