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That's the only thing I would see him as. From what I've read about him here, he had a bunch of success in the minors about 8 years ago. I'm not sure what he had been doing the last 8 years though. I want a coach who has personally witnessed what type of play is needed to go deep into the playoffs. Tochett and Housley are well aware of this and Boughner may be aware too. It's up to JBott to decide how qualified they are.

What happened to the old thread?

Being a Center, why isn't he ranked higher than he is? Is it the level of competition he faced?

I guess that's my point. Later round picks aren't sure things and need to be developed. Housley likely played a big part in that development. I guess it also speaks volumes about the Preds ability to find future stars too.

Really? That's strange. Because I swore I read somewhere on this board that all the Preds defensemen were all can't miss all stars and all Housley had to do was show up to work to look good.

Millstadt caught my attention. But, I guess I'm talking about players like Christopher Brown, Max Willman, or Anthony Florentino from 2013 or 2014: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00005054.html

Im curious. Has drafting a kid right out of high school ever seriously worked out?

Did Cincinnati already have a hockey team. I swear, I lived in the natty for 3 years starting in 2009 and never once heard someone mention the word "hockey".

Don't forget, Botterill is reportedly good friends with Antipin's agent.

I'd be all in to package him in a swap with a team that can return the favor and give us a defenseman to take the load off Risto.

Who does Boston have on their roster or system that we'd want?

I have a conspiracy theory, which may just have some substance. The reports a Russian named Antipin was coming here surfaced March 14th. We end up firing not only our coach, but also GM. Strangely, this doesn't faze him at all - still says he's signing with the Sabres. We also heard he was considering the Pens, but no, he's still signing with the team with no HC instead of the SC contender. JBot was hired and comes out and says plans haven't changed in regards to Antipin signing Sabres. Then we hear rumblings that Pegs had contacted JBot while GMTM was still employed, at some point at the end of the season. Just what if JBot was the person who oringally recruited Antipin, but not for Pens, but the Sabres? This would mean JBot would've had a gentleman's agreement with Pegs before March 14th. As well as GMTM being dead man walking before March 14th as well.

I can see why he'd turn down the Pens. He can only sign for 1 year, so he'll need as much ice time as possible to prove himself. That wouldn't happen playing for the Pens or any other playoff contender.

No doubt. His "jail" could've been guilt. I think the is the Buffalo Inferiority Complex rearing its ugly head. In the end, I doubt his sense of "jail" had anything to do with the city or the franchise, but more to do with the situation.

But he wasn't trapped. He had the financial means to easily walk away. As another poster pointed out, he could've asked for his release, had his agent seek a trade, or just dissolve his contract and walk away.

Someone should get Eichel on the phone and him if this dude's for real.

Being miserable at work, regardless the "large and big contract", does not equate to being in jail. No way, no shape, no how. Ridiculous. Plus, show me someone who's never been miserable at a job during their career and I'll introduce you to the Easter Bunny.

That's a strawman argument. He never said that. I would hope you know that.

I'm pretty sure he's trying to make the point that great defensemen can come in any size and not to automatically dismiss a player based on size.

Great. I hope 0% of this actually went into the decision to hire him. This was specifically brought up. I think during the GR interview.

True. Contracts are null and void only if they enter coaching/GMing. And even if they are hired to coach/GM for less money than the Buffalo contracts, Pegula needs to make up the difference. Most of them choose TV for obvious reasons.

Blahterrill

Ok. Pens still alive. Still no hire. If not, I would move on.

Well, there's Koch's postulates, but over the years they have taken many hits. For example, a pathogen may not cause the same disease in 2 different hosts, or maybe just in 1 host and not the other. The pathogen is still believed to cause disease though. The framework they are built around still a good exercise in scientific thinking. I think if anyone's watching hockey tonight, they are most interested in the Pens/Caps game, but not for its playoff implications.

Well, I have to admit, I work in the pseudoscience called medicine. I'm a physician-scientist at very large research hospital located in Bethesda, MD . There's no such thing as "theories". At my workplace, it's show me the evidence or we just don't know (which is mostly the case when it comes to the human body). And every time I saw an experiment won't/can't show anything or complication X can't happen in disease Y, it does. Like clockwork.