And tonight's 5 point night belongs to...Oscar Moller (Prospect Notes)
by Quisp on Dec 31, 2010 10:53 PM PST
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But Canada replied when Brayden Schenn made a cross-crease pass to Hamilton, who guided it into the net with his skate. After a quick review by the officials, the shorthanded goal (Hamilton's second of the game) counted and the game was tied again at 4-4. [...] Canada took the lead for a third time in the third period when Schenn poked home a loose puck on the power play to make the score 5-4.
Schenn's got 7 and 7 for 14 points in 4 games. Canada plays SUI on Sunday.
OHL Roundup: A look at Friday's games - Winnipeg Free Press
Tyler Toffoli's second-period assist extended his league-best point streak to 19 games. Shane Prince, who was on an identical 18-contest run coming in, was held off the score sheet.
Monarchs provide fireworks on and off the ice in 7-3 win - Friday, Dec. 31, 2010
[...] Trailing 2-1, Manchester tied the game at 2:31 of the second period. Skating a two-on-one with Oscar Moller, Andrei Loktionov opted to shoot and ripped a wrist shot to beat Nolan Schaefer high glove-side. [...] The Monarchs scored three goals to close out the period, tying the game at 3-3 at 10:20 when David Meckler banged a loose puck home on a goal mouth scramble. Defenseman David Kolomatis scored his third goal of the year 35 seconds later for a 4-3 Manchester lead. [...] Moller made it 5-3 with a steal from Yury Alexandrov in the Providence zone. Moller stripped the puck and then fired a laser of a wrist shot from the slot, sending the puck top-shelf on Schaefer. [...] Bud Holloway tucked a rebound shot home at 7:12 and Marc-Andre Cliche capped the scoring at 10:28 after Moller stickhandled his way into the slot and then fed the captain for a pretty one-timer goal. Moller finished the night with a goal and four assists while linemates Loktionov (goal) and Cliche (goal, two assists) chipped in. "We didn't get the start we wanted but we came out and really made them back down and scored all those goals in the second period," Moller said. "I was pretty fortunate to be on the ice for most of them. The puck was on my stick a lot tonight."
What else? Another win for Martin Jones. In the OHL, Toffoli is still tops in goals in the OHL. In the WHL, Linden Vey is 2nd in points; Jordan Weal is 6th.
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Moller might be ready to play full time up here
By next year, since I’m pretty sure we won’t be re-signing Williams…
"No, I am not drunk on dots, thank you. Damn it!!! -Pac-Man
This debate rages still...
dunno if you’ve seen any of the posts, but Williams and his potential salary have been a deep topic over the last month. What are your thoughts on why he won’t get signed?
End Corporate Personhood.
The guy is about a sneeze away from getting injured (knock on wood)
I don’t think that’s a good investment… And considering he’s having a nice year so far, he’ll be looking for years, lots of it…
"No, I am not drunk on dots, thank you. Damn it!!! -Pac-Man
topic among whom?
Let’s see. Williams has gotten $3.5MM a year for the last five years and of the first four only one if them (2006) could be called “worth it.” The next three years were injury-plagued. Now, this year, he is on pace to equal or better his 2006 numbers, and it could happen if he stays healthy. So on the whole, Williams has not at all been worth the 3.5. If he is healthy all year and scores 35 goals or more, what kind of contract is anyone going to offer him? I highly doubt anyone is going to go for 5 years again. that would be incredibly risky, given his history. But I think 2 or 3 years at around the same salary would be more than fair, given that one would basically be assuming he’s going to do at age 30-33 what they thought he would do at 25-30 (but didn’t).
Should Lombardi do it? I don’t know. I would if I could get him for, say, 2 years at $3.5. Three years is too much, in my opinion. That would give the kids some room to grow into the job.
But I think there’s about zero chance Justin Williams is on the Kings in 2013-14.
Wait till this year.
topic among whom?
I am not sure you mean to, but it sounds kind of condescending to ask “topic among whom?” Is the subject itself not worthy of being deemed a “topic?” If I take it differently than you intended, okay, but I don’t think I am making any kind of stretch to hear it that way, whether you meant it that way or not. When multiple people, you and myself included, have been talking about Williams and the possible range of his projected salary demands and worth, that made it a topic.
Let’s just say you feel strongly about your opinion, and it is well supported though it cannot possibly be conclusive. Other people have other opinions, and talking about it as if it were a real topic just like the grownups have, well that’s what I thought this site was supposed to be here for; discussion.
In an earlier post, I said I worried about Williams being valued for his current worth by some big spender, and if he continues this pace maybe someone whose vision is not complicated so directly by his injuries and resulting lack of performance will pay him more than the Kings might want to pay him.
Also, there was a guy named Mario that had some injuries and other health problems, but he was worth some serious money when he was able to play. Of course, I am not directly comparing the two, I am referencing precedent to a player that was plagued by a variety of health issues, but somehow was never viewed so harshly when he finally had a stretch of good health. He was worth what he could produce, when he could produce, and Williams might be going on the market after a healthy year of good production, so I don’t think his value is necessarily lessened as much by lack of production when he was injured. When he is healthy, he scores. He is healthy now. If he is healthy and scoring when he goes on the free market, somebody might want to pay him more than the Kings will.
Whether Moller will be ready to fill Williams’ shoes or anybodies else’s shoes next year, or in 2013, is another topic. I think.
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