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And even worse you have injuries force you to play anther one dimensional train wreck combine that with Orlov being no were close to as advertised and boom you have 3 defensemen being dressed who couldn't defend my 96 year old grandmother. That said next year having Slavin,Miller,Nikishin,Chatfield gives you the best shutdown d man in the league two large athletic HIGH offensive potential D who can take away time and space.... The more I think about it the more I like this seasons approach, if you bring back burns or aquire anther large RHS with length you have 5 D all over 6'2 and 210 with three of them having great offense too, make no mistake they want size and skill on the blue line now and its almost 100% directed at getting past FL.

Honestly the 2024 draft class(minus brooks). All are in line to be starters, expect crumedy who's fighting for a 53. Still that class was looking terrible, is now looking like 4 starters and maybe 1 depth. Anytime you draft 2 starters and a key depth piece its a good draft. 4 starters are rare and that's with brooks who could have made 5 starters if not for awful luck. That draft also helped land starter Michael Jackson in a round about way, big bonus..

Officially heading to the Jags game week one! Section 240, visitors side just outside the club section.

Its just mean to be the second one

I'm gonna say Legette due to his willingness to work and improve. Secondly, I'll say Wallace because I just find it hard to believe that knowing our ex-LBs, the present GM included, it's hard for me to believe that we'd pick a bust. He showed some flashes, and he should have a better grip on his responsibilities. He believes he's ready Third: Sanders gets the spot by default. I don't know that Canales believes in TEs enough to help one turn into a star, but Sanders has some talent. He's going to have to deal with Tremble and the rookie though.

Ive been high on Wallace as well. I hope that Morgan is able to find these late round guys as Wallace as his star find. ... as a Panthers fan, its hard not having ELITE LB's on the team!

You don’t have to look far, Luke would ride ATVs to go hunting. And he took more than a few teammates with him like Olsen and Jared Allen among others.

Maybe they are going to trade Ball, Bridges and a couple of 1s for Giannis.

Just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Whatever that is.

Coker: the Udfa kid is a baller I expect a jump in splash plays for him as attention from the defense will be focused elsewhere. Sanders: agree with op, the guy is a big play waiting to happen and a nice security blanket for Bryce. Legette: his hard work over the offseason will payoff and he’ll make more plays than he misses. The kid is a physical specimen. i hesitate to list defensive players because i think Evero and his scheme is butt. I hope I’m wrong but I doubt it.

Something doesn’t add up with all these guard signings

Vegas is under the cap because of Pietrangelo going on LTIR.

For some reason we overcorrect our issues. Our defense was good, so we think we can sacrifice for a one dimensional puck moving defensemen when in reality once you get to the playoffs those players get exploited.

Good points, I should have defined breakout better. I don’t mean necessarily become a star. For Trevin Wallace him breaking out would look like him being an average starting LB. And for Cade Mayes, it would look like him keeping the starting role and keeping up his production.

Looking at the list of guys who are gonna be free agents next season..... wew I wont be mad if we still have 9+m in cap space at the deadline there WILL BE A LOT OF HIGH END RENTALS AVAILABLE

Vegas is unfortunately fine, the LTIR pool isnt reflected in that when Pietelgrinos LTIR will more than cover it

1, Sanders absolutely is going to blow up, period end of story. I would bet just about anything on that. 2. Wallace looked completely lost at times and his instincts didnt look fluid. Could he break out, sure but I think he is more of a player that gets marginally better season after season not just turn into a full blown stud in year 2. IE Shaq T 3. Mayes is who he is, a grinder that seems to handle whatever position he plays with functionality. He will probably never be elite and he probably will never out right suck. Just more consistent and decent/solid play. remember he was straight cut after last years training camp so something was going on between him and the staff

I honestly do think we will land him, Ovi has maybe one more year, the caps are probably a board line wild card team. We have more money and weather or not he picks us we are a far better team than Washington. If Elhers signs I think we should bump Jarvis to center. Elhers-Aho-Svechnikov Hall-Jarvis-Stankoven Carrier-Staal-Martinook Robinson-Jankowski-Blake Nadeu* (I think if he isnt used as a trade he will be displacing someone on the roster hes a top 6 talent) Slavin-Chatfield Miller- Burns***? Nikishin-Walker Although I think we over paid I've come around to the miller acquisition, if we can bring Burns back short term this us a lot of SIZE speed and Length in the D core, if there was anything painfully obvious about playing Florida it was that outside of Slavin/Nikishin/Burns the other 3 were getting out muscled and giving up the middle. The roster above I believe can at a minimum take Florida 7 games.

Vegas and Montreal need to cut $7.6M and $5.2M respectively. Any trade possibilities there?

Hey, my name is not Don Waddell or Tulsky. I didn't bring Gostisbehere here. Just sayin', after letting 33% of the best scoring blue line in the league walk along with a few other scorers, I don't think defense was on the mind of those making contract decisions.

Honestly, I have only one pair of white shoes (only because they were new and like $4 from the Goodwill) other than my easily-cleaned Crocs. A man's got to think ahead.

Down to Carolina and Washington for Ehlers.

Who are your top three breakout candidates for next season? My three: Jatavion Sanders- Simply put he is the best receiving TE we have had since Olsen. We all saw his potential over that three game stretch prior to his neck injury where he showed a real connection with Bryce. Good route runner with glue for hands, limited blocking upside but he gives solid effort. With Tremble already being hurt I don’t see a reason why he already isn’t our starter and clear future at TE. Trevin Wallace- For a developmental LB forced into a starting role last year he exceeded expectations. LB is one of the hardest positions to adjust to from college, and for a prospect who was widely regarded as very raw, surprisingly he was solid in coverage and only had an 11.9% missed tackle rate. He was overly aggressive consistently, and needs to work on his play recognition. But he is set up to be our best LB next season, and likely starter for years ahead. Even barring reaching his upside, his floor was clearly a lot higher than draft pundits assumed(Morgan can scout LBS). Cade Mayes- I am hopeful Cade wins the starting job at C this season. He may have been our most improved player last season, he looked like an above average starting C after he took over for an injured Corbett. He allowed 0 sacks on 327 pass block snaps. Corbett can not stay healthy, and at this stage in his career Mayes is objectively the better player. Mayes is only 26 and gives us the potential of stability at C, something we have never had since Ryan Kalil retired. Corbett slots in as a great backup C/Guard, and Cade continues to develop and gain more chemistry with Bryce and our stud duo of Hunt/Lewis.

Have to pair them like this for it to work, imo. Slavin - Miller Nikishin - Walker Ghosty - Chatfield I'd prefer something different but that's probably what we end up with unless Ghost is traded to one of the 17 teams not on his MNTC.

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