Hongbit
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The Kings are in a much different spot than the Wings. They have to make moves. They have a solid core of veteran players but it’s proven to not be good enough to get past the Oilers. They can’t run it back again and hope the 4th time will be different. Moving on from Rob Blake was the right move but hiring Holland is already a disaster. His first move to keep his buddy Jim Hiller is now made worse by Gavirkov taking less to not play for him. Throwing term at stiffs like Ceci and Dumoulin and signing Corey Perry has mad the team worse for more than just one year.
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I’m in favor of anything Sophie Cunningham.
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The Dumoulin deal isn’t any better. 3 and 4 year terms for 3rd pair blue liners on the wrong side of 30.
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This is such an amazing smorgasbord of meh! Kenny doing Kenny things. Just when it couldn’t get worse.
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Hate the term but the number is way lower than I thought. Maybe he’s not an LA guy or doesn’t like Head Coach Jim Hiller. Seems like the Kings could’ve easily made that deal work.
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Do they make a Louis Vuitton Lego set?
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Don’t get your hopes up too high. It will probably be someone from the group of Orlov, Lindgren, Ceci, Klingberg, or Doumolin.
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It will be a battle between Philippines or Belarus
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I don’t pretend to understand the NBA’s ridiculously complex financial system. Seeing a lot of veterans sign $6 - $10M per year when it seemed like just a few years back everyone who could breathe got at least $10M
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Has Mark Stone been put on LTIR yet?
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I’m not on him for not competing for cups but he’s been unable to even get them in the playoffs. Every other GM that is still around from 2019 has either made the cup or had multiple playoff runs. His results are unprecedentedly bad in the league. Nobody ever talks about the coaches. I’m of the opinion that he kept Blashill on for too long. IMHO, He really should’ve changed coaches when he first got the job. He definitely should’ve fired him at least a year earlier than he did. Hiring Lalonde was also terrible mistake. The wrong guy that set the plan back more. Stevie takes very little heat for these coaching moves and I’m not sure why.
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The fans are bitching because almost anyone else would’ve been fired by now. He was hired in 2019. It shouldn’t take this long to just make the playoffs a single time.
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FWIW, Suter/Parise had less to do with the Wings and more to do with being sold the dream to come back home and make NHL hockey matter in Minnesota
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I could be wrong but I don’t buy that Detroit is now an undesirable destination. I think it’s a convenient excuse used to defend an incompetent front office. It’s not what it was in the heyday but it’s not Calgary or Buffalo. It’s a middle of the road organization with very high upside in the future. A competent GM could sell the vision that it’s a talented young team that’s right at opening its window to be a playoff team every year.
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I’m not sure the inference. Are you saying that Stevie is making strong offers and FA aren’t interested in coming because the Red Wings aren’t a destination anymore?
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Gavrikov would be perfect as a left shot, defense first, that plays the top pairing opposite Seider. LA has more cap space and wants him back but his agent wants to see if he can get someone to go above market on him. NYR and LA are still in it with him. It will take a massive ransom for the Wings to land him and I don’t see Stevie Chair Hands doing that.
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This teams offers a lot to be exited about if you are big on a 10 year plans and enjoy waiting on prospects to develop. It also helps if you are part Swedish.
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This looks so sus. He’s calling for the ball and giving his all for a bucket in a meaningless situation.
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Betting on Lanier 3 point props may be Beasley’s only source of NBA income for a while.
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Great timing for the Pistons. Not so much for Propsley.
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Strong day from Lando. Tough one for Max. 31 race point streak is over.
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Wouldn’t surprise if this was the biggest move of the offseason.
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I expect him be really good for 2 seasons and then unexpectedly turn to complete dog water for seasons 3 and 4.
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Fingers crossed they have Alan Ruck announce the pick wearing the Gordie Howe jersey
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Have to assume he’s high on the Wings list as Stevie has a boner for hometown kids.
