First, let me apologize on behalf of all of at this end that comments weren’t “approved” earlier.
As I told you earlier, if it was up to me nothing would need to be approved. Whatever you want to say is good with me.
Hopefully we get this thing straightened out before you all lose interest in this blog all together.
Anyway, I’m headed to the rink soon and I think the focus from my part has to be on trade deadline, which is in six more days. Specifically, Filip Kuba. He’s now a plus-18, I see. 22nd best in the league. What a great season he’s having, right? Or is he just the benefactor of playing with Erik Karlsson. I think for the most part, it’s the latter.
Kuba is playing better than he did last season, granted, but I still think what he’s done personally so far has been over-rated.
Only five players had a worse minus than his minus-26 last year, so that part of his game had to get better.
His offensive numbers are decent – five goals, 17 assists – but not great, considering the power play time he gets. And considering he’s the blue line partner of a guy who has 57 points.
I wonder what kind of numbers Mark Borowiecki would have in Kuba’s place.
Is Kuba going fetch for the Senators enough in a trade that makes dealing him worth the risk of disrupting any chemistry? Or the hit in depth?
That’s the question.
I think they have to let him finish the season in a Senators jersey and let him walk as a UFA. Re-signing him, I believe, is not an option.
They couldn’t find anybody to take him off their hands before this season, his contract season, began. Next year, if he’s here, I would predict they’d be wanting to unload him again.