lordstanley

I don’t see why he put out a statement at all. The entire statement is intended to downplay it as a silly mistake by a great guy that someone took the wrong way. People will draw their own conclusions anyways, so why not just “I sent an offensive text that has resulted in my termination. I apologize to the recipient, the Tigers organization, and my family for doing so”.

McDavid wants a Cup. He doesn’t want his new team to be gutted. Otherwise he won’t accept it. He will wait 2 years and leave for nothing to a new team that loses no assets except cash and cap space. As awesome as he is, this drives his value down

DeBrincat, Edvinsson, Cossa and a 1st.

I've predicted for awhile that McDavid will be a Shark in a couple of years. Massive contract for him that will be fit in thanks to a bunch of young stars on starter contracts.

It sucks. And I heard about if after the fact, thought the draw was a bit later.

If that is the case, I would trade him in whatever is faster than a heartbeat. Because he was drafted #15 overall. So Yzerman would be crazy not to trade him for a #13 overall this year, for example. I'd be shocked if any GM would part any 1st rounder at all for him.

And up until last week wasn’t Chayka managing 15 Wendy’s franchises, having been out of hockey for 6 years? Edit: Yes. But it was 50 franchises. .

I am confident the Tigers will survive and Skubal will return, but because of this he will only be able to go 5 innings in the deciding game of a playoff series, not 6.

I doubt you could get more than a 3rd rounder for Cossa straight up right now. So he won't be the centrepiece of a trade, but could be used to push another deal over the edge.

I wonder if Yzerman would have made that pick if he had had only one 1st rounder that year. Seems like teams with multiple 1st rounders in one draft often reach with one of them, although I have no data to back up my perception. And by reach, Wallstedt and Cossa were both rated as 1st rounders but I too am against drafting them in the 1st round - development time too long and unpredictable. The Habs got 17 starts this year from a 21-year old 3rd rounder and 43 starts + playoffs from a 24-year old 5th rounder.

Colorado's goal total matched Montreal's shot total. Avs beat Wild 9-6.