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Post by HawkDad on Mar 7, 2019 23:50:35 GMT
But released a few minutes ago. I told 'em if it was something bad, I didn't do it.
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Post by lari on Mar 8, 2019 14:24:49 GMT
thehockeynews.com/news/article/ten-european-free-agents-who-could-land-nhl-dealsEuropean free agents just waiting to be signed, includes Oliwer Kaski whom I mentioned awhile back. Oliwer Kaski, DKaski has quickly emerged as one of the best two-way European defenders not playing in the NHL, recording 47 points in 55 games with the Pelicans in the Finnish Liiga this year as a third-year pro. Kaski, who has experience in North America playing for the NCAA’s Western Michigan University, has good size at 6-foot-3 and isn’t afraid to join the rush to make a play happen with his strong wrist shot. At 23, Kaski is going to receive a lot of attention before training camps kick off.I guess he is not a secret anymore.
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Post by khawk20 on Mar 8, 2019 16:53:37 GMT
I guess one thing the Hawks have going for them is that there are four or five blueline spots waiting to be taken...a euro or college free agent being offered a contract with the Hawks would at least know they had a legitimate shot to show their stuff.
Given we have Stan, that' can be a bad thing too. Just sayin'...
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Post by lari on Mar 8, 2019 17:37:28 GMT
The problem is you can't just bring in a couple of new kempnys and ruttas for training camp and see how it goes. Because if you could, now that would be great, right? But if a player is any good someone is obviously going to offer them a contract, so to get anyone good you now have to sign them up before camp. Without seeing them play a minute of North American hockey!
I just realized Kaski's name starts with a 'K', so obviously he's already on Stan's shortlist.
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Post by khawk20 on Mar 8, 2019 17:51:28 GMT
The problem is you can't just bring in a couple of new kempnys and ruttas for training camp and see how it goes. Because if you could, now that would be great, right? But if a player is any good someone is obviously going to offer them a contract, so to get anyone good you now have to sign them up before camp. Without seeing them play a minute of North American hockey! I just realized Kaski's name starts with a 'K', so obviously he's already on Stan's shortlist. Yeah...Could be good if he's actually good...but if he isn't, it's even a bigger fail now with such a shambles of a D corps. You can only have so many Forslings and Kokkek's taking up roster space, you know? But, since the D corps is in said shambles, one of those UFAs may consider it a real chance to play in the NHL for the end of this year and next. COULD turn into a good thing...but, Stan....so I dunno. what will be out there in the off season UFA crop for D is also a large concern, again because...Stan. Probably spends all his money on Panarin and doubles down on Kokkek for five years. sigh
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Post by lari on Mar 8, 2019 18:05:53 GMT
Yeah, there's no way he's gonna give up on Koekkoek. He can be his next Rundblad.
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Post by Giovi on Mar 8, 2019 18:14:13 GMT
The problem is you can't just bring in a couple of new kempnys and ruttas for training camp and see how it goes. Because if you could, now that would be great, right? But if a player is any good someone is obviously going to offer them a contract, so to get anyone good you now have to sign them up before camp. Without seeing them play a minute of North American hockey! I just realized Kaski's name starts with a 'K', so obviously he's already on Stan's shortlist. Yeah...Could be good if he's actually good...but if he isn't, it's even a bigger fail now with such a shambles of a D corps. You can only have so many Forslings and Kokkek's taking up roster space, you know? But, since the D corps is in said shambles, one of those UFAs may consider it a real chance to play in the NHL for the end of this year and next. COULD turn into a good thing...but, Stan....so I dunno.what will be out there in the off season UFA crop for D is also a large concern, again because...Stan. Probably spends all his money on Panarin and doubles down on Kokkek for five years. sigh Could be a way to entice a guy to sign now, but the Hawks would have to be careful. Anyone playing 10 or more games this season is available to be taken in the Seattle expansion draft. So if he turns out to be a real asset, he is also a real target.
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Post by brendan on Mar 8, 2019 18:55:17 GMT
a nmc also hold true for expansion draft id gather?
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Post by Giovi on Mar 8, 2019 19:28:09 GMT
a nmc also hold true for expansion draft id gather? NTC and NMC both mean a player has to be protected.
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Post by garyu on Mar 8, 2019 19:58:03 GMT
Yeah...Could be good if he's actually good...but if he isn't, it's even a bigger fail now with such a shambles of a D corps. You can only have so many Forslings and Kokkek's taking up roster space, you know? But, since the D corps is in said shambles, one of those UFAs may consider it a real chance to play in the NHL for the end of this year and next. COULD turn into a good thing...but, Stan....so I dunno.what will be out there in the off season UFA crop for D is also a large concern, again because...Stan. Probably spends all his money on Panarin and doubles down on Kokkek for five years. sigh Could be a way to entice a guy to sign now, but the Hawks would have to be careful. Anyone playing 10 or more games this season is available to be taken in the Seattle expansion draft. So if he turns out to be a real asset, he is also a real target. Time to expose Keith, Seabrook, etc..
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Post by jimc on Mar 8, 2019 20:25:47 GMT
Could be a way to entice a guy to sign now, but the Hawks would have to be careful. Anyone playing 10 or more games this season is available to be taken in the Seattle expansion draft. So if he turns out to be a real asset, he is also a real target. Time to expose Keith, Seabrook, etc.. NMCs
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Post by Giovi on Mar 8, 2019 21:05:31 GMT
Yup.
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Post by brendan on Mar 8, 2019 22:01:11 GMT
there a max on how many per team can have a ntc/nmc? if you knew expansion was coming could have been sick work around exposing young players.
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Post by garyu on Mar 9, 2019 2:30:43 GMT
Time to expose Keith, Seabrook, etc.. NMCs Sacrifice for the love of the Hawks. Both from the Pac NW...
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Post by Giovi on Mar 9, 2019 4:10:24 GMT
there a max on how many per team can have a ntc/nmc? if you knew expansion was coming could have been sick work around exposing young players. Im not aware of a max on how many players a team can have with nmc/ntc's. It would be interesting to find out how it would work if a team had too many players with them to expose the necessary assets in an expansion draft.
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