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Given our remaining cap space, RFAs to be signed, and the need for a cushion during the season, there HAS to be another move. A move of a body or bodies out. Unfortunately, it’s not likely to be someone we want moved (they likely have no market value), so it’ll be someone that we’d rather have on the roster. And given our cap situation, it won’t be a hockey trade. Who are candidates to move that have value and can make cap room? Sheary, Erod, Wilson, McCabe, Scandella. Does that sound about right? I think best case is Sheary and Scandella are moved for picks.

Lol If this guy is the one that gives the owners the confidence to go hands off, I think PA might dance a jig. And his excitement may be warranted.

PA, this guy may turn out to be exactly what you were hoping for.

That isn’t collusion either. It’s an agreement to not screw each other.

I don't know. And wouldn't throw out a suggestion of an illegal actviity to explain something that I have no background information to support.

This right here is why you are way out of line. Step up to his level of action and then make the case.

So, you're suggesting the GM's are engaging in collusion? That's a pretty serious accusation.

Imagine calling a guy racist who has done so much more for people in impoverished countries with multitudes of ethinicities than you'll ever hope to be able to do. Wyld is certainly guilty of poor judgement at an attempt at humor. Given what you've thrown out there, you're guilty of much worse here.

It's not uncommon for wings to take the majority of faceoffs on a given line. I wouldn't expect to see that out of my top center, but for example, Giroux plays primarily on the wing but was in the top 20 in league faceoff attempts. I think it is more common on lines 2 and 3 players though. It's not ideal, but Johansson's faceoff attempts may only mean that he's not particulaly good on the dot.

Get in line. ?

If he presented it on the ice sure. Presenting it to the leadership in the locker room was more than sub optimal. That was my complaint. Oh, and ixnay on the Olltray, bra. edit- ?

I'm not speaking to Zadorov's overall game, just the attitude. We could use some arrogance.

No ill will here. I wish we had players with that kind of attitude. I guess Montour takes a little of the sting out of the end result of the trade that sent Zadorov and Compher to COL.

Favorite movie vehicles? The unicorn Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds, and all of the amazing monstrosities in The Road Warrior

Spent years doing it out of financial necessity. Everything from oil changes to re-painted a faded Dodge Dakota. I don't do my own auto work anymore. I'm willing to pay someone to do it in 1/3 of the time and not have to make multiple auto parts store runs. And my weekends are me time.

I've been all over the map with the vehicles I've owned. First car was a '74 Camaro. I've owned trucks, sedans, econoboxes, smaller SUVs. All purchased used. I've never owned a new vehicle and don't see that changing. There is alot of value, and alot of choices shopping for 2-3 yr old lease returns. Currently driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I'm enjoying driving this vehicle more than any other that I've owned. Unless things go badly the rest of the way out, I'm likely to buy another.

As I mentioned in the Vesey thread, my gut is telling me that JBott made a value judgement and isn't willing to pay the current market price for a 2C, and is willing to try shoring up the situation at wing to get improved lines 2 and 3 performance. Better value at the wing positions. I am skeptical that this play will be successful.

I feel like the Zemgus hate is fueled more by familiarity breeds contempt than by actual game performance.

Too bad they weren't reading 20 games into last season.

I've definitely got the feeling that we are looking at shoring up the wingers to get appropriate talent level on the wings and the centers are going to be what they were last season. My best guess is that Botterill made a value judgement that getting a 2C is too expensive for his plans and so we are going to get wings instead because the value is there. And that means Casey is going to get a chance at 2C again with better players on the wing, and our 3rd line is going to be underwhelming at center as well. It's not Roy, Hecht, Gaustad bad, but it's going to be thin. At some point a center is going to miss games and it is going to be ugly.

I don't get how we can laugh at any other franchise's state of affairs.

I know that feeling.. A few years back we let our dog out in the back yard one morning and when we checked on him 10 minutes later he was nowhere to be found. Looked in the back and found that overnight someone kicked our chain link fence in and there was a 4' gap in the fence. Oh, snap! We started to panic, and we heard our dog bark on the other side of the house. He was standing in the driveway by the side door waiting to be let in. He never left the property. Went out through the hole in the fence, came around the front yard, and back up the driveway.

I'd rather he was posting gifs of tractor tire flipping.....

Yes, yes it is. Hopefully that mistake isn't repeated.

By the looks of the picture, the 2C is a few years out.