Cant wait to see the bottom seven and your thoughts.

Preview:

Leafs- decline
Habs - slightly improve
Sabres - stay the same
Jets - Same
T Bay - Slightly improve
NYI - Improve
Hurricanes - Improved

- Iggysbff

So you think we lost the Schenn for JVR trade eh?

I've always disliked Thomas you know this!!!

But do you seee us going after a goalie? If so what do you think we have for options?
- celata29

Loungo

what happen to Ek. blog about that.

22 comments and it locked.

i wonder what it would take to land Backstrom
- dmnted

1- 8 ball

1- 60 oz of patron

1-ps3

1- copy of NHL 2012


1- jar of hooker tears ( stripper tears my work but I'm not making any promises )

You sure about that?
- Two_For_Truth

Nothing is set in stone until the start of the year. (frank) there are a bunch of quality players still in FA.

that being said: buff will do better this season. 6-9
tampa bay: still bad D and G - good forwards, will suck this year. 10-13
winnipeg: 8-11 finish
Toronto: bit better, 7-10 finish
islanders will suck - 13-15
montreal will be better for sure, but not much better 7-10 finish

thats my assessment, for what its worth.
- big_dion

Tampa Bay's Takarski is a good goalie that wouldn't suprise me if he had a great 1st NHL season.

Every expert had Ottawa pegged for 15th place, and no expert called NJ in the final. Prognosticating all 15 teams is a Futile exercise.

Harding is their back up and is there future #1, backstrom has 1 year left.

dunno what it would cost, not as much as you may think though.
- big_dion

Hackett you mean Harding is now 28 and never managed to come close to taking Backstroms job.

The realistic vs hope debate, here we go again, so predictable around here.
- LeafMan

maybe Riemer is for real

You would hope that people learn from their mistakes but I suppose that too is misplaced hope.
- Two_For_Truth

if Burke doesn't have to. why do we?

Love him or hate him, Thomas would be a good fit if he were available & willing to play, buy an extra year for Reimer/Scrivens to mature without being thrown to the wolves as starters. Won't screw the team long term like Luongo would.

No way do I believe that Burke's done at this point. He knows he's running short on time if he doesn't produce. My guess is that he makes a serious play for either Stasny from Colorado or Getzlaf from the Ducks, using players like Bozak/Franson/Armstrong/Connoly/Lombardi, and likley one of our better prospects (Kadri, Colborne or Frattin) to get it done.

Nothing is set in stone until the start of the year. (frank) there are a bunch of quality players still in FA.
- AdamFrench

I just don't understand how the Lightning adding Carle, Salo and Lindback made them worse. Or the Jets adding Jokinen made them worse. The Sabres are also likely to add one of, if not more, Grigorenko, Armia and Foligno plus Ott who they also added. Maybe they're the same but certainly not worse.

Hackett you mean Harding is now 28 and never managed to come close to taking Backstroms job.
- AdamFrench

Harding's history reminds me a lot of Roloson's.

You sure about that?
- Two_For_Truth

Buffalo - Derek Roy being gone will hurt. Steve Ott helps. I guess maybe the same

Tampa Bay - Lindback has never shown he could be anything more than a backup. Loss of starting goalie

Winnipeg - Trouble surrounding Pavelec, and Kane isn't resigned

Harding's history reminds me a lot of Roloson's.
- mykokes

So he'll be good in 2020?

Love him or hate him, Thomas would be a good fit if he were available & willing to play, buy an extra year for Reimer/Scrivens to mature without being thrown to the wolves as starters. Won't screw the team long term like Luongo would.

No way do I believe that Burke's done at this point. He knows he's running short on time if he doesn't produce. My guess is that he makes a serious play for either Stasny from Colorado or Getzlaf from the Ducks, using players like Bozak/Franson/Armstrong/Connoly/Lombardi, and likley one of our better prospects (Kadri, Colborne or Frattin) to get it done.
- Schneiderman

Army plays for the habs

And connoly and lomdardi ain't worth the two bullets it would take to get rid of them

Buffalo - Derek Roy being gone will hurt. Steve Ott helps. I guess maybe the same

Tampa Bay - Lindback has never shown he could be anything more than a backup. Loss of starting goalie

Winnipeg - Trouble surrounding Pavelec, and Kane isn't resigned
- brandon2743

Good counter.

Love him or hate him, Thomas would be a good fit if he were available & willing to play, buy an extra year for Reimer/Scrivens to mature without being thrown to the wolves as starters. Won't screw the team long term like Luongo would.

No way do I believe that Burke's done at this point. He knows he's running short on time if he doesn't produce. My guess is that he makes a serious play for either Stasny from Colorado or Getzlaf from the Ducks, using players like Bozak/Franson/Armstrong/Connoly/Lombardi, and likley one of our better prospects (Kadri, Colborne or Frattin) to get it done.
- Schneiderman

i don't get this hurt the team long term. he has at least 4 or 5 good years left

So he'll be good in 2020?
- AdamFrench

lol, you forget Roloson and Manny split duties in Minny for years before he ended up in Edmonton?

Hackett you mean Harding is now 28 and never managed to come close to taking Backstroms job.
- AdamFrench

thanks frenchy, i blame the lefty's.

least i had the H right lol

Buffalo - Derek Roy being gone will hurt. Steve Ott helps. I guess maybe the same

Tampa Bay - Lindback has never shown he could be anything more than a backup. Loss of starting goalie

Winnipeg - Trouble surrounding Pavelec, and Kane isn't resigned
- brandon2743

Wouldn't be suprised if Takarski steals the job in Tampa.

Army plays for the habs

And connoly and lomdardi ain't worth the two bullets it would take to get rid of them
- The_Vark

Baah forgot Armstrong moved already. Dare to dream, remember what gems burke moved to get Phaneuf? Players in the same vein as Lombardi/Connoly.

Every expert had Ottawa pegged for 15th place, and no expert called NJ in the final. Prognosticating all 15 teams is a Futile exercise.
- mykokes

Most of the 15 teams end up being where you would expect them to finish. Obviously, there are surprises every year because of injuries and what not but every year there are some pretty obvious locks.

So he'll be good in 2020?
- AdamFrench

TOTAL RECALL

i don't get this hurt the team long term. he has at least 4 or 5 good years left
- bobbyisno1

I meant contract/term wise, should have specified, my bad.

lol, you forget Roloson and Manny split duties in Minny for years before he ended up in Edmonton?
- mykokes

I remember. (frank)ing Fernandez The day he set foot outside the trap of Lemaire he imploded.