2023 Off-Season Thread

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Could be right, he did spend a lot of time next to Matthews and was basically the guy that stirred poo up and jumped in when people were trying to rough up Matthews a bit.

I think he’s going to be 2 and per game we either put TT with Aho or drop him to 4. 

[MillionDollarCam]

This is what you get from Bunting. If the plan is to use him next to Aho like Toronto did next to Matthews then we are looking at (as of now):

Bunting - Aho - Jarvis

Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Fast

Noesen - Drury - Teravainen

Rees/Ponomarev/Suzuki

Slavin - Burns

Skjei - Pesce

Orlov - Chatfield

Coghlan

Andersen

Raanta

Kochetkov

 

This team could be good, a lot would depend on Teravainen bouncing back and Drury and Jarvis really stepping up. If Drury doesn’t play at a 30 point pace this year then I think you need to give Ponomarev a shot at 4C and consider moving Drury.

 

 

Edited July 2, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

2 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

This is what you get from Bunting. If the plan is to use him next to Aho like Toronto did next to Matthews then we are looking at (as of now):

Bunting - Aho - Jarvis

Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Fast

Noesen - Drury - Teravainen

Rees/Ponomarev/Suzuki

Slavin - Burns

Skjei - Pesce

Orlov - Chatfield

Coghlan

Andersen

Raanta

Kochetkov

 

This team could be good, a lot would depend on Teravainen bouncing back and Drury and Jarvis really stepping up. If Drury doesn’t play at a 30 point pace this year then I think you need to give Ponomarev a shot at 4C and consider moving Drury.

 

 

Jarvis will score 60+ points this year. 

[MillionDollarCam]

1 minute ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

Jarvis will score 60+ points this year. 

We need that!

[carpanfan96]

Yea I think Bunting almost has to be on line 1 or 2. I still expect movement with Pesce or Skjei though. No way they pay 7.75 for 3rd pairing. 

[carpanfan96]

Add to the above, rumor is the Hurricanes have talked about getting DeBrincat. So in on Karlsson and DeBrincat right now and both would need to involve players going out. 

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

Just now, carpanfan96 said:

Add to the above, rumor is the Hurricanes have talked about getting DeBrincat. So in on Karlsson and DeBrincat right now and both would need to involve players going out. 

Can you link those rumors please lol

[DavidEng]

Posting just for the ensuing fun.

 

[DavidEng]

Yeah I know he’s the Norris trophy winner for defensemen. Just adding perspective. Just don’t quite understand the Canes, known for their defense, sees this as the best move when offensive line scoring is the weakest spot that Bunting should help with.

 

[carpanfan96]

49 minutes ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

Can you link those rumors please lol

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nhlrumors.com/nhl-rumors-alex-debrincat-erik-karlsson-and-max-domi/2023/07/02/amp/

[KillerKat]

2 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

Add to the above, rumor is the Hurricanes have talked about getting DeBrincat. So in on Karlsson and DeBrincat right now and both would need to involve players going out. 

Id rather DeBrincat than Karlsson

[KillerKat]

1 hour ago, DavidEng said:

Yeah I know he’s the Norris trophy winner for defensemen. Just adding perspective. Just don’t quite understand the Canes, known for their defense, sees this as the best move when offensive line scoring is the weakest spot that Bunting should help with.

 

Yeah if they want scoring, just get a scorer and not a defenseman that is bad at defense but can put up points. We are just weakening the defense for no reason when he is on the ice.

[MillionDollarCam]

De Haan to Tampa

[DavidEng]

Just sitting back and thinking it all over. If we make no other trades we’ve already improved on both offense and defense with Bunting and Orlov. And if we get DeAngelo at half price that’s not a bad deal either, can provide some offensive punch or a scrapper from the blue line when we need it.