The Sens have apparently signed defenceman Joe Corvo to a four-year deal worth $10.5 million.
I'll admit that my knowledge of the Kings is severely limited, because I just don't see much of them due to playing so late into the night.
Should I be happy about this? Angry? Indifferent?
I'm very confused.
UPDATE: If you're like me and horribly uniformed on Corvo, some stats:
29 years old. 6 feet tall. 205 pounds.
Last season:
81GP, 14G (11th among D in NHL), 26A (50th), 40points (26th). +16, highest among L.A. d-men. Averaged 19:59 per game, 4th among L.A. d-men.
The scouting reports seemed to indicate he's an offensive-minded d-man.
This is the Chara replacement Muckler was talking about? Seems like a slight upgrade over Pothier.
I feel like Muckler saw everyone else doing something and around 7PM, after he woke up from his daily afternoon nap and warm milk, he said "well shoot, I better do something, huh?". And this is that.
Again though, until 15 minutes ago, when looking at his profile on NHL.com, I wouldn't be able to tell you what Joe Corvo looked like, so really, I don't know what I'm talking about.
UPDATE #2: After reading what Kings fans are saying on the Hockeys Future Forums, I'm not exactly warming up to this deal.
"There isn't a stat for defensive screwups. Corvo would be nearly a league leader. He's soft as a feather."
"He's just a shade better than Andy Elmore." (I assume he means Andy Delmore, who costs about 1/3 what Corvo does)
"they will need to learn to deal with Corvo's defensive mistakes. There will be a lot of them unless he gets paired with Redden, and there's no way that's happening."
"Haha, good riddance! Over 2.5 million for Corvo? Hell no!"
"Peace, take the next flight."
I'll admit that my knowledge of the Kings is severely limited, because I just don't see much of them due to playing so late into the night.
Should I be happy about this? Angry? Indifferent?
I'm very confused.
UPDATE: If you're like me and horribly uniformed on Corvo, some stats:
29 years old. 6 feet tall. 205 pounds.
Last season:
81GP, 14G (11th among D in NHL), 26A (50th), 40points (26th). +16, highest among L.A. d-men. Averaged 19:59 per game, 4th among L.A. d-men.
The scouting reports seemed to indicate he's an offensive-minded d-man.
This is the Chara replacement Muckler was talking about? Seems like a slight upgrade over Pothier.
I feel like Muckler saw everyone else doing something and around 7PM, after he woke up from his daily afternoon nap and warm milk, he said "well shoot, I better do something, huh?". And this is that.
Again though, until 15 minutes ago, when looking at his profile on NHL.com, I wouldn't be able to tell you what Joe Corvo looked like, so really, I don't know what I'm talking about.
UPDATE #2: After reading what Kings fans are saying on the Hockeys Future Forums, I'm not exactly warming up to this deal.
"There isn't a stat for defensive screwups. Corvo would be nearly a league leader. He's soft as a feather."
"He's just a shade better than Andy Elmore." (I assume he means Andy Delmore, who costs about 1/3 what Corvo does)
"they will need to learn to deal with Corvo's defensive mistakes. There will be a lot of them unless he gets paired with Redden, and there's no way that's happening."
"Haha, good riddance! Over 2.5 million for Corvo? Hell no!"
"Peace, take the next flight."
