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Malaka said:
Can you share? What is going to happen with tulsky? What a meltdown after setting up a relationship finally with the wolves
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x Tame Impala said:
Dallas RE-signed Seguin at an almost $10m AAV back in 19/20 and he’s been a 50-60 point player. Thats unacceptable and he’s had even worse production in the playoffs. Jamie Benn has been better than Seguin for sure but his play hasn’t matched his cap hit either.

Drafting and development is obviously huge for GMs and Front Offices but getting the most out of your cap space is IMHO the single most important thing for a GM. I think we’ve got about 20 years of data to look back on now and it’s plain as day it’s better to let guys walk as UFAs than sign them for huge contracts when they’re 29-30+.
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The guy had major hip injury that has clearly affected his career trajectory

He played thru injury which worsened it and had his surgery delayed multiple times because of COVID related delays

Hard to come down on Sequin as "Unacceptable' when reality is he physically is not same guy he was before injury

If finger of blame is to be pointed at any specific players, this postseason then Pavelski and Duchene should be taking heat

They were among the worst players for Stars all postseason. Literally dragged down performance of everyone around them

Benn and Seguin outplayed both them by a mile this postseason. Neither Benn nor Sequin were problems
 
Looks like this Dallas sportswriter is on the not too many smurfs in the Top 6 train too :laugh: :

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While Stars face disappointment, Oilers leave no doubt they belong in Stanley Cup Final

Connor McDavid and Edmonton’s best were too much for Dallas to clear its Western Conference finals hurdle.
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It felt like veteran captain Jamie Benn along with the kids — Wyatt Johnston and Logan Stankoven — was really the top line, but the size of the two players not named Benn kept them from fighting into the tough areas to score in the later games.
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Wild. And they haven’t even picked a name/logo.
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Panzerspitze said:
Looks like this Dallas sportswriter is on the not too many smurfs in the Top 6 train too :laugh: :

www.dallasnews.com

While Stars face disappointment, Oilers leave no doubt they belong in Stanley Cup Final

Connor McDavid and Edmonton’s best were too much for Dallas to clear its Western Conference finals hurdle.
www.dallasnews.com
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This nonsense will never go away, it’s red meat for a certain type of hockey fan. They’ll always eat it up, regardless of context or logic.

If you knew you could generate clicks just by shouting ‘the team is too small!’, then why would you ever stop?
 
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JaegerDice said:
This nonsense will never go away, it’s red meat for a certain type of hockey fan. They’ll always eat it up, regardless of context or logic.

If you knew you could generate clicks just by shouting ‘the team is too small!’, then why would you ever stop?
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Wyatt Johnston is over 6 foot, and like 190 lbs. Wtf are we even talking about here?
 
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Does Gary Bettman not realize that the casual fan is quickly forgetting about NHL playoffs? What is he thinking to wait a week (in June) before it even starts? I understand having a 2 or 3 day gap between games but this week off is not doing the NHL any favours.
 
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BobbyJet said:
Does Gary Bettman not realize that the casual fan is quickly forgetting about NHL playoffs? What is he thinking to wait a week (in June) before it even starts? I understand having a 2 or 3 day gap between games but this week off is not doing the NHL any favours.
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I think it comes down to Betteman wanting both teams to the most rested and healtiest for the finals.
 
They announced the Finals schedule a week ago, before either Conference Final was over. I'm assuming for TV reasons and each series potentially going 7 games.
 
Wally1112pac said:
The Finals not only start on Saturday but for the majority of the games there is a 2 day break instead of 1. They are really milking this thing to death.
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Every game is a 2 full day break. NBA is the same except between games 2 and 3 which is only 1 day.
 
StreetHawk said:
Every game is a 2 full day break. NBA is the same except between games 2 and 3 which is only 1 day.
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Game 1: Sat, June 8th

Game 2: Mon, June 10th

Game 3: Thurs, June 13th

Game 4: Sat, June 15th

Game 5: Tues, June 18th

Game 6: Fri, June 21st

Game 7: Mon, June 24th.
 
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