buddha

ok, need a big third period.  losing at home to the kings would not be great.

23 hours ago, Edman85 said:

World Series (9-15M typically) vs. Stanley Cup TV ratings (2-5M) aren't even close. Stanley Cup and WNBA Finals (1-2M) are somewhat close, especially with women's ratings increasing significantly this decade....

plus about 4 million canadian viewers for stanley cup games.

Schedule is going to be tough.  at oregon, ucla, at ohio state is going to be tough.  two hard road games and a classic trap game sandwiched in between.

asp really belongs in grand rapids.  poor kid.

4 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

some might say watching the grizzlies play basketball is a crime against humanity...

we dont even know vancouver wanted edvinsson or that they would have taken an offer that included edvinsson over an offer that included zeev buium and marco rossi.

and by then jack and luke might even be off the injured list!

edvinsson out through the olympic break.  😞

3 hours ago, romad1 said:

Well, well, well. 

popular opinion has turned against trump.

from yglesias today: noem/miller lost the influence battle to homan.  homan argued for going into the prisons/jails and deporting criminals.  noem/miller wanted troops on the streets causing scenes and chaos.  

with public opinion turning against trump, he calls homan back and sends noem/miller to the sidelines.  knowing trump and his miniscule self-esteem and tiny attention span, noem/miller will be back before too long the next time homan says something his lordship doesnt like. 

shedeur sanders is going to the pro bowl.

bwaaahaahaahaa!

bwaaahaaaahaaa!

please cancel the pro bowl festivities, theyre drunk.

edvinsson is a big, young, strong actual defenseman.  hughes is a forward playing defense.  edvinsson should be able to be re-signed by detroit for long term.  hughes is not signing and is likely to leave than to stay.

hughes is a great player, but edvinsson's development combined with the uncertainty about re-signing hughes would make me balk at including edvinsson in any deal.

i'd rather have edvinsson than zeev buium too.

speaking of yzerman, his free agent signings this year have worked out much better than last year.

still pisses me off a bit to see tarasenko scoring in minnesota when he was such a POS here.

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

probably true, but I still think if Yzerman was going to deal he would have been able to make a better one if he had already pulled the trigger. Costs will only go up toward the deadline. Of course, the thing with Yzerman is that the current absolute silence might be the indication is he working something.....😉

The only other thing that bears - IMO, is that at least early in his tenure, Yzerman would always talk about wanting to build a team that can win a cup, not just get to the playoff. If he still believes that, I don't see him giving much of anything up to make this team marginally better when it still is too far away from actually being able to win a cup. Of course the flip side is that the pressure to at least make the playoffs only  grows each season they miss.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

i think he'd give up non-first round picks and potentially some depth prospects for a guy like faulk.  but i also think other teams will beat that offer and start throwing first round picks out there.

yzerman is probably the most secure gm in the league.  the owner isnt going to fire him and if he wanted to leave, he's got plenty of cash.  he's got little pressure to do something stupid like giving up first rounders.

(i say that and watch him deal a first for some depth defenseman...)

i havent watched a super bowl since the lions lost to the niners in the nfc championship game.

my friend is a pats fan.  he's rich and has a nice house so i might go watch if he has a super bowl party.  but i couldnt care less.

6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

except that this year he probably doesn't even need the marginal addition to get in, unless they lose Sieder or Edvinsson.

1) dont count your chickens

2) they definitely need another defenseman.  cant go into big games with asp on the second pair and hamonic on the ice.

rumor for what it would cost for elias petersson for montreal:  kapanen, a first rounder, and reinbacher.

i dont know if montreal gives that up.  theyre more desperate for a second line center than detroit is.  if i'm detroit, i dont match that.  no way for petersson, not even with a 25% cap retention.

the more i listen, the more it seems like any depth defenseman is going to cost a first.  including justin faulk.

its not yzerman's MO to trade high picks for marginal additions, but maybe this year they do it considering the playoffs are in sight.

take.  the.  points.

24 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

also - they noted the other night that Casper was leading the team in hits - I can understand the young guy trying to prove himself to his coach and team mates that way, especially if the points weren't coming easy, but I wonder if it became a bit of a trap for him. Probably not what he should have been spending so much of his focus on. 

its Kasper with a K.  even though he hasnt been scoring, he's not a ghost.  😉

no surprise that kasper starts getting on the scoresheet more when he's back with raymond and larkin for a lot of the time.

Gibson is 17-2 since december started.  vezina type work.

I'm more worried about buffalo than montreal.

38 minutes ago, casimir said:

Who’s your educational establishment linked minor league pro team of choice?

biff prefers whatever educational establishment is playing michigan.

he's become really annoying.  it will be real fun when he goes to the knicks/heat/lakers next season.

vegas puts up 6 on toronto.

marner with a quiet night, not on the scoresheet.  it was a big game for toronto so leafs fans should have expected that.

Indiana goes into OKC and beats the thunder.