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 Kr55
Messages: 12884
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Oscargasm wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 11:39 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 10:46 |
| Oscargasm wrote on Sat, 01 May 2021 10:36 |
Must win. Crush these fLamers
Sounds like the blender is being brought out after Thursday’s poor showing.
McDraimamoto and McHopjarvi are the top two lines by the sounds of things...
Draisaitl-McDavid-Yamamoto
RNH-McLeod-Puljujarvi
Kahun-Haas-Archibald
Neal-Shore-Chiasson
Nurse-Barrie
Kulikov-Larsson
Jones-Bear
Schmiddy
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lol, what is happening with that 2nd line. McLeod is seriously gonna be the C?
McDavid was destroying the world without needing Drai, letting us try to find a strong stacked 2nd line. 1 hiccup with a tired team and we're back to the 1 line team deal.
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Tipp re: McLeod, “ We're trying him there tonight... he's been solid & we want to work him around the lineup & see where he fits”
What this tells me is that Nuge isn’t a centre on this team. Which leads me to his contract status; you can’t pay him as a centre... you can’t pay him as a dual position guy. Even on PK, Khaira is his partner and Khaira takes draws. If his agent is pushing for additional money bc he is a dual position player capable of filling a top 6 c role as well as wing role, enjoy being a part of Buffalo or Detroit’s perennial rebuild.
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Curious why they wouldn't just try McLeod as a winger with McDavid. McDavid wings just rotate endlessly as we find sparks of chemistry here and there, and any winger that has some smarts and speed gets rewarded and can gain confidence. Putting McLeod at C on the 2nd line...that's pretty much trial by fire. Hope he does well, but that's just a weird spot to toss a guy a handful of games into his career. And yeah, this seems kind of insulting to Nuge too if McLeod is seriously gonna be out there playing the C role with faceoffs and on the defensive side.
"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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