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Best player available is a made up thing that no team actually follows. If they did everyone would get F grades because of overreaction.

You definitely try to get the pick this year because teams can flip a switch pretty quickly in this league. It’s a later team you might target next year ... or both.

I mean ... yes? I feel better about everything we went through when we get the first pick...

Power is the answer for me and I don’t see that changing. He is as close to the consensus as there is in the draft (don’t try to dispute that Liger, it’s true). I don’t have an issue with him being a defensemen at all because this team hasn’t had a solid d core in a long time (it was laid out above by Taro). That’s kind of the idea of the lottery/reverse standings applied to the draft, though. I’m totally fine with some form of optimism occasionally.

Both of those quotes make sense to me ... ?

The NBA does a great job marketing and even if some of these jerseys are ridiculous most redesigns they’ve done have been great.

Many of the “city” jerseys are fantastic but those Knicks ones are hot garbage.

Eakin is brutal and Larsson is a decent bottom sixer. I didn’t need a chart that maybe 20% of hockey fans understand to tell me that.

Wouldn’t cross him off the list - he might just not be interviewing again this week with us. Doesn’t mean he can’t next week.

These are all actual nicknames of those cities.

You’re a HUGE advocate for younger players in the draft being a big indicator that they’ll find success at the next level. Is there any research on this you could share?

And a ***** ton of uncalled interference

You sound kind of ... whiny. Overexposure and too much information access has made us all go mad because we simply don't have the minds to comprehend it all and sort through it in any reasonable manner. Therapy is up for a reason. It's not saving us, though.

I mean ... they didn't really have any other option here. The teams couldn't leave Canada to play a regular schedule of games against American teams.

Same.

Winner of Colorado/Vegas gets the winner of Winnipeg/Montreal now. Winner of Carolina/Tampa Bay gets the winner of Boston/New York.

I mean ... you're kidding, right? This franchise has been in about as bad a position as any franchise in the history over ten years.

Go on because I’m missing it. I don’t give a ***** what style we play. Just win.

Bettman hinted when the new tv deal was signed that the salary cap wouldn’t go up for a while despite the new money. These player’s associations are absolute dogshit at negotiating.

Ideally they’ll be willing to sign Taylor Hall who is a UFA this offseason ... wait ...

Indeed. There have been attempts to legislate bots but none of it has picked up enough steam and until it becomes a 50-state effort it’ll get nowhere and have no impact on the market.

I disagree sort of. I like making sure your fans have affordable access to your building. The resale market is ***** nuts and people that have zero intention of attending a game will scoop those tickets up and double/triple the price.

You can hack me anytime 😘

Hey man nobody mentioned Black Lives Matter. It’s that simple. Tell them their options are: remove the jerseys or be banned for like five years.

Would you say this described Pionk? 😉