I'm pretty sure the Coyotes knew what they were trading for when they got this guy. But does anybody else see the amount of tough competition ahead of this guy, in the Coyote's system, and wonder; will he will get the opportunity to produce??

In a points only keeper league, would you want this guy going forward in a rebuild?? Do you see Rundblad as a major point producer from the backend?? His 50 points in 55 SEL games really intrigue's me..

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Fav player: Cam Neely..

I think they realize that offense is his strong suit, and I do believe they fully intend to use that aspect of his game.

But man there's some talented young guys in that system - OEL, Yandle, Rundblad, Gormley, etc.

The Sens paid St. Louis a 1st rnd pick for Rundblad and the Blues drafted Taresenko with that pick.
The Sens then sent Rundblad + a 2nd rnd pick to Pho. for Turris.
Expensive venture & gamble by the Sens. but , IF Turris continues to do well with Ottawa I'd say they did ok.
As for Rundblad , I still believe he's a future 35+pt. d-man with the ability to achieve higher #s at his prime.He's got some competition in front of him but , if he can prove he deserves ice time , gets ice time and performs well , then he may progress quicker.Without a break he's going to be a guy to be patient with.

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Roto type keeper league.We keep any 6 ;15 teams , 3 div. of 5.We play 3 lines , 3 def. and start 2 goalies.6 BN.Stats are 1pt. for goals and assists , 2pts. for W , tie(O.T. or S.O. loss) 1pt. S.O. 1pt.Weekly line-up from Mon. to Sun.

LW - Malkin
LW - J. Skinner
LW - T. Ennis
LW - Conacher
LW - Raymond
C - Matthias
C - M. Richards
C - V. Filppula
C - Vermette
RW - B. Schenn
RW - M. Read
RW - J. Huberdeau
RW - M. Gaborik
Def. - Pietrangelo
Def. - B. Smith
Def. - Diaz
Def. - OEL
Def. - Stoner
G - Louongo
G - Markstrom
G - Neuvirth

its simple actually...the Yotes aren't rushing him because they absolutely do not need to, better to develop his game, especially defensive responsibility to go with the offense slowly while you have a team that plays great overal team D, that's a great environment to nurture a young d-man. I think what will happen bit by bit is that we'll see Yandle take on more and more of a shutdown/leadership role while they increasinly work OEL and Rundblad in on the PP and offensive situations...I see Yandle becoming a Chara like d-man for the Yotes, a guy who logs huge minutes, plays in all the critical situations and still chips in offensively with his ability to jump into the rush and that big shot (in otherwords 40-50 pts a year and lots of TOI). I just think he has the most potential to fill that role of their d-men so while he still has quite a bit of room to fully grow into that role, it will happen eventually.

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

oel and yandle both play the right side, gormley and rundblad play the left. so, at least he won't have to directly battle oel or yandle for offensive time.

as for phoenix, if he isn't already, oel will soon be the anchor and number one defenceman on the roster. at some point, you would think that the yotes will move one of these guys for some help up front. doan is no spring chicken and whitney is, well, ancient.... they are going to need offensive help up front sooner than later.

the best thing for rundblad would be for phoenix to move him... or gormley. they aren't moving oel and if they move yandle, rundblad still has to compete with gormley for time on the left side. my money is on gormley moving out.

I have a feeling its going to be a long wait.

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Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Bruins believer since BIRTH..
Fav player: Cam Neely..

i think he will be worth the wait.big upside in my opinion.

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10 team Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.

C= crosby,m.koivu,malkin,zajak,grabovski,j.jokinen,
LW= ovechkin,nash,s.gagner,dubinsky
RW= downie,hemsky,callahan,voracek,perry,mueller
D= green,doughty,phaneuf,wisniewski,girardi,karlsson
G= rask,lundqvist,ward,price

FARM=kreider,grachev,petrov,enroth,kuznetsov,ennis ,rundblad,bjugstad,radulov,montoya, adam,t.erixon,cowan,s.elliot,j.faulk,cormier,petro v,orlov,stone,eakin,grigorenko,silfverberg,brodin, atkinson

--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blocks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO

I'd hate to be in Micheal Stone and Chris Summers position. Way to much competition for them. Phoenix is as deep as Nashville at this point.

Rundblad will eventually get his time as cream does rise to the top. But in the meantime slow growth is the overall theme.

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N Backstrom - P Marleau - P Sharp
A Tanguay - T Purcell - M Hossa
D Perron - BJ Crombeen - K Clifford
R Clune - T Kennedy - T Jackman

D Keith - J Schultz
B Dillon - S Salo
V Voynov - R Ellis

C Price

Z Dalpe, T Wandell, J Leopold , T Vokoun, R Bachman


Farm: M Hrivlik, J Audy-Marchessault, P Cehlin, S Wilson, T Blugers, B Hart, K, Agostino, C Blackwell, P McNally, B Lamb, A Sergeev, J Janus, M Mahalak, K Ramo, S Aittkallio...

30 team salary cap with 30 NHL roster & 30 prospects plus unsigned prospects = ZFHL also (DTDL and Scfhl2)

That's not correct. Rundblad is a right-handed d-man who plays the right side.

thanks...i had it backwards... oel and yandle play the left side, rundblad plays the right. point remains.