Brace for the Storm
Rejoint: mai 2017
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Winnipeg Jets:
-I liked adding Stastny, I still believe he's got a 20 goals, 45-50 pts season in him which will inevitably boost the Jets C depth as well as their 2PP unit.
-what I don't understand is not adding a top 4 defender. I like Forbort but he's a number 6-7. They needed another d-man who can play 20+ minutes per game every night to remove pressure off Morrisey/Pionk/DeMelo's shoulders. Yet GMKC didn't. Maybe Samberg is a stud and will play 20 minutes a game starting whenever next season starts but I don't buy it.
Pittsburgh Penguins:
-they needed a better 3C than McCann who's much better suited as a W. Yet GMJR didn't add a 3C.
-moving Hornqvist while he still had a bit of value was smart, but Matheson has been playing at a bottom pairing level for the better part of the past 2 seasons... that wouldn't be an issue if he hadn't a 4,875 AAV for the next 6 years.
-buying out JJ was smart
-adding Ceci is just dumb
-overpaying for Kappy is just bad. I get that whoever they would've picked wouldn't have immediately helped them, same goes for Hallander. However, that doesn't mean moving those 2 pieces for a middle sixer makes sense.
Vancouver Canucks:
-I still don't get why GMJB showed interest in OEL. Look, I like OEL. I really do. But he still has a decent amount of defensive woes. With QH also having defensive gaps here and there and OEL in the lineup, that would've meant that 1/3 of their blueline would've had defensive issues, which is... not what you pay a D-core for.
-I don't understand why they didn't resign TT. They could've moved Benn/Baerscthi/Sutter to clear cap room yet they didn't. Worst thing here is that they didn't get a replacement of any sort for TT. Btw this is why I'd add Kahun if I were Benning. Miller-Horvat-Boeser, Pearson-EP-Virtanen, Roussel-Gaudette-Kahun, IMO that's a solid top 9
New York Rangers
-we needed one more defensively sound forward yet we only added 13th forwards (Rooney and Blackwell)?
-we needed another d-man who could play big PK minutes and we chose Jack FREAKING Johnson??? Andy Greene was and still is available and is much better than JJ. I mean we already have Smith as a useless defender? Gorton added another one??