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if yaxel cant play, it might be a bridge too far.

but he didnt really play tonight and they slaughtered the 4th best team in the kenpom era...

28 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Oliver Kapanen, the last pick of the 2nd round (#64) by the Habs in 2021 (#36 Shai Buium and #70 Carter Mazur's draft) scored the winner in the shootout tonight to get Montreal to 100 points on the season. He has 22G 15A 37Pts in 76 games, most goals by the rookie in the NHL this year. 

yeah, but does he try hard and play two way hockey as a 17 year old?  that's what's REALLY important.

2 hours ago, Jason_R said:

Don’t tell me he wouldn’t be an upgrade over at least four guys. 

i would love that to be true, but he was just here and didnt do squat.

2 hours ago, lordstanley said:

And even more specific, outside of top 6 overall picks in round one …

Apart from Finnie (and the departed Soderblom), the only pick to have really outperformed his draft position is Seider at #6. Raymond and Edvinsson are both good picks but not much better if at all than what you’d expect from #4 and #6 overall. I think ASP still has potential to outperform #17 overall. Apart from that, jury is out to say the least.  Cossa (#15, 2021j is being passed, not only by Wallstedt but Montreal’s duo of Dobes (5th round, 2020) and Fowler (3rd round, 2023) and Toronto’s Hildeby (4th round, 2022). 

7th rounders are just luck.

the second round misses are huge.  if, in fact, they end up being misses.  still time for a few of them.  but not much time.

how's brady cleveland doing?  kiiskanen?  neiderbach?

1 hour ago, Jason_R said:

Well, Holland didn't even hit much in the first round, but you are right that Yzerman had a lot of picks that have amounted to nothing. Undoubtedly scouting needs to be scrutinized but what are they doing or not doing to develop these players? 

i dont know, but soderblom didnt do jack here and now that he's in pittsburgh he's playing physical and scoring.  sooooo....

look, nothing will happen to steve yzerman until steve yzerman decides he's had enough.  and then he'll just move upstairs to some fancy role with no responsibility but plenty of salary.

but then what happens?  do they make draper the gm?  the guy who has done so amazingly well drafting?  horcoff?  lidstrom?  bring back shanahan?  heck, why not make fedorov the gm, he used to play here.

nothing will change until illitch decides to move on from the red wing old boy network, which is extremely doubtful.

everyone bags on late stage kenny holland, and its well deserved, but how about yzerman's drafts?  outside of round one, what have they got?  

nothing.  not one pick has made any difference and most have never seen an nhl arena without a ticket.

plenty of 2nd and 3rd round picks from 2019 and 2020 have made the nhl, here, only albert johannson as a bottom pair defenseman.

they had SIX second round picks in 2019 and 2020 and only johannson has made the nhl, 7 years later.

you can talk about kenny all you want, but those two draft classes should have AT LEAST provided more depth pieces than that.

33 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Mighty Gabe Perreault with the natural hat trick. He was drafted #23 in the 2023 draft in which Danielson was drafted #9. 

the same nate danielson with a whopping 3 goals in 18 games in grand rapids?

so where is superstar lucas raymond?

basketball players make so much money so early, there's less incentive.  football players get cut immediately.  baseball players make league minimum for 3 years, then have their salaries controlled by arbitration which is judged mostly by their performance for another 3 years.  hockey players make less money and are locked into their contracts for at least 3 years as a rookie.

9 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

If a shorter season genuinely improves the quality of play, owners can probably recoup that lost revenue through higher ticket prices. Losing five home dates a year is not that dramatic, and a ten dollar average increase per ticket would likely cover the gap without much pushback from fans.

Local broadcasters like FanDuel would take a small hit with fewer games to air, but national broadcasters would barely notice the difference. Unlike the NFL, where cutting games also cuts weeks of programming, the NBA can fit a shortened season into the exact same calendar window, so national TV schedules stay intact. And if the on court product actually improves, better games drive higher ratings, and higher ratings let the league charge more for advertising, so that revenue stream could end up neutral or even increase.

The real question, though, is whether 72 games actually produces a meaningfully better product than 82, and that part is worth being skeptical about. 

theyre not taking a hit now because of the product, why would they give up the revenue?  people go see teams when theyre winning, not because they love to see well played basketball.

and your last part is the real truth.  players arent going to suddenly be available more if they schedule less games, they'll take more time off.

the salaries are so high that they dont need to play.  theyre guaranteed.  plus these guys are their own brand names now, they lose out if they get injured, what's the best way not to get injured?  dont play.

the teams have invested so much money in them they the teams dont want them injured either.  the teams want them ready for the playoffs, when they make more coin.  as long as they can make the playoffs, they dont care.  the regular season games dont matter.

i dont know how you change that.  its not like that in baseball for the most part.  its not like that in hockey.  they both play huge regular seasons.  nfl isnt comparable.

why is the nba different?  why do nba players beg out of games so regularly why hockey and baseball players dont?  why do nba teams allow it - and likely encourage it - and other leagues dont?

10 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

do steve kerr and the players want to take a pay cut to make up for that missed revenue?

why would anyone pay to watch this slop?

The knicks - without kat - beat the bulls by 40.

the great josh giddey had more turnovers than made baskets.

3 hours ago, Deleterious said:

This is by far the biggest issue the league is facing.

 

well cade is actually hurt, unlike a lot of stars on other teams who just sit out certain games.

10 minutes ago, oblong said:

Isn’t there a fundamental issue that EO’s are not laws?  Regardless of the scope of their intent the law is the law and the constitution is the constitution. If the court were to agree that this anchor baby stuff going forward should be negated isn’t the place that’s done via an amendment or law and not an order?  I’m assuming there is something I am missing I guess 

that's the initial question the court will address.  if they stop the analysis there and rule that the government cannot amend the law in thia fashion, they are likely to get an 8-1 or 9-0 decision.

an amazing athlete.

Lord, grant me the confidence of Caris Lavert.

27 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

I don't disagree that Miller (via Trump) will continue to push further.  But what is in front of the court right now is not at the level you folks were mentioning, perhaps joking about before.  As for the administration refusing to answer a question about going further back, just shows he's not a completely incompetent lawyer as no lawyer should feed into "perhaps" statements.  I also would put more money on 9-0 than I would that SCOTUS holds up the EO.

lawyers answer "perhaps" questions all the time at oral argument.  especially at the supreme court.  i understand what youre saying, but this particular administration cannot - and should not - be trusted on this issue.  or any issue, really.

in fact, if the SG had argued ONLY that the EO should be applied as a way to end "birth tourism" then they might have had a better chance. but they didnt.  they went for the full "ark should be overturned" type analysis.

4 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Because if the Wings don’t make it this year I see no reason to think they’ll make it next year.  Doesn’t seem there is much being “built”. 

come on now, were building a team that contends for the final playoff spot every year!  who wouldnt want that kind of mediocrity?

54 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

With all that being said, the Wings could still be back in a playoff position  by the end of tonight if Detroit beats Philly, Columbus loses in regulation to Carolina, and Ottawa doesn’t beat Buffalo. 

why do you do this to yourself?

The sign outside LCA should read "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."

6 hours ago, ewsieg said:

Just an fyi, and note I don't side with Trump in regards to birthright citizenship, but this wouldn't affect Trumps kids, Rubio, anyones grandpa, etc.

• It would not be retroactive, only from the time the EO was signed.
• Going forward, U.S. Born children, born to parents that are not citizens or have legal status, would not be citizens.

I don't know the status of some of your Grandparents, but this likely would not have effected your parents.  This would not effect Marco (both parents were legal residents), it would not affect any of the Trump kids (father was US Citizen and even if he wasn't, mother was legal resident).  

To me, it's an unconstitutional solution to a legitimate problem, at least a legitimate problem when you refuse (which both sides have) to address over decades.  It almost feels like an extra safeguard to limit one of the benefits of coming here illegally should another president step in and again refuse to address the southern border.  

 

Maybe.

The government is seeking only prospective relief, meaning that the EO is looking to end birthright citizenship for a particular class of persons moving forward.  as you state.

However, when the SG was asked at oral argument whether the administration would seek to apply its order retroactively, the SG refused to say that it would not.  In other words, the government did not commit that it would not look to rescind the citizenship of US citizens who were naturalized under old laws.

As Justice Sotomayor noted, the US has done this before when it rescinded citizenship for american indians.  Given the cruel nature of this administration in regards to non-white immigrants, and the bipolar nature of donald trump, i dont think you can say with any certainty he would not look to deport as many brown people as his government agents could get their hands on.  

And if you disagree, why dont you ask stephen miller what he thinks.

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

Is that just 2 1/2 hours of Webber blaming other people for things he did?  

where's michael talley when you need him?

i'll be interested to see how teams guard wemby in the playoffs.  i suspect they'll just try to beat the **** out him.

i was there in january, once the leaves get on the trees and the flowers bloom, i suspect IU will be great.