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lol. like the league would do that. tater starting sunday with the STRONG hot take!

and to continue my thoughts....lets remember that we were one of the worst teams in nhl history just a few years ago, with a bottom of the league farm system. and have had negative lottery luck. we had almost nothing and in a few short years were sniffing a playoff spot late in the season. that's a decent result when you look at other teams like ottawa and buffalo and see how long its been for them. my only quibble with yzerman was spending last year. the team wasnt ready and would have been better off in the long run with a top 5 pick this year.

i didnt think soderblum was physical at all. but it took ras a few years to figure it out, maybe soderblum can overcome his skating deficincies and figure it out too? hope so. i'm more interested in mazur. he looks like the direct type of forward they need. lombardi looks like a raymond close (only faster). im really intrigued by him. theyre still a couple years away from being where buffalo is now, imo.

what struck me was how physically dominated their defense was. they couldnt get the puck out of the zone. they dominated walman and really made a point to go after him physically. he couldnt handle it and seider didnt help. ras would have helped that, but he's only one guy. they need to get bigger and stronger on defense. seider being another year older will help that, but edvinsson isnt likely to next year. he's big, but he's young and doesnt appear to be as physical as seider. severson would have helped. i wouldnt be surprised if they pay gudas this offseason for that reason. im sure that's why they brought in chairot, to help with the physicalness. unfortunately he's still chairot and makes too many mistakes. as for up front, they need so so much still. theyre small and not physical at all other than ras (now that they've lost bert, who wasnt particularly big but was very physical). raymond is tiny. zadina is small. berggren isnt physical. that's why i think this year is another rebuild year and why i think a trade that gets them michkov - a guy who is most likely 3 years away - is very intriguing. otoh, i can see the virtue in using two top picks to get two bigger, physical forwards or puck moving defensemen and continuing to bank depth in the hopes of becoming carolina or seattle. but even those teams have top 3 players on their roster whereas we dont.

unfortunately, i think that ottawa series showed me how far away this team really is from competing.

stern would have axed him for the whole season. one did not **** with david stern's money.

no on karlsson. too much money for too long. by the end of that deal we should hopefully be ready to compete and karlsson will be ready to retire.

and then we take gradey! because any plan that has us drafting him and having del wear a jersey with the word d*ck on it is worth the price.

25 games for ja morant.

nobody would do that. maybe moriah mills, but no one else.

i dont think i would do this.

dont jinx it! sheesh!

just dfa him already.

please let it be houston. heck, please let it be portland!

givony and the athletic's latest mocks have us taking whitmore. givony also has miller above scoot in his rankings.

the list is contingent on who gave up the information. u$c is a private school.

and none of the buildings in st louis are built to withstand an earthquake. its a disaster waiting to happen.

neither will orlando. but florida doesnt have the largest fault line in the country running right through the middle of it like st louis does...

those two teams in LA that dont sell out make more money than the st louis rams did. now that vegas has a team, i dont know how many more cities could support an nfl team. austin, san antonio, orlando, st louis, portland. chicago could probably support a second team.

st louis is a dying city in a dying part of the country. they'd put another team in texas or florida before st louis. they'd put a team in london or mexico city before that.

that sounds a lot more credible than mcs's usual overreaction sports radio take. 😉

scoot. zion is an incredible talent, but he's fat and hurt. the porn star thing is more funny than anything else, but the real issue is the image of him doing 360 dunks in pre game but not being willing to play during a play in game. how many bad looks can one guy have in a career? and he's only been in the league for a few years! but that talent...

a lot of the tigers hitters are also on a bat delay.

grant was the ultimate ball stopper when he was here. however, iirc, as cade grew in confidence, grant began to take on a more secondary role, which is what he is best at.

the difference between whitmore and stanley is that whitmore is an elite nba athlete right now and stanley was never an elite nba athlete. whitmore's an elite finisher now and stanley was not. the iq thing is probably an issue, but he's very young still. if anyone reminds me of stanley its walker. a tweener who is strong and doesnt have great shooting fundamentals. a guy who could be too slow to guard 3s and too small to guard 4s in a way that stanley was too slow to guard 2s and too unathletic to guard 3s.