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Jul 20 @ 12:03 PM ET
I think it was more like...Mom takes her son to the grocery store....tells him to wait right there and dont move....she runs away, but on her way out of the store sees a couple of police officers, and walks back to her son...buts him a candy bar before walking back to the car...she makes sure he is safe in the car seat, rear facing of course...she doesnt want him to see her cry all the way home - YuenglingJagr
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Jul 20 @ 12:06 PM ET
Sure. But Halladay was a "bona fide MLB'er". His first full season had him pitch 36 games with a 3.92 era and 8 wins. Why'd they send him down? - steelydan
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Jul 20 @ 12:06 PM ET
Seriously though, if MacDonald was a bona fide nhl defenseman, why was he sent down to the AHL? - Streit2ThePoint
Are you purposefully disregarding the cap hits and their implications? Because I know you know enough about hockey to understand that AMac is a better player than Manning.
Who would you have sent down in his place to get under the cap?
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Jul 20 @ 12:10 PM ET
Sure. But Halladay was a "bona fide MLB'er". His first full season had him pitch 36 games with a 3.92 era and 8 wins. Why'd they send him down? - steelydan
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Jul 20 @ 12:12 PM ET
Are you purposefully disregarding the cap hits and their implications? Because I know you know enough about hockey to understand that AMac is a better player than Manning.
Who would you have sent down in his place to get under the cap? - MBFlyerfan
I think it was more like...Mom takes her son to the grocery store....tells him to wait right there and dont move....she runs away, but on her way out of the store sees a couple of police officers, and walks back to her son...buts him a candy bar before walking back to the car...she makes sure he is safe in the car seat, rear facing of course...she doesnt want him to see her cry all the way home - YuenglingJagr
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Jul 20 @ 1:10 PM ET
I think it was more like...Mom takes her son to the grocery store....tells him to wait right there and dont move....she runs away, but on her way out of the store sees a couple of police officers, and walks back to her son...buts him a candy bar before walking back to the car...she makes sure he is safe in the car seat, rear facing of course...she doesnt want him to see her cry all the way home - YuenglingJagr
Expansion eligibility is the silver lining. - Tomahawk
We do need one dman under contract for 17-18 to fulfill the quota for exposed dmen, but Vegas will almost certainly take one of our unprotected forwards.
One of Read, Raffl, Weise, Laughton and Cousins seem certain to end up in Vegas.
I thought MacDonald played well when he was recalled. Not worth his contract but a steadier minute eater who played well with ghost. At the moment I consider him a bad contract on an average player. With Umberger, Vinnie, and Schenn & Grossman of the cap, we can afford one of those. At least until the expansion draft.
I don't get why people are so apt to advocate this type of move. AMac is young enough where he could still fix an aspect or two of his game. I'm not sayign that we hold onto him because he could be our next MDZ. But if this team continues to improve on the blue line with prospects, then AMac should start to look more comfortable out there and start to build his value back up. I find it hard to believe that there wouldn't be any takers at all. - steelydan
I guess it depends where you see this team, its defensive prospects, and AMac in the next 4 years. Could AMac improve enough to make his salary (under an increasing cap) not such a deterrent to another team in 2 years? Absolutely. But he could also do the opposite, flatline or regress and make himself untradable. Always a gamble.
I guess, for us armchair GMs, it comes down to - if you could move AMac this offseason while retaining $2 to $2.5mm of his salary for the next 4 years, would you? There's no wrong answer, of course.
I just don't want AMac getting in a prospect's way, or his salary potentially preventing us from retaining MDZ or going out and adding a free agent in the next couple seasons. But if he stays around, hopefully he gets off to a good start in camp and keeps it going throughout the season. Maybe we haven't seen the best AMac can play yet? Maybe he's a solid #4 guy instead of the 5/6 he's played himself into. Maybe Hak can get a lot more from him in the coach's 2nd full NHL season?
