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could you imagine if the NFL was like that? How is Tre doing? Oh, he has a lower body injury and will miss some time.

Mitts seems to have finally found his role in terms of what he is best at doing and has started doing it more consistently. This year could be an even bigger leap for him as I don't think he found that until midway through the season. Could be a 70-80 point player if he starts that from the beginning of the year.

Benson also seems to instinctively know in a way that can't be taught how to influence a defender WITHOUT the puck on his stick which is one of the rarest qualities of all. Some of the highlight clips I watched prior to the draft showing things he did in games in this regard were almost magical.

Gotta have someone on this team that is nicknamed "The Butler"!! Can only imagine the versatility on the goal calls... "The Butler answered!" (to tie it late) "The Butler just slammed the door shut!" (after an EN goal) "The Butler just stole their car keys!" (after a shortie)

Skinner, Thompson and "The Butler" Benson... 😂

I mean...seriously? Are we still acting like this is the 2005 team with a bunch of small fast players? This team is tied for the NHL's tallest team at 6'2" with a bunch of other teams and is 11th in terms of heaviest at 201 lbs, which is only 4 lbs from the 1st team, the Islanders and Caps at 205 lbs. Is 4 lbs that much of a difference? Can this false narrative please just go away and die a quick painful death?

can't wait to hear Sylvester come up with "Funky Cold Miedema!" when he scores...

Too bad they aren't spelled the same...one is Devin and the other is Devon...

Don't discount Levi being really good...3 recent examples of rookie goaltenders who led their teams to the Stanley Cup that previously had a combined 17 games of NHL experience.

Plus then we can have 2 Devin's in goal...

Did anyone make the world a better place and punch Auston Matthews in the face?

Only got to watch the 3rd period... Did any Sabre make the world a better place by punching Brad Marchand in the face?

Granato kept calling him "Touch" in the morning skate, and Tuch kept warning him to stop and reminded him it's pronounced like 'tuck'... then Granato said "Ok...Ok...I'll stop." Then 5 minutes later he asked him "Hey, why don't you reach out and 'Touch' someone, Alex?" when he didn't finish a check along the boards. Skinner was rolling on the ice laughing and then Alex saw this and yelled "That's it! Oh, you think that's funny Donny?!?!?" and went Happy Gilmore on him... Granato then scratched him tonight in response.

for the love of God, can someone please punch Marchand in the face? If he is playing that is...

That was a sick shootout move by Biro to end it.

It's the franchise and I'm shining now...

If you shoot for the stars and miss, you'll usually still end up on the moon...

They were mostly good last year.

Another fun fact...I was at the filming of The Natural as an 9 year old kid along with my mother and aunt. Way up in the upper deck. Never made it in the movie...it was the end of October on a freezing cold night with gusty winds and they kept yelling to take your coats off for the scenes because we had to pretend it was summer...needless to say my Mom and Aunt didn't play along for very long and as such I think that precluded them from even considering me, who followed directions 😂 Movies definitely are not as fluid as they appear...endless retakes of the same scene until they got it just right and then long waits to set up the next scene. I can see why people on movie sets get close...they have tons of time to stand around and socialize with other people.

He didn't even coach a game?? "How the hell did you get fired on your day off Craig?"

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So is it the $10 or $10.5 8 year extension? How bout split the difference and make it $10.25 per?

Ugh...I guess retirement didn't suit him well...Godspeed...one of the best to ever do it. And unfortunately he died on my Mom's birthday 😐

Dahlin is going to put those numbers up and is also excellent defensively now as well.

Huh? He shouldn't even be in the convo.