2016/2017 Rumours & Offseason Random Shenanigans
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His NHL salary of $1,000,000 was the same if he was dropped to the AHL... Some players have contract which will stay the same whether or not they play in the big show!
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Re: 2016/2017 Rumours & Offseason Random Shenanigans
Well shut me up.
Cracking bit of business to pay a guy $1m to play AHL all last year. Won't get another contract like that and may not make it back to NHL. AHL having a tougher stance on fighting doesn't help him so other than ECHL and CHL we aren't a bad option for tough guys I suppose.
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Well shut me up.
Cracking bit of business to pay a guy $1m to play AHL all last year. Won't get another contract like that and may not make it back to NHL. AHL having a tougher stance on fighting doesn't help him so other than ECHL and CHL we aren't a bad option for tough guys I suppose.
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Personally I think our recruitment is done. Fair few new faces and a bit of grit in batch and louis. I would like to see a tough forward as well but the management team have far more experience than all of us in putting a team together so I guess we put our trust in them. On a side not I think Asselin is going to turn out to be a very astute signing.
i think we are panicking a bit about toughness throughout the team,plenty of players who can throw some good hits and get in on the forecheck,not every team is built like the Giants are,we have the pace and skill to beat a team like that!i know for sure I'd rather see there tough guy in the box and us on the power play putting the puck in the net when they decide to make dumb plays who ever it may be,and we do have a couple players to come in and protect our skilled guys too if calls aren't made or we re 'getting pushed around'. I think our balance is possibly just right for the team but who knows until that puck drops!!
I believe our recruitment is done but I would like to see a tough forward come in. We have skill in abundance and hopefully other teams enforcers will be sitting in the box while we are scoring on the powerplay.
But my concern would be if the opposition's enforcer misinterprets a hard but fair check by one of our forwards as unfair and then decides to seek retribution. This would then trigger Batch or Louis rushing up ice to protect their teammate resulting in them sitting in the penalty box a lot this season. So I am seeing Culligan covering on defence a lot over the season. For this reason I would like to see a tough enforcer come in to take our D men out of the front line of enforcing/protection duties.
But my concern would be if the opposition's enforcer misinterprets a hard but fair check by one of our forwards as unfair and then decides to seek retribution. This would then trigger Batch or Louis rushing up ice to protect their teammate resulting in them sitting in the penalty box a lot this season. So I am seeing Culligan covering on defence a lot over the season. For this reason I would like to see a tough enforcer come in to take our D men out of the front line of enforcing/protection duties.
