1984Echoes

Yeah that's not the competition at all. It's E-Rod-Mize-Skubal-Manning locked into the rotation, save injury. The Tigers will decide who is their 5th starter: Pineda or Alexander. Probably Pineda and Alexander is the swing guy in the BP and 6th starter... But I wouldn't bet money on that either...

I don't think that was necessarily Raymond's fault as he was looking for an outlet pass and couldn't find one... he was trying to skate to a passing lane and ended up getting himself trapped by 3 Flyers...

BTW: That was a brilliant goal by Veleno.

At first glance... I also like both Sundqvist's size and how he uses it.

This would give me reason for hope if we do indeed draft Willis.

Rodney Peete was at least a somewhat serviceable backup. And a 6th rounder to boot. No expectations for anything more than that. Ware at #7 couldn't read defenses, had difficulties transitioning from a shotgun to under-center QB, and was not accurate. IIRC our scouting director quit after Fontes insisted on drafting him (that may have come from Mouse Davis & June Jones in Wayne's ear...). A complete and total disaster with about 7 starts his entire career. Drafting Wilis at #2, if he never gains the ability to read NFL defenses and/or struggles badly with accuracy issues and locking-onto-#1 option issues... would be closer to a Ware than a Peete. Peete was nothing but an unspectacular yeoman. But not a top 10 pick either. 6th rounder? He provided great "value" for where he was selected. I don't think Willis will be either of those guys... I was just being smart with the Ware mention... Ware was particularly a disaster of an NFL QB... But if all Willis turns into is a lesser Jalen Hurt... I don't know if that's good enough. If the Lions draft him, they have to believe they can coach him up... and they better be successful with that too, if they want to stick around for the long haul...

Or Andre Ware v2.0.

It has been specifically noted that Willis is weak in those areas. Which makes him a particularly dangerous prospect, especially at #2. I take a trade down if there's interest from other teams at grabbing him in the #2 spot.

I hope Chet ain't the guy at the top of their board.

And Ty Alexander doesn't want to lose his rotation spot.

Daz is really trying to show that his hat belongs also in the 4th OF'er possibility... not just Reyes and/or Hill...

Ewww. I just threw up in my mouth.

We don't have much in the way of flashy O players but... We could use the same thing.

Billy Carter. Totally irrelevant. I agree. Someone else (or two) is, however, fixated.

There's a book out there with an appropriate title: "Everything Trump Touches Dies" It's by Rick Miller who just excoriates him. Unvarnished.

And if Sundqvist is still hurt... We could see Berggren, like, ... immediately.

Sundqvist is a Forward. Final tally is send out two D (Stecher, Leddy) a Forward (Namest), and a combo AHL'er (Witkowski) for a forward (Sundqvist) and a blueliner (Walman). I see lines as: Larkin-Bertuzzi-Raymond Veleno-Vrana-Zadina Suter-Hirose-Sundqvist Rasmussen & flip two coins between Erne, Gagner, Givani & Rowney. At some point, something has to stick here. There's nothing in that 3rd line that says we shouldn't bring up Berggren. In fact, you could drop Veleno and Zadina to the 3rd line, bring up Berggren and put him on the 2nd, and push Sundqvist up to the 2nd and that's probably a better 2nd line. Drop Hirose back to Grand Rapids. Blueliners: Walman-Seider Juolevi-Hronek Staal-Lindstrom ... those are some ugly pairings as well... It's not Seider's fault, obviously. But I don't see anything stopping the team from bringing up Sebrango or McIsaac for some run to see what they have with those two either.

If Russia blockades Mariupol and no one can gain entry... All of these war crimes don't exist. Verification IS going to be the tricky part. Even though everyone knows all those crimes absolutely exist.

But it certainly seems reasonable. It probably is less than what Ukraine is claiming, but at least a little more than the Russian numbers (simply because of verification lag...). Also, how many Russian soldiers have surrendered? I don't know who to trust with a good number there but... those guys ae no longer in the war either...

That should cap it off. It's about everything we had to trade of value. I like even getting just an extra 4th rounder simply because it allows some maneuverability in the draft to trade a couple picks to move up and get a player we really want... if the need/ opportunity arises. That's probably Namest's trade value, a 4th rounder. But the draft flexibility is the most important issue to me at this point...

Couple bigger guys if they're healthy... 3rd or 4th liners... I like that 2nd rounder in 2023 as well... That's the clincher.

Germany is working its way slowly, ever so slowly, away from its dependence on Russian oil & gas: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/20/germany-gas-deal-qatar-end-energy-dependency-on-russia

If so... good for us.

This part is true though. And Putin certainly straightened that out really quick...

I think the complaint on the 2% was a cover. Trump is an isolationist and truly wants out of NATO, International agreements/ conflicts/ etc... At least that's my opinion...