Kempny was such a solid pickup. Him being a no frills late season trade was perfect. They plugged him right into the lineup and he did his job every night.
Supposedly Kings extend Doughty 8 years 11m per.
We need Green, Hronek or cholo aren’t ready to play 20 minutes a night. Kronwall is literally on his last legs and overall the D is a tire fire. Two years is perfect term.Not happy with Green, I'd have rather clear room for more young guys. A bit overpaid considering neck problem he had that prevented us from moving him at the deadline last year that could easily come back. At least it's a short contract that we can hopefully move at the deadline to a team that is looking for more than a pure rental.
Indifferent on Vanek. He was pretty good for us offensively, where we really need help. Even if we don't move him at the deadline it's only a 1 year deal.
Bernier's deal looks just about perfect to me. Gives us a few years to figure out if any of those goalies we drafted in the last few years are any good. Competent backup to Howard, but not so competent that we can't tank with him when Howard gets hurt.
We need Green, Hronek or cholo aren’t ready to play 20 minutes a night. Kronwall is literally on his last legs and overall the D is a tire fire. Two years is perfect term.
Congrats to leafs fans, didn’t see it coming. Thought he would go to SJ.
They’ve already said over ripening prospects was over. Hronek will still make the team but will get to play sheltered minutes instead of getting thrown to the wolves immediately. You have to have some vet presence on a rebuilding team for the kids to learn from.This is a tank year for the Wings, trying to be a bubble team won't do us any good. I would love to see either Hronek or Cholowski make the team, Sulak and Saarijarvi need a year or 2 in GR. Hicketts played briefly with us last year and we really need to figure out if he's good enough.
Vanek and Green also got full NTCs, though Green's expires on 2/1/20.
It's certainly not the end of the world, but I'd rather we get the kids on the ice and let them do some learning on the fly. The Wings have a habit of letting players sit in the minors for too long. We could afford that when we were good, but not anymore.
Man, the salt on LI right now is so glorious. Bonus points for Halak leaving, dude was a brick wall whenever we played them. Wonder what they do now with the cap space.
Hearing the move doesn't bode well for Marner and what he is expected to be looking for $$$ wise. Would be interesting if LL kicks the tires on him, i'm sure there is still a connection there. All said, leafs really need to address their D still.