buddha

part of the job is taking criticism. you dont throw out a fan for being a jerk. that's bush league from weaver.

remember how everyone said how great and transcendant the 2021 qb class would be? they all suck. lawrence is the only one who is decent and he's been underwhelming. its like that with almost every qb class. and it will be like that again for this qb class.

i thought ausar was getting better at shooting?

unlike detroit, washington and tampa realize what the mission is. both are up 4-0 in the first period.

i hope the wings fans there booed them off the ice.

must win game and theyre down 3-0 to an arizona team that traded half their team today. totally pathetic how bad this team is whithout ONE GUY!!!! you take larkin out and they're the san jose sharks.

2-0. too bad this game wasnt played a week ago so we could get some draft picks for perron and gotishbere.

again, they cant clear the zone and they give up an early goal. if there is one criticism of yzerman it is his love of average to below average defensemen who are "experienced." look, if steve yzerman and sergei federov are your forwards you can afford to have veteran (old) defensemen. especially if you have the greatest defenseman of all time on your blue line. but if you have larkin (good) and compher (decent) in your top six, you cant be giving multi year deals to ollie maata, justin holm, and jeff petry and think you can be a playoff contender.

yzerman is one secure GM, that's for sure. not selling the farm for a temporary fix was the right thing to do. theyre too far away. they get dominated almost every time they play a good team, especially on the road. larkin goes away and they fall apart. stevie's in it for the long haul, not a 4-1 exit in round one.

wtf????? can the league please do something about vegas' cap doping? mark stone cannot be allowed to play in the playoffs after this. they do this every damn year.

now trade maata.

this. just clearing space.

they wanted size and physicalness, i think. but he's always hurt.

toffoli to the jets for a 2nd and a 3rd.

would you have dealt edvinsson or edvinsson plus a mid round pick for mittlestadt? what about the guentzel deal? it took a conditional first that is likely to be a second, a fourth, and carolina's 6, 7, and 9th ranked (by athletic) prospects. for the sake of argument, that's augustine, mazur, and buchelnikov. otoh, the wings prospects are more highly rated than carolina's so maybe it would be buchelnikov, soderblom, and red savage?

dunno. in reality, i doubt he's actually back on the market to be dealt straight up unless, as you say, it was part of a deal to get a real frontline upgrade. but even then, it is curious to see those rumors.

his production on the 3rd line in vancouver is way down because his linemates arent the same quality as first line flames players. why would it be any better on detroit's second or third line? lindholm's numbers also dropped considerably last year. that's yzerman's calculus. and then do you extend him?

kuznetsov off to carolina. washington and pittsburgh throwing in the towel. elias lindholm allegedly back on the market as things arent working out so well in vancouver.

other teams dont even bother to guard him out there.

how about jesus helps him get a consistent jumper?

its amazing how dependent they are on larkin.

i think duren might end up as andre drummond. if he's andre that knows his limitations that's not a bad thing. if he's andre that thinks he's joel embiid, thats horrible. and to del's point, if he's PAID like andre was here, that's a waste of resources. it all depends on whether he gets a jumper and learns to play defense.

4 years $76 million for jaylon johnson.

im surprised that those who think duren will never be able to shoot think that ausar somehow will. duren is a better outside shooter right now than ausar. ausar's shot is the brokest thing ive ever seen.

he ran out of "mental health" excuses?