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I would love Pavelski but I doubt he’ll ever come here prior to retiring.

Eichel was good Game 1 & 3 Eichel was bad Game 2 & 4

To be frank I can’t stand this Rick Westhead guy; he’s an overly sensitive media man who looks to crucify anything deemed not PC. To be honest as interesting as this study was it doesn’t exactly give anything new. It doesn’t take a doctor to understand the more trauma you get the more likely you are to die younger than someone with less physical trauma. I understand the concern for player health but there are going to be downsides to making millions of dollars. People like Rick want fighting banned; then they’ll go after hitting in general since it too causes trauma and injuries. Next thing you know they look like women’s leagues and they let women into the NHL since they no longer have to fear being hip checked into the next county. It honestly scares me that we’ll have an unrecognizable sport where it’s purely based on skill and speed where players make 30mil a year but rarely get any drawback from it since all bodily harm is made illegal. *rant over*

If Philly doesn’t want Reinbacher I’d at very least offer them back their 2nd and 13 for 7. Doubt it would work but Philly needs picks desperately. Plus it would keep the Risto trade going lol

I never thought about it that way but he definitely has some Tasmanian Devil in him

Besides Bertuzzi, no thanks to either.

Was Kahun also a victim of Krueger? I’ll always wonder. Lucic might be the oldest guy on the team with name recognition. So I can’t exactly say I’m all that surprised.

Happy, only because my Dad is a big Blackhawks fan so I'm happy for him. Good also because he's out west

Eh… I can’t fully agree with you due to the general results. It truly comes down to what makes one happy or entertained. Sure the Leafs have had multiple playoff berths in the past 11 years; but their team has without fail, found new embarrassing ways to end their seasons. The goal is to win the Stanley Cup or “die” trying. The Sabres this year can truly feel successful because they went down fighting tooth and nail with the youngest roster in the league. The Sabres and Leafs have a combined 1 series win since 2008. We have also more recently made the Conference Finals and Cup Finals than the Leafs. I guess the biggest difference is our pre-season hype is never anywhere near where Toronto has been and we haven’t choked playoff runs away since we haven’t even made it that far. I guess it comes down to, is it better to have an A+ expectation with a B- result or a C expectation with a C- result?

Pilut FTW!

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/4124069 Using the idea from the trade thread I made a team with a solid balance of vets and youngsters Martinez to me would great idea for a 5LHD as he led Vegas in shot blocks, has 2 Cup Rings including 2 Playoff Series GWGs and while older (35/36) still has solid skating. IF Girgensons leaves Olofsson for Foegele on Edmonton with Edmonton letting us move back into the 2nd round again seems both fair and gives us a seasoned player for the Bot 6. If Girgensons stays I'd look more for a pick trade for Olofsson I did 13, Jokiharju and UPL for Hellebuyck and DeMelo; Hellebuyck gets an extension of 2 years and that would give Levi 3 years to work his way from 1B to 1A and keeps him from having the entire season's hopes and dreams riding on him. DeMelo is a means to an ends to but a more defensive skewed seasoned player with Power. For my extras I have Rousek and N. Foligno (young gun and a former captain) with Stillman as our 7th which gives us a solid 7.

Add DeMelo to the trade and I'd be interested as long as Reinbacher doesn't fall to 13. 13, UPL, and Jokiharju for 1 year deals on Hellebuyck and DeMelo seems fair.

Carolina in Buffalo’s situation would be a ghost town. Though honestly their fan base has certainly grown over the years. Most of us Sabres fans however only see Sabres games with the Canes in which Buffalo transplants take over a good portion of the crowd. Their fans are the primary reason for most. Media bias also furthers the issues. I always look at the Leafs as having fans that think they are the Patriots but their team is usually the Lions and yet they still get mass coverage by the hockey media and their fans continue their obnoxious behavior

To be honest it is a ***** Top 3 Karlsson sure Makar played 60 games and had 66 pts but again only played 60 games Fox is even more egregious since he averaged .06 ppg less than Dahlin whom had 1 more point than Fox in 4 less games.

Tuch is practically on an AHL team for the tournie

I’ve always seen it as grit - a player’s toughness and ability to take hits and keep going sandpaper - a player’s proclivity to stir things up on the ice via physical play and/or stickwork (they grind opponents down) physicality - usually refers to a player’s willingness to engage in checking other players

What in the world is Jarry lol. He’s no where near worth nearly 6x7mil

Not paying Power 6 years, either 8 or bridge Based on Thompson and Cozens I could see Dahlin signing for 9.9mil for 8 years

Don't say that; never give the world any reason to bring that to fruition

I want Ruff to win it finally, I’m not going to fault the modern Devils for Lou’s impact on that team’s identity for 30 years.

Every team I wanted to lose, won. Burn in hell Leafs

I also hate their arena name, just sounds dumb

I don't see that here to be honest I see a daughter grieving the loss of her mother as she knew her and a mother wanting to fight get back to her previous self which may or may not be impossible. It's akin to my uncle who had a stroke back in January; he's rehabbing to reach his previous self but may never truly return to the same exact person he was prior. I'd guess its much like that for Kim and her family.

One of the better coach blow ups I’ve seen; he was seriously angry with his team. I’m

I’d be happy with 1-8 conference like they had before. Give Division leaders 1,2 and the rest are a free for all in the East or West respectively. Rivalries will still occur plenty often but playoff seeding won’t be decided by November.