JoeSchmoe

It's because they wouldn't spend the $1million+ for a 7th round pick if the plan was to spend above the floor anyways. Edit: you might be right that this COULD be insurance, it's more likely this is your classic Coyote move.

If the team plans on spending to the cap floor by acquiring legit hockey players, this move would be purely a waste of money (unless you want to try to convince me they paid the $1million-something cash for a 7th round pick). The stark reality is it's clear KA made the move to get to the floor without actually getting to the floor. All this while the price of oil and gas are cranking through the roof. Cheers to the Pegula lifestyle!!!

The only logical reason they'd make this move is to get to the floor without really getting to the floor. Until there is any indication otherwise, I think there's plenty of reason for pessimism. With all the cap room I was really hoping they'd give MAF a 2 or 3 year offer he couldn't refuse. 1 year to be the #1, then another 1-2 years to mentor Levi. I guess that isn't happening.

If you grew up watching it, you probably like it. If not, the action is slow. Same goes for baseball. I'd bet the Euros have the same opinion on it as we do soccer. We North Americans that grew up with it can follow all the games within the game and enjoy for what it is despite the generally slow pace. That said, it's tough not to feel excited by a World Cup game or a playoff baseball game even if you're not a big fan of either sport. But with hockey, I've yet to hear anyone not like it (unless they're put off by the violence). If everywhere in the world had ice and could afford skates, it would be the world #1 sport because it's just that good.

They could eliminate this with one fell swoop with video replay. You get caught diving you miss the next game. Done.

Do you mean this strategy?

I hope I'm wrong, but I worry the kid will struggle badly in Roch. It'd be tough to watch as a fan of the team, and could hurt his development. I don't know the logistics, but it'd be good if he could do a year in the CHL as a first intro to the North American game. There he could hopefully put on some size, then go to Roch the following season, where he'll still potentially struggle.

Too lazy to look at all the stats, but were Bryson or Fitz ever as good as Pilut was in Rochester? How was Pilut in the KHL? I'll agree with those that say they give him a pass on the Krueger days. I was pretty high on him before. That said, his ship has likely sailed in Buffalo, but hopefully he'd be a tradeable commodity, maybe as part of a package... Even for a pick.

Making Team Canada is a much taller order than Team Sweden.

I don't think the Swedish Jr League is as good as the CHL, so I'd want to see him get more points than his much lower drafted CHL counterparts. More importantly, I'd also want to see him well ahead of William Von Barnekow in ppg, who was taken in the 6th round by the team. Unfortunately, he was behind WVB... Not ahead of him. I'd also want him to not be virtually invisible in the World U20s this year. Also, I'd like to see how much weight he put on in the last year to see how serious he is about playing NHL hockey. The initial link from SabresPR at @Brawndo posted has him listed at 159lb. Hopefully that's incorrect, because his draft profile from last year has him listed at 161. https://thehockeywriters.com/2021-nhl-draft-profile-isak-rosen/

I'm just P.O.'d they took him where they did, mainly just based on the U18s. If they wanted to take a high risk - high reward player, I wish they would have did some homework on a CHL kid that didn't play due to the lockdown.

The guy we picked in the 6th round out produced him in the same league... And he has a WAY cooler name to boot. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/420445/william-von-barnekow

He was invisible in the World Juniors when I watched him.

Check his ppg in the Swedish Junior League this year. Small sample size of only 8 games, but he's WAY back. https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/j20-nationell/stats/2021-2022?sort=ppg And it's not like he's got the size to make up for his pedestrian scoring against other kids. I could probably look the other way if he was knocking on 200lbs.

Admittedly, I don't pay much attention to these types of signings, and didn't pay any attention to when the other guys signed... But I will say every one of those guys you mentioned is further along than Rosen is right now.

Outside of his inflated draft position, he's done absolutely nothing to deserve this.

I'm at an arena for my son and just heard all Finns singing "We Are The Champions" as the music is pumped into the arena. Obviously the ceremony was all preplanned, but it seems a little low end under the circumstances.

Is it that, or is it that he knows he's slumping?

Quinn seems to have the hockey equivalent of the yips. His decision making screams trying too hard instead of playing the game by natural feel.

Why any gun control at all? Arm everyone with nukes. The 2nd amendment should be absolute. Anything less is just a conspiracy by the Dems and the elites to keep us responsible nuke owners down. 🤠🚀

Man... You really had your finger on the button for this post. Series just ended!

There's a difference though. Alex Tuch's favourite team is the Buffalo Sabres. Auston Matthews favourite team is Auston Matthews.

Every year after the Leafs get knocked out, I celebrate by rereading this article from the Toronto Sun. Such a finely written piece that so succinctly sums up everything I hate about the Leafs and why I love watching them crash and burn. https://torontosun.com/2017/09/11/simmons-vaulted-by-big-3-this-maple-leafs-team-is-a-champion-in-waiting

Hotels are one option. The other is booking through private property management agencies. In the early days, private owners on VRBO undercut the property managers by quite a bit. Not any more, but I find both options to usually be more than hotels these days.

I quit using both due to fees. I used to love the early days of VRBO before Expedia took them over.