pi2000

After rereading his article, I'm of the opinion that he should retire. It's not worth his long term health to risk another episode. These situations never end well. I know some former pros who continue to struggle with lingering symptoms long after their careers have ended.

Rip gives him #62 until he makes the team after camp... and then he gets #58.

What about AHL? Or Aliso Viejo Ice Palace Div 1 adult league?

I'm not offended by McDermott bringing up Jesus and whatnot. To each his own. I'm just concerned that if things start going sideways, we're going to hear about how God has a plan and stuff like that... which makes losing OK in his mind. I want a leader who doesn't tolerate losing. Maybe he doesn't tolerate losing and I shouldn't be concerned, but most religious folks I know accept bring dealt a bad hand because it's all part of God's plan.

Will college players play? What does the D1 schedule look like?

That would be God's will. :P

haha, yeah, nice wedding gift for ERod, however, I don't think he deserves a one-way deal. doesn't necessarily mean he'll be playing with the big club tho, both Nelson and Ullmark are on one-ways. It always amazes me how much difference there is in AHL vs NHL salary on the two-way deals.... Nylander 70K/yr in AHL, 832k/yr NHL. A one-way deal is huge for these guys.

Yeah, I think the players at the NFL level see through that stuff. He sounds like he'd make a fantastic college head coach. I could see a Nick Saban type of tenure he had with the Dolphins. Can't wait to hear post-game interviews where everything happened because God wanted it to happen that way and there's a lesson in all of it good or bad. At some point some reporter is going to call him out on it.

Cardale Jones

The whole size/strength thing is overrated IMO. Every prospect interviewed at dev camp spoke of getting bigger and stronger over the summer, when they should focus mostly on endurance and speed of movement. Strength will come naturally as they age. Getting too big too fast only slows you down and you lose some muscle memory and coordination in the process.

Name one top 15 goalie in the league who struggles as bad as Lehner on breakaways. Stopping breakaways is part of the game, it's not just shootout situations. He's the worst I've ever seen at stopping them, he needs to show improvement in that area or pay somebody else who is better at stopping them.

there it is

RFA

Girgensons

Good deal I guess. Wonder what he woulda got in arbitration.... probably less?

This is true.

The red flag here is the "routine bump" in practice that set of this entire series of events. He had concussion symptoms and couldn't sleep, started dropping weight, etc... just because of a routine bump in practice. That's not good news. Ultimately his conditioned worsened due to a negative reaction to the medication, but he fact that he needed the medication in the first place is a bad sign and bad for his future IMO.

A routine bump in practice? Oh boy.

fixed

Ha, no that's not me. I tend to agree with his assessment. Too many questions marks to forecast them as a playoff team. If it all comes together, it's possible.

OT Cup win a couple weeks ago...

I'm more worried about Lehner. Just because he thinks he's better than he is. Beaulieu doesn't concern me.

They must really like playing/living in Nashville.

Not great. They'll likely struggle out of the gate, maybe allow fewer shots but higher quality scoring chances.