UncleRisto
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Careful here. Last time someone said something similar about the WNBA it didn't go well.
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Freaky Styley
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Brady Skjei is overpaid but there's a reason he got that much money. Just a good-all around Dman that's a great #3-4.
The downgrade is really Skjei --> Ghost, Pesce ---> Walker. Who knows what Walker will show up for them but if it was the guy in the playoffs for us, that's a downgrade even with Pesce's best days potentially behind him.
Carolina and NYR have probably had the worst offseasons so far.
They left John Elway off their top 100 for the 20th Century behind even George Blanda.
I'm still curious to see how fast they update their site when trades, signings and all that stuff happen.
They updated the Kevin Mandolese contrat yesterday only . Yes it was a minor move from a hockey team , but still.
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What I really got from those interviews is that the Kroenke's continue to cheap out on QOL things.
LOFIN
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Perhaps there's some of that. But to be honest, I think it's more about the Rangers being a really top class organization (because you hear players praise them all the time for these things), not so much that the Avs are somehow bellow league average.
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McDavid barely made the top 100
lol @ 7 WNBA athletes in front of him.
Also I get that he didn't have the same superstar status in the US than he had in Canada but GSP at #76 is low. Dude revolutionized his sport.
What is their criteria for "Top"?
Same here.
Espn is really pushing it hard this Summer.
Chiarelli
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How did I miss Jost going to Carolina?
He'll fit right in with the super good guy no talent thing they have going on there.
He'll fit right in with the super good guy no talent thing they have going on there.
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It's ESPN and its surprising when someone takes lists like this seriously anymore. It's been like this for a long time.
GoNordiquesGo
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He's asking for $10M just like Miko will ask for $13M.
He will get in the $8M just like Mikko will get in the high $11M.
LOFIN
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Though in the case of Konecny a contract starting with 8 would seem like an overpay. If Mikko's contract starts with an 11 it's a hometown discount.
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UncleRisto
Not Great, Bob!
henchman21
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You have to have a heart to begin with in order for it to break.
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Not sure if it lasts but Caitlin Clark has to be more popular than 99% of the NHL at this point. Don't know anything about the WNBA but that women is everywhere in the sports world.
List isn't surprising. Hockey gets ignored. All tho it's pretty awful across the board.
BREAKING NEWS: ESPN does not give a f*** about hockey. It's readily apparent in their game presentation. They literally took their best PxP guy off the Stanley Cup Playoffs to call meaningless baseball games.
That said, the WNBA is enjoying a massive surge in popularity at exactly the right time. And unlike the idiots running the NHL, they appear to have people in charge who know how to market their stars properly. The infusion of hyped-up talent from this year's draft has really raised the overall profile of the league.
Most of the time these lists are made with the implicit purpose of garnering outrage, which leads to more clicks and more exposure. I wouldn't pay it much mind, but also, this is the difference between a league that actually knows how to put their brand new generational talent front and center, and a league that doesn't.
That said, the WNBA is enjoying a massive surge in popularity at exactly the right time. And unlike the idiots running the NHL, they appear to have people in charge who know how to market their stars properly. The infusion of hyped-up talent from this year's draft has really raised the overall profile of the league.
Most of the time these lists are made with the implicit purpose of garnering outrage, which leads to more clicks and more exposure. I wouldn't pay it much mind, but also, this is the difference between a league that actually knows how to put their brand new generational talent front and center, and a league that doesn't.
I'm guessing that someone was you, and it wasn't remotely similar.
UncleRisto
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I've never watched a WNBA game but my Twitter feed is constantly full of Caitlin Clark and somebody named Angel Reese.
henchman21
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It is that you're Finnish and some unreadable bundle of sticks sold your hearts to the devil in absence of souls.
dahrougem2
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If Angel Reese was an NHL player she'd get f***ing run at every single night with how brash and cocky she is.
Naw, she'd be a Perry/Perron type who'd welcome that sort of shit. I admire the fact that she was made into a villain by the media because she just happened to throw Clark's "U Can't See Me" thing back in her face and she just shrugged her shoulders and leaned into it.
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I'd bet the Avs are close to below league average in quite a few areas. Not enough to deter players from signing here, but it definitely doesn't help.
