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the bulls dont care about winning. all they want to do is make the play-in every year and sell out the arena because its chicago. still living off michael jordan, 30 years later. both nate silver and bill simmons labeled them as one of the franchises with the worst future. its not that their cap is terrible, its not that they dont have any talent, and its not that they dont have their draft picks (now that their disastrous vucevic and derozan trades are over), but they have zero ambition. they are happy to draft 8-12, lose a playin game, and hope they get lucky in the lottery like they did with D rose. they're not phoenix. no one is phoenix. but the bulls are just.....blah. and that's all they really want to be.

rumors are the pens want "at least" a first for either of them. i dont do that if i'm detroit.

i heard a rumor that they will all be effectively banned from the league.

good day to be offline in canada.

i wonder if steve kerr is still asking his brother about what to think about china?

they already do.

6x7.5 for vilardi. raymond is such a steal.

i dont think his playoff performance means he's a bust or isnt ready or won't be good once he gets here. it doesnt even mean he won't be here out of training camp. my post was made MONTHS AGO in the moment of watching GR play horribly in the playoffs and blow a 4-1 lead to lose the series. a series in which danielson did not statistically show the dame promise that kasper did a year ago. that's all. danielson could have a great camp and come in as a #2 or #3 C and push copp or compher to the wing. i could see that happening. i know having good teammates means you have more points, but i expect danielson to drive more play this year and develop into a better player regardless of who his linemates are. unless he gets stuck playing with justin holl, then all bets are off.

again, you quoted me two months after i made that post. it was made during a playoff game that they blew a 4-1 lead and lost, and got swept in the opening round. danielson didnt perform well in the playoffs. almost none of them did.

last year kasper had 7 points in the playoffs. this year danielson has 1 point in the playoffs. that post was made 2 months ago during the playoffs as grand rapids crashed out early. cossa performed poorly too. most of them did except for mbn.

wallinder maybe too... he's got the physical profile, he's got the wheels....he just doesnt have the mean-ness. sort of like elmer in that department.

from max: "I’d put Buium and Wallinder a tier above Tuomisto. I think Tuomisto is a nice AHL defenseman, but probably more organizational depth than a future NHL regular because of his skating." sorry 84. on cossa: "I don’t have an issue with him starting the year back in the AHL (and playing a lot), partly because, given how he finished the season, he didn’t make a case that he had outgrown the league. He was pretty rocky down the stretch. I expect he will bounce back this year, but I can understand why the Red Wings didn’t feel they could bank on him being ready to be one of their top two from the jump. I think you’ll see Cossa in Detroit at some point this year, possibly for a similar number of games to what Askarov got in San Jose last season (13), and then full-time in 2026-27." cossa wasnt good enough to warrant a spot on the nhl roster this year. he will play games this year in the nhl. hopefully he comes out and dominates. even if he struggles, his future could still be bright. it takes goalies a long time to develop sometimes.

veleno signs in montreal. 1x900k

its going to be hard for robinson to shoot better than beasley did last season. beasley THIS season would have been a downgrade on beasley from last season. that was a fluke. i dont see lavert as an upgrade on shroeder. shroeder fit like a glove as backup ball handler last year after ivey went out and sasser was exposed as being...well...sasser (can we flip him to new orleans for an unprotected first?). ivey is the most obvious upgrade. i still see stewart as playing some backup 4 this year. reed isnt a really viable option for more than a couple minutes a night and holland is too small (although he'll fight with guys bigger than him).

wings open with montreal, toronto x2, florida, tampa, and edmonton. sheesh nhl, just kill all our hopes before thanksgiving.

the nhl drafts for size a lot of times. cossa is huge and that's part of his appeal. if he hits he likely hits big. smaller goalies dont alwaya fair as well, but there have been quite a few who did well last season. wheeler just talked about it on the athletic podcast. mentioned cossa on particular and commented about how he hadnt exactly set the world on fire at grand rapids last year. i think he's too harsh on cossa because he did really well for a lot of the year and fell apart at the end. we'll find out more about him this year because i think he's going to get some nhl games.

cossa is high ceiling/low floor. augustine is high floor and likely lower ceiling. if that makes me an augustine slappy, so be it. what it actually makes me is someone who is skeptical of goalie prospects.

what does "til we find out what we have" mean?

i'd be in favor including him in a deal for an established guy who fits the timeline. i would have dealt him for dobson plus #13 plus a little mpre if the islanders wanted had wanted him. or keeping him. whatever. he's going to play this year. there is little chance both red wings' injury prone goalies stay healthy all season. so we'll see how he does. i hope he's markstrom.

what does "til we find out what we have" mean? you want to wait until you find out whether cossa is a good nhl goalie? or that he isnt? so you wont trade anyone until you find out they suck. guess what? no one will want them then and youve waited too long to move an asset that now has no value. you move him for an asset when he has value, not when you know he doesnt. you just want to give up nothing and get an all star in return.

with these summer league numbers, we'll probably be able to deal him for giannis...

never say never, but i would have a much harder time trading kasper than cossa. to me, kasper is right behind seider/raymond in the pecking order. i might put him ahead of raymond because he can play center. and i was a kasper doubter for a long time.

the idea of cossa as untouchable is crazy to me. i'm good if they trade him, i'm good if they DONT trade him too. but i'm not as high on him as some of you seem to be because he's a goalie and those guys are volatile and can take a long time to get good. i'm good with them trading any prospect if it brings back a good player that fits their timeline.