Unhinged Finn
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I think people have reacted more because of his post game comments about it.
Around the League 49: Leafs Embarrass Themselves, pt. 1967
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Nikishin al Gaib
THIS is hockey?
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Yup. Pulling him is one thing. Throwing him under the bus and parking it on top of him after the game is a whole other thing.
I don’t realize that the Stars are really challenged this off season. I’ve seen two models positioned by this folks. A very challenging one
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a better one right at the cap :
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a better one right at the cap :
I think we could help them by taking Hintz or Johnston off their hands for KK and the 1sts back.
DaveG
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sabremike
I didn't even know he was sick!
bleedgreen
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There were strong reactions from the moment it happened up to the comments, though I agree it went to whole other level once he said what he said.
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... That's some petty shit if Lou knew he was on his way out
Derailed75
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I don't know, I want to feel that way but I'm also very tired of hearing how the West is the great conference and the East is garbage. The East winning two years in a row would be great, Florida losing would be great, Canadians being denied the Cup again would be great, and McJesus winning the Cup would be great.
As you can see I'm pretty torn on this
The Faulker 27
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IMO there's one of these not like the rest. We're watching greatness with McDavid. I won't jinx him with any crazy projections but he deserves to win a Cup.
DaveG
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Regular season scoring depth that all disappeared in the later rounds.
Joe McGrath
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I think what people need to normalize is that one of these things happens to any team that loses. Either the stars don’t produce, the depth doesn’t produce or the goalie can’t make a f***ing save. Thats how losing works
DaveG
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Yep. I mean the Jets beat Dallas if Helle doesn't do his best Scott Darling impersonation on the road every f***ing time.
But guys that will go to the tough areas of the ice and commit defensively are far more likely to be effective even when they're not producing as things go deeper in the playoffs than perimeter players even if the later puts up video game numbers while the former is maybe a 60 point guy at best in the regular season. Biggest reason I love Stankoven and Jarvis is they are them even if that are undersized.
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Discipline Daddy
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I've been beating this drum for a while. Dallas has a great roster but they are screwed cap-wise for the next two years. I hope to God that an NHL team doesn't hand them a get out of jail free card by taking the Seguin contract for low price - dude is signed for $9.85M for two more years. If that happens, they can breathe again.
Otherwise, there's no chance they can re-sign Duchene or Granlund or Lundqvist and even getting Mavrik Bourque signed will be tight. Then, after 2025-2026, they have to re-sign Thomas Harley and Jason Robertson.
Thank God we get their 1st in 2026 and 2028, and I will once again beat the drum that we take on Seguin for their 1st in 2027. He'd actually be a good 2C for us and we could easily make it work with the cap. Probably better for the team to get Seguin for 2 years at $10M than Marner for 7 years at $14M.
Marchment interests me the most, outside of the good, prime aged players. Size on the wing. Unproductive playoff, which should drive down the price. I'd gamble on better in a contract year in 25-26. The team was interested in him previously; system fit has been evaluated.
HisIceness
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TheReelChuckFletcher
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Any of the cap dumps from Dallas interest me. If it's possible to extract another 1st from Dallas, I'd even be open to a Seguin cap dump. I agree, though, that Marchment would be a new look for our top-6.
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Would be ridiculous if we picked Dallas' 1st three years in a row.
Well, yeah.Would be ridiculous if we picked Dallas' 1st three years in a row.
It would be ridiculous if Carolina picked Carolina’s 1st 3 years in a row.
WreckingCrew
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You know, when we did the Stank <> Rants swap and got 1sts, I didn't even think about the cap situation...they could be in for a precipitous dropoff in standings. Could you imagine us landing another player as good as Jarvis with one of those picks?Would be ridiculous if we picked Dallas' 1st three years in a row.
Boom Boom Apathy
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Saw this on the main board. No idea if it's accurate but I thought it was funny.
ALL players with over 1000 career games and PPG in the playoffs:
Wayne Gretzky
Mark Messier
Jari Kurri
Sidney Crosby
Gilbert Perreault
Jean Béliveau
Bobby Hull
Joe Sakic
Guy Lafleur
Phil Esposito
Denis Savard
Doug Gilmour
Gordie Howe
Paul Coffey
Evgeni Malkin
Brian Leetch
Dale Hawerchuk
Jeff Skinner
ALL players with over 1000 career games and PPG in the playoffs:
Wayne Gretzky
Mark Messier
Jari Kurri
Sidney Crosby
Gilbert Perreault
Jean Béliveau
Bobby Hull
Joe Sakic
Guy Lafleur
Phil Esposito
Denis Savard
Doug Gilmour
Gordie Howe
Paul Coffey
Evgeni Malkin
Brian Leetch
Dale Hawerchuk
Jeff Skinner
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A game-beaking player.
Stickpucker
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Or if they trade their 27 pick to get out of cap hell. Miss the playoffs in 26 and win the lottery and we end up with McKenna.
Ole Gil
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Later rounds usually have better goaltending and more depth on defense.
We see it every year with Marinook. Lights up New Jersey, Gets to Florida, and disappears. The Canes have injuries on defense, Florida's depth has a field day.
Things usually makes sense.
