Thorny

Toffoli to Jets

“I got Tim hortons and took the day off work for this?” - - - I can’t believe we’re slated to draft 8th again haha

Yes? Wait, no

He’s not leaving

McDavid is a playmaker, but he scores a lot of goals. If we need to arbitrarily cling to players being defined by a max of one designation, he’s not typically classified as a “goal scorer” - but that doesn’t stop McDavid from being one of the best goal scorers on the NHL. It shouldn’t dampen our outlook on Quinn as a playmaker is his stat line one day reads 40g 40a rather than 20g 40a. Quinn can pass the puck. Benson: again, not a skill issue, execution issue. He’s not producing yet, no, but you said it in your post: “rookie”. Obviously we know we need production now and outside help at that, but the discussion was more so veering into whether Benson in theory could represent the playmaking from wing we need and the answer is definitely yes.

Everyone just travels around in a big pack

Guys like Thompson and Cozens theoretically work fine at C as long as we complement them with playmaking wingers. It’s been that way in the league for a while that you don’t necessarily need to funnel the playmaking through the “centreman” as forwards generally rove around in the O zone wherever they want. Say, Marner in Toronto. As long as we have guys like Benson and Quinn filling out the wings I think Thompson and Cozens work more than fine provided they are on their game. I don’t think it’s a skill and fit issue, it’s an execution issue the biggest thing the guy listed in the middle of the depth chart needs to have is the defensive awareness to handle the centre’s responsibilities in the D zone: where F positions actually become more relevant

I think it might just be generational

There may be merit to the idea they need to learn from someone with legit experience, but with such an overkill of youth they struggle to relate to older players. Maybe they do need a Byram. “There’s a dude bro we can trust.” Imo, under this line of thinking I don’t understand how Granato could still be here, for a team in such need of experience. Maybe they think a vet coach would be tuned out

Get guys gone

Deadline day! Let’s gooooooo

All your base are belong to us

STILL only 9 points out. We aren’t gonna make it but Tampa is ass

I’m not so sure

How does Comrie look

It’s so innocuous it’s almost more believable

I guess Adams is trying to DO the Nashville model from a few years back, no? Somewhat? If D is going to be your strength make it REALLY your strength, multiple great defenders, and strong tending, whether it’s the massive Rinne/UPL or the diminutive Saros/Levi?

Mittelstadt was a great name, fun to say. On that front Bowen Byram is a very reasonable return Bowen Byram

We benefited from it vs Carolina it giveth and taketh Tired: ^ Wired: Send Comrie to Rochester and play Ryan Johnson in goal

If Dylan Cozens and Bowen Byram, however, do it, it’s probably a good omen for this team getting a little more serious about winning

Lol no. They don’t need to do anything anyone says. they just need to make the playoffs once It is not a “flex” to judge based on actual results.

I assume he meant pass-first tho, so I prob wouldn’t include Quinn. To me he’s more like a Mark Stone duel threat on each play I think the Habs have 5 guys from that draft too

Well, Krebs

Lord help us tho if “who even was there?” gets uttered. If you willingly create a hole, you are amendable to the results regardless of how much the market doesn’t want to hold your hand

Absolutely true. And they’d be right to. Unfortunately for Kevyn Adams, and all GMs, hindsight need not apply: it is literally their job to find results, not to “make decisions that seem defensible at the time”. Every GM *thinks* they are making the right move. They are literally judged based on the actual result. That’s why they are paid professionals