Devs4LIFE Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I personally want to see a third line of Rolston - Elias - Tedenby. I believe force feeding Tedenby into a more defensive role will do wonders for his game. The faster we can somehow develop him into a PK'er the less likely we will be stuck in the basement for short handed goals. Josefson and Kovalchuk seems to be the obvious choice for a 2nd line with Palmieri on the right side. We may need to hide this line a little bit cause I truely don't think Josefson can carry the cycle on his own to create possesion. Palmieri and Kovalchuk lack in that department. Josefson is smart enough to get most out of Kovalchuk. Should be a fun line to watch on the rush. Depending on cap cuts, why not use Zubrus, Zajac and Parise together, it should be dominant against most lines. I think putting Zubrus with Elias and Rolston and putting Teddy with Zajac and Parise would have the same effect on Teddy's defenseive game. I think that if he plays on the Parise-Zajac line he will still be forced to learn a defensive game while still playing the the maximum of his offensive capabilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Looking at capgeek, Volchenkov, Tallinder and Greene will be with our team for the 2012-13 season. We must assume Urbom, Larrson and Fayne should be there as well. Does this seem like the time to move White to fix cap problems and get a great return after one of his better seasons....just food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMONPETEYD Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yes, I don't really feel like White is needed. IMO, you can bury him in the minors for a year if you can't find a trading partner. *INSERT TRIUMPH REBUTTLE HERE* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yes, I don't really feel like White is needed. IMO, you can bury him in the minors for a year if you can't find a trading partner. *INSERT TRIUMPH REBUTTLE HERE* White is very tradable at the moment and would probably get a 1st or a 2nd with a good prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USC09 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Just to throw it out there: Kovalchuk Zajac Palmieri Rolston Elias Zubrus Parise Josefson Tedenby Henrique Steckel Clarkson Extras: Pelley Fayne Talliner White Volchenkov Greene Larsson Extras: Taormina, Salvador I think Salvador is likely going to be Devils subtraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 White is very tradable at the moment and would probably get a 1st or a 2nd with a good prospect. I disagree, and I love White. He is a very good shut down defender, but I think you are overvaluing him. I think a 2nd would be a good bet. Also, I think Merrill needs to be included in that list with Larsson, Fayne and Urbom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby89 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I like a combo of the last couple. Parise-Zajac-Tedenby Kovalchuk-Josefson-Palmieri Rolston-Elias-Zubrus Zharkov-Steckel-Clarkson They are saying Josefson put some muscle on since last season, it might be nice to see him play stronger on the puck this year. Also, I really like Zharkov, he showed a lot of offensive abilities in his few games last season. I'm not the biggest White fan, I just don't think he lived up to the hype (although undeserved hype) from when he came in but I could deal with him one more year until he's off the books, even if it's just as another veteran mentor to the younger d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 When you see guys like White -- it really drives it home how very much #3 deserves to be in the rafters. I love White and I agree he has never really brought anything specific to the table. Just vanilla defence - which is not a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devs4LIFE Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) White is very tradable at the moment and would probably get a 1st or a 2nd with a good prospect. I don't think you'd get a 1st or 2nd for White...maybe a 3rd. Think about your argument though, if we have a defenseman on the team who is worth a 1st or a 2nd with a good prospect, wouldn't he be more valuable on our roster as opposed to another team's? I think White is under* rated, sure he makes mistakes from time to time but so do most other players. White is a real steady shutdown defenseman, even Marty said you can't have enough White/Salvador/Volchenkov type players on the team. Besides White is the only D on our roster who has won a cup and he has a no trade clause, I don't think he's going anywhere. Edited July 13, 2011 by Devs4LIFE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Just for fun - what about this: Parise - Zajac - Elias (matched against other teams top line. Elias and Zajac both very responsible on defense) Kovalchuk - Zubrus - Clarkson (line 2 to match other teams checking line) Tedenby - Josefson - Rolston (3rd line) Pelley - Steckel - Zharkov (4th line) feel free to switch Clarkson and Rolston above. White - Volchenkov Fayne - Tallinder Taormina - #6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 White is very tradable at the moment and would probably get a 1st or a 2nd with a good prospect. did you see what regehr got back? yeah, this isn't happening. i could see a 2nd being the return. and why would NJ do this? we don't have sufficient defensive depth that we can get rid of white. if nothing changes on the devils' blueline, i think white will depart at the end of the year and that will be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 did you see what regehr got back? yeah, this isn't happening. i could see a 2nd being the return. and why would NJ do this? we don't have sufficient defensive depth that we can get rid of white. if nothing changes on the devils' blueline, i think white will depart at the end of the year and that will be that. White is a UFA at seasons end, his value goes up as his salary goes down. White would be as valuable a rental as Arnott at the very least. At least White is coming off a great season. I see plenty of defensive depth on our blueline with or without Larsson this season. I would be confident Urbom is ready this camp. Who knows where Gelinas is at the moment, probably not ready but who knows. We have a lot of defensmen who with good camps could be a #6 or #7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) White has a NTC. Also I don't think the Devils are that deep on Defense so that they can trade White (I don't think Larsson or Salvador will be on the team though). All of us are projecting all of the defensemen to pan out, but really who know what will happen. Fraser could very well prove more useful than Corrente, Taormina might only be able to cut it as a 7th dman/pp specialist. A lot of questions to be answered on D before we consider moving White, especially because White/Volchenkov proved quite effective in the 2nd half of the year. Edited July 14, 2011 by halfsharkalligatorhalfman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 White is a UFA at seasons end, his value goes up as his salary goes down. White would be as valuable a rental as Arnott at the very least. disagree. arnott is a center. teams always need centers. At least White is coming off a great season. I see plenty of defensive depth on our blueline with or without Larsson this season. I would be confident Urbom is ready this camp. Who knows where Gelinas is at the moment, probably not ready but who knows. We have a lot of defensmen who with good camps could be a #6 or #7. the problem is, and the issue i raised when greene was to be re-signed, is that if you trade white, you have greene, tallinder, and volchenkov as the only veterans. that's a lot of ice time that'd be going to young players, especially when one veteran got injured. i am pretty confident that fayne can handle top 4 minutes and that guys like taormina and urbom won't disappoint on the back end. but still, i think another year is needed to truly evaluate how good these guys will be. white's a UFA at season's end and i don't see a spot for him in 2012-13, but i definitely see a spot for him now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 disagree. arnott is a center. teams always need centers. the problem is, and the issue i raised when greene was to be re-signed, is that if you trade white, you have greene, tallinder, and volchenkov as the only veterans. that's a lot of ice time that'd be going to young players, especially when one veteran got injured. i am pretty confident that fayne can handle top 4 minutes and that guys like taormina and urbom won't disappoint on the back end. but still, i think another year is needed to truly evaluate how good these guys will be. white's a UFA at season's end and i don't see a spot for him in 2012-13, but i definitely see a spot for him now. I seriously hope that changes come trade deadline. A seriously strong top 2 rounds in this years draft....another 2nd could go a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) I seriously hope that changes come trade deadline. A seriously strong top 2 rounds in this years draft....another 2nd could go a long way. or it could, like most 2nd round draft picks, amount to absolutely nothing. colin white is definitely more valuable to the devils than a 2nd round pick. i mean, this notion is HFery at its worst - 'all prospects will pan out, veterans suck, i hope we get a draft pick for this sucky veteran, who will turn into a prospect, who will pan out' Edited July 14, 2011 by Triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 or it could, like most 2nd round draft picks, amount to absolutely nothing. colin white is definitely more valuable to the devils than a 2nd round pick. i mean, this notion is HFery at its worst - 'all prospects will pan out, veterans suck, i hope we get a draft pick for this sucky veteran, who will turn into a prospect, who will pan out' The more 20% chances you have, the more often you have something in the minors worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 The more 20% chances you have, the more often you have something in the minors worthwhile. except there's a high chance that colin white's one remaining season will be more valuable than that 2nd round pick will be in his entire career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMac16 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 i wish it could be Kovy/Parise/Zajac (killed last preseason) palmieri/ Elias/zubrus Clarkson/Josefson/Tedenby Rolston/Steckel/ Henrique Def. is fine btw the forwards arent in RW,C,LW order lol just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 except there's a high chance that colin white's one remaining season will be more valuable than that 2nd round pick will be in his entire career. that isn't sarcastic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Rattlehead18 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 What about an all rookie line? Parise-zajac-kovalchuk Rolston-elias-zubrus Zharkov-steckle-clarkson Tedenby-josefson-palmieri Volchenkov-greene Talinder-fayne White-taormina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Rattlehead18 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Or Parise-zajac-zubrus Kovalchuk-josefson-palmieri Rolston-elias-clarkson Tendenby-steckl-zharkov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) I'm bored so my ideal scenerio. David Clarkson is traded to some team for a 3rd. Zach Parise - Travis Zajac - Dainius Zubrus Ilya Kovalchuk - Jacob Josefson - Nick Palmieri Brian Rolston - Patrik Elias - Mattias Tedenby Vladmir Zharkov - David Steckel - Eric Boulton Cam Janssen Henrik Tallinder - Mark Fayne Colin White - Adam Larsson Andy Greene - Anton Volchenkov Matt Taormina Martin Brodeur Johan Hedberg PP1 Ilya Kovalchuk - Travis Zajac - Zach Parise Mark Fayne - Brian Rolston PP2 Dainius Zubrus - Jacob Josefson - Mattias Tedenby Adam Larsson - Patrik Elias PK1 Zach Parise - Travis Zajac Anton Volchenkov - Colin White PK2 Patrik Elias - Brian Rolston/Vladmir Zharkov Henrik Tallinder - Angy Greene Edited July 17, 2011 by Jas0nMacIsaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) Haven't decided what PP I would like run. If Taormina were to make the team he would be the ideal center piece in the 1 - 3 - 1 PP. Larsson just can't be counted on to run that PP from the point, it is a little too much to ask of him. If he could: -------Zubrus------- -------------------- Kov-----Tao----Parise --------------------- -------Larsson--------- Probably a little risky Edited July 17, 2011 by Jas0nMacIsaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 except there's a high chance that colin white's one remaining season will be more valuable than that 2nd round pick will be in his entire career. Glad to see someone say this. Very true, odds of picking an NHLer in the 2nd round are not good. Odds are between 66-75% that the draft pick will never become a meaningful player depending on if it is a high or low 2nd. I'd rather make a Stanley Cup run with Colin White than give him away for a 30% chance at a meaningful player years from now. http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/scott_cullen/?ID=267960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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