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riffle said:
Age old debate with this fan base. Yes, he's talented, but he is also this...which one wins out for you? Some go talent. Some go drive. He's so many things at so many times. A true chameleon of a player.

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This doesn't bother me at all, he spun off a hit and immediately started digging for the puck until his stick appears to break.

Whats he supposed to do? stand there and get run over by a guy that was coming full tilt at him?
 
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sylejman said:
Picking one play and saying he avoids at all costs is also pitiful. I don't get the obsession with some of this fanbase with slating our players, hoping they're traded even though they're very good. Nylander isn't perfect but he's one of our best players and is a constant threat when on the ice. His job is to win on the scoreboard not in physicality.
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Yep. People don't get guys can be effective without putting their head through the boards. Not every player is the same, but his effectiveness is better than most guys in the entire NHL and little clips like that are some of the dumbest arguments against him.
 
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Morgs said:
Yep. People don't get guys can be effective without putting their head through the boards. Not every player is the same, but his effectiveness is better than most guys in the entire NHL and little clips like that are some of the dumbest arguments against him.
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True. However, they can be MORE effective if they're willing.

So many of the Marner/Matthews/Bunting goals come from the fact they are willing. How many goals would be left on the table if they didn't dig like they do?
 
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Morgs said:
Yep. People don't get guys can be effective without putting their head through the boards. Not every player is the same, but his effectiveness is better than most guys in the entire NHL and little clips like that are some of the dumbest arguments against him.
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Same people were screaming with Don cherry on drafting a good old Canadian boy nick Ritchie ahhaha guaranteed the same people. They just move to different arguments.
 
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stickty111 said:

Kase is okay it seems
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That guy is like the black knight from Monty Python and the holy grail

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sylejman said:
Same people were screaming with Don cherry on drafting a good old Canadian boy nick Ritchie ahhaha guaranteed the same people. They just move to different arguments.
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Most of those same clowns have been at local border crossings protesting mandates and such
 
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So who’s at the top of everyone’s wishlists, both to bring in and to ship out?

In:
  1. Chychrun - an obvious pipe dream but he’s young and developing and already pretty great. I don’t want to lose Sandin and the 1st but that’s the likely cost.
  2. Rakell - He’d cost the 1st plus, but he’s also be the best player and of the Atlantic Four have picked up.
  3. Forsberg - Is going to cost a fortune but if he can be extended than he’s worth it.
  4. Klingberg - Nice right shooting PPQB with great size, his offensive instincts are better than Mo’s and he brings it in the postseason, but ideally only if he can be extended.
  5. Miller - I don’t like the way his name was in people’s mouths when Vancouver was having that locker room bullshit a few months back, but he’d be an excellent add to the top six and has term, but he’d cost a ton.
  6. Smith (VGK) - Could be a low key excellent add for cheap, with his injury, need for a new deal and Vegas having to save money. Mrazek (@3), 4th, Prospect?
  7. Copp - A great guy to add some grime to the forwards and he’ll put up points.
  8. Soucy - Loved what I saw against Seattle, left side banger.
  9. Lehkonen - Is great but is going to cost way more than he’s worth. Montreal would want Robertson and a 1st, f*** that.
  10. Garland - He’ll cost a ton and he puts up points but yay, another tiny forward who may or may not show up in the playoffs.

Out:
  1. Mrazek - The Petr Mrazek experiment has been an abysmal failure and his money is holding the leafs back from making moves. Out his ass with a pick and a touch of retention and I’d take a low asset back.
  2. Holl - Not that he’s been bad even if sometimes he is bad, but he’s now 6th on the Depth Chart and if Dermott gets a 3rd Holl might even get a late 1st. Liljegren-Brodie-Lyub can handle the RS details and I think Gio also played some RD.
  3. Kerfoot - Again I like him and would like to keep him, but if his money is the difference between Chychrun, Miller or Forsberg…
  4. Mikheyev - The salary cap is a harsh mistress. He’ll ask for 4.5 but is worth 3-3.5, which is still too much and this is his first and maybe last chance to get his bag. I’d toss him into a package.
  5. 2024 or 25 1st - Please for the love of god keep the 1st for the next couple of years to shore up the thin cupboards. If Dubas goes big game hunting then he can send one or both of these, but the team won’t be able to handle another year with 3 (or less) picks.
 
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