Maybe Sweeney and Neely read RMPS?Huge sigh of relief. Exactly what they should have done. Replace Hayes for bag of pucks equivalent and continue to develop the young guys.
Hmmm. That's a little less appealing. Still, no complaints. Bruins got a veteran rental who could upgrade the third line and score some goals for a late-round pick.Condition is if he plays 50℅ and bruins win a round it becomes a 4th
Depends on how much Stafford contributes.I would happily pay 2 rounds in draft position to guarantee a playoff series win.
There's a comedy idea in there somewhere about a guy subletting the extra bedroom in his crappy apartment to an impending UFA.I've always wondered, does the player have to go month to month on a lease or live out of a hotel in these situations or does the team put the player up somewhere?
What's the etiquette, especially with only ~3 months in a new city and then unrestricted free agency. For a millionaire, it's not a huge deal but a room in a hotel in downtown Boston could add up to $15-20k over three months. For someone like John Scott, that's a tough deal.
They paid for the room until the end of the week then you have to find a place of your own. And we're on the road in the morning. Bus leaves the War Memorial at 8 am....I've always wondered, does the player have to go month to month on a lease or live out of a hotel in these situations or does the team put the player up somewhere?
What's the etiquette, especially with only ~3 months in a new city and then unrestricted free agency. For a millionaire, it's not a huge deal but a room in a hotel in downtown Boston could add up to $15-20k over three months. For someone like John Scott, that's a tough deal.
If Stafford plays zero games I would still trade the 4th round pick for 2 playoff series of experience for this team.Depends on how much Stafford contributes.
No doubt he has had a down year but perhaps a change of scenery will help.
I don't think you'll find anyone here who is rooting for the pick.If Stafford plays zero games I would still trade the 4th round pick for 2 playoff series of experience for this team.
Let's see if they actually don't fuck up the Pastrnak RFA situation before we declare it a strange new world. I still feel like I'm watching the same movie.I want to take a moment and wallow in this strange new world where Donnie didn't fuck up the trade deadline and swap Carlo for a bag of magic beans.
Best comp I can come up with for Stafford is Michael Ryder. Not particularly fleet of foot, primarily an offensive winger with a good shot. Goals can come in bunches, but he is prone to disappearing for long stretches and he's not particularly useful in the defensive end. Winnipeg didn't use him on the PK, but he got more than a minute per game on the PP. Seems he was decent last year, then he got hurt this season and also knocked down the depth chart with the emergence of Ehlers and Laine.I like the move too, this is exactly what they should be doing now, unlike last season.
Has anyone watched much of Stafford over the past 3 years in the 'Peg? What kind of player is he right now? And as I ask that, I realize I don't even really know what kind of player he was during his prime on Buffalo, despite having seen him play 30 games over his career and score a ton of goals vs the Bruins. There's absolutely nothing about his game that has ever stood out to me. And I mean that in a good way, he was always just a pretty good, very well rounded player. Is he still that?
He actually sounds a little bit like Hayes, maybe with a slightly better shot. That's scary, but still worth the flyer.Best comp I can come up with for Stafford is Michael Ryder. Not particularly fleet of foot, primarily an offensive winger with a good shot. Goals can come in bunches, but he is prone to disappearing for long stretches and he's not particularly useful in the defensive end. Winnipeg didn't use him on the PK, but he got more than a minute per game on the PP. Seems he was decent last year, then he got hurt this season and also knocked down the depth chart with the emergence of Ehlers and Laine.