JoeSchmoe

Looking at Adam's recent acquisitions really shows what being cheap gets you (5 on 5 relative xGF%). Greenway being the notable exception... Though playing the majority of his minutes with Mittelstadt might have something to do with it.

Trade some of our prospects for good players, especially D. Stop bringing in the bargain bin guys like Johnson and Clifton. New coach to whip Thompson, Cozens, and Tuch into being more accountable.

As I understand it, Adderall and a lot of the ADD medications could be use to seriously improve focus and reaction times. As such, they are quite rampant in the e-sports community. This is an interesting article (somehow it was free for me, despite being the Athletic) https://theathletic.com/1281343/2019/12/03/lars-anderson-to-play-mortal-or-not-my-experience-trying-adderall-as-a-ped/

25yo $50 million 2 kids Not how I would have done it. 😁

People have been speculating about PED use in sports forever... seriously, this is not new. I don't have to be right about it either. As a paying fan of the team who's watched the #1 center look like a mere shadow of himself with a nearly unprecedented drop off in production... going from a SportsCenter highlight almost every night to maybe one this year- I'm going to muse about this as a possibility. I'll also check in here to see if anyone else thinks this could be a possibility. It's harsh reality in sports these days that some fans seem unwilling to accept. I guarantee you this type of conversation is going on all the time in other sports message boards. Not sure why we have to be so sensitive here.

That's a pretty good example. One thing to consider some employers will test their employees for drugs after an incident, even when there is no evidence to support that anything was below board.

You're welcome to disagree. The Colo thing was a shock to me so I'll always wonder this going forward. Just my own experience.

I'm not saying he's on PED's. I did say it's likely he needs surgery and/or is not as motivated as he was last year. I will say his falloff from 94 points to a projected 54 (albeit in 6 less games) is pretty unprecedented. Given the extreme fall off (way more than anyone I recall who subsequently went on IR or get surgery), my mind harkens back to Colabello... whether it's right or not. Also, if he does need surgery (the most likely case- given a full offseason didn't seem to help), we should probably put him on IR now so he's back ready for next year. Last year, he had you out of your seat almost everytime he touched the puck. This year, you could count on one hand the number of times he's had a holy 💩moment. If it's not an injury, I'd consider shopping him while he still has some of last year's shine on him.

The NHL is a league where players play through injuries. If Thompson is hurt he isn't the first, and he's surely not the last. That said, I don't recall seeing players drop off this drastically as shown below. It was such a treat to watch him last year. So many highlight reel plays.

Now that I'm blocked (and happy to be)... A public service message to everyone else here. One of the key standards on this board is to debate the comment, not the poster. There's only one poster in here that I feel consistently bullies people around.. Often times under the guise of debating the post. When you say things like I've seen said to others that, this is "truly the dumbest thing I've ever seen", it goes way beyond debating the post. You've taken a piece out of the poster. Again, AS I SAID, likely Tage's struggles are due to a surgery he's put off or just lack of motivation. Just after seeing one of my favourite players of the Jays '15 run go down like Colo did, my mind still goes there. To the other posters that come on here, and consistently say things I don't agree with... Cheers! I'll try not to berate you, or treat you poorly. We all have our own lived experiences to get us to where we are today. Also, many of you are legitimately funny. I'm not sure if you're trolling or genuinely mean it, but keep doing what you're doing because you're entertaining nonetheless. Go Sabres!

To the Jays fans here, how many recall the story of Chris Colabello? Colabello hit .321 in 2015 until he got caught using PED's. After that, he had a few years in the minors before his career completely fizzled out. I know this is going to bring out the regular chorus of boo birds, but any time I see an athlete fall off the cliff as Thompson has, my mind goes to PED's. Was he taking something last year (and the end of the season before) to give him an edge? Likely, Thompson needs surgery and is playing in pain... Either that or he's mentally checked out and isn't putting in the work off the ice. Ever since Colabello though, I'll always wonder about PED's for guys who fall off a cliff like Thompson. (The exception is Alek Manoah, who seems to have fallen victim to the 🍩 rather than PED's).

At best, it's a tax for people who can't do math. You can't win. At worst, it can be those things you described. If I'm in a position where my livelihood depended on the promotion of gambling, I'd find another job.

Just tuned in this period. Cozens looks to be moving!

Sit him

I've said it here many times. The worst trade easily is when we traded Andreychuk and Puppa for Fuhr. We already had Hasek, and though he was still young, he was starting to show glimpses of what he could be. In the end, Muckler shipped out Andreychuk - a guy who scored 54 goals that year, for a goalie who at the time was about as good as the guy we already had... Maybe worse. For whatever reason, he thought Fuhr's "experience" was more important than the 54 goals he gave up. We win the cup that year if Muckler doesn't make this trade.

Kale Clague was a standout in the advanced stats last year. Unless someone that watched a lot of Amerks games could convince me otherwise, I think it'd be good if he got a fair shake at the NHL at some point this year. Likely that only happens due to injury, but his numbers from last year definitely warrant another look.

Possible way too soon glass half full take... UPL is looking more and more like legitimate NHL level goalie. I still have my doubts if he'll ever be an elite #1, but as a minimum he's at least playing competent NHL backup level hockey this year. At age 24, there's still room on the goalie development curve for him too. All that said, he's had similar stretches in the past and could easily go cold as he did before. Somehow, it just feels a bit different this time though.

Is Quinn our best F?

Yeah, I'm really out of shape too. That's what makes it all the more tragic.

I'm 48 years old, 5'11", and on the wrong side of 200 for the wrong reasons. That said, I can confidently say that I would handle myself just fine should Power get out of line in a dark alley.

Shouldn't this thread title say Skinner is out week-to-week and not indefinitely?

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