Maximus
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I'll tell ya what fellas, after Panaren completes the hat trick and wins the game for Columbus tonight, I'd be more inclined to hear your arguments that we shouldn't sign him...ok?....lol....

Man, Millbury is even WORSE as a color guy. Didn’t think it was possible...
8 years is insane lolI'd give Panarin 6 x 11m, 7 x 10m, or 8 x 9.5m. Anything more, no thanks.
8 year contracts are only available for teams re-signing their own player.8 years is insane lol
8 years is insane lol
8 years is insane lol
8 year contracts are only available for teams re-signing their own player.
Most Panarin could get is 7 years.
I thought Foligno was gonna win it
Lol I miss Chappelle's Show![]()
Possibly...
8 year contracts are only available for teams re-signing their own player.
Most Panarin could get is 7 years.
On a related note, any chance in hell the Jerks beat the Philes tomorrow and put their season on the brink?
Probably not but it would so damn sweet if that did come to be. I want that fan base to be in complete misery as soon as possible....lol....![]()
Yeah, we were absolutely not rebuilding when we traded for Nash. That's crazy. Like you said, we lost in 6 in the ECF, and almost won the Presidents, and signed Brad Richards to be our #1 the year before.
Jagr was an accelerate the rebuild move, despite us spending no assets to get him (sorry Anson). And, he got us to the playoffs year one of the acceleration. He's not as young as Panarin, but was far better, and we required less of a commitment to him.
Jagr was brought in before the great fire sale of 2004. He wasn't really an accelerate the rebuild guy, he was a Sather Special, I hope that this guy finally gets us into the playoffs guy. Slats was right, it just took Hank coming over, a lock out, and a ton of rule changes in order for it to happen. We didn't properly rebuild then because after all those years of sucking and finally getting in, the FO decided they needed to go for it now.
If we can't land one of the top centers in this draft, I don't want to dump money into Panarin. We're also missing a true bell cow on defense (Maybe thats Miller, but if it is hes a ways away from being that guy) but perhaps we can trade for that player down the line if he isn't in the system already.
If we do get one of the top centers (who are going to be 1 and done), then signing Panarin works for me. You've covered your ass enough through the draft and trades to be able to squeeze a decent 2nd option behind Zibanejad, and you're stocking up on the wings.
Kreider will return nice pieces and you'd be freed up to trade from the Buchnevich/Chytil/Andersson/Howden + others group to find that D.
Ok, how the **** did Foligno miss that?