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There's nothing to be gained from being an overager though. You've given up money and you still have no control over your destination. The NCAA guy gets to go where he wants so there is more leverage. I think they are only fixated on him because he might be available.

I think so. I wouldn't be surprised if the conversation went along these lines: Lindy - "why don't you have any tough guys drafted and playing in Rochester?" Adams - "they weren't BPA" Lindy - "well get a guy or two in there and then when we draft them they can take that spot, we need them" Adams - "okay I guess" (Pegula - "I don't like this but do what Lindy wants Kev") Because Lindy knows, like it or not, this is still a thing we will have to deal with:

True, but I can't see them turning on him there. He's too much of a local legend type thing. You'd probably see him bumped upstairs to some sort of upper management role if they wanted to go new GM. Sort of like Philly has done with their "legends" over the years. Or the way Cam Neely gets to sit up top in Boston.

So the very top group is pretty much the same as last year. Nashville adds obviously move them up. Same for New Jersey, but I'd seriously question Detroit being placed there. Utah is the wildcard to watch for me. Some good kids in the system, some big time new additions, a new environment. They could surprise.

Canadian Costcos might be different. Hard to say. I love Costco, I will admit it.

On a related note, here's a different highlight look for last season. Some of you will enjoy this almost as much as I did. Peterka, Tuch and Dahlin all come off well in it. Cozens, not so much. The Rempe DesLauriers fight is just on a whole other level.

About time. They should always have a couple of those big boys down there to protect the kids. AHL can be a rougher league than the NHL with some of the hacks in it.

I was joking about Lasagna before but that is how it might have started. Somebody made a pizza in a Lasagna pan and the sides of the pan allowed you to lay more stuff on top of the dough without it spilling over. Anything with good sauce and cheese is going to taste good regardless. Never seen it in our Costco but I will look closer just for fun. Walmart I avoid.

So Farabee rumors, there's your destination. Philly loves our D men 🙂

B pluses? wow, just wow. Well now I know why the Athletic is in financial trouble.

So why is it Detroit then? They not have round dishes in Michigan? 🙂 We definitely don't have it around here.

If you are ever in Hamilton go to Valentino's in Westdale (if it's still there). This was the best pizza I've ever had in my life. Nothing like it out west here. West coast pizza is generally pretty bad. I knew that I was kidding because of the square deep dish. I don't really consider Chicago deep dish pizza either. If you want all that stuff imo you might as well fold it over and call it a Panzerotti.

So it's Lasagna 🙂 Strange. I don't think anybody in Canada sells that. Certainly not out west. Probably tastes good, but I'm not sure it's actually pizza.

What the hell is a Detroit Style Pizza? Domino's? i.e. bad.

Hard to make an assessment of the UPL situation without knowing how much he wants or how much they are offering. I just don't think Beck has enough of a resume to demand a high end contract (from a 4th line perspective).

They are an outlier though. Their 4th line gets a lot of ice time and isn't really a typical 4th line.

4th line players average around 1 million across the league. Bruins for example are paying their 4th line 1 mil, 835,000 and 832,500 respectively for Jones, Kastelic and Beecher. We're already paying Lafferty 2 million for a likely 4th line role. How much do you want to keep overpaying guys for before it all collapses as the kids want their paydays? Girgs was getting 3rd line money. It was a bad contract. A really bad contract.

It would have been different and interesting that's for sure. Some players respond to him some don't. We'd only be guessing as to how that would go but I can guarantee you he wouldn't have gotten along with Pegula. Torts just don't give a s$$t if he's fired or not. He's basically at retirement age, has money, loves his dogs and while he enjoys coaching and teaching the kids he's fine to walk away as well so he would not tolerate ANY dumb suggestions from Pegula. He just wouldn't. Back to the players, Skinner would obviously have been benched and done. Really not sure how things would have gone with Thompson. Not sure Torts would be okay with the gentle giant and would want more out of him and his size. It would have been interesting to enter an alternate universe and see who and how many players rebelled and how many bought in. We might get some idea with Ruff. They've added guys who are a little more workmanlike and ditched Skinner so we shall see. Ruff is not as harsh or quick to react as Torts but he does demand accountability. At least he has in the past. Captain matters and I'm sticking with my original idea that it has to be Tuch. Dahlin might buy in, but he has no history to weigh against Ruff and he's too highly paid. He could lead a players revolt just as easily as a leadership buy in. Tuch, on the other hand, will buy in 100% and as a leader can make that infectious. Never been a believer that the best player is captain by default. It only works will the absolute elite who have that work ethic with them from the beginning like a Crosby.

Zegras is different. Eichel had something to prove and entered a highly structured team with a tough coach and a very strong leadership core. We on the other hand are just trying to start building a new culture so why risk it? If Ruff didn't think he could fix Skinner he won't have a way to fix Zegras either.

Farabee was a -4 against Vancouver and in that game he tried a Michigan and missed it. Pissed Torts off and he sat him the next game in Calgary. Farabee's agent started chirping and then things went south. They supposedly made up after all that but maybe the stink lingers on one side or both. That's what my Flyer's buddy told me anyway. Farabee's character has been questioned by some Philly fans but it's polarized as to whether it's Torts or Farabee at issue. I wouldn't gamble on him myself in case Torts is right. He was right about Hayes. He was right about PLD.

cause Zegras is a soft egomaniacal baby.

I'm with you on this. In some ways it would be like doing Skinner again. Different, but in many ways the same. No thanks. It's time for culture change. Don't handcuff Ruff with a huge ego coming in.

I would be talking if the deal involved Ehlers and McGroarty (assuming McGroarty had no issues with Buffalo), for that I'd give them Kulich Östlund and a pick or two if needed to make it happen.

What do you mean what happens? You flip Zucker at the deadline to somebody who wants a winger for the playoffs even if you have to retain salary to do it. You get another asset back for him and even if you are still in the hunt you go with Kulich. Hardly a problem or an issue. Krebs is currently your first injury sub. But after that yes.

Of course he says that to start, because he is looking at winning now and he will play whoever is playing best. Adams is the one who might think big picture long term and for him he sees Levi as the guy I'm pretty sure of that. In any event it doesn't matter, at least one of them has to play great for them to have a chance at playoffs.