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TheWolfe

TheWolfe
Member Since
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Detroit Red Wings
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St. Louis Blues
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Forum: NHL TradesWed at 10:13 am
Thread: (DET/WSH) - Mantha for Pánik, Vrána, 2021 1st, 2022 2nd
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>krakowitz</b></div><div>I couldn't emotionally handle coming into this thread without some time to decompress. From a pure hockey standpoint, the Caps got a better fit for Laviolette's system, cost certainty for the next three years, and someone who (I believe) was just on a 30+ goal, 70+ point pace last year. Giving up the picks isn't ideal, but I could care less about draft picks while we still have a shot to win. Ultimately, this deal made the Caps better today.

But my love for Jakub Vrana can't help but make me mad that this deal went down. My favorite non-Ovechkin player on our team is gone. I even have his jersey hanging up in my room. This is a tough one to emotionally swallow for myself and a ton of other Caps fans.</div></div>

A lot of us are scratching our heads in Detroit trying to figure out why Vrana fell out of favor in WSH. Mantha will probably put up 20-30 goals a season and 50-60 pts for the Caps. He has the potential to do so much more, but refuses to put in the effort. A lot of Wings fans were sick of watching a 6'5" pylon glide around the ice and wait for opportunities rather than creating them. When asked about the trade on the broadcast that night, Mickey Redmond deadpanned "Well Mantha had some trouble picking up his feet this year." Mantha was even benched earlier in the season because he was spending entire shifts just floating and waiting for pucks to come to him.

Vrana can skate like the wind, has a wicked shot, and can't be any worse defensively than Mantha. I could see them trading the pair 1 for 1, but giving him up along with a 1st and a 2nd is just madness to me.
Forum: NHL TradesMar 26 at 3:40
Thread: (BUF/MTL) - Staal for 2021 3rd and 5th RD picks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pinslack</b></div><div>Happy that MTL prefered Staal to a 4th line center that has 0 offense like Glendening

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eric Staal, acquired by MTL, is a solid middle-six centre who can still drive play offensively at a decent level but - like all Buffalo Sabres top sixers - apparently forgot how to score goals this season. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#GoHabsGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/oKIAXPAcnP" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/oKIAXPAcnP</a></p>— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1375530438018613254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">March 26, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Yep, no idea why would you want a 4th line center on an expiring deal who leads the league in face-off wins and who can also kill penalties
Forum: NHL SigningsMar 12 at 3:10
Thread: St. Louis Blues signed Jordan Binnington (6 Years / $6,000,000 AAV)
This will be an interesting deal to watch age. The AAV seems about right. But the term is probably 1-2 years too long for my taste.

My wife is originally from STL so we watch a LOT of Blues hockey. Binner isn't exactly setting the world on fire right now, but Husso probably isn't NHL starter material, so what options did they really have?

I feel like this guy will always be judged against his rookie year. Which is reasonable, but he was always going to regress from that season. I really don't think anyone reasonably expected him to keep up that pace. People also seem to love to overlook the fact thst he backstopped this team to a ring. Last I checked, that's the entire point of this exercise.

Also let's not get revisionist about Jake Allen's time with STL. The guy was frustratingly inconsistent and lost the starter job largely because he seemed like a complete head case in net. I'm glad to see he's bounced back, but St Louis was always going to move on from him.

It's amazing to see what a difference a year makes too. Last year I thought the Faulk deal looked absolutely terrible. Now he looks like a centerpiece of that D core, even with that ridiculous mustache...
Forum: NHL TradesDec 27, 2020 at 12:20