buddha

then dont take him. 32 or 34 is way too early to take such a risk.

he'll go back to his ways of paying hookers for sex?

its going to take at least another two years to dig out of ken holland's mess. its so hard for the wings to get the puck and keep it, other teams skate and shoot rings around them continually. that's why i would probably deal bertuzzi if they got another mantha-like offer.

zadina just shooting the puck right at the goalie is so frustrating.

or 66...

exactly. the current system is great for the owners now that they've figured it out. the other three american sports went through this same sort of debate with their employees and all came up with systems that guaranteed the players a share of the revenue and the owners a fixed ceiling on labor costs. baseball eschews that for a variety of reasons - mostly based on a century of abuse of the players by the owners and the distrust that comes from that. the current system was once a good thing for the players, but now they refuse to see how it should be scrapped to benefit everyone rather than just leaving open the possibility for the few mega contracts to continue to get higher. that said, it will now be really difficult for the players to get the owners to give up the advantages of having the players locked into below market contracts for 3 to 6 years. now that the owners have figured out how fungible players actually are. playoff expansion only adds to that.

i think this recent stretch of games has served as an unfortunate but necessary reminder of just how far behind this franchise was when yzerman got here and just how far behind they remain. seider and raymond are great blocks. larkin is really good. bert is good player. i think vrana is really talented. the rest of the team is not good. there's youth in zadina and ras and veleno, but the rest of the squad is a long long way off. do we really spend on a #2 center and a top line defenseman this offseason? i cant see it. theyre still at least one more year away. we need someone (multiple someone's) like soderblum to be our brayden point. our guy who comes from nowhere to be a star. we need to do something like flipping zadina into sergachev like he did with another struggling top pick in drouin. unless we can pull those rabbits out of our hats, its going to be another year like this next year. but i have faith in SYGM. and i really hope to see berggren this year and edvinsson next year (and shane wright...)

that would seemingly be silly. one would think if yzerman is involved it is to take on salary for a draft pick or two to facilitate another trade.

do you think steve ballmer has recouped his $2 billion investment in the clippers yet?

the browns were already a more successful franchise than the lions. because everyone else is.

sure, but the actual "value of the franchise" is what someone at forbes or wherever thinks someone will pay for it. it doesnt have anything to do with revenue or profit and loss, which is what was being argued about earlier. ask tesla. a more accurate view of profit and losa would be found in the company's books, which we almost never see (and can be manipulated). that said, when we saw a snapshot of the braves' books this year, they should a very large profit. i imagine successful teams with large media contracts like the braves also show similar profits. but those are not all teams. the idea seemigly put forward by some is that owners shouldnt be concerned with making money on their investment and should only be concerned with "winning" because forbes magazine says their franchises are worth a lot. so they should just spend a ton of money on salary because they can and will still technically "make money." i dont think that's viable like i dont think the "poor us were going broke" line from owners is viable either. teams have budgets dependent on revenue and profit expectations. that differs based on markets. so be it. its not cause owners are evil.

those are franchise values, not revenue or profit/loss.

i assume its too late to withdraw from the draft?

what is montreal giving us to take on petry?

i guarantee you that wont happen.

so the saints are in salary cap hell with $75 million over the cap? they restructure four contracts and now theyre $29 million under the cap. the nfl salary cap is a myth.

why would atlanta trade for deshaum watson and then spend a draft pick on ridder? that makes zero sense.

nice game from ned, finally.

clean yourself up stanley!

reports that bert is on the block. chiarot gets a number one pick. if a team trades for bert, it should be for an absolute haul. if not, keep him.

its totally you. i dont think you realize the power that you have!

correct.

stop being a jinx! lol.

i'd say its already a success. if they can get to the sweet sixteen with this team missing its starting pg? that's icing on the cake.

lol