exo2769
Rejoint: juill. 2015
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Hindsight is always 20/20.
The Seth Jones trade should have never happened. We could have just signed him this offseason. He had already told everyone that he didn't think his future was in CBJ...so why give up SOO much for him? I don't even mind losing Boqvist. He's a puck mover and might get a few points here are there, but I don't think he's going to be a 2-way Dman in the NHL. He just hasn't shown the level of commitment needed to be a physical player. That doesn't mean he needs to go fight people, but just hustling and harassing forwards. I hadn't seen it in CHI and the games I did watch of CBJ (not too many to be honest) I hadn't seen it there either. He's scored on the same set piece play a bunch on the PP, which is good for him, but he'll be a PP specialist like Eric Gustafsson.
I would not sign Douggie Hamilton. Having watched him a bunch in CAR...he's a fine player, but he's not worth his contract. I say that because the defensive puck movers are easier to find. Maybe a NJD fan can tell me he's finally graduated into a 2-way dman, but he'd get exposed and bailed out by Slavin a bunch in CAR. His version of defense is to sell out at the blue line to prevent the opposing rush, but it's a high risk high reward venture and he'd often get penalties for that style. I'm also not a big fan of his defensive play when the opposing team is cycling down low. AGAIN, he's a fine Dman. I know it sound like it hate him...I DON'T HATE HIM. I just think $9M is $2M too much for his services.
The counter to some of this is...would MAF actually come to CHI in the first place if Bowman hadn't have made the Seth Jones trade? We'll never know for sure, but he might have retired. I'd still do the Hagel trade. TRad has been nice. Yes, Hagel is far better, but we do need those picks.