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27 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Some owners are now suggesting a salary cap

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"told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

grrrr....were mad!  

6 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

It’s easy to forget about Jobe, but given the success rate of TJ, he should be a big part of what we do in ‘27.

just like casey mize!

53 minutes ago, casimir said:

Another point I heard today.  Florida is a basketball school and now Indiana is a football school.

dude, NEBRASKA is a basketball school...

and montreal wins it with 15 seconds left because OF COURSE THEY DO.  NO ONE IN THIS DIVISION EVER LOSES A GAME EVER!

one note on cossa, the fact that both goalies in gr have great stats might say more about gr's defense than the goalies.

but its a good problem to have, having a lot of goalie prospects.  i still think its possible augustine doesnt sign after this season and becomes a free agent.  we'll see.  hopefully not.

32 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

No. I'd rather give up two seconds than one first. 

me too, but we already gave up a second for gibson.

as much as sherwood would likely help them (assuming he's healthy), i think their resources will be better spent elsewhere if they choose to make a trade.  mbn seems like a guy who can handle the "heavy checking forward" role, and sherwood's production this year is highly inflated and not likely to continue.

they desperately need a second pair defenseman, if theyre going to give up a first or multiple seconds, it should be for that, if possible.

6 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

so can the warriors back out of butler's contract the way butler backed out of his contract in miami? 

52 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said:

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Well at least two. 

7 hours ago, Deleterious said:

A couple of those teams make zero sense.  I think KAT is about to become the big man version of Trae Young.

 

you fired tom thibodeau in order to hire mike brown.  its not KAT's fault youre bad.  he is who he is: soft.  at least thibodeau got him to play hard for a season.

6 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

couldnt happen to a nicer guy.

16 hours ago, lordstanley said:

EP has negative value at $11.5mm. If he was a free agent, how much would you be willing to sign him for? I'd say $8mm-9mm. So the Canucks would need to retain enough to get down to that level, then just take a couple of things in return, not a haul. 

I would have made the Kiefer Sherwood trade in a heartbeat even knowing I'm unlikely to want to pay him this summer. Two seconds and a journeyman is fine for a rental who could help solidify a playoff spot and contribute towards possibly winning a round this season, both of which should be seen as attainable goals for the Wings. The Canucks may value the Sharks' seconds more than the Wings' seconds, so would have gone a bit better than Cole Clayton which isn't hard to do.

tuomisto is probably equivalent to clayton.  maybe wallinder.  but are you giving up a first for sherwood?  i'm not.  plus he's hurt.

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Brown gets all the calls.

i'm 53 years old.  its been that way ever since i started watching basketball.  the only time the celtics dont get calls is when they play the lakers.  then the refs are too confused about who to favor so they just call the game.

i really hate caris lavert.

almost as much as i hate officials who call everything in favor of the celtics.

if some team wants to give a 30 year old pitcher a ten year contract, let em do it.  i hope its not detroit.

the lions have had one successful offensive coordinator under holmes/campbell and that was ben johnson.  hard to give them the benefit of the doubt in coordinator hirings.

that said, what the heck do we know about it?  the problems last year stemmed from their inability to replace ragnow and zietler more than the oc, imo.  that falls on holmes, not campbell.  the oc turns into a fall guy for personnel lapses, injuries, and bad luck more times than not.

hopefully this guy turns into the next ben johnson without the ultra cutesy **** that got him in trouble from time to time.

31 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

That's because you're an offensive snob.  

true.

12 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

It feels like Ben is on the trajectory of Brian Daboll. Next big thing offensively, but not a great game manager or people person. Daboll went 9-7-1 with a playoff win, then 6-11, then 3-14, then 2-8 and fired.

Johnson may not go 3-14 in two years, but I think below 0.500 sounds right for the Bears next season.

Now watch the Bills hire Daboll back.

ben johnson took a heel turn awfully quickly.  i dont know if he's on the daboll path but it wouldnt surprise me.  the bears have more talent than those giants teams so it probably wont happen.  otoh, the central is a harder division than the nfc least.

depends on how you feel about caleb and this bears team.  he's great outside the pocket and not great in it.  if you keep him in there, he'll make a mistake.

bears fans will learn what lions fans learned this year: progress is not always linear.  its a week to week league.  i doubt the bears are as lucky next year as they were this year.

1 minute ago, slothfacekilla said:

I think there's a chance he could bounce back in the right situation.  He's obviously not built to be the go-to guy on a team and not a leader.  If Vancouver retains a bit of money (they would need to with their reported asking price, 1st round pick + top 2 center + another asset) and a team slotted him on their second line maybe he finds his offense again.  Detroit has a handful of Swedish guys that might make him feel comfortable, and vets who can handle leadership and the media.  It is no doubt risky as hell and not ideally what I would want to do.  It's just tough to acquire high end talent and if they can somehow use his current play/slump to make it happen I think I'd be for the swing at a first, danielson and another mid prospect.  

He also has a NMC so it'll be interesting to see if anything even comes of it.  Plus Seravalli is wrong A LOT

the only angle i can possibly convince myself will work is the "vancouver retains a ton of salary" and "the swedish guys bring out the best in him."

i can almost talk myself into it at that point.  but then i still go back to him basically crying in a corner because jt miller was bullying him.  the last time the canucks were in the playoffs he was a complete no show.  he signed that huge deal and fell off a cliff.  is that who i want?

do i really need a perennial lady byng candidate to lead my team?

otoh, he wouldnt be the leader of the team.  he could fade into the background and produce on line 2 or 3.  but if that's who youre trading for, do you really want to pay that guy 11 million per year for the next SEVEN years?

i dont.  if you wanted to mortgage the future for a "star" then you should have ponied up for hughes.  if you want to take on a distressed asset, then find one who doesnt make 11 million per year.  

war has always overly benefitted starting pitchers who accumulate innings.

the fact that park effects can change year to year without any physical change to the park itself or change to the general weather patterns tells me that players who play in the park have as much or more influence on the "park effect" that season than the modelers would have you believe.

its been a disappointing year for a lot of their prospects.  danielson proved he definitely wasnt ready for the nhl, kasper has regressed horribly, asp is decent on offense and a black hole on defense, lombardi is hurt, mazur is ALWAYS hurt, mbn didnt do much in detroit, buium is hurt, wallinder/tuomisto cant get out of GR and look like AAAA players right now.

injuries have robbed a lot of their top prospects of their seasons.  normally you'd chalk that up to bad luck, but in mazur and lombardi's case, it may be an indication of their lack of size being a problem.  buium just seems like bad luck.

danielson's debut was a real bummer.  i was hoping for more at the nhl level, even though he is a rookie.  and he's not barging down the door in GR either.  the criticism from scouts that he's just not a dynamic offensive player may be true.  still time though.

on the bright side, bear is healthy, buch seemed to continue to score in russia, and plante has blossomed into a great playmaker at the college level.  cossa went on a heater in GR and looks ready for next year.  augustine continues to augustine in the ncaa.  genborg looks like a potential holmstrom.  the swedish johannson continues to earn praise.  can we finally get a second rounder who hits?  🤔

the system remains deep, but with no one projecting as a star player.

all in all, its probably the usual amount of rising and falling that prospects do.  i'd like to see them deal a few of them for an established blue liner and physical forward.  deal them before the shine wears off.

3 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

 

I've been talking myself into EP lately because it feels like an attainable asset.  Still a scary proposition though.

no, no, no, no, NO!

11.5 million per season for a guy who floats around on offense and is the opposite of physical on defense.  that's the guy you want as the highest paid player on your team?  the wings get continually bashed in physically by other teams, adding petersson to this team only exacerbates that problem.

unless vancouver is literally giving him away, i am not interested.

now, if the petersson of which you speak is vancouver's DEFENSEMAN of the same last name, that i am interested in.  elias petersson the overpaid, soft as church music center?  no thanks.  i'd rather take my lumps with danielson.

war has gone from being a really interesting statistical way to analyze player value to overrated gospel.  

it places too much emphasis on things like park effects, fielding, and base running, and not enough emphasis on hitting.  

just my .02.

like most stats, i like it when it supports my argument and dislike it when it doesnt.

keep caleb in the pocket and he'll make a mistake.

**** the bears!  lolol.

go paint your nails, caleb.

3 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Shocker as in Yzerman sat on his hands and didn't make a move or shocker as in Vegas was aggressive and made a move?

anderson was on record that he only wanted to get traded to vegas.

i know you have a pathological urge to rip management whenever another team makes a trade you wanted detroit to make, but anderson was never coming here.

even though it cost them a goal, i like to see elmer get a little physical.