No disrespect to Gaustad. He's a solid bottom-6 center who's exceptionally good on face-offs and does great work on the PK, but if I had to pick only one of them, I'd have to go with Hecht.
He's a good glue-guy for whatever line he's on because of his defensive prowess and work along the boards. Besides that, he's a great PKer, he's good for scoring the odd goal here and there, and unlike Gaustad, Hecht is capable of playing in the top-6.
Last edited by OpethianSabre20: 12-02-2011 at 02:55 AM.
Hard for me to say at this moment. Gaustad hasn't impressed me a great deal this season and Hecht hasn't played a great deal this season. Hecht's few games have been really good, maybe as good or better than I've ever seen him, but I don't expect him to stay that way.
Tweaked to avoid these answers maybe I should just ask who is more valuable or tougher to replace? Who would be missed more, maybe?
In that, who's more valuable and tougher to replace, Hecht.
I love me some Goose, but apart from a sub-par season in 08-09, Hecht's been a rock for Buffalo for nearly a decade now.
The guy's just really versatile, not many players in the league have been used in so many roles and done well in pretty much all of them.
Which is why I'm in favor of Regier going after a younger guy like Nielsen, who's definitely got the tools to be a long-term "new" Hecht after Jochen's done.
That said, again, if it's a 2-year deal, I'd pick Hecht.
Anything more than that, Goose.
leino might be capable of replacing hecht (offensively of course) mccormick could also step in and play a similar game to gaustad. I guess it depends on what we see from them.
It would all depend on length of the deal and the dollars involved.
If it's either guy on a 1 year deal for $2M, I would probably lean towards Hecht.
If it's either guy on a 5 year deal for $3M per, I would probably lean towards Gaustad.
Hecht is a better all around player. But, Gaustad is younger and more durable.
At the end of the day, I think that it's mroe likely to keep Gaustad long term and have it work out. But, I also don't see this as an either/or situation.
Really really tough to decide but for the purpose of this thread, I'll take Hecht by a hair. I think Hecht is a great glue guy and really does a lot of things on the ice that go un-noticed. Though I do not think Hecht has many years left in him so it'd have to be a short contract.
Not sure Hecht has 5 years left in him, even 3... And you guys know I like the guy.
2 year deal? I'd say Hecht. (at a decent price, 2m per or something)
3-5 years? Goose.
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Originally Posted by OpethianSabre20
No disrespect to Gaustad. He's a solid bottom-6 center who's exceptionally good on face-offs and does great work on the PK, but if I had to pick only one of them, I'd have to go with Hecht.
He's a good glue-guy for whatever line he's on because of his defensive prowess and work along the boards. Besides that, he's a great PKer, he's good for scoring the odd goal here and there, and unlike Gaustad, Hecht is capable of playing in the top-6.
Excellent and accurate posts - I agree with every part of each!
It would all depend on length of the deal and the dollars involved.
If it's either guy on a 1 year deal for $2M, I would probably lean towards Hecht.
If it's either guy on a 5 year deal for $3M per, I would probably lean towards Gaustad.
Hecht is a better all around player. But, Gaustad is younger and more durable.
At the end of the day, I think that it's mroe likely to keep Gaustad long term and have it work out. But, I also don't see this as an either/or situation.
maybe I should just ask who is more valuable or tougher to replace? Who would be missed more, maybe? 
