Broken Ankles

I dont pretend to know anything about a Goaltenders development but what I do know is 40% of the top 50 winning goaltenders last year saw significant starts (25 or more) by age 22 or before. UPLs results in 2019 and 2020 could be concerning but he had flashes of really good play to end last season. At some point you need to know he can offer this team. Next year seems to be the year where this “experiment” might hurt the organization the least if it fails. He was drafted relatively high, and 22 seems to be the age when other organizations are giving chances to their young netminders. I don’t buy into the idea of shell-shocking a 22 year will ruin any prospect of greatness. Adversity does not build character, it reveals it. Let the kid compete for a chance to make the team.

The Chadster getting ideas from SS again? Starting a sentence with "Chad proposed a three way" was intriguing, until I realized it's not 1979 and I am not reading Penthouse forum.

I suppose that’s better than the 700 Club. Pat looks awful these days. Why can’t televangelists retire like normal people? Dude will die on the set.

Ray’s grammatical error?

A $50k raise and no state taxes? #winning

Even less. It’s all based on working days in a state that taxes against the total days of a season, including preseason. For example if you play the Rangers twice in New York City it’s not 2 out of 82 games but rather how many days you’re in New York versus approximately 200+ days in an NHL season which could be far less as a percent. In addition to this any games played against Tampa, Carolina, Dallas, Nashville, and Vegas are not subject to state taxes.

How can we get to 400 with tangents? A necessary evil in this thread.

Like who? Neither Minnesota nor Vegas have true “cap dumps” that will miraculously strengthen their roster/cap situations. Minnesota had two toxic contracts and it resulted in buyouts. Vegas discussions have supposedly included Smith to offset the cap hit John would add but he isn’t a cap dump. Just someone who would get pushed outside the top six so is assumed included in a return. He has some value.

No first. Just the first four. What do you say now?

What is Krebs and Tuch are locked at 1&2. This is part 3?

Is Krebs the only centerpiece for Vegas that is acceptable? Curious if this Chad information is accurate and they are talking about secondary parts of a deal, have they come to terms that parts 1 & 2 are already agreed too?

And his agent? 😉

Was it YOU who supplied the information to the Vogl?

We just found out WHY the Sabres are signing those min contracts. To pay for this contract.

I want to see Craig come in the locker room and go all Blake on their $hit first day..... This watch costs more than your car. I made $39,000,000 in my career. How much you make? You see, pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. You're a nice guy? I don't give a *****. Good father? F*ck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna play here? WIN! You think I'm too hard on you? You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you c0ck$ucker? If you can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get in the playoffs? You don't like it, leave. I can go out there tonight with the equipment and defense you've got and save 60 shots myself. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can YOU? Go and do likewise. Get mad you son of a *****! Get mad! You want to know what it takes to win games in the NHL. It takes BRASS BALLS to wing in the NHL! Go and do likewise, gents. The money's out there. You pick it up, it's yours. You don't, I got no sympathy for you. WIN! It's yours. If not, you're gonna be sharpening my skates. And you know what you'll be saying - a bunch of losers sittin' around in a bar? 'Oh yeah. I used to be an NHL player. It's a tough racket.' I'd wish you all good luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it. And to answer your question, pal, why am I here? I came here because Terry and Kim asked me to. They asked me for a favor. I said the real favor, follow my advice and fire your ***** ass, because a loser is a loser!

Might go 400 if people continue to dedicate pages to whether or not Jack’s new twitter account has a body double or a hand tattoo. More inky gifs please.

Low bar…..Limbo lower now. How low can you go?

I prefer the D&D on Sullivan Street, across from the medical center.

Y Knot F WNY.

This. Nothing more important than my team, nothing less important than theirs. I felt concerned for Lehner as a human, but as a player, nothing.

Rudderless Shame

Doubtful any team offer sheets this guy. Cap/Risk/Comp in that order. What would be a possible offer a team could make - $7.0M for 5 years? The comp is only a 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Easily matched. You need to get to $8.7M * 6 before you get 4 1st in return. Who has this space and would risk these picks? If its Detroit, yes please. Doubt he even sees anything but a bridge deal from KA.

As if losing Hall and Ullmark to the Dastardly* Bruins weren’t enough, they go and sign Steven Fogarty. When will the pain end?