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Around The League Thread | Let the Games Begin
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Burke's Evil Spirit
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I'm thinking Edmonton is going to talk themselves into Binnington at some point this season.
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Stamkos driving off a cliff once he didn’t have Kucherov basically single-handedly floating his production was the most predictable thing ever.
0 points in 4 games.
0 points in 4 games.
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Don't say that. Broberg lighting it up and Soderstrom playing in Sweden is going to trigger some people here.
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Wouldn't doubt it. Hofer has been just as good the last 12 months (perhaps better). At 24, he should be the guy between the pipes given where the team is in terms of build.
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i've been calling this for like 3 years - it's bound to happen sooner or later
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Makar is off to another ridiculous start. 1 goal 7 assists in 4 games, and Colorado doesn't even have a win.
One of the biggest "what ifs" in modern hockey is if Stamkos didn't break his leg right as he was entering his prime years. That took away about 20% of his speed and reduced him to a PP merchant.
60 goal Stamkos was absolutely terrifying and arguably a better goal scorer than Ovechkin during the same period.
One of the biggest "what ifs" in modern hockey is if Stamkos didn't break his leg right as he was entering his prime years. That took away about 20% of his speed and reduced him to a PP merchant.
60 goal Stamkos was absolutely terrifying and arguably a better goal scorer than Ovechkin during the same period.
And they pick up the 28 year old version of Stamkos in Jake Guentzel effectively for free. That is excellent roster management.
What I don't get for guys who are 34/35 and have won championships and have homes and stuff settled, especially guys who have earned like 90MM+ already, why not just take the cut and keep the good vibes going?
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Tampa are run like a machine.
I said at the time, acquiring Moser was a steal and will continue to feel that way.
I said at the time, acquiring Moser was a steal and will continue to feel that way.
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Better to play with either Faulk/Parayko on your left side than play with Nurse on your offside.
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I wonder if the big fans of how Tampa Bay & Vegas operates are also advocating moving ep before July ..
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tampa is attempting an orderly gradual retool replacing core pieces while remaining a contender. not sure any team has done that in the cap era. very few have ever done it.
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this team traded horvat and never looked back. i think they were serious about moving ep40 before they re-signed him and probably still would for the right deal.
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if the deal is there sure? i don't even think pettersson is that big a problem but nothing should be off the table for a well run team
i doubt there's value though. no one is going to take on that contract without sending a ton of money back and if your perception is that the pettersson contract is bad you probably need to take bad money back
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Cause some pro-sports players have massive egos and want to accumulate as much wealth as humanly possible. Look at Ronaldo along with some well accomplished players going to Saudi Arabia.
Really makes me respect the Yzerman's and Sakic's of the previous era that would take short 1 year deals to remain with their respective clubs.
just noticed the canes have only played two games (one postponed due to milton), while the devils (started the season in europe) have played seven.
wild discrepancy two weeks into the season lol
wild discrepancy two weeks into the season lol
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Pride. Greed.
Also, I suspect that agents regularly talk their clients into poor life decisions for greater $ because they want their 3% of the largest pie possible.
Moser is a better player than Sergachev.
That deal was basically the Bonino-Sutter trade (except somehow even worse) where Arizona gave up the better, cheaper player AND included a top prospect to make it happen.
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Stamkos has basically been an ES boat anchor for the last two years with a broken motor who doesn't track the play back defensively. But because he played with Kucherov he was still able to fake his way to 80 points based on that and PP utility.
That he got 4 years/$32 million was absolutely insane.
I figured he'd probably put up 25-25-50 with a -20 this year and that might actually end up being generous.
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