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MNCountryLife Verified Member Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Nice to get those 2 back. I was a little surprised to see Jiricek get sent back down to IA. He seemed to be making a difference and improving each game. I thought they might sit Merrill instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Nels Verified Member Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 14 minutes ago, MNCountryLife said: Nice to get those 2 back. I was a little surprised to see Jiricek get sent back down to IA. He seemed to be making a difference and improving each game. I thought they might sit Merrill instead. From what Russo said yesterday on BlueSky it would've taken Shore to be sent down plus Dermott on waivers (wouldn't have hurt anyones feelings I'm sure) or Brodin on LTIR+Shore down. I thought Shore going down would've been enough but then I saw the Skeet saying it required a little more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 16 minutes ago, M_Nels said: Brodin on LTIR+Shore down. This doesn't make sense to me. Brodin's LTIR hit should make it all ok. I'd be ok with Shore down and someone else up. Shore, to me, has had trouble keeping up with the 4th line. I'm not sure why they don't just stick Johansson on LTIR? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Nels Verified Member Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 6 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said: This doesn't make sense to me. Brodin's LTIR hit should make it all ok. I'd be ok with Shore down and someone else up. Shore, to me, has had trouble keeping up with the 4th line. I'm not sure why they don't just stick Johansson on LTIR? You are correct, I mis-remembered the exact wording but I just looked it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago For those interested, Metallurg's final regular season game is March 20th, and the regular season ends in the K the following day. In contrast, the Wild have their final regular season game April 15th. So, we're looking at about a 3 week difference in seasons here. Metallurg sits in 4th place in their division right now, 2 points out of 2nd. As defending champions, I'd expect them to get to at least round 3 of the playoffs. They have been clicking recently and making up ground. If that happens, I think Yurov would be available to sign somewhere around the beginning of May, but probably too late to help us this season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Guy Verified Member Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, mnfaninnc said: This doesn't make sense to me. Brodin's LTIR hit should make it all ok. I'd be ok with Shore down and someone else up. Shore, to me, has had trouble keeping up with the 4th line. I'm not sure why they don't just stick Johansson on LTIR? According to Russo on the Paul Allen show this morning they could have used the LTIR route but what they really need to do is accumulate cap space. They can't do that with a LTIR contract in place. He alluded that the reason was so they have some cap space for the trade deadline and also some breathing room. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago They finally have players back, but teams won't sit around at the deadline. They need any and all caps space they can get at this point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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