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Yes, Hicketts has one more year left of waiver exemption. https://www.capfriendly.com/waivers-calculator/joe-hicketts#results

Good Read By Khan On Projected Lineups Khan's lineup to start the season: Mantha - Larkin - Zadina Athanasiou - Nielsen - Rasmussen Nyquist - Helm - Vanek Bertuzzi - Glendening - Abdelkader Extras: Frk, Witkowski Explanation: On the defense: On trading for a Dman: More on Athanasiou:

Jesus that would rule!

We're discussing pushing Pierre McGuires head up someones ass in another thread, i think we'll be fine. I think Khans lines are pretty unrealistic knowing our coach. The interesting part to me is his belief that Zadina, Ras, and Hronek will make the team. Pretty exciting to say the least. Id put money on Zberg playing next year. Man could play championship hockey with a bullet in his spine. I believe Hicketts is still exempt from waivers

I just REFUSE to believe that guys (Vanek and Green specifically) wouldn't discuss being traded to a contending team. Does he want some consideration as to where he would be traded, absolutely... he got hosed getting traded to the Panthers, and then CBJ.

I feel like this is mischaracterized. He has a NTC to control where he could be traded to... not "I refuse to be traded."

Smith really impressed me in that Red and White game. His skating was also what was said would hold him back, but seems to be much improved. He had no problem keeping up with Ras and Zadina, and created space for them. I was always hopeful that he'd develop into a solid bottom six winger, but maybe top six isn't so far out of reach anymore...

looking forward to seeing any of these guys in 5-8 years

Not so sure about that. Berggren only a few picks separate him from Veleno and he was taken ahead of McIssac. Smith, I sort of agree with me dark horse

Veleno. You forgot Smith. I'd put him ahead of a couple on that list. and yeah, I'd put Berggren up there as well.

I agree. Blash has a lot to learn. He actually pencils AA into the roster. If I were coaching I'd be healthy scratching that punk night after night until he won me some puck battles.

Helloooooo Jack

Mark Dice is the s***

I think he should be more embarrassed of the haircut.

Sup?

Where's Hampus Melen? PS: I went Hronek

Now were getting to the tough questions Would you rather have... Saad or Panarin? Sedin or Sedin? Matt Cooke or Sean Avery? Hossa or Franzen? Dan Cleary or an $8.95 waste basket from Walmart? Chicken tenders or chicken nuggets? Roy as a coach or Gretzky as a coach? Nyquist or Tatar? Datsyuk or Zetterberg? Kory Kocur or a 17th overall pick? Go to an away game in Leafs land or Habs land? Be best friends with Wayne Gretzky or date Paulina Gretzky? Have bamboo shoved up your urethra everyday for 9 years or be an Avs fan?

Vanek and Green don't make much sense. I don't know why they wanna play here. Maybe Green likes being the #1 guy? Maybe Vanek likes the way Blashill deployed him as an offensive specialist? I REFUSE to understand

Wonder how AA- Zetterberg -Mantha would look Or AA - Zet - Zadina

I thought I read somewhere that the reason for the NTC was he simply didn't want to up and move again in the middle of the season. Has had to do that the last two seasons, on top of starting each year on a new team. Can't remember where I would've read that though.

Hronek has supposedly developed faster than any of our scouts expected. And him and Sulak looked good together at worlds iirc. Would love to see them both brought up together, if we made the space. That might have to wait until the 2019-20 season though.

Larkin isn't as smart as Zetterberg quite yet. And you're still talking out your ass with no evidence other than "because I said so" and "eyeball tests". I'll play your game, here's eyeball proof. 200 foot player visual example. Clearly has got the skill and has done it. Also AA is a penalty killer. Nyquist isn't. You dodged a big point I made and just said it's because he's fast lol. Pure speculation and again; you haven't given any proof. Another example of 200 foot game. AA is the deepest forward on the backcheck before the turn over while he makes the play. Example of him going against the boards and helping creating a turn over. So. Much. Floating. People like to criticize AA a little too much. I agree that he's had his fair share of issues and on occasion have even spoken against him, but let's not discredit him this much. He's about as good as Nyquist is and has a higher skill set and likely will end up being a top 6 winger. And yes his speed is his biggest advantage and that's good enough in the present day NHL to make it far. Welcome to 2018 NHL. Speed kills.

Nice try? I haven't even started trying. What statistical evidence do you have to prove 1 and 2 actually makes a difference? You're talking out of your ass. AA actually has more defensive zone starts than Nyquist does. 47.1 vs 44.2 %. His even strength line production comes from lesser teammates. Nyquist had the luxury of playing with Mantha (our best goal scorer) and Zetterberg (our best play maker). As far as Corsi/Fenwick, they're about the same. Takeaway and blocked shots rate favor AA, but still about the same. AA kills penalties and Nyquist doesn't. So I'm not quite sure where you're getting the idea that Nyquist is more rounded? In fact, because AA gets less time on PP and Even strength (since he has to spend some time on PK), I'd argue that Nyquist is actually is in a more favorable position (add in the fact that he got to play with our best goal scorer and playmaker). And lol at #3. AA had 9.4 shooting % while Nyquist had 9.9. Wow what a big difference. AA is younger, still has a lot to learn; cheaper. https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/gustav-nyquist https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/andreas-athanasiou https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/athanan01.html https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/n/nyquigu01.html

I think after the first season with Vanek, the team realized we can totally just replace Tatar or Nyquist with this guy for cheaper

You still have Nyquist and Howard to trade. They'll get more anyway.