DarthEbriate

3,720-ish to 1? Approximately. I hope Kane and the Sharks give us a nice mid-1st to pair our own mid-1st after next season.

True. And hopefully yes. But I would rather see him get a top-pair role in Rochester and adjust to the ice, than to do the Antipin and get 6/7/8 treatment... particularly if he’s good. Per his highlights it looks like he can get his shot through from the point. So that’s him and Risto and... Nelson if he makes the roster to start.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop doing Death Sticks. Wait! Wrong idiom! I like the signing now that it’s been made legal. Put on 10# and be a solid 5/6 who can be on a second power play? But I think he plays almost the entire season in the AHL. Post trade deadline callup possibly.

Stop making countries that span across continents! (I'm pointing my finger at you, Russia. And you, Turkey! And don't think I can't see what you're doing... Australia.)

What, no Schutz or Zagrapan? Mogilny, Vanek, Satan. We can score some pretty goals. We've also a solid defensive corp. The goalie isn't bad, either. Don Cherry would tremble at our dominance over his precious namby-pamby Corellians. And Varada!

Roger, roger. He's an RFA that's going to be able to walk. Nothing we've seen from him is anything more than backup. Sure, some great saves (but all goalies make some great saves now and then). Some good overall games. But still wildly inconsistent, haven't seen a great increase in rebound control, and many baffling wandering moments. It's not $4M-level hockey. Ullmark, report in! (And if someone signs Lehner to $4M/year, I'll switch my helmet.)

Agreed. McPhee had a great plan and played his fellow GMs panicked. He wasn't afraid to take all the defensemen and stash them in the AHL, either (which I thought was going to backfire just a bit on him in attempts to trade). But I go back to that GMTM thread a few weeks ago. What would GMTM's VGK roster and coach look like (assuming he'd not been here)? Would he have gone for Cup-winning coach Byslma? Would he have taken Marchessault, or would he have looked at "tough to play against" Panthers instead (ala Pysyk v. Kulikov)? It's all in the eye of the beholder. (Selfishly, as a Seattle resident, I'll be happy to have a local team that's worth watching in the first few seasons rather than a doormat. It'll also be important to win over the hockey fans who are mostly transplants like me, and not just have us attend the 1 or 2 games when our team comes to town.)

Zinger was a similar-name thing and he was a fast, unsung, tweener second/third line guy who killed penalties (like me). I'm still a little disappointed that instead of that clean draw leading to a Patrick goal and forcing a game seven, he is instead remembered for losing track of the best goal scorers in the history of the game. It's a game of millimeters.

The JLGP was a favorite in the gaming world. All the hyphens. Hasek, Peca, Varada, Holzinger, Grier.

I'm out of it for a little while and everyone gets Dahlinsions of grandeur.

I do kind of wish one of the Ernst and Young guys was The Amazing Johnathan.

Exactly. When playing video game campaigns, always take the coolest names. It stems way back to childhood when Konami NFL allowed me to draft Bubba Shakespeare. You can't leave that on the board. (Just like I was ecstatic yesterday when the Packers took Equanimeous St. John. A good name is its own motivation!)

You gotta draft the right person at the right spot. We didn't grade Dahlin 1st, so we traded down to where our grade met our preferred player. That's how you win drafts! :angel:

So... a couple seasons in Rochester to acclimate to the NA-sized ice? :angel: Or more appropriately: Yessssssss! Time to celebrate with a dram of the good stuff. Cheers, my fellow 'Spacers!

Break out the #9 Rasmussen Rasmosten jerseys?

and of course... Never tell me the odds!

I have you now.

I like that they're thanked for coming this far... at stinking.

Lock S-foils in ping-pong position. (although that's already completed...) Lock S-foils in placard position!

Good challenge, although they should lose it. Nice wrap by Burns.

That makes sense. Newfoundland is further east than Maine.

He's having fun because he doesn't have to be in the booth or in the studio with Milbury.

Karlsson is a good PKer, too.

We've got your back, Lando. We're working on a top secret Swiss Family Robinson-style log roll attack to topple the Hab-ATs and the Hurricane stormtroopers.

Suffering leads to anger. Anger leads to hate... Hate leads to Cups.