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We can fix the Leinonen draft pick f-up!

I think this is bad math. You would want to look at average salary of defenders and go from there. Idk if it would move it up or down but I would guess down. Hague isn't worth 5.5 a year in the same way Samuelsson isn't worth 4.3, at least IMPO

I checked the Amerks site, they list him at 6'4" 208lbs

Linus Ullmark's sv% since 2019 .915 .917 .917 .938 .915 .909 I mean idk what you're even talking about. Upl has only ever eclipsed .900 for a full season once with a .910 the year Ullmark had the .915.

Any time anyone talks about Benson not being hard to play against you get a thumbs dumb.

Even crazier when none are under 6'2" and 3 are 6'5" or taller.

Hey I'm all for trying to get Robertson. I think your extension avg is probably really close too.

I don't think you can get Robertson for that trade offer. There's no way McLeod signs a contract for only 3yrs at 10 million. He's going to command at least 4.5 million a year.

No. Alex Tuchs deal is not tied to a move that clears cap before Tuchs new deal would hit the cap. Tuch is signed for this season anyways.

good watch with a breakdown of everyone's game

One more thing. It's now totally false to talk about 6'5" and 6'6" defenders is some special unique unicorn thing that only comes along once in a blue moon. Maybe 5 or 10yrs ago, but now the league is littered with them. Buffalo has power, Kesselring, Bedkowski, mrtka, and kleber around who fit that category.

Idk where it is but someone talked about Mrtka being Power (in a negative) and I don't see that happening. Owen Power defers constantly when playing. He waits for this things to come to him, he is very passive in style, and when he does get aggressive and demand pucks it's just on rushes. The biggest issue Power has isn't physicality, it's his mindset of passive defending. Mrtka doesn't defend like that or play offense like that. I don't see a similar style in how they defend or attack. Mrtka and Risto are better comps because mrtka has some bad passes at times and bad reads. Hedman is the other comp I see. There's also a lot of smart play ending skills that end up in breakouts. He's got creative ideas in the offensive zone although, he's not near Hedman level. Basically he's somewhere between the two. He only played half a season in NA and on a team he carried. Next year will be fascinating to see how much his game improves.

Running back UPL with Levi will be 15yrs no playoffs

Who?

Are the twin towers of softness Tage and Power?

Nah, that's not his style.

Basically all chl players can go to the ncaa now. As long as you're grades and hs stuff is in order and a team wants you, that's all you need. Mrtka might want to stay in Seattle though. No idea if he's finished hs yet. He's also going to play more games in Jr's. After the 2025 season college might be something for him. Idk what his AHL eligibility will be.

They really need a goalie to fix things. The Def changes help.

They did this one. Josh Doan.

Grading drafts when we only had 2 picks of value and the rest are dart throws seems like a bad idea. I like our first 3 skater picks. I think Bedkowski might really have another level to reach and the Czech center needs strength more than anything. Mrtka is either Hedman or Risto... so that's fun. I'll rank the draft thusly, average. Not below like the infamous 2012 draft and not above like 2023 where we did pretty good. It's just an average draft.

Wonder what they want for Kempe... wonder if Byram and a sweetener would entice them. Wonder if Kempe would waive to play with countryman Dahlin.

But yea... gt was awful. Upl was basically the worst starter in the league.

Y'all know we were 10th in the entire NHL in goals all while Kulich we a rookie and Cozens only managed 11 cuz he's awful? We need to reduce goals against more than anything.