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Post by Merpes on Oct 12, 2017 20:27:58 GMT
Dylan McIlrath was waived by Detoilet. There was a time he was expected to be a fantastic combo of defense and toughness. Guess his D never progressed enough and the lack of a need for tough guys kinda sealed it that his career would be limited. he was a horrible pick by the rangers. they were so hypnotized by his size that they forgot to factor in he couldnt do two pretty important things...skate or play hockey. Stan has employed a few guys that could be described the same way so McIlrath was just trying to get on the action.
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Post by garyu on Oct 12, 2017 20:29:52 GMT
What's Morin up to? Maybe Stan can re-acquire him for the 4th time and then trade him again for a useful part? Stan used to hand 4th's for a slug like Morin, then he trotted out a 3rd for Jurco. Perhaps, he'll give out a 2nd for Morin as a repeat offender?
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Post by jimc on Oct 18, 2017 2:10:21 GMT
Lets not forget a 1st for Rundblad
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Post by lari on Oct 18, 2017 8:00:00 GMT
The more you pay for a player, the bigger his value. It's just logic.
Like the more you pay a player, the better he will perform. Stan's got it all figured out.
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Post by tedbulley on Oct 18, 2017 19:05:54 GMT
Lets not forget a 1st for Rundblad It was a 2nd rounder Jim but still a joke.
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Post by Giovi on Oct 18, 2017 22:22:48 GMT
Lets not forget a 1st for Rundblad history fail.
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Post by khawk20 on Oct 19, 2017 12:11:35 GMT
first, second, seventh...still too much. Waaaaaaaay too much.
Murphy may turn out to be a slug but he has laid out a couple of nice hits and has a decent shot from the point. He's already infinitely better than R******d ever was.
(Not that it makes the Hammer trade sting any less right now, just sayin'.)
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Post by Merpes on Oct 19, 2017 15:45:29 GMT
I think Murphy will be fine. The Hawks are breaking him of bad habits and trying to rebuild him into a real hockey player. This is what happens when you end up playing in Phoenix.
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Post by khawk20 on Oct 19, 2017 17:11:24 GMT
Good point on the bad habits.
I also think it's quite the adjustment to go from playing in Arizona to Chicago, where there are expectations on you and the team to be successful from all corners. Can't imagine there were many expectations in Arizona for their hockey team. Hell even the press coverage would be a pretty substantial adjustment I would think.
If he ends up sucking at the end of the day, that stuff doesn't cause it but I do buy into the adjustment period making it difficult to find his game and then try to take it higher.
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Post by jimc on Oct 19, 2017 18:36:19 GMT
Ya...Q will surely help that transition...
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Post by gadi on Oct 19, 2017 19:25:02 GMT
That's what Ulf is for. If anyone was a paradigm of good d habits, it was ol' Ulfie...
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Post by Merpes on Oct 19, 2017 23:01:06 GMT
Good point on the bad habits. I also think it's quite the adjustment to go from playing in Arizona to Chicago, where there are expectations on you and the team to be successful from all corners. Can't imagine there were many expectations in Arizona for their hockey team. Hell even the press coverage would be a pretty substantial adjustment I would think. If he ends up sucking at the end of the day, that stuff doesn't cause it but I do buy into the adjustment period making it difficult to find his game and then try to take it higher. Hawks need to break him and then rebuild him. This will likely take a season unfortunately. Basically they are going to try to teach him to be a hockey player again. Stan should simply not have traded with Phoenix if he was looking for immediate help.
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Post by jimc on Oct 20, 2017 2:42:40 GMT
But look at all the cap savings!!!!
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