buddha

i think there's a pretty good chance he does before detroit. seattle is a good possibility.

no thanks on derrick henry. hard pass.

there really isnt anybody to get in this offseason...unless you want to re-sign bertuzzi. meier wont be there. i wouldnt be surprised if they deal some of their LHD prospects for a RHD. they need some. i think kasper will make the team next year, like raymond did. he seems like their type of player. rasmussen back will help, but they need to get more physical. theyre really pushed around way too much still.

i dont bring it up "because it sounds believable," i bring it up because i watch the games and i see how he plays. there is a big difference between swift playing hard and running strong and swift looking for contact and playing weak and busting everything outside. he played more than half the lions' snaps in 5 games last year. one was the first game of the year when he was healthy and played extremely well. after that washington game in week 2? not so much.

barkley played every game last year but one. additionally, when barkley plays, he plays 80-90% of the offensive snaps. swift rarely plays more than 40% of the lions snaps. in fact, in many of the games where he "played", he was 1) unproductive; and 2) played about 1/3 of the offensive plays. your insistence that because swift "played" in games means he's not unreliable because of injury is puzzling. swift played well in a handful of games last year. other than that, he was not used much. he is a glorified third down back and not a back like barkley or potentially robinson. swift is in a contract year, so we'll see if he can play through enough pain to get paid after this year.

i cant believe you just compared yzerman to al avila.

? what did you want them to do? the alternative is sign bertuzzi long term and trade assets for a stop gap defenseman so they might finish 8th and get swept by boston? is that what you wanted?

only had to sim it 27 times!

youre torturing yourself with this bunch. a couple of bounces and they could be a 20 win team.

the odds are 50/50 that ALL of the 4 qbs will be gone by 6.

why not? when he took over they were the worst team in modern nhl history. and then got screwed by the league in the lottery so much that they changed the rules (just in time to screw them again). they are re-setting the timeline on this team to the appropriate level - the current group of 18-22 year olds - and loading up on first round picks. next year i expect perron to be dealt too for a couple second round picks, hopefully zadina shows just enough to bring back something too. the vestiges of the old regime need to be removed, like the tigers, they set back the franchise for a decade and new mgmt is here to dig them out. this is what they needed to do a decade ago. SY has the cachet to be able to do it now and is doing it. if you thought perron and copp and kubalik would turn this team into a playoff contender, that's on you. they were never going to be better than buffalo and ottawa, teams that have been picking in the top 5 for a decade (and not fucking it up like detroit).

ortiz has always been a fat pos. the difference with him is he went hard on peds, got caught, and then lied about it. and because he's "big papi" and plays for the red sox, mlb let him get away with it. sorry for the rant, but ortiz in the hall of fame and arod not is a miscarriage of justice. ortiz is a cheater and a liar.

get used to it, boys. if i told you before the season thst the wings would be without vrana, bertuzzi, hronek, sundquist, and rasmussen, you would have totally said they were likely a last place team. or close to it. and that's what they are now. they'll probably still luck into 3 or 4 wins this month...but maybe not? if the isles make the playoffs, having two picks in the top 15 of this draft will definitely help.

i'm really intrigued by parker. good blood lines, good athlete, they seemed to have fixed his swing. he could be a real asset for them. but he probably starts in triple a. if so, i wouldnt be surprised if he's called up real soon after baddoo bombs out.

so miggy never took steroids like ortiz did?

you'd be "surprised" if greene slugs LESS than 550? love the confidence.

i hate the idea of drafting a rb in the first round, BUT if there are only X amount of elite players in the draft and bijan is one of them, then maybe you do take him at 18? if he's mccaffery only healthy...well... this team played so much better when swift was available and healthy. if robinson can give you that? maybe you pull the trigger at 18?

did he get fired from new england?

al deserves all the scorn.

now this is more like it. no ambiguity about this loss.

no bogey, no stewart, no duren...pistons already in tank mode.

i'm sure you were sold later. after they beat the lions. WHO CARES! LET IT GO.

did i say you mocked me? no. i did not say that. you have said you werent impressed with the eagles. whatever. who cares! it was a joke. let it die please. i am not going to play the role of KL anymore. 🙂

i think the eagles were the second best team in a weak nfc last year. the niners were better but they lost all their qbs. eagles a close second, imo.

first of all, prive that i said you mocked me. not sure why you assumed i was talking about you and honestly, it was a joke. if you want to see people say the eagles were overrated, check the game thread.