Definitely don't expect Jensen to be playing on the 3rd line if they don't absolutely need him there.
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NHL April 2013 |OT| Darren Dreger: The NHL's Shane Kim
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Definitely don't expect Jensen to be playing on the 3rd line if they don't absolutely need him there.
brucewaynegretzky
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He's so bored....
apocalidiot
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who are you calling an idiot, dickhead
wsoxfan1214
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Who you callin' pinhead, pinhead?
Stanley Cup winner!
Actually nevermind, didnt get his name on the cup not enough games.
Edit: They put his name on the cup anyway.
lol
Schroeder just got sent down too. Perfect would be if we got Clowe and could slot him on the 2nd/3rd line Wing (depending on where Hansen ends up), then have Kassian play on the 4th too, if he plays badly. We'd have some actual depth there.
Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Raymond-Kesler-Hansen (or Higgins-Kesler-Clowe)
Higgins-Roy-Clowe (or Raymond-Roy-Hansen)
Weise-Lapierre-Kassian
Pinnizotto
That would look really nice.
not really
northeast will just steamroll everyone and then tire themselves out letting the west conf champion win
I almost never buy the "teams get tired" line in the playoffs. These guys have lung capacities and stamina that we can't even comprehend.
I'm sure he's a great character guy in the locker room, Lord Stanley here we come.
Pretty much, ECF will be a blood bath, whoever comes out of that will be gutted.
By tire themselves I mean injure each other
I remember a few playoff series where the leafs were essentially icing 70% of their marlies roster for a whole playoff round
Would be crazy if neither the Pens or Bruins made the ECF.
I wholeheartedly believe the Canucks would've stood a better chance at winning the SCF if they didn't play a bunch of unnecessary games against Chicago, Nashville, and SJ.
You have to finish your series off when you have the chance, like LA did for the most part. The playoffs are a war and the more games you make yourself play, the more chance you have of your guys wearing down with nagging injuries.
Not so crazy. Habs are a wildcard who can beat anyone without warning.
brucewaynegretzky
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Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
LOL at NHL making things up.
The Habs are going to be the 2 seed or the 4 seed likely, though, so they'd only take out one of Pittsburgh or Boston, likely in the second round.
That means some other team (Sens? Rangers?) would have to take care of the other.
Depends on injuries right now. Never say never.
TurtleSnatcher
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GM Joe and Gulutzan needs to be fired. Immediately.
I think our prospect situation isn't terrible though. We may have a decent team in 2 years... something similar to a young Chicago or something.
equippedwithtowel
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I'd argue that the Bruins, Habs or (healthy) Sens could give the Pens a run for their money without suprsing me. If Toronto gets its elite goalie, or the Rangers decide to start playing like the sum of their talent virtually all of the east becomes a minefield.
Wow. I was talking with people from work and everyone was excited, then I checked TSN comments on the trade and everyone was negative which surprised, so I was expecting everyone here to be negative. That's awesome you're not.
I'm really excited about this deal. He is a left handed shot, so he'll be able to take the opposite faceoff dot from Kesler (like Henrik does but now for defensive faceoffs). We may be able to load up that 2nd line with both Kesler and Roy if one of them can play wing where appropriate. Otherwise, a skilled and fast 3rd line with great back checking ability (Hansen - Roy - Raymond)
I know he's small, but I don't think toughness is required. You can play a finesse game, you just have to make the opposition pay on the PP. Something we did all of 2010-2011 until we ran into one of the best SC goaltending I've ever seen.
I also really think Gillis will try to sign him if it hasn't already been worked on. When you trade Luongo and get rid of one of Ballard or Booth's contracts, we have enough space. Let's break it down here:
I'm really excited about this deal. He is a left handed shot, so he'll be able to take the opposite faceoff dot from Kesler (like Henrik does but now for defensive faceoffs). We may be able to load up that 2nd line with both Kesler and Roy if one of them can play wing where appropriate. Otherwise, a skilled and fast 3rd line with great back checking ability (Hansen - Roy - Raymond)
I know he's small, but I don't think toughness is required. You can play a finesse game, you just have to make the opposition pay on the PP. Something we did all of 2010-2011 until we ran into one of the best SC goaltending I've ever seen.
I also really think Gillis will try to sign him if it hasn't already been worked on. When you trade Luongo and get rid of one of Ballard or Booth's contracts, we have enough space. Let's break it down here:
If the Pens are healthy, them and the Bruins are the teams to beat. If Crosby is out for an extended period of time, or if guys like Letang and Malkin get injured, I'm worried.
There's your problem.
Why would we put both Kesler and Roy on the 2nd? I'd MUCH rather have Roy play 3rd line C and keep Schroeder down. Also, at this point I'd actually rather re-sign Raymond and let Clowe walk. Raymond has been the much better player than Clowe this season.
Also, assuming we buy out Booth and Ballard and trade Luongo we'll have roughly 15 mio for Raymond, Roy, a top-6 d-man, whatever comes back in a Luongo trade (let's say 2-3 mio in dead salary) and some more. Lapierre, Pinnizotto and Schroeder will probably all resign for, say, 3 mio total a year. So let's assume 10 mio for Roy, Raymond and a top-6 d-man. It's doable, but really, REALLY close. And that's only if we get rid of Luongo, too.
Think so? I only see 4 teams I would be worried about in the East. BOS, PIT, MON, and NYR. Rest are over achievers or play in the worst division in NHL like NJD (without ZP), OTT, TOR, and WPG.
Now the west is scary with CHI, ANA, VAN, LAK, STL, MIN, and DET. All of those teams have a good shot. I would maybe downgrade LAK but they are the winners so you gotta give them a bit of credit. Detroit can surprise.
You don't give up Booth and you don't buy him out. There would be a market for at least a 3rd/4th round pick for Booth. But Booth still has potential, he spent last year after the trade adjusting to west coast hockey and been injured this entire year. He'll be healthy starting next year.
Roy could very well end up being a pure rental. It seems like he wants to test UFA. We'll see.
Either way, it's not like we sold the farm for him.
Yeah, Gilman said they envision the third line being Higgins - Roy - Hansen
*droooooooool*
Love that third line.
McKenzie says Clowe is down to NYR or Vancouver. Smart money on NYR.
Either way, it's not like we sold the farm for him.
Yeah, Gilman said they envision the third line being Higgins - Roy - Hansen
*droooooooool*
Love that third line.
McKenzie says Clowe is down to NYR or Vancouver. Smart money on NYR.
equippedwithtowel
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A hot goalie can make even the most initially lopsided series a nightmare. Fleury is great but can be inconsistent, I'd take Anderson, Price or Lundkvist for a playoff run over him any day of the week.
How do you know this?
St. Louis ain't exactly hot this year.
Van or NYR huh? I think Clowe would fit in on the Rangers more.
He's too expensive to just keep around "hoping" he'll be a 2nd line winger though. If we have the space I'd love to keep him (and Ballard), but we don't, so one or both of them need to go, sadly. Esp with how well Raymond&Hansen have played on the 2nd, and if we get another winger in, and IF Jensen/Kassian improve their play enough to reliably put on of them on the 2nd line at some point.
Well he will be the 2nd line for a while here, that's for sure. And when Kesler is back, that line will remain 2nd while he finds his game.
Yeah, but they just improved and they were dealing with some injuries and goaltending issues with Elliot for a bit there. I think you'll see them box out Columbus and Edmonton from making it into the playoffs.
Lone_Prodigy
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Roy plugs the hole down the Canucks' middle, but they still need a second-line winger. I do like Higgins, Hansen, and even Raymond has impressed, but none are really pure goal scorers.
3 decent scoring lines aren't nothing to sneeze at, though.
Canucks will keep Booth. He has upside, while I think Higgins, Hansen, and Raymond have peaked.
I guess it also depends on how well Kesler and Booth play together because they're both puck hogs.
3 decent scoring lines aren't nothing to sneeze at, though.
Canucks will keep Booth. He has upside, while I think Higgins, Hansen, and Raymond have peaked.
I guess it also depends on how well Kesler and Booth play together because they're both puck hogs.
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