Been rewatching the Columbus / Toronto series to help familiarize myself with Dubois' game.
Here's the condensed version of game 3
Ohhhh that warms my heart!
How did PLD's line not start the OT??? f***ing Maurice!
Been rewatching the Columbus / Toronto series to help familiarize myself with Dubois' game.
Here's the condensed version of game 3
There's the optics of it as well that I think they will avoid. 14 days for normal people, 7 days for rich athletes kind of thing. Whether they agree with it or not you'll have people complain.
There's the optics of it as well that I think they will avoid. 14 days for normal people, 7 days for rich athletes kind of thing. Whether they agree with it or not you'll have people complain.
The optics have already been destroyed.
The new travel restrictions which don't stop you from traveling to the US but you have to spend 2K on a quarantine hotel when arriving back in Canada is a economic roadblock for the non-wealthy.
If you can throw $2000 away you can go on vacation to the US, if not you can't.
IMO the optics were destroyed when we had numerous politicians and civil servants travelling all over the place during the holidays, after lecturing the peons to be good and stay home!
Well, I know PLD is playing on Feb 13, since SN a just announced a game with the statement “ PLD and the Jets host the Sens” .
My gut tells me he's starting out as 55's winger
if he wanted laine so much why didnt he pick up the phone to wpg on dec 31st when dubois told him he wanted to be traded and signed his bridge contract. if he really wanted laine that bad then why risk him not being there when he decides to trade dubois. no way jarco wasnt in on torts berating pld either.Kekalainen is kind of right. His back was to the wall, his coach is publicly berating and humiliating a player that has openly asked for a trade, it is known Kekalainen wanted Laine and yet the Jets retain salary AND give away a young, top 9 forward.
IMO the optics were destroyed when we had numerous politicians and civil servants travelling all over the place during the holidays, after lecturing the peons to be good and stay home!
Sadly it’s exactly what I have come to expect from politicians from every group.
There are multiple stories about Kekalainen's interest in Laine including a story about how he desperately tried to trade up with Chevy at draft day. In interviews with Chevy, he stated he had talks with Columbus for months.if he wanted laine so much why didnt he pick up the phone to wpg on dec 31st when dubois told him he wanted to be traded and signed his bridge contract. if he really wanted laine that bad then why risk him not being there when he decides to trade dubois. no way jarco wasnt in on torts berating pld either.
There are multiple stories about Kekalainen's interest in Laine including a story about how he desperately tried to trade up with Chevy at draft day. In interviews with Chevy, he stated he had talks with Columbus for months.
I maintain that Laine is the more valuable player due to goal scoring and upside and that Chevy got out negotiated.
Nobody wanted to pay the price for Laine though. So while his value to us was high it didn't seem to be top 6 C or top 4 D high. Don't mistake Jarmo trying to justify why he did this trade now for him actually wanting it all along. The Jets 100% likely wanted one of Dubois, Jones or Werenski from CBJ and he baulked. We got lucky with this deal, nothing more nothing less.
Nobody wanted to pay the price for Laine though. So while his value to us was high it didn't seem to be top 6 C or top 4 D high. Don't mistake Jarmo trying to justify why he did this trade now for him actually wanting it all along. The Jets 100% likely wanted one of Dubois, Jones or Werenski from CBJ and he baulked. We got lucky with this deal, nothing more nothing less.
Can you imagine if Chevy traded Scheifele our #1 center for a winger today? People would freak-out on here and i would be one of them. Stastny would be our #1 center........ but we would have some great wingers .Yup, there was a reason that the pieces of our offer leaked the deal a day prior to Jarmo accepting it. He desperately wanted one of the other suitors to step up and beat it. In the end no one did so he felt he had to accept our offer. He clearly didn't want to and has been doing mental gymnastics to justify it since.
Yup, there was a reason that the pieces of our offer leaked the deal a day prior to Jarmo accepting it. He desperately wanted one of the other suitors to step up and beat it. In the end no one did so he felt he had to accept our offer. He clearly didn't want to and has been doing mental gymnastics to justify it since.
Can you imagine if Chevy traded Scheifele our #1 center for a winger today? People would freak-out on here and i would be one of them. Stastny would be our #1 center........ but we would have some great wingers .
Kekalainen is kind of right. His back was to the wall, his coach is publicly berating and humiliating a player that has openly asked for a trade, it is known Kekalainen wanted Laine and yet the Jets retain salary AND give away a young, top 9 forward.
There are multiple stories about Kekalainen's interest in Laine including a story about how he desperately tried to trade up with Chevy at draft day. In interviews with Chevy, he stated he had talks with Columbus for months.
I maintain that Laine is the more valuable player due to goal scoring and upside and that Chevy got out negotiated.
I think at the time of the draft Laine was indeed more valuable. But now likely not.
Leaked? I'm pretty sure it was just kinda obvious. Roslo was sitting, Laine was being sat and Dubois should have been sitting.Yup, there was a reason that the pieces of our offer leaked the deal a day prior to Jarmo accepting it. He desperately wanted one of the other suitors to step up and beat it. In the end no one did so he felt he had to accept our offer. He clearly didn't want to and has been doing mental gymnastics to justify it since.