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This contract is ridiculous. I guess we now know what the hold up has been about with Jack. My guess is he'll be getting 10/8.

I guess I don't value assists as high is because they are given the same point value as a goal - even a secondary assist. Whereas a goal (assisted or unassisted) can win a game, an assist in itself has never won a game. As for Matthews, his goals will undoubtedly go down, but his assists will go up. I can't say for sure what his points will do.

I think that's the way it should be. The players have it written out before them that they will make great money if they work very hard, and if not, then they won't. It takes away the guessing games and allows the player to have control over their own monetary promotion. You do "x", you get "y". You don't do "x", you get "z".

I'm not sure we know this (or at least it's not my interpretation). He wrote: He did not take the medication to sleep at home. He received it in the hospital (does say where in the hospital). However, he continued to lose weight and still couldn't sleep. The decision was made for him to go to Neuro ICU. It's not clear if the "negative reaction" caused his ICU visit, or was unrelated. It certainly didn't cause his "alarming" weight loss and insomnia.

Perhaps, but I don't think KO had any injury. If this was a concussion, from what hit?

Agreed. Instead of clarifying the situation, it's now even more confusing. He went to the hospital because he was losing weight and wanted to sleep? And the neuro ICU (the last place someone would go if they wanted to get some rest) was the best place for this? And the result is he probably had a concussion? There seems to be a large communication gap between him and his treating physicians, or he just doesn't want to talk about it. I change my guess to an autoimmune encephalopathy (like anti-NMDA) or Gullain-Barre syndrome.

TN should've kept his mouth shut. It's disrespectful towards Eichel and his former employer. He knew what he was getting himself into, everyone did. There were even websites counting the loses. Yet he still cashed his checks and has continued to do so while not even lifting a finger for TP. I've lost respect for him.

I almost wonder if Kane has a higher value at next year's deadline than he does being traded now. Assuming he keeps score this coming season, any playoff bound team would bid on him. They'll be no downside and little risk, only the benefits of him point up points in the postseason. Only a few teams are willing to trade for him now because only a few (or maybe none) are willing to deal with a whole year of potential off-ice antics. Those antics are highly unlikely to surface from a 1-2 month long playoff run. Then the team can be done with him.

Players can bulk up, but they can't grow taller.

I went to high school and Church with Chris. He was a good guy, then he disappeared up north pursuing his playing career. Now he's a assistant coach in the NHL. Things are working out well for him.

I definitely think it causes strain. Basically the team will be placing all of your deficiencies under a microscope and arguing how bad you are.

Correct, the Preds play the game they do is because they don't have an elite forward on their team. They have no Jack Eichel.

Remember from the introductory presser, our defense will be our offense too.

Perhaps, but even with linemates functioning correct, he's still a 25 point guy.

Something has to give because there doesn't seem to be much discipline amongst GMs. It's everyday we hear about this team or that team trying to dump a "bad contract". It's a recurring theme in the NHL these days. Every team has horrible contracts they're trying to deal with. There's no doubt, most of these contracts were seen as a good thing when they were signed, but you are taking a huge risk giving out anything more than a 5 year contract. This risk increases with increasing player age.

Yep. Another contract that's too long, especially considering what we experienced with Matty Mo and the contracts GMTM wantonly gave out. It's likely going to come back and bite us later.

It definitely possible I'm being dramatic, or don't know much about the game, but I'm the one JBott agrees with. He said he never offered a 7 year contract.

Don't forget Patty too.

Because a 7 year deal would be ludicrous for a player his age and talent. Give him him that was he's 23, not 28. It'll only be downhill for him from here. Why would we strap ourselves with a contract that long that'll be obsolete in 3 years? I can't think of a team that didn't regret handing out an expensive, long term contract to someone his age.

That doesn't instill much confidence in JBott. I hope it's not true, and it likely isn't considering JBott said there would be no big splash.

I wonder if this means Lehner is on his way out. Or, they want Ullmark to learn Housley's system full-time in the AHL rather than sporadically in the NHL.

I agree with this. The decision was Golisano's. It would've made no sense hockey-wise to let them go after what the team accomplished. I hate to say it, but DR's hands were tied the whole time. But, once the shackles came off, he proved to be a better GM when his hands were tied.

No thanks to Shattenkirk. He'll be expensive and he's not the right age. By them time we're actually seriously contending for the Cup, his value (performance per cap hit) will likely be low (definitely lower than now). We need to shed these types of contracts, not add them.

You don't know if you don't try. I'd never say no to a young D with potential.

It's good to see Jack isn't the only player/GM.