05-10-2023, 04:15 PM
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#161
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Guys like Burns, Bufuglien, and at one point Scott Niedermayer were all used at forward and all of them eventually went back to playing defence. Is Colorado thinking they should move Makar to forward? Don't do it...having a guy who can skate the puck up the ice from the backend is a nice asset to have.
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Burns was drafted as a RW, though. Never played D until Lemaire made him do it. Buf played D in junior but started as a RW in the minors and then continued for the Hawks. Didn't go back to D until Atlanta.
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05-10-2023, 09:35 PM
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#162
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Sometimes it's just mental and how the player sees the game. I remember Phil Housley talking about why someone with his skill set preferred defense over playing forward, and he said it was all about perspective and being able to see everything going on in front of you, or something to that effect. I suppose that could be a product of learning the game on the back end however. The Flames tried him a few games as a center, but he apparently hated it.
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At a far lesser level I can relate to this. As a defenceman you have more time to see things develop and make reads as to where to go to create openings and when to jump in and to create scoring chances. As a forward I always found it more reactive and needing to be more instinctual to make plays. So if you are used to seeing the game as a defenceman it's a tough adjustment for a lot of guys.
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07-04-2023, 11:47 AM
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#164
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Excited for Kylington to return. Hopefully he hasn't regressed from his down year. Who knows, maybe even gotten better after dealing with whatever this was.
Really like his game. An exciting player to watch.
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07-05-2023, 03:58 PM
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#165
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I’d settle for Brodie with a better shot, though it does occur to me Brodie with a better shot is probably a Norris contender.
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Well I did give him the outrageous prediction of Erik Karlsson 2.0 just after he got drafted and he's done nothing to dissuade me of that view lol
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07-05-2023, 04:26 PM
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#166
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Canada 02
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So he took a year off hockey to become a pilot?
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07-05-2023, 04:35 PM
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#167
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
So he took a year off hockey to become a pilot?
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And working on his stride
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07-05-2023, 06:49 PM
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#168
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
And working on his stride
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He doesn’t need to work on his stride. He flies!
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07-05-2023, 06:52 PM
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#169
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Too many Swedes, we need some Finns!
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07-05-2023, 07:06 PM
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#170
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
And working on his stride
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07-05-2023, 07:06 PM
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#171
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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The Top(i) Ronni is on his way!
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07-05-2023, 07:11 PM
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#172
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Franchise Player
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Kylington in. Hanifin out?
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07-05-2023, 09:33 PM
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#173
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goriders
Kylington in. Hanifin out?
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Hopefully both out
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07-05-2023, 09:34 PM
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#174
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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Hopefully both out
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Why would you want Kylington out. Make it make sense.
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07-05-2023, 09:44 PM
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#175
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Franchise Player
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Kylington is probably the player they can afford to gamble on - ie if Calgary offer him a 6 year $4.5M deal during camp, is Kylington really gonna turn that down after a year off with his injury history (and, let’s be real - a lack of noteworthy point totals through age 25)?
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07-05-2023, 09:54 PM
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#176
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Kylington is probably the player they can afford to gamble on - ie if Calgary offer him a 6 year $4.5M deal during camp, is Kylington really gonna turn that down after a year off with his injury history (and, let’s be real - a lack of noteworthy point totals through age 25)?
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The young players too. Pelletier, Coronato, anyone. Washington got Hathaway on a 4x1.5. It's not any more risky to offer them multi-year deals than it is to pay someone like Kadri or Huberdeau big bucks.
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07-05-2023, 09:58 PM
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#177
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Franchise Player
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^^^Very good point - Ottawa did that with all their core guys too, and even if they don’t all pan out, at least they’re all off the books before they’re 30.
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07-05-2023, 10:11 PM
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#178
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Yeah, totally agree. If they offer Duehr a 4x$1M deal do you think he'd say no? That's the kind of 4th line forward contract we need for a player in their prime 25-29 years.
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07-05-2023, 10:14 PM
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#179
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfly
Yeah, totally agree. If they offer Duehr a 4x$1M deal do you think he'd say no? That's the kind of 4th line forward contract we need for a player in their prime 25-29 years.
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4 years 5 mil total is a great deal for both the team and the player
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07-05-2023, 10:25 PM
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#180
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfly
Yeah, totally agree. If they offer Duehr a 4x$1M deal do you think he'd say no? That's the kind of 4th line forward contract we need for a player in their prime 25-29 years.
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IMO he’d be a fool not to - nobody is giving Walker Duehr that kind of term.
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