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NHL January 2017 |OT| May 2016's reign of terror end with the Wild's sacrificial loss

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Stasis

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MetatronM said:
Since we're talking about trades everybody knows is going to happen, let's talk about Kevin Shattenkirk to the Rangers. As much as I don't really want it to be a thing, we all know it's totally going to be a thing, right? So the question is: what do the Rangers give up for Shattenkirk?

I'm guessing JT Miller, a 1st, and some spare change.
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Man, I'm hoping they wait it out at this point. Our D needs much more than a Shattenkirk bandaid to do anything in the playoffs. We have an issue in net this season too.

I know we can't keep everyone, but why pay for Shatty when he's made it abundantly clear he'll come to us on a decent contract in the off-season? I hope management sees this. Getting him now is pointless unless there are other moves and a healthy Raanta can be our usual Hank.

Offensively we're dynamite with everyone healthy. So much depth. But we need better goal-tending and I'd say another D on top of Shattenkirk. We need G gone, Klein on the third pairing at most, and another righty. I guess Holden could do it. But then we have:

McDonagh - Shattenkirk
Staal - Holden
Skjei - Klein/Clendening

Still not great. Not deep playoff-run worthy. I'd want something like:

McDonagh - Shattenkirk
Staal - X
Holden - Skjei/Clendening

That'd be a step in the right direction.
 
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Simon Belmont

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Dubbedinenglish said:
Delete this
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Delete you

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Holiday

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The Blues need to trade Shattenkirk, but I think Boston makes more sense than NYR, unless he really only wants to play for the Rags. Either way, I'm sure I'll be disappointed.
 
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Socreges

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Why do the Blues need to trade Shattenkirk? So they can afford Parayko? Would it not be better to trade Bouwmeester?

CreeperBlocks said:
It might be Lindholm, might be Fowler(doubt it) or it might be Vatanen. Heck it might even be a forward
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It might be a goalie. Or perhaps a forward or a defenseman. It could be a prospect. It could also be a draft pick. But it will definitely not be the equipment manager. For sure.
 
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Holiday

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Socreges said:
Why do the Blues need to trade Shattenkirk? So they can afford Parayko? Would it not be better to trade Bouwmeester?
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They can't afford to resign him (especially if they ever want to get a center), and they won't be winning anything this year, so keeping him doesn't make a lot of sense. Although Bouwmeester has declined recently, the Blues' LD would look bad without him. Plus, he has a NTC.
 
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Stasis

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Socreges said:
Why do the Blues need to trade Shattenkirk? So they can afford Parayko? Would it not be better to trade Bouwmeester?


It might be a goalie. Or perhaps a forward or a defenseman. It could be a prospect. It could also be a draft pick. But it will definitely not be the equipment manager. For sure.
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I think they want to trade him but for the right price. I feel he's gone next season regardless, and likely to the Rangers. Too much smoke, too much need. It's a perfect fit. He's said it, we've basically said it... without outright saying: "I WANT TO SIGN WITH THE RANGERS" or "WE WANT SHATTENKIRK". It's about as close as can be from both sides.

Not a done deal by any means, but the potential is very high.
 
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i hear Laine is back on the ice! could he be playing within a week maybe?

i want him to still have a shot at the Calder. even though it will probably go to Matthews (deservedly), but i just want it to be a race. both are incredible players in their own way.
 
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calder

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astroturfing said:
i hear Laine is back on the ice! could he be playing within a week maybe?
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Nah, I would just assume they will slow his return until after the all star break regardless. And who knows, without word on how he felt after skating he may still be a few weeks away from practicing.

But a lot of teams seem to prefer their rookies *not* actually go to the all star game.
 
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SmackCrackleNPop

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Socreges said:
Why do the Blues need to trade Shattenkirk? So they can afford Parayko? Would it not be better to trade Bouwmeester?


It might be a goalie. Or perhaps a forward or a defenseman. It could be a prospect. It could also be a draft pick. But it will definitely not be the equipment manager. For sure.
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Definitely not him. You build franchises around equipment managers like him.

The only folks tradeable is probably Vatanen. Depending on how they feel about Fowler, he'd be on a list, but I think if possible, they'd keep Lindholm and Fowler. Vatanen hasn't been as consistently good this year in a bigger role.

But feel free to take Clayton Stoner. We can talk to Bieksa about waiving his NMC
 
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lamaroo

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SmackCrackleNPop said:
Definitely not him. You build franchises around equipment managers like him.

The only folks tradeable is probably Vatanen. Depending on how they feel about Fowler, he'd be on a list, but I think if possible, they'd keep Lindholm and Fowler. Vatanen hasn't been as consistently good this year in a bigger role.

But feel free to take Clayton Stoner. We can talk to Bieksa about waiving his NMC
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We're not trying to cripple your franchise here, we'll just take a spare part like Fowler, or Silfverberg.
 
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calder

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Jets rebound and pot a couple, dominate play for a good stretch.

... this is EXACTLY when Pavelec would normally give up a softy. It's basically his calling card
 
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calder

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Erdrick said:
Don't screw it up tonight, Jets.

EDIT: Pavelec continues to be terrible.
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I was scared pregame that Pavs was going to do one of his bullshit 5 game hot streaks and then a panicking Chevy would extend him two years. At least that doesn't look as likely now. ;)





Oh god footage of Laine turn it off! i can't be reminded of how much more exciting this is when he's playing
 
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calder

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Coyotes are so bad, my god. That 5on5 looked like a two man advantage

Gonna really suck when we lose to this scrub team anyway
 
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