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Basically yes, though I think the appeal for the player is that he wouldn't be a FA until August, not July 1st. He probably wanted to be signed before then just out of personal preference. My thought is that perhaps this is a guy Botterill was targeting as a free agent but found out he was getting a lot of interest and decided to see if trading for his rights was something Arizona and the player were both interested in. Sounds like a deal got made that worked for all parties involved. Hickey gets to sign early, AZ gets something for a FA they weren't going to sign, and Botterill gets a guy he was targeting.

I typically stan for IB but I don't think there's any chance we're looking at patches. Doesn't seem like a Botterill move.

Just watched Kiksuya. Definitely the best episode of season 2. It's one of those episodes that reveals a bunch of things that you'll want to go back and look for clues in season 1.

*pours one out*

Amen to that.

Thank god.

GLOW is so much fun. New season soon I think?

Yup

This is probably true. If you asked me to put those three in order, AC/DC would be at the top of the list. Supremely overrated. I loved that they decided to troll with Rosanna first. So good :lol:

All cottonwood trees should be burned.

That doesn't seem worth our time either. I would be fine packaging Girgensons as part of a deal for a single roster player coming back, but we really can't be ditching guys like him for picks that may not become roster players for another 3-4 years, if at all.

Good. Eff that old, rich douche.

That's definitely part of it for me as well. But I'm just a guy who, by default, loves a smooth skating defenseman more than any forward.

I haven't been as enamored with season 2 but I think that's because it's hard to top all of the mystery of season 1. It's good, just completely different.

dats some shredded jeez

NO ONE IS TRADING FOR LEHNER WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE

Risto for a top 6 forward because I think Risto is the player most likely to be over-valued by other teams.

Scream it from the mountain tops.

I think you gotta show some mental game even by 16. Gunnar is out to lunch. Maybe he was badly coached? Maybe even ruined as a hockey player by that point?

The Allen kool-aid drinkers are going to be unbearable until about halfway through camp when he stops showing any sign of improvement.

Problem with Gunnar Stahl is no hockey sense. Dude is loaded with talent but takes what is arguably the dumbest penalty shot in the world against the Ducks. Braindead.

He did have nice hair. But he needed to be smarter. They all knew Racki was capable of something like that. You don't turn your back on a psychopath.

Oooh good call. And a goalie at that. Sutton had no hockey sense. Gotta keep your head up around a guy like Racki.

Gotta be Doug Dorsey. He's the only guy in that group who played for the national team and had any shot at the NHL.

I'm more excited about Dahlin than I was about Eichel.