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I don't know much about him. Seems like a 7th D type though.
Bruins sign D Matt Irwin
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I don't know much about him. Seems like a 7th D type though.
Well, he can score against Holtby and Price.
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I saw him a lot a couple years ago in Worcester, has a bomb of a shot. I think he's good enough to pencil into that third pairing right now, barring a huge surge from Morrow, Miller, Trotman, etc, in camp.
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I saw him a lot a couple years ago in Worcester, has a bomb of a shot. I think he's good enough to pencil into that third pairing right now, barring a huge surge from Morrow, Miller, Trotman, etc, in camp.
UMass grad and could be top six guy for sure. Good skating and offensive skills, has good size but isn't overly physical, not a great 'defensive' defenseman instinctively. Good signing- potential top six guy for <1m, or better #7 than they had last season.
I'm the same but regarding 6/7th D, they seem to have a lot of options. Irwin, Miller, Miller, Morrow and Trotman will only have two open spots barring a trade.TheShynessClinic said:
On that note, a trade would make sense given their numbers. Especially if they could upgrade two nickels to a dime. Their d would be good with one more 2nd pair dman.
The Four Peters said:
I was curious about Colin Miller and Joe Morrow, but I also don't want to see them rush those guys up. Despite this, it shouldn't be long until they are called up as one of Miller and McQuaid almost surely will get hurt before it turns to 2016.
Irwin has very good underlying numbers. 1.12 p/60, 0.53 g/60, 51.6 CF% at ES on a mediocre team. By comparison, his offensive rates are actually higher than Krug, who posted 0.94 p/60, 0.43 g/60 but a higher CF % at 52.8. Irwin's offensive numbers were all tops amongst San Jose defenseman. He does appear to be sheltered, only 30% D zone starts last year. Certainly has offensive upside though the D zone is likely an issue.
These HERO charts have popped up lately which attempt to show a players value. Here's Irwin's. His offense is top pairing, but defense drags him closer to a bottom pairing guy.
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Not sure that's being read correctly. Just browsing through players, the TOI has him listed as bottom pairing (because of, again, how long he's on the ice), but all of the other stats seem to indicate he should have been getting more ice time.
This is a fantastic signing. Low risk, high upside. I'm pumped about it.
Tells me they're not going to sign anyone else, though.
Tells me they're not going to sign anyone else, though.
~2.5M of cap space now means ~5.5M or so around cap time. Having the flexibility to make one good move if it can make a difference can be key to making a run. Vermette to Chicago was on OK deal. Kaberle in 2011 was not (results nonwithstanding).
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I mean you do have Dummy in your name. So he was probably making a few assumptions regarding your analysis.
It's hard not to like this signing. Cheap depth defenseman. I think they learned last year you can never have enough depth. If they could only use him and McQuaid to combine into one D man they'd have a top 4 defenseman.
Yeah, he definitely meant the season results do not mean it was a good trade.The Four Peters said:
It's certainly arguable that overall Kaberle was a net negative and they might have done better without him, but it would have to be based on his shitty, shitty regular season play. His production was ok and in line with what he'd done the last few years, but his possession numbers were atrocious (even when taking the fact that he made more D zone starts than O zone starts into account): mid 40s Corsi and low 40s Fenwick with a relative Corsi around -8 and a relative Fenwick around -10. His possession stats were much better in the postseason, however, low 50s Corsi and FF and positive relative Corsi figures and 11 assists in 25 games is not too shabby.
Anywho, I'm with the rest of the board, Irwin is a good depth guy to have. I assume he takes Bartkowski's place as the puck-moving extra D who's weak on defense. Hopefully he plays better than Bart.
What kind of dirt was McQuaid blackmailing Sweeney with to get that contract. Depth on defense is looking pretty good right about now. I think we could have managed without McQuaid.The Four Peters said: