Daniel Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 That's the thing...we wouldn't have gotten Jagr. He was clearly a response signing to Kovy leaving. Dare I say Jagr (at least short-term) is actually a better fit than Kovy Then again they haven't moved Jagr off RW the way they did Kovy off LW. I've heard it both ways. And I think there was something to the rumors last season that Lou was trying to get Jagr at the deadline. It was reported by the same Czech source that had Jagr signing with the Devils this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 That's the thing...we wouldn't have gotten Jagr. He was clearly a response signing to Kovy leaving. Dare I say Jagr (at least short-term) is actually a better fit than Kovy Then again they haven't moved Jagr off RW the way they did Kovy off LW. i think jagr still would've been here - zidlicky and ryder would not be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ELIAS6 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 i think jagr still would've been here - zidlicky and ryder would not be. zid was only signed to a one year deal i believe right? with gelinas and merril knocking to get on the big boy team i think zid will be done here after his current contract is up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmann422 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 It's hard to at what the team would have looked like with kovy this year. Lou probably knew the whole time that kovy was leaving and made every offseason move with that in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) Steve Thomas wasn't the worst player of Wendel Clark and Claude Lemieux - he was probably the 2nd best player. Thomas was just miserable in NJ and 96 was the only year where he had a large role. I'm surprised he didn't have a mental breakdown in 98 after Carp got hurt. They brought up Morrison and him, Thomas, and Rolston clicked pretty well as an offensive oriented line. But then Carp came back and it was back to mindless checking and matchups. I would say that role was a large role, though, because Carp played a disproportionate amount of ice-time. Just probably not the role any scoring forward would WANT. Edited November 15, 2013 by maxpower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 i think jagr still would've been here - zidlicky and ryder would not be. And obviously not Brunner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 And obviously not Brunner. i'm not convinced of that. kovy's $ (cap hit) = zid + ryder. the real dollars, of course, is another matter entirely. although, its possible the new owners could consider it ashtray money but, they weren't the new owners at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ELIAS6 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 And obviously not Brunner. i really hope this guy starts to wake up and regains his confidence hes been lost for a while now.. guy had all of us excited in the beginning of the season and now hes a ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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