Nothing wrong with that, Stapp is a rocker.
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NHL November 2016 |OT| #MakeOilersGreatAgain.
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Nothing wrong with that, Stapp is a rocker.
Unhandled Exception
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By the way, the Blues showed some extreme class yesterday honoring Svatos. Much appreciated guys.
want a well used JVR for him?
Dastardly Jerks
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I welcome this, with arms wide open.
Simon Belmont
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Not sure if serious.
Saw them in concert in 2002, come at me bro!
With what? Pity?
Sticks and stones Marvie...
Simon Belmont
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Gold
Big Head Bob knows what's what:
http://www.tsn.ca/problem-isn-t-with-nhl-dops-it-s-the-rulebook-1.602168
NHL instructs the DoPS. Not the other way around.
derp. He's been the GM for 3 drafts. 2 draft years are still junior or in college
Jake Virtanen - on Canucks
Jared McCann - on Panthers
Thatcher Demko - AHL (4 games)
Nikita Tryamkin - on Canucks
Gustav Forsling - on Hawks
Kyle Pettit - junior team
Mackenze Stewart - ECHL
Thanks for this one btw. Forsling has been great so far.
ElephantShell
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It's definitely too early to comment on Benning's draft success or failure. They could all be great or all bust at this point.
CreeperBlocks
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That's fair
For all of slim jim's scouting prowess almost all of his moves have been flops so far. Forsling was traded for NHL ready defence Adam Clendenning and he managed like 20 games before they shipped him out.
Demko
Boeser
Linden Vey
Vrbata
Baertschi
Granlund
Sutter
Gudbranson
Sbisa
Pedan
Larsen
Dorsett
Stetcher
Not to mention waiving Corrado so we could get 1 season of Matt Bartkowski. =
A few of these might still pan out like Baertschi, and Vrbata was great in the first year. I'm also pretty sure Demko and Boeser will be good.
But yeah, I'm not seeing his scouting prowess with most of that stuff.
Demko
Boeser
Linden Vey
Vrbata
Baertschi
Granlund
Sutter
Gudbranson
Sbisa
Pedan
Larsen
Dorsett
Stetcher
Not to mention waiving Corrado so we could get 1 season of Matt Bartkowski. =
A few of these might still pan out like Baertschi, and Vrbata was great in the first year. I'm also pretty sure Demko and Boeser will be good.
But yeah, I'm not seeing his scouting prowess with most of that stuff.
Simon Belmont
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Trouba has been pegged.
If it was, wouldn't he have gotten a 5 or 6 year deal instead
well... if he was involved, yes.
apparently he'd only accept a trade to a US team
sign him... then trade him in canada and watch the lulz ensue
CreeperBlocks
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I think you might be right Dopey. I think they signed him so they could trade him later
Trouba for Seabrook?
same thing happened with turris, no? within a month of signing a bridge he was outta there
Hang on, let me check the list of "NHL rosters where Trouba can be a RHD and get PP time..."
Holy shit! This list is just a list of all the US based big market and/or warm weather NHL teams that doesn't really correspond to roster setup at all! What the heck!?!
CreeperBlocks
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That sounds like what the Jets are doing
Simon Belmont
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Polak and Martin for Trouba. It could happen.
That contract is basically daring the Rangers, Wings and Bruins to dig deep and give the Jets what they want. I don't know what cap looks like for those teams after this season but even teams right up to the limit can make something work for a guy to resign if they have a year and a half to plan.
But I still think, on no real evidence, that the Jets plan to keep Trouba this season and then shop him hard during the offseason. They can even protect him from the expansion draft and up his value even more.
If you take Seabrook we can afford him going forward. Really we're doing you a favor here.
Lone_Prodigy
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Well a few of those aren't a result of scouting.
Soc's list is more accurate: most of his draft picks are in junior or in the NHL.
2014 draft: 7 picks, 4 in NHL, 2 in junior, 1 in AHL.
2015 draft: 7 picks, all in college/junior (1 in Czech league).
2016 draft: 6 picks, all in college/junior.
If there's criticism to be had, it's that he really should be getting more picks instead of trading them away.
Hmm, maybe, let me check with Trouba's agent Kurt Overhardt.... damn, sorry to do this on your birthday Marvie but it turns out
Chicago is closer to florida.Hmm, maybe, let me check with Trouba's agent Kurt Overhardt.... damn, sorry to do this on your birthday Marvie but it turns outTrouba wants to be closer to his girlfriend in FloridaI mean the Hawks defensive depth is such that he doesn't feel he'll get his minutes.
Also I want him in the East and most especially not in the Central. Not having him haunt us 5 times a year forever, fuck that.
Just pointing out your stupidity. If that coincides with defending Benning, so be it! 😙
Benning is terrible in many ways. But his drafting has obviously been fairly good overall so far as we can judge
Exactly. We're talking about drafting (specifically with respect to the AHL, which has practically nothing to do with Benning)
CreeperBlocks
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Dubbedinenglish
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Hmm, maybe, let me check with Trouba's agent Kurt Overhardt.... damn, sorry to do this on your birthday Marvie but it turns outTrouba wants to be closer to his girlfriend in FloridaI mean the Hawks defensive depth is such that he doesn't feel he'll get his minutes.
Sir have you ever heard of Jakub Kindl???
Benning trades to accelerate success. Potential is sacrificed for immediate return. No one here would argue that this approach is working.
Again, we're talking about drafting. But you're welcome to have your own conversation - just don't confuse the two.
Yeah Jake Virtanen good choice there mate. It's okay, your starting to sound like Vancouver version of Red, delusional defending of shitty management.
Simon Belmont
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I went through that. It's part of the bargaining phase.
Well the fact the current approach isn't working has to do with his deficiency in targeting players right? (i.e. talent evaluation) If you're arguing "it's too early to evaluate his draft picks" it's not that convincing to me when you're ignoring all of those NHL flops in his record.
Really, evaluating NHL talent should be easier since you're not projecting that far into the future, and so far most of those have been misses. That does not bode well for his future picks tbh.
Really, evaluating NHL talent should be easier since you're not projecting that far into the future, and so far most of those have been misses. That does not bode well for his future picks tbh.
Nice try. From a couple weeks ago:
Your point was that the Comets being shit somehow proves that Benning is a bad drafter. Which doesn't make sense. Then you brought up Virtanen, going in a completely different direction. Only that's one player, and I agree with you. So what now?