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Now its official. I hate Tampa.

I do wonder if Adams would have been more aggressive if Tuch wasn’t down long term and Dahlin wasn’t going to miss 4ish games in the heat of a super close race.

Turned the broadcast off really early, eh? I don’t have high expectations here. I hope my gut is wrong.

That would be a big, heavy line that would make Tim Murray so jealous.

No Love for an energy line with Z and Greenway as the two wingers? I assume Jost at center.

I think if both Z and Okie want to be back, they’re back. And deservedly so. They are still too effective to write off. I think Z and Greenway could be 2/3 of an awesome energy/checking line. And Okie can anchor a hell of a 4th lone with sheltered minutes for a couple of kids

If you look close enough…..

Sounds like someones draft board is already starting to take shape.

Is this concession enough? Lol

Well, duh.

Interesting. I’m sure he sees our shiny two 1oal’s and an unexpected TnT and thinks, “damn, we used to be in front”. Interesting. I’m sure he sees our shiny two 1oal’s and an unexpected TnT and thinks, “damn, we used to be in front”.

I’m saying the math at the margins probably doesn’t support the players coming in being about playoffs this year, but KA wasnt going to risk a roadblock to the playoffs.

I suspect if the pipeline wasn’t already flush it would have been more of a priority. KA was purposely filtering who he would work with for cap space. He’s obviously hopeful that we might get into the playoffs because he ruled out making that sort of deal with anyone that might get in our way of making the playoffs, and anyone who we might potentially face in the playoffs. Good on him for acting like playoffs matter.

I certainly think its possible. I don’t think it is likely to make enough of a difference over what remains of the season. Regardless, a heroic run to 9th is a nice consolation prize for now. Next season…. Someone needs to feel some serious pressure for a playoff appearance. Period.

I’m sure KA feels the team is ready for these moves now, not last season. I’m not convinced it was for this season. How many additional games will Greenway win us instead of JJP? Or Hinostroza? I don’t think the marginal improvement moves the needle with this little season left. And I’m sure KA has considered this.

You could only hope a 2nd rd pick turns into a Greenway. Its like a 25% chance. We traded a 25% chance of a Greenway in 3-5 years for a fully developed Greenway now and for the next 2 seasons. Draft picks are over valued.

Availability What else I liked? Added playoff experience.

I’d like to say yes, but its more of a partial yes. I don’t think any of these moves were made with getting into this seasons’ playoffs in mind. If he fixes the goalie situation in the offseason, next season should be all in.

I can live with C. I wish these moves were made as soon as we knew that Dahl and Tuch were down so maybe we could get a bit of a boost for the last couple of games, but I recognize that maybe those moves weren’t there a few days ago.

So what do the bottom 2 lines look like now?

An hour after this was posted and noone went for the low hanging fruit? ”Bonino 3 way”

So the pick we get has a 5% chance of being a 100 game NHLer instead of 7.5%.

He never struck me as an NHL player. He’s an insurance policy. Hiney is better for that role given the game Granato coaches.

‘At’s not a bad haul.

Gat damn it feels good to be rooting for a buyer instead of a seller again. Im genuinely surprised. I thought we were done. I think it’s too late to affect this season, but it should be a good sign to the team that we are still trying and expected to win.