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I didn't mean all of the Nelson trade pieces for Lewis How's Eichel doing thus far?

Yup, graduating today so I was up all night nervous. Also let me rephrase my idea. Lewis would be great in the event McCormick retires due to his blood clots. He'd be a very effective 4th liner with a lot of playoff experience. I want as many rings in the locker room

I'd offer the NYI's back their 1st and 2nd for Nelson and a conditional 3rd next year. They have 2 3s, 1 is already ours why not the other too. The conditions would be that Nelson gets at least 40 pts no additional pick would be included. Or you could always try NYI's 1st and our 2016 3rd for Nelson with the 3rd becoming a 2nd rounder if Nelson puts up 45+ pts. We could throw in the 2015 4th if it helps too. If we can pull that off I'd then see if we can merely grab Lewis from the Kings who has 1 year left on his 1.5 mil contract. He wouldn't play with Eichel but he'd bring more familiarity and Cup Rings into the locker room.

Don't increase net sizes Remove the trapezoid Shrink goalie pads Actually call holding and hooking again Get rid of the instigator penalty and that jersey tuck rule Legit Boarding calls get a double minor

That may be true, but you also have to factor in all the comments people within hockey say about both of them. Babcock is known for being one of the most hard working coaches whom has the ability to coach young and old while somehow always keeping Detroit playoff bound. Byslma is known to be a good motivator but his ability to strategize is questionable. Olympics wise Babcock's victories aren't huge pluses since it was with a stacked Canadian team both times, but getting all those stars to play nice has to count for at least something. As for Bylsma's US team in the past Olympics, for a guy known to be a motivator was rather sad in the Bronze medal game. Really though my biggest concern with Bylsma is based on the tendencies of the rosters he fielded. The problem is we don't know to what extent was it Bylsma, and to what extent it was the GM's fault. Pittsburgh after they won their Cup seemed to rely on Crosby and Malkin too much. Rather than them being the key pieces to the skater core, they were the core. Chicago is a far more effectively crafted roster, while having a very similar situation in having a pair of elite players, yet while Pittsburgh actually has a generational player, they've done far less than Chicago overall. My best guess as to why that is, stems from whom each of them play with. Aside from Chris Neil who was traded for and then away, they seem overly obsessed with the effect Crosby has on a middle to great player. Pittsburgh needs an Evander Kane-like power forward or a Marian Hossa-two way type of player to play with Crosby, not random guys whom become good due to Crosby. Hell, Matt Moulson would of been a nice pick up for them since he's not purely a product of Tavares. What Pittsburgh seems to do is the following.... If Crosby is worth 100pts and you need 200 pts for a great 1st line, they merely find two 50pts players and call it a day. Rather than going out and finding another top 3 who can actually help Crosby some too thus making a far better line in the end. I don't know though who's at fault for this.

It seems like he was sort of coasting through the 1st and 2nd only using bursts of speed when needed but when they wen tdown 3-0 he seemed to literally say, "Hell with that" and started really playing and looking like a superstar.

Give them Carrier, Nevins/Varone and the rest all day!

Eichel continues his trend of getting better game after game. Now has a point to show for his efforts. Did well in the faceoff dot and showed flashes of his signature style of puck handling.

I think we could hit 80 to 85 to be honest, playoffs still quite a long shot but an enjoyable season regardless. Kane 30g Eichel 20g Ennis 25g Girgs 20g Moulson 20g Reinhart ? 10-20g varying on his time he spends in Buffalo Grigo 15g I can see it With even just 5 of the 7 we're head over heels better.

I have to say, I'm impressed that after one game he seems to already be getting used to IIHF level hockey. Granted this was Norway and a weakened Finnish team, but what better way to get him into the swing of things.

Hmm, anyone know how I could watch today's game live?

Chadd Cassidy just got fired by Buffalo, now we need 2 coaches

I still trust GMTM, but I fear a larger risk in the AHL coach route. Plus I'm tired of always being 2nd, Eichel to McDavid(Even if they are equal we still are 2nd), Leino to Richards(granted he didn't do great either) and so on.

Aside from increasing the goal size, I have to agree

If Babcock goes to Edm, Buffalo truly is cursed. Especially then, seeing as we'd likely get some no name guy or Bylsma, whom I despise

Someone on the NHL reddit worked out that potentially the cause for lower top point getters in the league is not due to a lack of scoring but the slowly leveling of TOI between all 4 lines.Think about it, Lines 3 sometimes and 4 were at one time almost completely grinders, All the scoring was top heavy, now rather than a few guys carrying the whole team the whole team chips in.

How does one get on the Season ticket waiting list?

Girgs is still too injured I'd assume to play right?

He thought he could get more elsewhere. He may have also wanted to decrease the chances of him signing there.

I don't want any changes, period! June hockey isn't great but its playoff hockey so they cancel out at very least. I love 82 games + the 4 best of 7 game series The less time without NHL hockey to pay attention to, the better. Pre-Memorial Day means waiting 3.5 months for another game and that's just too long. That being said, I wouldn't mind them shifting the 82 game schedule to start Sept 23rd, end March 29 Then playoffs start April 1 it would shift the season about 2 weeks earlier. Thus ending the season near the last week of May/first week of June at the latest.

Olympics aside, I like the thought that with Eichel we might be able to brand ourselves as the home of USA Hockey within the next decade. Seeing as Patrick Kane is from Buffalo and Eichel would be in Buffalo, in theory they'd be the top 2 US players.

That's disapointing

This comes from my thread on the HF boards and was based on some offers people mentioned, just with a Wookiee touch The trades are NYI 1st which should land around 18 to 22 (a 2nd too if its 22nd) to LAK for Richards(30to50%Retention), 13th overall, and a 4th rounder LAK 1st for Andy MacDonald(30to50%Retention) and the 7th Overall Andy MacDonald is 27 and could technically work as a 5-7 D man. Richards can sit in the AHL and help/protect youngsters. We also however get the likes of a Provorov or Meier(looks like a Murray type players who's also a RW)

I hate Bylsma, he doesn't strike me as all that good of a coach, just lucky to have great players. For instance the Olympics effort in the final game was embarrassing. As for Babcock I still think he could come here potentially, but my hope has diminished.

Is this good? 13th overall and a 4th plus Richards (1.5M retained) for the islanders pick