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PHR Live Chat: 02-04-21
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Gavin Lee
6:01
Hello and welcome to another chat!
6:02
I'll let some things roll in and then get started in a few minutes.
Mike
6:11
Even if a team gives Deangelo a shot, do they give him much playing time?
Gavin Lee
6:11
Well if you're going to take the heat of acquiring him, you might as well play him right?
6:12
The problem is that he still can't defend very well--especially off the rush--and needs prime minutes to really put up those big offensive numbers.
Not saying he can't help a team on the ice, it's just not an easy fit even hockey-wise.
Burns Beard
6:13
Any chance or rumors about the Sharks finally blowing things up, trading everything that isn’t nailed down, and starting a rebuild?
Gavin Lee
6:13
I haven't heard anything to suggest that a blow up will happen this season.
6:14
If you want it quick, it would likely need to be because of a GM change, and Doug Wilson is still well liked by the organization.
Now, that doesn't mean they won't make some trades
6:15
But the real franchise-altering ones you're probably hoping for at this point (namely, clearing some of that money) I don't think are coming during this season
Mikr
6:15
What do you see as their upside Farabee and Patrick ?
Gavin Lee
6:16
They're both top-six talents, with Farabee especially being a perfect complementary player for an elite center.
He could ride shotgun on a first line for years, even if I'm not sure he could really drive one as the best player on it.
6:17
Patrick I think will settle into a legitimate second-line option
6:18
It's hard to remember that he's still just 22
Easy to forget, I should say
Brian
6:18
Hey Gavin, can we get rid of the trapezoid behind the nets? Let the goalies play the puck!
Gavin Lee
6:18
I wouldn't have a problem with it
6:19
The dump and chase game is already so toned down to specific situations that it's not like they would have a huge impact, like Brodeur once did.
Except if you're Mike Smith I guess
Then you have a huge impact, good and bad
John Mozeliak
6:20
Do you think the blues could get another d-man in a potential Vince Dunn trade? Aside from from the first round pick it would cost.
Gavin Lee
6:20
You mean a first rounder and a roster defenseman?
No I don't think that would happen for a second
I don't really even think they'll get a first for him
6:21
Dunn is a good player, don't get me wrong. But he's also going to get very expensive in arbitration this offseason
Teams know that
Not a ton of excess value to be had in a trade for a first, I don't think
Guest
6:21
What do you think the blues chances are at getting a second cup?
Gavin Lee
6:22
This year?
I certainly think they'll make the playoffs, but they have to beat Colorado to get out of that division
And healthy, I still think the Avalanche are the best team in the west
Randy g
6:23
with the Canadian government COVID rules do you think that the trade deadline will be all but eliminated
Gavin Lee
6:23
Not necessarily eliminated, because remember that Canada has only 7 teams
They may do their work a little earlier
6:24
But you saw how quickly Laine cleared quarantine once he arrived in Columbus
Imagine an American-born player coming down from Canada, wouldn't have to deal with the visa issues.
Guest
6:24
Why did Detroit play with 5+ staring players on the Covid-19 list, but other teams get games postponed when they have just a couple of cases?
Gavin Lee
6:25
Remember that the "Covid-19 list" is not that. It's the Covid protocol related absences list. Not all of the players on it have tested positive
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