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Post by christopher on Aug 27, 2010 15:58:47 GMT -4
What happened to Stephens/Pettersson?
I guess he specifically wanted a D.
IDK, I try to see the positive in everything. Maybe he'll help the younger D?
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Post by reality on Aug 27, 2010 15:59:00 GMT -4
Now, I wonder if he can be used better than Ashton Bernard was last year?
Does this mean no Lagace or is he trade material?
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Post by WHEELsnipePARTY on Aug 27, 2010 16:24:46 GMT -4
IMO, this trade is pretty solid trade. Metcalfe will help the younger D and he'll stick up for his teammates.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Aug 27, 2010 16:35:08 GMT -4
What happened to Stephens/Pettersson? I guess he specifically wanted a D. IDK, I try to see the positive in everything. Maybe he'll help the younger D? There's no doubt he will help the younger D. For one they will not be forced to play more minutes than they can handle and he will stick up for his teammates. He also has championship experience which is another great thing to have on a young team. Honestly when your oldest (was) defencemen is JS Fournier that's not the greatest situation.
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Post by bois on Aug 27, 2010 18:34:05 GMT -4
Now, I wonder if he can be used better than Ashton Bernard was last year? Does this mean no Lagace or is he trade material? just pluggin a hole temporarily... wait and see if Lagace ends up back or not.. really cant believe Spencer Metcalfe is going to be an overager in the Q this year.... just wow
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Post by hockeyns on Aug 27, 2010 22:42:53 GMT -4
Don't mind giving the picks away! 5th rounder for a avg or below avg overage player! :/
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Post by hal on Aug 28, 2010 8:34:16 GMT -4
Don't mind giving the picks away! 5th rounder for a avg or below avg overage player! :/ Yeah , the problem is that this Moron never seems to go the other way ! ............we don't trade away 19 and 20's for Top 5 Picks ! If Legacy did somehow come back .........watch what a mess he makes out of that !
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Post by reality on Aug 28, 2010 9:53:09 GMT -4
I agree that it doesn't make sense to trade top 5 round picks especially as a rebuilding team.
They can sometimes turn out to be more valuable than many 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks every year.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Aug 28, 2010 9:59:54 GMT -4
Don't mind giving the picks away! 5th rounder for a avg or below avg overage player! :/ Yeah , the problem is that this Moron never seems to go the other way ! ............we don't trade away 19 and 20's for Top 5 Picks ! If Legacy did somehow come back .........watch what a mess he makes out of that ! Can we not at least see what would happen before going on about what we think he would do? Even I don't see how he screws up one of the returning 20 situations if it happens....of course they'll be moved for younger assets and/or picks. And a 5th in 2012 isn't a huge deal, especially with the league talking about letting 15yr olds get drafted in more rounds(8 is a number I've heard)....mid round picks like that can be acquired on the draft floor if a kid you want is still there so I'm not sure why people worry about them.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Aug 28, 2010 10:01:45 GMT -4
I agree that it doesn't make sense to trade top 5 round picks especially as a rebuilding team. They can sometimes turn out to be more valuable than many 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks every year. Of course they can, any pick can be better then another, that's the point of a draft.....but you're not building championship teams on 5th round picks, especially 5th round picks 20 months away.
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Post by Clubber Lang on Aug 28, 2010 15:11:04 GMT -4
I agree that it doesn't make sense to trade top 5 round picks especially as a rebuilding team. They can sometimes turn out to be more valuable than many 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks every year. Of course they can, any pick can be better then another, that's the point of a draft.....but you're not building championship teams on 5th round picks, especially 5th round picks 20 months away. I would have gave them the same they paid for him a 7th rounder. He has less value right now and we give up a fifth for him? Sure he can develope and stand up for teamates but Moncton wins here. Don't get me wrong I like the pick up but not for the cost.
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Post by brec7 on Aug 28, 2010 15:32:48 GMT -4
The move to get Metcalfe isn't necessarily bad but the price seems quite high in a year where there's loads of 20's floating around.
To put this in perspective, imagine if Brodeur gets sent back here. Metcalfe coming in may be the end of Larade. Brodeur coming back would mean Metcalfe getting cut. If both of those things happen, Mario would have given up a 5th & and a 6th for 3 months of a 3rd pair/7th defenseman and about 1 month of a 20 year who's probably 2nd pair at best.
I feel sorry for our scouts. Under PV, he was good at constantly peddling our excess assets out so we had additional draft picks to work with. I think this scouting staff has made some good picks in its first two years- but they're not being given near as much to work with.
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Post by f1sh on Aug 29, 2010 0:34:44 GMT -4
Unless Mario owed Flynn something from some previous deal this was highway robbery. No one could have anticipated this player would be in the league as a 20 so his value was almost nil. As pointed out Moncton acquired him for a 7th round pick at 19, how can he possibly be worth more than a 9th as a 20?
I really feel sorry for the diehard Eagles fans. To see this idiot given a new contract after all the poor decisions last season must be disheartening. I hope fans send the organization a message through much lower attendance. Nothing good can come until some major changes.
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Post by beauty on Aug 29, 2010 9:56:32 GMT -4
Metcalfe is a solid Q D with developmental upside( still 19)... will make the players around him better on and off the ice ... police presence and can back it up ... championship experience with best D unit in the Q and arguably CHL ... played through injuries most of the playoffs... was flying at camp last week... Flynn got him not because he had to but wanted to... positive results ... What CB are doing is important, they must have certain number of solid D with experience bringing various qualities to the table... not "hope to have"... balance is what CB are going after , to shore up D for development of young one's is critical ...
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Post by Jack Bauer on Aug 29, 2010 10:18:01 GMT -4
Metcalfe is a solid Q D with developmental upside( still 19)... will make the players around him better on and off the ice ... police presence and can back it up ... championship experience with best D unit in the Q and arguably CHL ... played through injuries most of the playoffs... was flying at camp last week... Flynn got him not because he had to but wanted to... positive results ... What CB are doing is important, they must have certain number of solid D with experience bringing various qualities to the table... not "hope to have"... balance is what CB are going after , to shore up D for development of young one's is critical ... Overagers don't have developmental upside.....and a depth player at 19 doesn't become a solid D over a summer. You'd think we acquired Jodoin from Moncton with the way you're hyping Metcalfe here. The cost should of been something similar to a 9th or 10th round pick....but Mario loves to overpay for everything for some reason.
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