GDT: Wings @ Sens@ Capitals - Right &^%&% NOW!

SpezDispensed wrote:Yeah, there's pros and cons I would say.  I like the experience Stone, Hoffman, Zbad etc are getting.  It's hard not to say that this probably hurt our chances of getting into the playoffs though, we needed a winger who could score - veteran that is.  That's life though.  Melnyk will have to pay for someone next summer.

We had Ryan (4 x 30+), Michalek (5 x 20+) and MacArthur (3 x 20+). Stone is on a nearly 20-goal pace, Hoffman on a 28-goal pace. Chiasson is on pace for 18.

Our young players are performing above expectations, for the most part. Ryan and MacArthur are well off their pace from last year. Michalek is sucking but he sucked last year -- so that's hardly unexpected. Smith and Greening fell off the scoring sheet.

Bottom line is we *had* veteran wingers with scoring history. All except Michalek are underperforming this year (so is Michalek but we should have known better).

Hossa is over the hill. That ship has sailed, no thanks.

wprager wrote:Hossa is over the hill.  That ship has sailed, no thanks.

Ha...he most certainly is not.

I don't think Hossa necessarily fits in with the whole "smart spending" thing...he's under contract until 2021 when he'll be 41 or 42. Granted the last four years pay him $1M in actual dollars, but that's still a big cap hit of $5.275...and I'm not sure how this works with the new rules under the CBA with guys retiring and years still left on their contract. So I don't see any scenario in which we trade for Hossa.

Sharp has a modified NTC, so who knows how that could play out.

Yeah that contract isn't great.

SpezDispensed wrote:

wprager wrote:Hossa is over the hill.  That ship has sailed, no thanks.

Ha...he most certainly is not.

He most certainly is so. 35 years old now and that's a lot of hard miles on him. Production is dropping off (looks like he'll miss getting 20 this year). This isn't like getting Selanne to play for a year or two at $2M, he's on a $5M+ contract for another five years.

Meh. 25 points in 38 games, Cup winner, heart and soul guy, fan favourite. There are a lot of pros to him. I agree, a lot of cons with that contract too.

SpezDispensed wrote:Meh.  25 points in 38 games, Cup winner, heart and soul guy, fan favourite.  There are a lot of pros to him.  I agree, a lot of cons with that contract too.

Two years, I'd take him in a heartbeat. Not five.