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Yea, it's too clean to be NYC :p

I have good news: I'll be there for the after party at Cole's. Do you think Chz and 11 are the same person?

*greater stature ;)

I'd love to have him back here...

Flagg, I agree with 90% of what you said. But you don't like Mittelstadt enough. Kid is a stud.

I sure hope so. Otherwise I'd have to conclude our process for selecting backup RBs is...untrustworthy.

If we do nothing the rest of the year but smoke the Leafs 3 times, I'll be happy.

We usually do :p

I knew you got it, just wasn't sure about Sabel :) On a more serious note, that the Leafs can go from Komarov being their all-star representative to Cup contender within two season should give us some level of hope for a relatively quick turnaround.

'Twas a joke :)

Why not? He was an all-star a couple years ago :p

You're a mean, mean man.

Whatever helps you sleep at night ;)

Please stab me in the face.

Only if you've had your head in the ground last year and this year.

Rielly is also only their 3rd best defenseman. Zaitsev and Gardiner are both better.

The only delusion is denying they're set for an extended run of championship contention. Their cap situation is fine, and they have an elite farm system to replenish vets who depart. Our only hope is Lou starts doing the things he did at the end if his Devils tenure.

Yea, I don't think he gets there in absolute terms. But given the scoring differences across eras, it's pretty incredible it's even a reasonable discussion to have.

If Nylander can develop into a real contributor (even if it's as an offensive/PP specialist) that would be huge.

So you're saying college stats are useless? I agree! Allen is not an accurate passer. He doesn't throw with anticipation. He doesn't make quick decisions. That's not all getting fixed. I will happily bet any amount of money you'd like on a charity bet that he doesn't sniff Elway's jock.

Well, I wasn't born yet when Marino was drafted, so I don't think I'd have said much of anything. And when Favre was drafted, I was 5, so not much there either. Are you capable of coming up with examples of players who aren't currently in the HoF? Because if you're not, then you're basically arguing Allen is going to be a HoFer based on 2 historical examples of incredible outliers. The overwhelming majority of QBs who are inaccurate in college continue to be inaccurate in the pros.

The biggest difference, I think, is Ovi could skate in the first place. Lucic was never fleet of foot.

There's part of me that hardly even believes this is a debate. But there are always going to be people (both inside and outside the NFL) that think literally anything can be coached up.

I'm not talking about work ethic. It doesn't matter how hard he works if he isn't working on fixing something because he's of the opinion there isn't a problem.