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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| We’ve Been Here Since October

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Solo

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It never occurred to me that BargainBin has made 2 straight June blockbusters. Fair to say that this year's edition went over better with fans.

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Pretty surreal
 
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yyzjohn

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It didn't take much for Solo to go from ripping Bergevin as one of the worst GMs in the league to kneeling and fellating that same man. Have some consistency man.
 
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Alucard

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imBask said:
well our medias spent the last 12h debating if Drouin should play center or not

this is why we can't have nice things
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Gotta talk about something. Sports media in general is fucking terrible and largely populated by guys who were dude bros in high school.
 
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Solo

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yyzjohn said:
It didn't take much for Solo to go from ripping Bergevin as one of the worst GMs in the league to kneeling and fellating that same man. Have some consistency man.
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Slow your roll - I still think that. He just happened to nail this one particular trade. Like, I feel the poosite of how I felt a year ago after the Subban trade.
 
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Solo

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imBask said:
well our medias spent the last 12h debating if Drouin should play center or not

this is why we can't have nice things
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When they asked Drouin at the press conference if he'll play centre, I legit cringed.

Having said that, if they truly feel that the AGally-at-centre experiment is done, then I wouldn't be completely shocked to see them try Drouin at centre.

But that would be a mistake. He's a winger through and through.
 
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imBask

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Solo said:
When they asked Drouin at the press conference if he'll play centre, I legit cringed.

Having said that, if they truly feel that the AGally-at-centre experiment is done, then I wouldn't be completely shocked to see them try Drouin at centre.

But that would be a mistake. He's a winger through and through.
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nah dude he's a defensive grinding center now
 
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zroid

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Whatever the Eberle deal ends up being, it sounds like it's going to be a fleecing from the Oilers. His trade value seems to be at an all time low, and Chiarelli seems intent to sell low once again, as is his custom.
 
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Curufinwe

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Solo said:
When they asked Drouin at the press conference if he'll play centre, I legit cringed.

Having said that, if they truly feel that the AGally-at-centre experiment is done, then I wouldn't be completely shocked to see them try Drouin at centre.

But that would be a mistake. He's a winger through and through.
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Nah, he's the next Giroux.
 
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Yawnier

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zroid said:
Whatever the Eberle deal ends up being, it sounds like it's going to be a fleecing from the Oilers. His trade value seems to be at an all time low, and Chiarelli seems intent to sell low once again, as is his custom.
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Eberle for Cal Clutterbuck
 
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Cake Boss

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Legit if I were Bargain Bin Berg, I would wait on trading AGally, and look at addressing the C position and D in a different way. give AGally a chance to play center with a set up man like Drouin and put Casperetty on the other side, and you could have possibly fixed your C position internally and not by giving up anything. Then pick up a #2C via free agency like a Sam Gagner, or Hanzal or Bonino, if that doesn't work then look at trading BGally for some #2C help.For some Defense help you could look at MDZ, Daley or Cody Franson for some depth.
 
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excelsiorlef

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Cake Boss said:
Legit if I were Bargain Bin Berg, I would wait on trading AGally, and look at addressing the C position and D in a different way. give AGally a chance to play center with a set up man like Drouin and put Casperetty on the other side, and you could have possibly fixed your C position internally and not by giving up anything. Then pick up a #2C via free agency like a Sam Gagner, or Hanzal or Bonino, if that doesn't work then look at trading BGally for some #2C help.For some Defense help you could look at MDZ, Daley or Cody Franson for some depth.
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Bonino is not a 2nd line centre
 
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CreeperBlocks

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Cake Boss said:
Legit if I were Bargain Bin Berg, I would wait on trading AGally, and look at addressing the C position and D in a different way. give AGally a chance to play center with a set up man like Drouin and put Casperetty on the other side, and you could have possibly fixed your C position internally and not by giving up anything. Then pick up a #2C via free agency like a Sam Gagner, or Hanzal or Bonino, if that doesn't work then look at trading BGally for some #2C help.For some Defense help you could look at MDZ, Daley or Cody Franson for some depth.
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I would love to have Bonino as a Plekanec replacement

Don't forget that we Extended Hudon for two years and he's a Centerman
 
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Solo

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Cake Boss said:
Legit if I were Bargain Bin Berg, I would wait on trading AGally, and look at addressing the C position and D in a different way. give AGally a chance to play center with a set up man like Drouin and put Casperetty on the other side, and you could have possibly fixed your C position internally and not by giving up anything.
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You're reading my mind, broseph. Rather than giving up on AGally too early (which would be a mistake), why not give him a full year under Julien with a healthy knee and Drouin flanking him? That's what I want them to do and think they should do. Give him a 1 year deeal, and then if AGally steps up, give him Drouin money and term after next season. If he doesn't, well, I guess you trade him next summer. But absolutely I think BargainBin would be a goddamn moron (even moreso than I already think he is) to not give AGally one more crack.

But my fear is that BargainBin views AGally like he did Subban, and will flush him out ASAP for a D-man and then overpay Hanzal on July 1. Ugh.
 
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Cake Boss

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yyzjohn said:
I doubt Mirtle has any specific info. He's just anticipating a big day as most insiders are thinking. Funny how there's no specific Leafs rumors anymore from anyone. McKenzie, Dreger, Kyper, they got nothing on the Leafs.
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I remember last year he broke a couple of stories/trades earlier than the other insiders.

Also Travis Yost surprisingly got a couple of scoops too.
 
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imBask

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The rumors of trading Galchenyuk for a dman are confusing as hell. I don't believe in Galchenyuk at center but if he's gone, we're actually going to be stuck with Plekanec/Danault and i'm afraid Bergevin is ok with that
 
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Solo

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imBask said:
The rumors of trading Galchenyuk for a dman are confusing as hell. I don't believe in Galchenyuk at center but if he's gone, we're actually going to be stuck with Plekanec/Danault and i'm afraid Bergevin is ok with that
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LMAO if we peg our hopes on Drouin developing into our 1C. Galchenyuk era 2.0.....
 
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yyzjohn

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I'll give bargain-bin credit, his move has put people into a trade-deadline day feel now. Everyone is expecting big moves to happen over the next 24 hours.


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Foggy

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Gagner was barely even a 4th line center at the end of the year. His production took a nosedive once the power play took a nosedive.
 
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Cactus

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I'm thinking Vegas for Radulov. He's newly single, known to be a party guy, and the Knights have money to throw at him.
 
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Solo

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CreeperBlocks said:
I think he will still sign. But the Length is going to be shorter than he wants

I'll take 4 years
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He won't sign here. We can give him the AAV, but we can't (and shouldn't) give him the term. Some poor bastard GM will give him 7 years on July 1 (and regret it by July 1 in 4 years).
 
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Solo

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If Radulov doesn't sign, then you kinda have no choice but to keep AGally anyways. An offense that is + Drouin but - AGally/Rads? That's even worse than last year.

Maybe that is the trigger point - I have no doubt BargainBin is shopping AGally, but maybe the trigger being pulled or not depends on Radulov. If Radulov goes, AGally can be your new #1 RW (which frankly I feel is the wing he's best suited for, but our organization keeps missing that) if youre dead set against him at centre.
 
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