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Well maybe muff divers but I digress

More than I ever imagined.

Nothing better than a behind the dumpster coffin nail

I mean, what 1st or 2nd round drafted Dmen have they whiffed on? As I wouldn’t include anyone drafted lower as they basically have little chance to make the NHL. They just haven’t drafted a ton of Dmen in those spots. Minus the 1st overalls, Samuelsson and Johnson are it. Both seem like decent picks. I think we see them restock the defensive pipeline this year via draft and trades.

This is where I struggle. We have been so starved as a fanbase of your traditional 4th line player, a physically imposing menace on the ice, that we want 10 of those players in the lineup. Obviously, that’s not realistic, but it would go along way to add 2-3 role players that can be physical, play sound two way hockey, throw a few body checks and stick up for teammates. Even if 2 are on the backend, that’ll work. We have a bunch of vulnerable skill guys who aren’t timid but would play a lot bigger if they had someone on the ice with them to keep the opposition honest. He barely was when he retired.

Has he indicated this was his last season?

When Tage was healthy, that line was easily top 5 in the league. Hard for me to picture the lineup any other way than 53-72-89 at the top.

It’s beyond stupid and calls into question how hard is the league trying to maintain competitive balance. From where I sit, they appear to not give one flying *****.

NHL gonna NHL

I was today years old when I first heard the term “middle six defenseman”.

So I was minding my own business at work this morning, when a coworker comes up to me and states “That’s a shame about Eichel”. Dumbfounded as I rarely ever hear this dudes name let alone follow his day to day behaviors. My coworker then says “Clinched the number one seed out west, he really sucks huh.” Again, I’m wondering why we are having this convo. I occasionally talk Sabres or Leafs (his team) but it’s so infrequent, that I’m wondering where this is stemming from. Then I remember Matt. Another coworker of ours who talks more junk about every player not on the Sabres, especially Eichel and some other recent Sabres. Basically this dude has been talking junk about Eichel since he got traded to this Leaf fan coworker. So Leaf fan decided that somehow I must be held accountable for our other coworkers ***** talking. So, do any of you face similar circumstances? Essentially paying for your other coworkers ***** opinions.

At the very top. Alone with no one even ***** close.

The only players going to the Amerks will be Clague and maybe Levi (unless they’ve already declared that as a no go)

Can I lock this thread from me? Sheesh. Yes I have the antagonist on ignore and this will be my only post in the thread.

Doesn’t SS have guidelines against blatant plagiarism?

I’d choose a different term but maybe it’s just me.

I mean it doesn’t always work that way. I put on 30 my freshman year and 30 my junior year. I would kill to be 190 lbs like I was when I graduated.

Clearly

I think most of the dangling has come from fans and media. We haven’t really heard much out of his camp. This is what happens when no info is to be had. Internet db’s just run with whatever narrative they have despite nothing being reported anywhere.

The rubber is going to meet the road with all of these guys (well maybe not VO as he might be jettisoned due to poor fit purposes) when their contracts are up. Then your depth from smart drafting pays off. Pay Mitts $5 mill (maybe $6?) as a bottom six depth scorer or replace him with a young player on an entry level contract. Good problems to have for sure.

Weasel words?

It’s the NHL. I would expect nothing less.

Semantics or some antics? Idk but I think they need to fix the SO. It’s ***** weird now.

Clearly you are misremembering Robin “Hammered” Lehner’s shootout prowess.