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Der Jaeger

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  1. Most of their high schools are large. They form their ISDs deliberately to make bigger high schools. We had two huge high schools and didn’t live in a big city..
  2. True. But having lived in Texas, nearly every high school has a huge football stadium. Our two area high schools had stadiums of 11.5k and 9k. By northeastern standards, those are huge and could be non-D1 college stadiums.
  3. Only one I’d consider is the Wild deal, and only if they switched Jones with Schneider
  4. I take the Anaheim deal in a nanosecond. Hard to think the Sabres are going to do well this season. With Wright, Lambert, and Savoie all available, they can fill their center spot in the 2022 draft.
  5. I think the deal is going to be Smith, Krebs, Elvenes, Korczak, and a 2022 1st Adams then moves Smith at the TDL with 50% retention for a pick
  6. I think it’s going to be Vegas. I think GMKM and his team are trying to figure out how to make LTIR work in the same way it worked for Tampa. Eichel doesn’t fit under a cap without LTIR, and I assume Tuch and Eichel will both need LTIR time. That will also potentially give Vegas some accrued cap space. Even if Vegas doesn’t dump a contract, they’re under the original cap with Eichel and Tuch on LTIR. So there’s some daily cap space money to accrue. I think the hold up is trying to make it work on Vegas’ end. I’d bet GMKM is trying to make this work without giving up anyone on the roster.
  7. If San Jose goes in on Eichel, it’d need to be futures almost exclusively. The Sharks have too many big contracts to give up current roster players. Getting Eichel would be all about making their last big playoff push. They’d want all hands on deck. I could see Eklund, some combination of prospects (Borderleau, Robins, etc) and a couple first round picks. I think that’s a light package. I also think SJ would be insane to mortgage their future to bet on three 30-some defenders making a Cup run.
  8. Krebs is an average sized forward who plays big. Boldy is power forward sized but doesn’t play big.
  9. Korczak at RD would bring some edge. Chayka just got drafted and could be available
  10. Yeah, it wasn’t a big deal for us. They wear different head gear, are allowed facial hair, and eat differently. Which is really no big deal to accommodate. They all understand that they can’t serve in combat units if they adhere to religious guidelines. They’d need to shave. Chemical/biological protective masks don’t always seal if the wearer doesn’t shave. And getting them a different kind of food is tough. Most of them serve in ways that it doesn’t become an issue, like cyber or medical (Stateside medical facilities).
  11. Is this really the basis of your argument?
  12. He’s not. But he’s had a crappy development situation. Botterill force fed him NHL minutes. And Krueger brought a lot of players down. Have to take in the whole situation and context.
  13. With the roster the Sabres have, who was going to be protected instead? Eakin? In summary, that’s what I originally said. The Sabres would be smart to give it a bit longer.
  14. There’s a huge difference between quoting a stat with no context, and using stats to inform decisions and further investigation. I am a huge advocate for analytics. But done in a vacuum isn’t smart. Saying a player is who he is after 145 games, without investigating the circumstances of those games, is silly.
  15. I guess context doesn’t matter. 41 games with STL as a 20 year old rookie 65 games in his second year, on a crap Buffalo team, where Botterill kept him with the Sabres when it was clear he need to be in Rochester. Finally and mercifully sent to Rochester, where he looked good and started to develop. 1 game in the NHL his third year. 38 games last season, scored 2 points under Krueger, and generally sucked. Scored 12 points for Granato and looked better. Maybe a bit of patience might be in order instead of stat watching.
  16. I commanded a basic training battalion , and we had a few Sikh trainees who graduated and became Soldiers. They were all generally good and kept their nose down and grinder it out, just like everyone else. Anecdotal, but my experience.
  17. Breaking news: 23 year old forward plays first full NHL season on league’s worst team. Metrics aren’t good.
  18. https://twitter.com/blueseatblogs/status/1416542543123259402?s=21 Not sure if this guy is credible or not, but if this trade almost went down, Adams needs to be on the phone offering up Reinhart.
  19. I did Capfriendly’s expansion draft builder. Lots of defensemen available, no matter who teams protect, unless a lot of teams go 8-1. I think a few teams are going to lose a top 4 defenseman. It might drive Ristolainen’s price up.
  20. Well, except Sanderson scored 34 goals in 1995-96, 36 goals in 1996-97, 30 goals in 2000-2001, and 34 goals in 2002-03. Butterfly goalies were plentiful in 95-96 and the style of play became basically the norm mid 1990s onward. Sanderson scored 46 goals in 1992-93, and 41 goals in 1993-94, for comparison. Stand up goalies were pretty common those years. I suspect the dead puck era trapping and clutch and grab had more to do with his goal production drop, of 5-10 goals per season during his best years. Andrew Cassels was his center for 5 of Sanderson’s 6 big goal production years. 2000-01 was the outlier.
  21. You can go with a Bonino type at center, and build a Kessel-Bonino-Hagelin line. Skinner can be the Kessel. Actually, Bjork on the other wing, and acquire a defensive center who plays a similar game to Bonino, and it’s a decent version. Getting a center like Wennberg does have advantages. He plays well without the puck. And he can get the puck to dangerous areas. I’d be up for a Skinner-Wennberg-Bjork line.
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