Sabers are awful. Thompson had one sick year and he looks so meh now
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He signed in 2022. So last year of old deal was 22-23. New deal began last season.
He signed after his 68 point year then got 94 the next and like 57 last season.
So important year to see what he will be for Buffalo. $7.1 mill if he is a 70 point guy is about fair. That 94 year might be a career year that he will never hit again.
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Watched the Pens @ Red Wings game and I remember having better defensive structure in my pillow fort as a kid than the Wings had in this game. Debut for Joel Blomqvist in Pens net and first career W for the kid!
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The Canucks have been horrid in WHL drafting, what makes you think the Canucks would have taken either?
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He will IMO easily be "better" than Kane as individual players when we view him in 10 years time.
He was at their level in the juniors sure and I'm a huge Bedard guy but there is zero shame in being a step down from Crosby/McDavid and I think Bedard will break out this year but he is still behind those 2 on a career arc and probably will never make up the difference.
That being said he is still going to have an excellent career and some people are still sleeping on him as he will end up significantly better than Kane IMO.
Kane is nothing to sneeze at. Currently the best American born player to have played. Though Matthews has the potential to catch and pass him if he can ever get Toronto deep into the PO.
Kid is a goal scorer. Something to be said about being able to pick a corner on a G.
My view is that Kane is an excellent offensive player but that Bedard will be a better one and a better overall player.
Just watch him this year he is breaking out.
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I feel so bad for that kid. He's been jerked around almost like it's some sort of strange game. Won't be surprised at all if he demands a trade in a few years.
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f***ing Guenther has 4 goals in 2 games.
God dammit I hate Jim Benning so much.
God dammit I hate Jim Benning so much.
I'd look at it as they dressed Christianson ahead of Jiricek. I mean, they were not going to pair Jiricek with another Dman with just 44 NHL games under his belt.
Werenski played 26 minutes, then Severson at 21. That's your top pairing and Werenski plays PP.
Then there is Provorov and Gudbranson.
CBJ carrying 8 dmen for some reason. Trying to manage waivers to keep Harris/Christianson.
CBJ needs to have a guy whom they trust to play with Jiricek. Should have gone out and acquired someone to do that. Provorov won't be there past the TDL either. And Cbj fans wanted them to have a break from meeting the cap floor. Ice a roster to develop your players.
Jack Johnson won't cut it either. And I don't think they'd pair 25 year old Christianson with him.
That leaves Harris unless they upgrade.
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The funny Guenther thing is that so many fans needed that threshold for it to be one of fhe worst deals of all time and not the fact that they paid to acquire a top 3 bad liability contract in the NHL
People focus way too much on the result and not the process
People focus way too much on the result and not the process
The moment FA decided to bring that crew back after that disaster in 20/21 it was inevitable that JB was going to make a stupid short term move to try save his job.
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It's truly a deal that has and should go down in infamy as one of the worst of all time in the NHL.
