Liking where we are at is much nice than equine fecal material. Plus it sounds better than the truth of sure we could do more, but at those prices I’m not sure it’s worth it.
Me I was wondering why he isn’t pushing for depth with players 21-23. Just think you could have Joey chestnut up there eating nachos like a champ.
I haven’t seen anything from this team that indicates they won’t go to the Western Conference Final again, but I also haven’t seen anything that indicates they’ll advance beyond the Conference Final without the add of a true impact piece.
love the comments about depth and using it vs. the having an elite talent that lifts the team up on his shoulders and carries it. it doesn't feel like we will get that this year, so depth it is. Maybe getting first or 2nd line offensive player and another good blueliner will be enough. still hoping for a brady tkachuk trade though! I'd settle for one of the Brocks though....
This team the past few years hit the playoffs and you hoped there were 3 key lines, but it always felt like one of them went MIA. If Benn and some lil-uns can hold together a 3rd line in The playoffs this year the results would be real. The thing is that it could just be the Patrick eaves type who fits vs needing a tkachuk. A healthy and productive Robo, hintz, seguin, duchene could/should be enough.
Hi Robert - really enjoy your posts--thank you for all you do! Quick question: Above you mention Thomas Harley with an inference that he was a draft mistake by Jim Nil. I'm confused! He seems to be a Top 4 defender and I love his game. Why the negative call out?
The inference is that Ty Dellandrea was the mistake*. Nill has his flaws. And no worries. To be confused with a great writer like Robert is a compliment.
*To be fair, that draft was absolute trash. Look at the busts AHEAD of Dellandrea. That doesn't justify the pick, since nobody liked it at the time, but still.
I'd love Nill to swing bigger but I think the UFA approach is more about what we'd have to give up to make a bigger deal work. Real money would have to come out. Do we really want him trading Harley, Robo, or someone of that ilk midseason when the team has not been drastically underperforming? We don't have any Mikko-style contracts that necessitate that bold action, so I think tweaks midseaon and a bigger roster change this offseason is prudent business, despite it being boring.
As far as I am concern, I would not mind a trade involving Harley.
If you keep Harley, Miro and Lindell, where is the path for Bichsel in this lineup? This if this organization wants to play the D Corps on their strong side. If not, then Miro is condemned at playing on his weak side for the rest of his contract.
Would you say no in doing a pure hockey trade in trading Harley for, let's say, a Dobson? A Seider? A Nemec?
I just say that Nill & Co should not dismissed any opportunity to fix and improve our D Corps in order to built it properly.
Agree completely. I just think midseason doing that is tough. 1) it screws with roster chemistry for a team that is top 10 despite injury bug. More importantly, 2) you have fewer sellers. Why make a big swing when you have limited returns? Wait for the offseason where, rightly or wrongly, GMs are more willing to deal.
I don't know where the "Bichsel can play on his right side" narrative comes from. If he played on his weak side, my guess is that it was for some random games. This unless someone can prove otherwise.
Also, it points out the main problem in constructing a sound D Corps which is to fix the problems in asking players to play a position where they cannot give you their best.
There are very few D that can play very well on their weak side, and my guess is that Bichsel is not one of them.
Nill does a lot of good things, but his incapacity in finding a solid partner for Miro must be one of his biggest failure. I mean, Miro played over 500 games in Dallas, and he still did not find a Toews or a Hronek for him. Let's not repeat that with Bichsel.
Less Run n’ Gun in the playoffs . Need some bigger bodies . Alex Tuch might be available as a RW and Bichsel on D . Playoff style hockey may also be more friendly to Dumba ?
“Until we have the 20 best players in the league all on one team, there’s always somewhere we can upgrade.”
While Nill has done a good job (not great job), I have to admit that this quote resonate more with me than: "We like where we're at"
Liking where we are at is much nice than equine fecal material. Plus it sounds better than the truth of sure we could do more, but at those prices I’m not sure it’s worth it.
Me I was wondering why he isn’t pushing for depth with players 21-23. Just think you could have Joey chestnut up there eating nachos like a champ.
I haven’t seen anything from this team that indicates they won’t go to the Western Conference Final again, but I also haven’t seen anything that indicates they’ll advance beyond the Conference Final without the add of a true impact piece.
Nads. That is fun to write. Did you know wolfman has nards?
Where the hell am I supposed to find silver bullets? Kmart?
love the comments about depth and using it vs. the having an elite talent that lifts the team up on his shoulders and carries it. it doesn't feel like we will get that this year, so depth it is. Maybe getting first or 2nd line offensive player and another good blueliner will be enough. still hoping for a brady tkachuk trade though! I'd settle for one of the Brocks though....
This team the past few years hit the playoffs and you hoped there were 3 key lines, but it always felt like one of them went MIA. If Benn and some lil-uns can hold together a 3rd line in The playoffs this year the results would be real. The thing is that it could just be the Patrick eaves type who fits vs needing a tkachuk. A healthy and productive Robo, hintz, seguin, duchene could/should be enough.
Hi Robert - really enjoy your posts--thank you for all you do! Quick question: Above you mention Thomas Harley with an inference that he was a draft mistake by Jim Nil. I'm confused! He seems to be a Top 4 defender and I love his game. Why the negative call out?
The inference is that Ty Dellandrea was the mistake*. Nill has his flaws. And no worries. To be confused with a great writer like Robert is a compliment.
*To be fair, that draft was absolute trash. Look at the busts AHEAD of Dellandrea. That doesn't justify the pick, since nobody liked it at the time, but still.
I'd love Nill to swing bigger but I think the UFA approach is more about what we'd have to give up to make a bigger deal work. Real money would have to come out. Do we really want him trading Harley, Robo, or someone of that ilk midseason when the team has not been drastically underperforming? We don't have any Mikko-style contracts that necessitate that bold action, so I think tweaks midseaon and a bigger roster change this offseason is prudent business, despite it being boring.
As far as I am concern, I would not mind a trade involving Harley.
If you keep Harley, Miro and Lindell, where is the path for Bichsel in this lineup? This if this organization wants to play the D Corps on their strong side. If not, then Miro is condemned at playing on his weak side for the rest of his contract.
Would you say no in doing a pure hockey trade in trading Harley for, let's say, a Dobson? A Seider? A Nemec?
I just say that Nill & Co should not dismissed any opportunity to fix and improve our D Corps in order to built it properly.
Agree completely. I just think midseason doing that is tough. 1) it screws with roster chemistry for a team that is top 10 despite injury bug. More importantly, 2) you have fewer sellers. Why make a big swing when you have limited returns? Wait for the offseason where, rightly or wrongly, GMs are more willing to deal.
I agree that this kind of move (Harley) should be done in the off season.
But, Carolina and Colorado does not agree with us on this!
Bichsel has considerable experience playing the right side. Once PDB is more comfortable with him, maybe he'll be tried on the right.
I don't know where the "Bichsel can play on his right side" narrative comes from. If he played on his weak side, my guess is that it was for some random games. This unless someone can prove otherwise.
Also, it points out the main problem in constructing a sound D Corps which is to fix the problems in asking players to play a position where they cannot give you their best.
There are very few D that can play very well on their weak side, and my guess is that Bichsel is not one of them.
Nill does a lot of good things, but his incapacity in finding a solid partner for Miro must be one of his biggest failure. I mean, Miro played over 500 games in Dallas, and he still did not find a Toews or a Hronek for him. Let's not repeat that with Bichsel.
I saw him play on the right side when the WJC was on TV. Also, see
https://www.100degreehockey.com/2024/12/texas-sized-talent-lian-bichsels-big.html
reply by Dennis in
https://starsthoughts.com/2024/12/10/how-tyler-seguins-recovery-and-lian-bichsels-readiness-will-affect-whom-the-dallas-stars-target-at-the-trade-deadline/
https://www.nhl.com/stars/video/col-dal-postgame-lian-bichsel-6338349052112
Can we throw Dumba into the fires of Mount Doom?
Blackwell is Pippin, Steel is Merry, Stank is Sam, we have no Frodo I guess.
maybe Wyatt can become the Frodo lol
Less Run n’ Gun in the playoffs . Need some bigger bodies . Alex Tuch might be available as a RW and Bichsel on D . Playoff style hockey may also be more friendly to Dumba ?
Oops - NOT Robert, I meant David. Need a cup of coffee this morning...