Mike Vanderhoek Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 5 hours ago, Nucker67 said: I don't get the fascination they have with Sprong, other than he was drafted by PIT. The Penguins connections with all of the players is getting a little annoying now. He is an extremely fast skater he has a thick body and elite hands. Defense is not his strong suit but he is not weak on the puck either. I'd expect he signs elsewhere in the 2m - 3.5m range per. He would have been someone to look at as a winger for Petey. That speed and those hands would do some damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrammaInTheTub Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Once Ian Clarke and Adam Foote get ahold of Sprong he’ll be the most complete player in hockey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Likely one of those connecting the dots rumors. Don't see this being likely at all. Maybe on a PTO for even more competition at camp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 7 hours ago, Nucker67 said: I don't get the fascination they have with Sprong, other than he was drafted by PIT. The Penguins connections with all of the players is getting a little annoying now. When you're filling out the last roster spots I'm fine going with the "a bird in the hand is more than two in the bush" approach. But to your point, I agree. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 7 hours ago, flickyoursedin said: I’m torn on that but also we have the cap space. What if Sprong could be a speedy 25 goal 50 point winger in our top 6 at a cheap 1.5 mill or less contract. Could save you your 2nd round pick rather than waiting and trading it for a similar guy at the deadline. Were short on trade assets that I like the idea of adding Sprong and or Kylington now if they’d take 1 year show me deals at cheap money. If they are super confident with their D-corp (not sure any of us should be), then sure consider it. Teams pretty balanced cap-wise, I could see the forward group as a cup group, just need EP back and able to do most of what is needed in the post season. A lot is going to have to go right for the d-corps though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 6 hours ago, Mike Vanderhoek said: He is an extremely fast skater he has a thick body and elite hands. Defense is not his strong suit but he is not weak on the puck either. I'd expect he signs elsewhere in the 2m - 3.5m range per. He would have been someone to look at as a winger for Petey. That speed and those hands would do some damage. He's got a body, it's a good looking body. It's what you want. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 9 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: He's got a body, it's a good looking body. It's what you want. Good girth! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 4 hours ago, DeltaSwede said: When you're filling out the last roster spots I'm fine going with the "a bird in the hand is more than two in the bush" approach. But to your point, I agree. Totally agree. RT will have lots of options in camp. Save the powder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckMan Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Honestly for a cheap contract 2M or less I would love to add Sprong as another option on the top 3 lines. Would rather eliminate PDG/Aman from the lineup. Those 2 are good placeholders but realistically both should be your 13th forward to come in when needed - not regulars in the lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohthehumanity Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 We need another puck moving D-man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 8 hours ago, HarbularyBattery said: Looks like we found our new zadorov Big S lol! I wouldn’t compare him to Big Z. But I guess compared to a horse jockey, pretty close 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Hogg Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 23 minutes ago, Ohthehumanity said: We need another puck moving D-man. Tyson Barrie? He’s the worst defensively though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo2337 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 You guys would be totally sprung if we sprang for sprong! Seriously though, we should save that cap space for something better, which is why a deal probably hasn't been signed. I like the idea of adding Broberg via a trade. What if some other team offer sheets Holloway? They'd be in deep trouble at that point to encourage negotiation. They have to find a suitor for Kane, which might be hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 18 minutes ago, Snoop Hogg said: Tyson Barrie? He’s the worst defensively though. Pass on Barrie. Target the best remaining puck mover that can also be trusted in his own zone. Whether that’s Kylington, Schultz, or Shattenkirk, it has to be someone Tocc and Foote can trust to take care of their own end. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 49 minutes ago, Ohthehumanity said: We need another puck moving D-man. Not if they can't play defence, which is why none of the pylons who are UFAs have been signed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo2337 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 7 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Not if they can't play defence, which is why none of the pylons who are UFAs have been signed. Yeah, no thanks to Oliver Pylongton. We can wait this out and do better. Teams still have more moves to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Hogg Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 37 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Pass on Barrie. Target the best remaining puck mover that can also be trusted in his own zone. Whether that’s Kylington, Schultz, or Shattenkirk, it has to be someone Tocc and Foote can trust to take care of their own end. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, DeNiro said: Pass on Barrie. Target the best remaining puck mover that can also be trusted in his own zone. Whether that’s Kylington, Schultz, or Shattenkirk, it has to be someone Tocc and Foote can trust to take care of their own end. Kylington pretty please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakuRaku Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 The guy can score points at well over 0.5 per game.... how is he still jobless? Heinen is producing at about the same rate and yet he gets $2M?? what's the main differnece?? Heinen can do PK and hits hard?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 2 minutes ago, RakuRaku said: The guy can score points at well over 0.5 per game.... how is he still jobless? Heinen is producing at about the same rate and yet he gets $2M?? what's the main differnece?? Heinen can do PK and hits hard?? because he pretty much only brings OK offence 5 on 5. He's career avg 12 mins per game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakuRaku Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 31 minutes ago, Bob Long said: because he pretty much only brings OK offence 5 on 5. He's career avg 12 mins per game. well... if he's OK with a $850k deal.... let's take his "OK offense 5 on 5" until Lekkerimaki is ready to roll!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewonder20 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I’d like to know why he’s already been with 5 different teams. What’s the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammertime Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Sprong led Detroit in shot attempts per 60 and had a pretty good shoting % 11.3 especially when you consider that he's mostly a low danger shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toccfather Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 The only way I see this happening is if Hoglander is being used as a chip to acquire a shutdown puck moving dman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 21 minutes ago, RakuRaku said: well... if he's OK with a $850k deal.... let's take his "OK offense 5 on 5" until Lekkerimaki is ready to roll!! Pretty much. I'd rather shore up the defense tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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