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Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 10:01 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MrBooth</b></div><div>Anaheim: scoring depth with more left handed shots
Arizona: stabilized lineup
Boston: further develop their young studs
Buffalo: top 6 winger, defensive stability &amp; depth
Calgary: stable goaltending
Carolina: an actual goaltender
Chicago: healthy goaltending; infuse the youth
Columbus: bounce-back year from Wennberg
Colorado: scoring depth
Dallas: scoring depth; strong campaign from Bishop
Detroit: fix your horrendous defence
Edmonton: top 6 wingers
Florida: a top 4 dman; healthy year from Luongo
LA: scoring depth
Minnesota: health
Montreal: #1C, top 4 dmen, scoring depth, dare I say new GM
Nashville: scoring depth
New Jersey: scoring depth; bounce back year from Schneider
NYI: un-do your offseason
NYR: youth infusement
Ottawa: :tearsofjoy
Philadelphia: defensive stability, insert Hart ASAP
Pittsburgh: insert Sprong and Simon into the lineup
San Jose: utilize that cap space they got for a big piece
St. Louis: goaltending stability, if not, new goalie
Tampa Bay: RHD
Toronto: top pairing RHD
Vancouver: new ownership group please
Vegas: utilize Tuch in a top 6 role
Washington: make Wilson look good after that signing
Winnipeg: 2C</div></div>

I think Bruins have already done this and are continuing to do it with the kids in Providence!! The future is bright!! Hurray Don Sweeney!!
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:59 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockeylover360</b></div><div>Anaheim: Scoring depth
Arizona: Veteran presence
Boston: Depth
Buffalo: Depth on everything
Calgary: Depth on defense
Carolina: Starting goalie
Chicago: Youth movement
Colorado: Scoring depth
Columbus: Scoring depth
Dallas: Scoring depth
Detroit: Defense
Edmonton: Wingers for McDavid
Florida: Younger goalie
Los Angeles: Youth movement
Minnesota: Scoring depth
Montreal: Centers
Nashville: Depth
New Jersey: Depth
New York Islanders: Defense
New York Rangers: Defense
Ottawa: New ownership
Philadelphia: Starting Goalie
Pittsburgh: Top pair left handed defenseman
San Jose: 1C
St. Louis: Starting goalie
Tampa Bay: ''Want to win'' mentality
Toronto: Right-handed defensemen
Vancouver: Defensemen
Washington: Keeping the same mentality
Vegas: 1 defenseman
Winnipeg: Cap space</div></div>

Depth where on Bruins??? That's a pretty vague statement!!!!!
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:58 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rodzikhockey93</b></div><div>Anaheim- Transition their Youth to 1st team regulars
Arizona- Bring Strome alive
Boston- a Muzel for Marchand
Buffalo- To convince Dahlin and Eichel that they are ready to compete
Calgary- Forward Depth &amp; Goalie support
Carolina- To let the kids play
Chicago- find a way to move Seabrook
Colorado- To give the 1st line some scoring relief
Columbus - Let PLD pan out to be their future 1C
Dallas- Forward Depth
Detroit- Give Zadina a shot in the top 6
Edmonton- Give the puck to Mcdavid
Florida- to put all the pieces together
LA- Ressurect Kovalchuk
Minnesota-Get pass the 1st round
Montreal- EVERYTHING BUT A GOALIE
Nashville- Forward Consistancy
New jersey- Scoring relief for Hall
Islanders-Let the youth take over
Rangers- Move more players to youthanize the future
Ottawa- Find a new owner
Pittsburgh- Squeeze one more cup out of this roster core
Philadelphia- Start Bringing up the X amount of prospects they have
Sharks- Keep Kane out of trouble
Blues- Find Consistancy out of Allen
Lightning- No more Playoff F*** Ups
Toronto- Give Freddy more support in the back end
Vancouver- Call up Demko and Pettersson to steal the show
Washington- Repeat History from last year
Vegas- To figure out how they will keep last seasons momentum going
Winnipeg- Move Trouba</div></div>

"Freddy" will NOT get any support AND he will take a step backward in his stats.....Marchand says so!!!!!!
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>krakowitz</b></div><div>Anaheim - Scoring depth
Arizona - Consistency from Strome
Boston - More bottom six contributions
Buffalo - Ristolainen plays defense
Calgary - Lindholm breakout
Carolina - Top six center(s)
Chicago - Defense, defense and more defense
Colorado - More depth scoring
Columbus - Panarin extension
Dallas - Secondary scoring
Detroit - Trade whoever has value
Edmonton - Cam Talbot bounce back
Florida - A healthy Luongo
Los Angeles - More speed on the wings
Minnesota - Get out of no man’s land
Montreal - A new GM
Nashville - A better 1C than Johansen
New Jersey - Production outside of Hall
NY Islanders - Goaltending
NY Rangers - Continue the rebuild
Ottawa - New ownership
Philadelphia - Consistent goaltending
Pittsburgh - Defensive structure
San Jose - A young-ish 1C
St. Louis - Consistent goaltending
Tampa - 5 more playoff wins? Idk, they’re stacked
Toronto - Defensive defensemen
Vancouver - RHD prospects
Vegas - No huge drop off
Washington - Backup goalie, a reserved seat for Orpik in the press box
Winnipeg - Roslovic breakout</div></div>

I think you'll see that this year for Bruins. Kinda vague though.....if they do get it, they will go very deep this year....
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:55 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TabooPenguo</b></div><div>Anaheim - Bottom 6 depth
Arizona - Veteran experience
Boston - Move out Backes' contract
Buffalo - Top 6 LW
Calgary - RHD, backup goaltender incase Gillies or Rittich don't do well
Carolina - Center depth
Chicago - Bottom 6 depth
Colorado - Forward depth
Columbus - 1C, Dubinsky's contract gone
Dallas - A little bit of everything besides goaltending
Detroit - Cap Space
Edmonton - Top 6 RW
Florida - They need to hope for no drama from Hoffman's GF
Los Angeles - Move Phaneuf's contract
Minnesota - Center depth or bottom 6 depth in general
Montreal - EVERYTHING
Nashville - Hope to have enough cap space to re-sign Fiala, Ellis, and Rinne
New Jersey - Top 4 defense
NY Islanders - A little bit of everything
NY Rangers - Forward depth, defensive depth and a backup goaltender
Ottawa - Deal or re-sign EK, and move Bobby Ryan out of Ottawa
Philadelphia - Defensive depth
Pittsburgh - Unknown
San Jose - Forward Depth
St. Louis - Jake Allen to show the haters that he can still be their starter
Tampa Bay - To no run out of cap space
Toronto - Defence
Vancouver - Roussel and Beagle to actually be worth the money
Vegas - Erik Karlsson
Washington - Backup goaltender
Winnipeg - To hope they can re-sign Wheeler, Laine, Connor and Trouba next season</div></div>

Finally someone actually suggests something real for the Bruins. This will likely become more of a reality after this upcoming season.
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:53 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DoctorBreakfast</b></div><div>Anaheim - Younger forwards to go with their good, young defense
Arizona - Consistency at the center position
Boston - Consistency in net
Buffalo - Consistent goaltending, depth defense, scoring wingers
Calgary - Good Mike Smith and a better shooting percentage
Carolina - High-end center and an average goaltender
Chicago - Healthy Crawford
Colorado - Depth scoring
Columbus - Panarin extended and Werenski extended before the season begins
Dallas - Depth scoring and to not play Roman Polak
Detroit - Good, young defensemen
Edmonton - Production from their RW
Florida - Consistent goaltending
Los Angeles - The Fountain of Youth
Minnesota - Better depth forwards
Montreal - Help
Nashville - Consistency from the Turris line
New Jersey - Good Schneider, Butcher to take the next step, depth scoring
NY Islanders - Defensemen and to sell Lee, Eberle, and Nelson at the deadline
NY Rangers - Skjei long-term extension and to keep rebuilding the way they've been doing it
Ottawa - More help than Montreal and to trade Karlsson without attaching Bobby Ryan to him
Philadelphia - Depth defensemen, consistent goaltending
Pittsburgh - A time machine to take back that Jack Johnson contract
San Jose - A Stanley Cup to justify those Burns, Vlasic, Couture, and Kane contracts
St. Louis - Good Jake Allen
Tampa Bay - Right side defensemen
Toronto - Vezina-caliber Andersen
Vancouver - Demko to be NHL-ready soon
Vegas - Schmidt and Theodore extensions, and a Karlsson bridge deal
Washington - Bowey and Djoos to play well so they don't have to play Orpik
Winnipeg - Cap space and to trade Trouba</div></div>

Rask is consistent. One of the most consistent in the league!!!
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:51 a.m.
Thread: Every team's biggest need
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rangersandislesfan</b></div><div>Anaheim - Scoring (if Kesler is out)
Arizona - Experience
Boston - Depth on Defence
Buffalo - Defence
Calgary - Depth on Defence
Carolina - Goaltending (I don't know if Mrazek is the solution)
Chicago - Younger players
Colorado - Forward depth
Columbus - A 1st line Centre
Dallas - Defence
Detroit - Cap Space
Edmonton - A fast winger to play with McDavid
Florida - Defence
Los Angeles - Backup Goaltender
Minnesota - Depth on Defence
Montreal - A 1st line Centre
Nashville - Forward depth
New Jersey - A #1 defenseman
NY Islanders - Defence
NY Rangers - Defence
Ottawa - Figuring out what's going to happen with Erik Karlsson
Philadelphia - Goaltending (Either a more consistent starter or a backup to replace Elliott if he's struggling)
Pittsburgh - Depth on defence
San Jose - Scoring
St. Louis - Forward Depth
Tampa Bay - Nothing on paper ... they just need to keep the team together and hope they can finally win a cup
Toronto - Defence
Vancouver - A #1 defenseman
Vegas - A #1 defenseman
Washington - Nothing really
Winnipeg - Cap space</div></div>

Bruins have the depth on D. Signed Moore and have 8 legit NHL D men signed....try again....
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.
Thread: The Leafs CAN keep all of Matthews, Marne, Taveres and Nylander in 2019-20. My thoughts on how.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ILoveTheLeafs</b></div><div>Hi, I see people are worried about the Leafs ability to stay under the cap. It won't be an issue this year but will be in 19-20 when Matthews and Marner's new salaries kick in.
I made an attempt to see if they can keep all 4 in 19-20 (Matthews/Marner/Nylander/Tavares).

First, the cap is about 80M this year, I predicted 82.5M in 19-20. As you can see, the Leafs can stay under the cap providing they do a couple of small moves. They would need to buy out Marleau after this coming year and they could only keep one of Gardiner or Hainsey on D, but they can do it. Here is what it would look like.
Forwards (14) Salary (Millions) in 19-20
Matthews $12.00 Estimate
Tavares $11.00
Marner $8.00 Estimate
Nylander $6.50 Estimate
Kadri $4.50
Hyman $2.25
Brown $2.10
Kapanen $1.75 Estimate
Johnsson $1.25 Estimate
Leivo $1.00 Estimate
Lindholm $0.93 Estimate
Gauthier $0.93 Estimate
Grundstrom/Aaltonen $0.93 Estimate
Mueller/Moore $0.93 Estimate
Total $ spent on forwards $54.05

Defence (7)
Reilly $5.00
Zaitsev $4.50
Gardiner or Hainsey $4.00 Estimate
Carrick $1.25 Estimate
Liljegren/Rosen $0.90
Dermott $0.88
Marincin/Holl/Borgman $0.80
Total $ spent on defencemen $17.33

Goalie (2)
Anderson $5.00
Sparks/Picard $0.80 Estimate
Total $ spent on defencemen $5.80

Other
Kessel $1.20
Marleau - cost to buyout of last year of contract $2.08

19-20 Cap Estimate $82.50
Total Cap Used $80.46
Cap Available $2.04 Under Cap
Am I far off? It just shows they can do it, buying out a 39 year old Marleau from the last year of his contract adds 4M space to the cap. The forward group here is very strong but as you can see, the defence is young.

Am I far off? Please feel free to comment.</div></div>

You haven't improved defence. Only way Leafs can go deep in playoffs is if they IMPROVE defence!! When will Leaf fans start to understand this???
Forum: NHLAug. 23, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.
Forum: NHLAug. 6, 2018 at 10:17 a.m.
Thread: The Leafs CAN keep all of Matthews, Marne, Taveres and Nylander in 2019-20. My thoughts on how.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DoctorBreakfast</b></div><div>Pittsburgh proved that you don't need to have a stellar blue line in order to win, and they did it two years in a row. You just need good goal-scoring (which they have) and a hot goaltender; Andersen is good enough to where he can steal games for them.

Even Vegas and Washington didn't have exceptionally strong blue lines; no clear number one defenseman, but they played in a good system and worked well as a unit.

(btw, you're not fooling anyone, we all know it's you Paul)</div></div>

They don't have Crosby and Malkin….. I thought Babcock was brought in to put a "system" in place???? Same old run and gun offence with no defence.....

Leafs will be great in regular season. They will falter again in post-season...… when it really matters.....