MaxBuck;1197753; said:
Lost our best defenseman (Hainsey) and a dynamic offensive player, added no one remotely equivalent IMO. One of the poorest offensive teams in the NHL goes backward in firepower.
What an enormous disappointment. I have lost interest for the most part in the CBJ; this free-agent season pretty much seals the deal. Fooey.
you dont like the moves?
answer me this, is this team better than it was before the draft? better than it was june 30th? july 1? the morning of july 2?
someone i know and respect very well sent me an email that i came into work this morning and saw. ill summarize that email. scott howson reminds him of a young jim tressel. when he says young he means circa 2001. this is a guy who people thought was in over his head, who stood around and did nothing, people complained. missed on some "big fish" and people complained. then he made some moves, smart, methodical moves that developed. he made changes and changed styles. it will be interesting.
i will tell you this, this team has had two identities. the first one was a fast team. now not a skilled fast team, just fast. they couldnt score or pass, or shoot or do much but man those early jackets could skate, and skate fast. they looked like a bunch of water bugs squirting around the little group they were with dave king at the helm. good coach, crappy players. look at those early rosters. robert kron on your first line? aubin? caloun? espo? pushor?, quint? sean pronger? allison? marshall on the first line? double shifting pirejta to generate offense? jean luc grand oh my goodness was he awful? captaink hook i mean hardina? carrying a guy like balastik as a skater (granted if the nhl were to adopt a designated shoot out position he makes about any team) the second identity-sucking. never being really reall dead last bad. but always sucking you know 6th worst team in the league every year.
ill say this about the moves. brule had baggage. if you are 21 you shouldnt have baggage. maybe sidney crosby can have baggage, malkin, kopitar sure. but not a guy who had 9 pts last year. or a guy who has 32 pts in 146 nhl games. sorry. jagr can have baggage, hes worth it. not guys like that. you dont get sent down to the minors on your 21st birthday becuase the world is happy with you. thats a message, did he respond? eh, not what i like. message sent and you dont know if its received. he still has talent but look at it this year. most of the pups stayed close to the nest. they want to prove they belong, they want to be the next jared boll and theyll tell you that. they want to work hard, run, skate, lifts weights early in the morning to make the team, to make an impact. where was brule? he was woken up after sleeping in, in vancouver. thats his choice. heck of a talent, hope he can find it. tad small but i will say the oilers could ream us in this trade. that said i feel confident we made the better move today. and we got a decent guy who still has plenty of tread on the tires.
z-well z. you know hes an enigma. he was back in russia when he got the news. z made that choice to. it was mildly obvious what was going to happen once the trade deadline pass. hitch let z freewheel. play his game. so that meant one of two things, either hitch had accepted z's style or someting was brewing and the choice had been made to drive up his stock. picked up a very very solid dman and an nhl caliber one for him. and that solid dman is locked up on a very nice looking contract. how many would beat that z doesnt go home to the rsl/chl after his contract up? not saying he will but i believe thier is a chance, and its not 1%. what that chance is, who knows. will either flourish or flame out in nyc. hope him the best of the best good kid. intersting kid, that said could he score 80 pts next year. likely.
firtsche. the first "home town jacket" if you dont count mike rupps short stay. good third line guy who can chip in. hes a big osu guy, indians, browns. you know what you get. energy, speed and effort. can chip in. nice third line player when healthy. there lies an issue. wrist injuries the last two seasons caused him to miss the strech runs (or tanks if you will) and the shoulder issues. best of luck to a really really great kid.
also look at this, scott has traded two 1st round prospects(one player one prospect), a 1st round pick, and a second round player
im guessing you wanted big moves? flashy big names. i warned you on that. but, would you rather have a guy who played on calagarys 1st line and average 70pts the last two years and a #3 dman than wayne redden? redden is a #2 guy who has shown holes in his game. jackets wont spend to the cap. i like the moves. will their be more? dont know but i do begin to see an identity... (and its not sucking)
