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re: NHL Offseason Thread: Free Agency/Draft June 24-26

Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:48 pm to
Posted by Baloo
Formerly MDGeaux
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Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:48 pm to
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Uh no, they pissed away a talented Forward for a guy you could find on many rosters, and for less of a price.

a very horrible deal for edmonton


Why the uh, no? Your statement in no way contradicts mine. If anything, mine is harsher, as I'm calling Hall an elite player and you're just calling him "talented". He's not just talented, he's productive. Alex Semin is talented, but he's a guy you don't want within a time zone of your roster.
Posted by Fat Bastard
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 6/30/16 at 3:01 pm to
from a friend of mine who lives in raleigh who always has access to meet and greets and access when the habs play the canes. I'm guessing he spoke with the GM of the canes. You can believe what you wish though.


Honestly taking all the off-ice away this trade is fair and should help both teams. I talked to a GM who was not involved in the trade yesterday to access the deal and he put it this way:

PK is a 10 out of 10 when he is at his best and he is there about 70% of the time. 70% of the time he is the best defenseman in the NHL. When he isn't at his best his still a solid 7. Shea Weber is a 8.9 and never less than an 8.5.

There are ridiculous amounts of people in Montreal who are not giving Shea Weber enough credit at all right now. It is insane. There is a reason Shea Weber is a top pairing d-man on Team Canada and can dominate the game. Shea Weber makes every player around him better. You need to watch him night in and night out to know what Weber does. I will go as far as saying to truly appreciate Shea Weber you need to see him live. He directs traffic constantly. Pointing other players on his team to pick up spaces and players they need to.

Shea Weber is NOT in a decline. Stats folks will tell you he is. He has been forced to play a different game under Laviolette and I think that has affected the fancy stats. Barry Trotz's style is closer to Therrien than it is Laviolette.
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