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Old 02-22-2016, 08:45 PM   #41
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My realistic wants -

Perron - can play the RW

Raanta - young G who mite be ready to take the start position
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Old 02-23-2016, 06:30 AM   #42
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I'd love Boedker, 2nd-3rd line guy with the skill to step up to the 1st if injuries hit, consistent 50 point guy, 200+ pounds, 26 years old.

If we could get him for exactly Frolik's contract I'd be stoked. Having that depth going forward would be phenomenal.

Other than that there aren't really any guys who excite me. Okposo maybe? I think we've got another year of being a bubble/non-playoff team and then next summer is the year we look to really launch ourselves into the top of the West. LA, Anaheim, Chicago, SJ, St. Louis will all be pretty old by then, there will be an opening.

Also, not UFAs but I want us to pry Neuvirth out of Philly and Andersen from Anaheim. I think that'd be a great young tandem with Gillies getting a year in the AHL. Hopefully one of those three then turns into the long-term solution.
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Old 02-23-2016, 06:42 AM   #43
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Okposo's favourite player was Iginla, so he may come here because of that (and playing with Gaudreau)

Wouldn't mind Backes, Eriksson, Lucic, Boedker or Ladd up front, and Raanta in net. A D-man wouldn't hurt if the Flames sell off heavily at the deadline.
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Old 02-23-2016, 08:22 PM   #44
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I've changed my mind. I decided, if I was going to be pro-Boedker, I should do more digging on the guy, so I went and read a bunch of Coyotes threads about him to get a sense of what they thought of him and then poked around in the fancy-stats websites.

I'm out on Boedker.

The general consensus of Arizona fans is that he's a really streaky perimeter player who's given lots of opportunities (he's like 3rd or 4th in the league in PP TOI or something) but simply can't produce when the time comes.

Has the tools, but doesn't put it all together, plays a decent game in all zones, but never manages to really impress. Granted, he's playing a top-3 role in 'Zona, and wouldn't here, but they do harp on his lack of physicality.

Also, the fancy stats aren't in his favour: -1.96 FF%Rel, -2.18 SCF%Rel, -1.94 CF%Rel.

Based on Fancy-stats, there is an absolute clear leader among the UFA Wingers: Loui Eriksson. 5.90 FF%Rel, 4.83 SCF%Rel, 6.10 CF%Rel. He leads pretty much every single fancy-stat category among the top 10 or so UFA wingers.

A surprising second place goes to Teddy Purcell: 4.78 FF%Rel, 4.13 SCF%Rel 4.16CF%Rel
He's out-performing his dynamic, explosive, amazing teammates on that Edmonton team. Makes me kinda curious about taking a poke at him in the offseason.

However, I've changed the guy I really want from Boedker to Okposo.

Two years older than Boedker, around the same size - a little heavier- but much better fancy-stats: 2.46 FF%Rel, 0.26 SCF%Rel, 1.08 CF%Rel

I think Eriksson will be too rich for our blood. He's clearly the best winger available, but his output is going to command a salary north of 6 million and I don't think that's feasible for us. Also, he's on the slender side. Put me in the camp of going after Okposo for pretty much the same deal we gave to Frolik.
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Old 02-24-2016, 02:47 PM   #45
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http://public.tableau.com/shared/TK6...play_count=yes

This is a pretty chart comparing Frolik and Boedker which you may be allergic to if you're the kind of person who pops a blood vessel when you see advanced stats. They aren't similar players at all. Like I said, having decent skill to score at a marginal 2nd line rate doesn't make him Frolik.

He does less with more ice time, bleeds more shots and goals against, and also just think about how many people would misspell his name if we sign him.
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