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Around the NHL - Part XLII - (2023-24 Season edition)

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Cmox said:
Got this ad on twitter...



“Lets totally p0wn The Rangers fans by having isles fans yûhhhhhk money promoting the “Potvin sucks!” chant”

The isles can’t meme.
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As useless as the Untuckit guy, who personally hand-cuts regular shirts from the factory and re-sells them as something truly special.
 
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The Devils are getting tremendous value on that contract.. just wait till the cap goes up, it'll look silly
 
Devils have made incredibly good contract moves with their young star depth. They are set for the future even if it doesn't go up a lot.
 
Mandar said:
Is points per game the measuring stick for who the best player is in the division?
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Not my tweet, just sharing for conversation's sake. Although, I think you could probably make the argument that he's pretty close already. If you're going for complete players, you got Crosby, Zibanejad and Aho, if you're going for offensive players, you have Panarin and maybe Gaudreau, on defense Fox would be my only candidate
 
Irishguy42 said:
Until Crosby retires, I ain't saying anybody in the Metro is better than him. Dude STILL cooks teams with ease.
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If you saw how he trains in the offseason you'd know why, its why the whole click of Nova Scotians are where they are, they are all pushing each other in the offseason.
 
There was an EP Rinkside article this week talking about the teams with the best and worst salary cap situations. It doesn't take a crystal ball to see how good Buffalo could be. After being so incompetent for over a decade they're going to be a problem. They have such an embarrassment of riches. Tage, Cozens, Tuch, Skinner, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Power. That top line were some of the best 5v5 players in the league last year. Does Tage prove he's a legit #1 center or was it a fluke, the difference between being a +90 point player and a 70 point player is big. Tuch and Skinner were top liners last year. Are those 3 able to maintain that level of play? Cozens and Mittelstadt took huge leaps last season. Then you look at the next tier... Quinn, Peterka and Krebs proved they're NHL players, huge upside there. What do they do with Dahlin, Power and Samuelsson? Obviously they're gonna lock up the Dahlin & Power. They committed big to Samuelsson. 3 LHD, majority of the season they've spent someone playing their offhand. Devon Levis has outstanding potential in net. Those are all just the main pieces, they've got some solid spare parts as well.

That's already an incredibly strong foundation, then you dig into their prospect pool... absurd. Savoie, Benson, Rosén, Kulich, Östlund, Wahlberg. Some blue chip guys there and number of other unmentioned prospects. Wtf are they gonna do with all of them!

This was a team that took major steps last year, 1 win away from a playoff spot. They should use one of their million forward prospects to land a RHD, whether that be current help or a prospect, they need to address that. That's the upside of being so asset rich, they already have a solid NHL group, they'll be able to address any hole they need in the future. That's what happens when you miss the playoffs 12 years in a row
 
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Gardner McKay said:
Ahh. Yes. That's why Malkin has played one full season in the last 10 years and from 2019-2022 he missed 127ish games? Sure he and Crosby played 82 last year, but injuries are a factor with both of them.

They're both old. When you get old, you get injured more often. I'm skeptical they will remain healthy.

This is a bad move, made by a bad GM, clinging to an aging core and is prolonging the inevitable. If they tear it up and to the ECF or SCF, will happily eat crow.
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Malkin was injury prone long before he started aging, just like you said. So that has nothing to do with what I said - he is still a great player when he's on the ice at 36 years old. That's extremely atypical and proves my point - Crosby and Malkin are generational players and generational players are almost always very good players when they hang them up.


The trade isn't graded on whether the Pens make it to the top 4. The trade is graded on how well Karlsson does. If Karlsson drops 100 but Jarry shits the bed in the playoffs it's a bad trade? Even though all they lost was a couple picks? That doesn't make sense. It's a reasonable bet made by a GM that typically makes reasonable bets.
 
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