buddha

youre taking this way too seriously. i ask you again: who on the wings is equivalent to kuznetsov? 39 goals last year.

i included veleno because he was the equivalent what i would expect from a low level prospect. fabbri isnt close to kuznetsov but the wings dont have anyone who fits that profile as a goal scorer who is a bit older and is having a down season. the point being, if i oversold veleno then i undersold kuznetsov.

kuzmenko is 27 years old and scored 39 goals last year. i replaced him with fabbri. do you think fabbri is the equivalent of someone who scored 39 goals in one season? who would you replace him with?

it will be the one he hangs in the rafters.

here's the information i used when i was trying to think about how that trade matched up with the wings: "Calgary did well too. A first-rounder in 2024. A conditional fourth-rounder in 2024. Plus, two prospects, both of them intriguing, probably Brzustewicz more so than Jurmo, and then Kuzmenko, the most visible and thus known product, who is suffering through a mediocre second NHL season after a very good NHL debut.... Conroy also made it clear that he would happily take prospects over draft picks and that’s what Brzustewicz looks like. Drafted 75th last June, in the third round of the 2023 draft, the 19-year-old has 69 points in 47 games for OHL Kitchener this year, spectacular numbers for a right-shot defenseman. You don’t have to watch Calgary for too long these days to understand its crying need for someone to quarterback the power play. In theory, that’s what Brzustewicz will ultimately become. Jurmo was a third-rounder, chosen in 2020 and currently playing in Finland, who is a big body — 6-foot-3, 207 pounds." that's from the athletic. from the hockey news: https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks/analysis/vancouver-canucks-top-10-prospects-january-2024-edition "3. Hunter Brzustewicz- Kitchener Rangers, OHL RD- 6'0", 190 lbs- Round 3, 75th overall in 2023 Hunter Brzustewicz is having a season to remember. The Kitchener Rangers defender leads all players in the OHL with 58 points in 37 games and is on the path to becoming just the 15th defender in OHL history to surpass the 100-point mark in a season. One of the CHL's most dynamic defencemen, he is the mid-season favourite to be named CHL Defenceman of the Year. " that's how i came up with the trade parameters. it wasnt some devious machination to insult you.

joe veleno was a low level prospect who is a bottom six plugger in the nhl. he's a depth piece who was a low level prospect. if anything i UNDERSOLD kuzmenko in comparing him to fabbri.

regardless of the "match" with the wings' roster, that was my point. the deal was too rich for me. they're not going to take berggren or augustine. a contender will always be able to beat that deal and a contender did beat any deal the wings should have offered for a rental. vancouver has the most points in the west and is going for a cup. the wings are barely scrapping into the playoffs. i dont want them giving up first round picks for rentals or players on the downside of their career. you want to give me tanev for a second rounder? i'll take it. and tanev is different than lindholm because he's older and has a no trade clause. he can say no if he doesnt want to end up in winnipeg. like kane, he may want an original 6 team. who knows? lindholm had to take whatever deal (and is a better player). i just dont think the wings should be selling the farm just yet. if edvinsson or mazur or cossa hit and the team turns the corner next year, then we can think about dealing a first in 2025.

you need to settle down and not take this **** personally. its like when you called me names for saying zach wilson was going to be a bust. lol.

the canucks just traded their first round pick, their fourth round pick, their #3 prospect (a puck moving offensive defenseman), a fringe prospect, and an underachieving forward for lindholm. so that means the wings #1 pick, their #4 pick, axel sandin pelikka, joe veleno, and robbi fabbri for lindholm. do you make that deal?

one point is better than none.

trade up for cooper dejean.

mike macdonald to the seahawks. only washington left.

sasser isnt anything more than a potential sparkplug off the bench.

the best case scenario is cossa forces his way onto the team next year. with that said, edvinnson didnt this year and he was ready, i would be surprised if cossa did next year with husso still on that large deal. lyon is only on a one year deal, right?

so they told him he didnt get the job, lol.

come on. overreaction tater is the best tater. 🙂

if the lions make the playoffs and lose in the first round next year, tater will, in fact, try to run him out of town. 🙂

romad has an irrational optimism about michigan sometimes. i welcome that optimism as it is much more soothing than my general sense of dread and pessimism.

too soon

the bears wish they could be us. lol.

ive got this great idea, why dont we pitch it to the franklin ****ing mint.

barnwell with a full throated defense of campbell's 4th down decisions today.

with apologies to Ben Folds Five: Will you never rest/fighting the battle of who loves goff less? You think brad holmes drafts are cool/but there are some things you'd change if it were up to you/so think about your scouting piece/watch the combine again/and call paul to see if he can score some weed will you never rest/fighting the battle of who loves goff less/unearned scouting prowress/well that's alright i guess oh well maybe not i'll try once again/this should cheer you up in the end/ i've got all these posts where you loved matt patricia and bob quinn you never rest/fighting the battle of who loves goff less/unearned scouting prowress/youre my hero i confess....

if you had never seen goff play and you read this thread, you'd think he was either tom brady or rusty hilger. lol.

goff isnt patrick mahomes. nobody else is. you can win with goff, he does a lot of things well. i think he does things well that we fans dont really see, like getting the line in the right place, audibiling out or into plays, and he makes a lot of good throws into tight windows and good anticipatory throws. remember that throw to st brown early in the game right before the safety got there? great throw. he doesnt have a cannon for an arm. he cant move. he doesnt do well under pressure. but he's still good. you can do a LOT worse than jared goff in this league. hopefully hendon hooker is the next russell wilson, but the odds of that are slim. in the meantime, the lions have a good qb for the first time in a very long time. not perfect, but pretry darn good.