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That is some high level literary insight right there.

Perhaps it’s because Power already borders on elite offensively, while JJ borders on bad defensively?

Used to be a ficus myself.

Can’t say for sure, but if I had to make a guess in JJ’s case, I’d say Ruff’s coaching style, tough practices, and absolutely ripping players new ones during film reviews and holding them accountable didn’t rub JJ the right way. It was a complete 180 from Granato’s TLC approach and something JJ didn’t hadn’t experienced in his career before.

Funny how different people take things differently. I didn’t get the sense that Harrington was telling anyone to shut up. Instead I took it as let’s wait a bit and we might be just be surprised again.

The bloom fell off his lily fairly quickly iirc. Seems lots of players get a boost after being traded only to level off and fade. Steve Bernier anyone?

That would work for me.

Byram to the Canucks for Pettersson? Is that at all possible? I wonder if his Swedish national teammate Dahlin could be an advocate.

Speaking of Ruff, the players we acquired indicate he has his hands all over this trade. Just as he was as a player, Ruff values having some sand in his lineup and I can only imagine how it tore him up inside watching teams take liberties with our key players with absolutely no response from the wimps in his lineup. I also imagine he ripped them new ones during film reviews.

Not sure, but I think I detect a note or two of truculence in this thread.

I assume you feel differently about apples and oranges?

Beyond disgusting. Please tell me again how we are not dealing with a fascist regime? Defying the courts and the rule of law is STEP ONE in the Fascist 101 playbook. MAGA scum. https://abcnews.go.com/US/whistleblower-complaint-alleges-top-doj-official-emil-bove/story?id=123167302

Some history on Iran’s nuclear program with the first lesson being that it is nothing new or even recent for that matter. In the early 70s the shah, with our full support, assistance, and engineering know-how, embarked on an ambitious program to build numerous nuclear power plant facilities and we were instrumental in helping them acquire the fissionable materials required. But we and the Brits were only too eager to keep happy Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the puppet leader we installed after the 1953 coup orchestrated by the CIA and MI6. Irony of ironies.

A conveniently forgotten fact by the radical right. Trump’s pulling out of that treaty singlehandedly allowed Iran to acquire vast amounts of uranium unchecked by the IAEA and the signatory nations to the treaty which was the case between the signing of the JCPOA in 2015 and 2018 when Trump pulled out of the agreement. Just an absolutely boneheaded move that undid a deal that was working. As to whether or not it Trump “did the right thing” with the bombing attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities, we won’t know the answer to that for a while. I guarantee he and his administration will continue to lie about it, regardless.

Oh, it’s a hobby alright. Bordering on unhealthy addiction at times. And there’s just no replacing the thrills along the way. I’ve always been about “the journey” which is why I couldn’t resist renewing after biching and moaning for long stretches and writing them off. Maybe it would have been better to take up woodworking instead years ago. 😄

The crap isn’t related to an agent doing what’s in the best interest of his client, it’s the unverifiable rumors of multi-team interest that media and fans lap up. I’m sure that’s entertainment for some and that’s fine but until it’s tangible, it’s all crap to me.

I heard that as well and that's what convinced me. @PromoTheRobotand I touched upon gm/agent manipulation a while back. And when PHam mention Allan Walsh is JJ's agent that clinched my belief.

I’m convinced more than ever that this is all agent-generated bullcrap when it comes to these Peterka rumors.

Point well taken and I can truly appreciate that. Perhaps I’m a bit too critical of Byram, but he just hasn’t impressed me as much as I’d hoped to this point.

Imo, Byram is already at his ceiling and we need better. I was ok with moving him at the deadline. I don’t buy the Peterka rumors and that said, while he has a higher ceiling, it’s that high ceiling that fetches the better asset in a trade. But his high ceiling can’t be compared to Power’s imo, because Power plays a more critical position.

That contract is gonna look mighty good in a couple years. GMs also don’t like trading players with very high ceilings, too.

Nor should he. We would regret it greatly in a few years because when he’s done growing and acquires his man strength, look out.

I agree and appreciate your point about supporting casts as no superstar ever won anything on his own. That said and regarding Jordan and the Bulls, the fact he won the first three with a different starting five than the last three suggests to me that Jordan was less dependent on his supporting casts than his supporting casts were on him. That said, Phil Jackson’s importance as coach cannot be overstated either as his teams did well even without Jordan for the nearly two full seasons Jordan sat out. Apologies to the thread for the digression into an NBA discussion.

Hegseth admitting to having contingency plans for invasion is just one indication. The first clues were laid bare when the director of the NSA was fired and the longtime deputy director resigned. Since then, every intelligence agency has been ramping up spying efforts on Greenland as well. The idea of invading a fellow NATO territory is anathema to everything we stand for as a country. Why am I not surprised that MAGA scum voices are silent?

Conservatives doing victory laps is par for the course with these traitors. MAGA. Scum.