In The Buff

that's the question not enough fans are asking!

All you guys are slotting Jokiharju with Dahlin but I'd prefer to see them split up. I'd like more balance across the lines where theres a stay at home defender paired with each. Where Dahlin can be Dahlin where he has the freedom to be Dahlin & his defensive pair can cover for him & do the things Dahlin cant... like adding a physical element to the other side. Then Jokiharju can be the main puck mover on the other pairing & have the same thing for him. If they're both paired together it seems 1 is being wasted to a degree, since they both cant be moving the puck thru the neutral zone at the same time or making an offensive play down low. I haven't really looked at potential lines tbh just because of the State of the Franchise right now. Maybe Joki & Dahlin are just the best we can put together from what we have, but ideally i'd like that balance in our pairings & for each to have freedom to play to their strengths. Idk if that makes sense lol

Man Borgen dropped him pretty good. Was hoping it'd be the other way around. Gonna miss me some Borgen

Yeah i dont think any of us would think that Linus was worth more than $5-6mil per or would even want to sign him to a long term deal. Its more imo the total lack of addressing the position at all. After needing to address it last year as well. And since we appear to be tanking next year & starting fresh, if we don't add in some veteran help & solid goaltending, we would be repeating the same mistakes of the past & haven't learned anything... Probably destined to be in this exact same position again years from now too. Thats the infuriating part for me. Not learning from our mistakes... mistakes that we've all suffered thru.

After Linus left, KA should've offered Seattle this. Is he afraid we'll win too many games if we have a decent goalie here? It doesn't make any sense for what his plan is with our goaltending situation. I don't want UPL or Tokarski up here to get rekt every night. We could've had Vanacek for a bag of pucks it looks like. Anyone have any idea on what the "plan" could be? Holding out for a potential G coming back in an Eichel trade? I don't get it

good pickup... Will be interesting to see what the "future considerations" will be

Yep, that was my 1st thought too. This is what good teams do... Boston that is

dont know if this has been posted

that would be something haha... Tbh there shouldnt be any pressure on the team to succeed or win, so the only place we can go is up right? right? 😁

done deal

is he 5'9? If so you might've picked a winner lol

we got our guy!

btw idk if you guys are watching any streams for this free agent frenzy, but im watching this guy on youtube. Pretty fast updates

why? I think Seattle would just keep him for a good #2. We seem to wanna tank anyways

McCabe signed with Chicago

Seeing your comment here made me think of how i feel with trading cryptocurrencies 24/7. Now that is exhausting lol... This Jack stuff is entertainment for me. Plus there's also only like a handful of teams to even consider with Jack... makes it easier. All this losing for years & caring game in and game out... thats exhausting lol

Yep... Minnesota did sign Goligoski to a $5 million deal tho. Idk how that makes their cap situation look

i bet they are! Jack views himself amongst the very best in the league & apparently the league disagrees. I know its more nuanced than that but i haven't heard of any offers for an "elite" center in his prime til this point.

i get what youre saying but he's holding in large part because other teams are concerned with Jacks injury & are hesitant to give up anything 'good' for him. So its also just the hand KA was dealt as well, and not just KA HOLDING THE LINE imho

so far this thread is a real winner lol

i tried playing the video & the sound is barely audible. Turns out its in mono i guess? Since it only comes out on the right channel? Man this organization cant even get a live stream broadcast correct. What a freakin sh!!show