The price of top prospects seems so high they are rarely moved. The Byfield speculation was always very hopeful. The true return for Wilson was probably a late 1st + whatever.
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Are they, though? Do you think GMs regularly spam one another with unwanted trade offers? Do they get hammered and throw shit out there?
There's professional courtesy and established relationships to where it's a delicate dance even working up to an offer. In more established relationships maybe an initial offer can be made jokingly to get the ball rolling. But by and large I doubt GMs interact with one another with an always-available mentality...or else outcomes would more regularly suggest it. Most of the bigger trades that materialize are the result of players wanting a change, team situations taking a turn or contract issues. Far less often are bold deals made via swashbuckling GMs making shit happen. That would be entertaining ala the NBA if that were truly the case but reality suggests differently (as with Wilson and as with most foundational pieces, setting aside the validity of whether Wilson is that category of player).
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I'm just imagining GMs standing around in the GM meetings like a bunch of middle schoolers at their first dance. They all want a dance partner, but no one has the courage to ask anyone else to dance. So instead there's just this awkwardness all night.
Anyways this is where I remind everyone that these people make millions of dollars.
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This sums up your stance on sports professionals…..you clearly don’t respect them and I guess see them as silly children….lol.
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I read elsewhere (a Jeff Marek tweet (is it still called that?)) that only three buildings were available last night league wide. Also, US based teams prefer Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday games during US Thanksgiving week. Playing Tuesday could have led to a 4 in 5 situation, which can't happen, so the league decided on no games. I would have liked to watch something last night, but it is what it is. I'm not tech savvy enough to link the post to this post, sorry.
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The League has been getting wrecked for this, and rightly so. You can tell because a few of their most obedient mouthpieces are trying to justify it. Perfect night for watching hockey last night - any hockey. Rain up and down the East coast keeping people at home, people already in holiday chillout mode - anybody with an inclination to watch hockey last night would have done so. And the league, which will offer nothing Thursday (too afraid of the NFL) decides to do the same on Tuesday when there are no sports to watch. It's the kind of 4th Tier Sport shit they can never seem to get out of their DNA.
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Here's a link describing the situation. Still, the almighty professional sports league can't logistically produce a game when A LOT of people are at home and there's nothing else sportsy on TV.
That's a big miss and they should be ridiculed. Now there's 12+ games tonight? What a bunch of dummies.
Why there are no NHL games on the schedule tonight
The three arena excuse is so silly. So they could have had three games last night, and they decided on zero?
That's worse than the dog ate my homework.
That's worse than the dog ate my homework.
Yeah, wasn't justifying it, just relaying what i saw elsewhere. The 13 year old daughter wanted to watch hockey with me last night & there was none to be had. I'm sure that tonight she won't want anything to do with me since there are 12 games out there. Thanks NHL.
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Didn't read any of the linked articles but since Canadian T'giving is in October, hard to understand why none of their teams couldn't be playing one another last night (and even on US T'giving Day for that matter).
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Because who wouldn’t want to be the ONLY game in town with a captive audience looking for something to watch? The National Hockey League, that’s who. Stupid and cowardly.
No doubt. And a lot of Canadian fans will miss their teams on Friday due to day games. Every US holiday is inconvenient for Canadian fans.
Wasn't blaming you. Just complaining about the NHL again.
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Caps win, but also Pennsylvania teams both lose. It truly is a happy holiday.
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How high I was on Zach Benson was referenced in the last GDT so I have to post this news. Benson has been so good that they are going to burn a year of his ELC and presumably keep him up all season.
The sample size is small, but he's 35th of 611 qualified NHL skaters in GAR/60 and the best on the Sabres. All as an 18 year old rookie. I don't think Ryan Leonard is going to be bad (the numbers certainly don't suggest that), but I think Washington is going to regret missing out on Benson because he profiles to be a superstar.
Penguins bout to lose being up 2-0, hate to see it. Pretty sweet Lars Eller goal
Brutal third period by Pittsburgh. Letang with two awful turnovers that led to goals and EK65 put a puck that had no chance of going in into his own net. Hate to see it.
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Indeed.
Because I was curious I actually went back and looked at scouting reports on Benson and it looks like his biggest negatives are that he's small and that his shot isn't fully developed. Several sites described him as the best playmaker in the draft and tenacious defensively and on the puck.
The numbers suggest he was either the third or fourth best player in the draft, with some of his closest draft year comparables being Nikita Kucherov, Mitch Marner, Marc Savard, Quinton Byfield (lol), and Joe Thornton. It's going to sting if Benson even approaches this level of player, let alone attains it. There's nothing there qualitatively or quantitatively that really explains his drop to #13 overall except for the fact that he's short.
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Raanta gives up 8 goals and makes just 6 saves as Tampa beat the Canes with only 14 shots on goal.
That must rank as one of the worst goaltending performances of all time, haha.
Hopefully I can find some extended highlights of this one that show Rod the Bod behind the bench
That must rank as one of the worst goaltending performances of all time, haha.
Hopefully I can find some extended highlights of this one that show Rod the Bod behind the bench
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