Thorny

Both him and McDavid were Smythe favorites but McDavid maintained/elevated in the final and Bob has declined

I think I’d credit the oilers more. Except for Bobrovsky - he’s been disappointing Game 7 could honestly go either way though. A lot will come down to first goal If it gets there

With what like a 6 team league on an unfairly advantaged Habs team? McDavid is better than Harvey

His sheer dominance over the others of his era gives him a bye right to the top 10 imo i think he’s the “best” to ever do it but yes, in terms of greatness I think he’s got a ways to go to catch the top guys but he’d be flirting with ~5-6 imo with a win here

Shorsey is about as accurate a depiction as it is to say Canadians are maple syrup swigging igloo dwelling yokels who only say eh

Where do you rank McDavid all time If they win the cup? Top 5? To me, I still have Sid ahead due to the 3 cups, but I bet you I’d be in the minority

I know you want to frame Skinner as “those who think he has value” and “those who aren’t deluded or naive” but that’s not accurate - - - Sure, re: Casey. My point though was that he had a pretty good playoffs - we already know that

I did, you can lean on this because you don’t have anything coherent to say but easier just to take the L 9 points in 11 games isn’t Jack sh*t Their captain said otherwise as did the stats

I know but you asked what was controversial presumably re: the perception of others and he laid it out

It’s not my fault the barometer you chose for your argument was “Jack-sh*t.”

This is the part of what PA was talking about that I get

It’s not just casuals. A massive factor is also where your priorities are for next season

He literally explained this tho

9 points in 11 games and MacKinnon said he was their best player after the Jets series. Ok

Krebs to Philly for future considerations: there’s your addition by subtraction

Sound like my Dad with the Tiger thing lol Tiger is a big reason I don’t consider all the sports watching I’ve done over the years completely pointless. He’s carried a lot of water in the “facilitation of rooting interest enjoyment” category for me probably more than any other rooting interest I’ve had His demeanour was part and parcel with the reason he’s the greatest golfer to ever play The field would collapse around him, literally, through pure intimidation Jordan was an ass, too. That’s sort of the point

It’s definitely something I’ve personally just dropped because arguing against it seems imminently futile

If this is someone’s rooting interest…I mean damn lol

Not this one so far

I use the 18 minutes of downtime to curate my bias in advance, and formulate my opinion before listening to what they actually have to say

If that’s not the default I’d probably question one’s logic. Let’s be real, here Can they succeed? Absolutely. It would be foolish to expect it though given precedent You have to WANT to watch it

still doing the “want to be here” thing, I see. Anyways Krebs seems to be a priority

I’ve mentioned this before, maybe no one will care as I’m not sure what kind of Sabres / Jays overlap there is but the similarities are FRIGHTENINGLY identical. Read this Twitter thread re: a defence of Atkins offseason for the Jays “The more I think about it, it’s not what Atkins didn’t do, it’s the declines of Thompson and Cozen….err Vladdy and Springer! Who even was there??? - - - this is the first tweet

Would honestly be shocked if Catton wasn’t the pick. If he’s the guy ranked up top that’s supposed to fall, that’s our MO The chances of our draft board above us going in order and a player we have ranked above 11 not falling is almost zero mathematically It’s almost impossible the Sabres can’t draft a perceived “steal” at 11 it’s just how rankings work. One of the players we have ranked on the top 10 won’t go top 10, it’s almost certain. Every team drafting in the top 20 or so will be able to get a perceived steal. Just depends who ends up correct But if they are predisposed to making the pick, they’ll find a way to make it. There will almost always be a player who presents as excellent value