1984Echoes

There's no way she can be worse than Trump. Now... Maybe she is... More... Grotesque than Drumpf... Just a suggestion.

I'm not talking about the program. I was talking about the reason to trade him. I didn't mean to tie two things together without an explanation but... I guess I did. As for the off-ice problems and the program... sure, yes... But, again... as for the trade... I don't think the trade was due to the off-the-ice issues as much as the philosophical differences. (Ooops, I did it again).

IMO I think it was a question of philosophy. Vrana's was different from Lalonde's...

This would be correct...

And basing that on last year...

My Head Explosion draft is a trade down with the Panthers for their 2nd round pick, and: #9 (Panthers) Devon Weatherspoon, CB #18 Bijan Robinson, RB #39 (Panthers) Steve Avila, OG #48 Hendon Hooker, QB #55 (Vikings) Jordan Battle, S #81 Daiyan Henley, LB

I think he basically just refused to play D, or play the D that Lalonde wanted him to... So he was dumped. I'm just reading between the lines here...

This. The first part yes. I'm not certain about the second part (which I deleted, so, really... just answering what I quoted).

I'm going to argue until I'm blue in the face... Ivey should be primary ballhandler and initiate the offense, and Cade secondary when the ball swings out to him.

Ah, yeah... Maybe they were trying to get a 3rd team for retention and that is what fell through?

NHL TV Network is going to discuss this failed trade. Also: Detroit may have been only a salary retention team for a pick in this trade, but... not certain what failed in the trade? Watch NHL and we'll see...

No... He said the team needs to "hit" on some later round picks. It can't just be 1st rounders that a team hits on... In reference to your point... he has also said that a team can haver too many draft picks and needs to utilize them in different manners... So... he's used them in trades (obtained Husso for a pick), and in trade ups to target a player (Cossa). I think that this is what you are thinking of...?

PS: Probably shouldn't expect more than a 4th for Sundqvist... not what I meant... But that SY is trying to build a playoff-level team so that return is weaker than just holding onto him... dependent on some subsequent move SY is planning/ trying...

That pick's a little weak so... I think the important part of that deal will be what subsequent moves SY makes... with that pick or otherwise...

Sundqvist traded to the Wild for a 2023 4th...

Detroit pulled out on the JVR trade I guess...? At least at this point. Or maybe they 1st have to move Sundqvist...? If they bring him in... I think it's just for playoff-level leadership, not for his soon-to-be 34 y.o. skillset...?

I heard Sundqvist to the Wild for a pick but no details/ confirmation yet...

Jim Jordan's "FBI Whistleblowers" claiming "FBI Partisan Bias" are fired QFBI employees paid off by Trump: MAGA Horseshit spewing bullshit: https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-witnesses-paid-trump-ally-130509000.html

Yeah I didn't want to address the in-your-face racism from unnamed poster but I've made mental note of it... And I'll leave it at that.

And more Tanks and Artillery and APC's etc... Those GMLR's range 90-ish miles so more range/ higher ability to destroy Russian supply lines & depots, bridges, Crimea, etc., etc...

Vrana dumped for a bucket of pucks. To the Blues for a 27 y.o. AHL Center and a 2025 7th...

That's to cross the Dnieper River to the east of Kherson City and to push the Russians all the way back to Crimea. Bottle them up there... and Ukraine could sweep from west to east and push Russians out of Zaphorizhzhia, Melitopol, and Mariupol... And then Russia would be back to where they started BEFORE the war began... It could get interesting over the next few months, depending on what Ukraine actually does in the way of counterattacks...

I don't want a slow, run-plugging LB'er. We have those. I want a fast and furious safety/LB'er type of hybrid coverage LB'er - Simpson/ Henley? - that can cover LB'ers and RB's and run sideline-to-sideline making 30 tackles and 2 INT's/ game... Well, that might be exaggerating it a bit. But just a little.

The Lions may shock us and take him at 6. I'm just trying to read the tea leaves/ coach/GM speak that's floating around. They want supremely talented players and they don't care what anybody else thinks about what they are doing. I'm not going to stress. There's more than one way to pick up defensive players so... We'll just have to live with whatever they come up with. I'm steeling myself to not be surprised by ANYTHING that Holmes decides to do... in the way of player acquisition.

Just a good enough backup... Hellberg is fine short term... For the future: I don't know if that's Ned, or Cossa gets better (at least 2-3 years away...?) or...?