buddha

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

whoo hoo!

go home TD, youre drunk!

putting aside the fact that baker sucked last year, how the heck could they afford that?

hertl signs an 8 year extension in san jose with an aav of over 8 million. so there goes that chance of getting a top center via free agency.

i grew up with ernie harwell and george kell so ive always liked my announcers with a little southern lilt... that said, i like buck and aikman for football. never noticed him for baseball.

i thought the lottery was the union's idea and the owners agreed to it as a concession? maybe it was just the amount of teams in the lottery? regardless, its a way to keep mlb in the news and generate interest and content.