thewookie1

Just keep going guys; fight to the end regardless the situation.

As always every team we need to lose finds a way to win regardless. Ottawa blows a 3 goal lead after dominating Philly and wins on the goalie giving the puck to their guy. Feels like every team plays us like their life is at stake but anyone else, eh.

It would come down to if KA and his guys feel Orlov is still holding steady or in the decline. Furthermore what is his contractual demands.

Tanev would be my 1st choice with Hanifin coming shortly behind. Tanev is a RHD vet who's a Defensive Defenseman; literally what the Doctor ordered.

All I see here is more of his typical talk about staying patient and building the "right" way. I don't think he means waiting for 2025-26 to go to the playoff however. I take it as him stating he doesn't want to make moves that will actively be a detriment to the team in 25-26. For instance throwing 8mil per year at a 30+ year old for 7 years. The player may help us now but would, by year 3, be actively hurting the team in some regard. In some ways its akin to trying to cause a snowball to roll down hill until it becomes practically unstoppable. There is a point somewhere on the "graph" in which the number of prospects likely to make the NHL becomes strong enough to take from both via trade and for replacements without exhausting the supply Year 1.

Yes, unsure what exactly “it” truly is but he seems to have this aura of confidence that doesn’t turn into ego. He knows he’s good but also knows he can be even better.

I’ve read Gavrikov isn’t good, more akin to a Gudbranson than a Samuelsson

Losing sucks however, Dahlin on that OT PK probably played on of the best shifts I’ve seen out of any Dman in years.

Thompson will play if he's able to gut through it; literally an article just came out about it this morning. Doubt he does practice however the rest of the year.

Then they're nuts

Looks like Tage won't be taking draws; Tuch took the draw

Asset management also has a place; spending large gobs of assets to get 8th place and get rocked by the Bruins only to lose those rentals makes zero sense

Oh I understand but the team is looking for long term vs short term in regards to Levi especially

Levi's 1st start is likely to be against MTL akin to how Power's 1st was against Toronto.

Tyler Bertuzzi, would you give him 4x5mil to play the 3rd line?

I like Las Vegas but it can become obnoxious in some ways like if you get a headache there; and I can't just say Vegas and Bostonians are loud lol Not exactly a super connection

Good for him, the whole savior complex got to his head here and a trade allowed him to reset himself along with being humbled a bit through experience. In the end his persona never quite meshed with Buffalo quite like it does in Vegas. Vegas as a whole is loud and obnoxious and Bostonians tend to behave similarly.

Loved everything but the 2 punches to the MTL guy when he was on the ice. Marchand is the epitome of hate when he's against you but would love him if he were on your team.

Both have 1 year left, however Jokiharju is far younger and an RFA

How about Jokiharju for Tanev(CGY) straight up?

Also a WWI division which is where the name came from. The regiment was named after the chief I presume.

I'd say its unlikely that all of them never move beyond that; its quite literally the 1st time for the vast majority there to actually be in a playoff race and deal with weighted games with all that entails. Hell the rules practically change for the last 30 or so games. ..... Yes obviously it makes so much sense to compare a team with the youngest roster to a team with one of the most experienced rosters in the league. Just in case you've forgotten, the players are living and breathing humans; not robotic automatons. They feel and think just like us.

Again, team success does not equal ownership "goodness" The owners don't play on the ice, and while the vast majority meddle to varying degrees, you can't fault them directly for missing the playoffs to a degree where their lack of success equals being bad owners. To me a bad owner is based on their general behavior with the team and how they treat their "asset" They have spent a lot of money on players, coaches, GMs, and other support staff. They obviously want a winner seeing as they have made GM moves in the past; if they were truly bad owners Regier or Murray would still be GM due to their contracts. The players, for the most part, are ok with the Pegulas and they have made an effort to make the players feel comfortable. Bad owners get into multiple feuds with players, refuse to pay stars, and deny fans the ability to watch games, among other things. Again I'm not saying their great owners; but rather mediocre versus bad.

Pretty much agree with you 100% I'd rather not just automatically pencil him in for Buffalo since we already have a boatload of young players here. His primary need is strength build up versus on ice adjustments. He can get far more time to bulk up in Rochester than he can in Buffalo.