buddha

winnipeg is not doing fine. in fact, there are rumblings that they will need to sell the team and/or relocate soon. there was a big piece in the athletic about it recently.

but he's no trey burke...

why? canadian cities are too small. salt lake is 1.25m metro and growing rapidly. they have a building. they have a great fan base in place. cities like salt lake are where the nhl prospers, where there is no baseball or football to take away money. quebec city isnt even 1 million metro, has the canadian dollar weighing it down, and has to compete with montreal for fans and money. quebec city makes no sense.

cossa lost 4-1

i'll be kind of upset if they spend big money on elias lindholm.

dude, compher outproduced lindholm THIS YEAR! what do you mean he's never outproduced lindholm. i think you like the idea of what lindholm was 2 years ago when he was playing on a stacked calgary team going up against second lines rather than what he actually is now. its like debrincat. everybody gets wrapped up in him scoring 40 goals, but take him away from patrick kane in his prime and he's what he was this year: a decently fast winger with an ok scoring touch.

it takes like 5 picks/pick swaps to get a good player nowadays. mikael bridges will be a pretty hot commodity if the nets look to move him. not sure the pistons have the ammo. unless they get the #1 pick and the nets love sarr.

i thought half of the point of compher and copp was they were good defensive forwards?

lindholm has had decreasing production every year since he scored 40 goals and he is about to turn 30. no thanks. why are you so high on tuomisto? he seems like trade filler to me. like sebrango.

bultman's article today made it seem like kane is probably gone and perron will probably stick around.

pistons could have had him last year. instead they traded for joe harris.

the 8.5ish is in line with other young top defensemen. i understand your point, seider's analytical numbers arent great, but they give him HEAVY responsibility. i do think the physicalness has decreases.

yes

yup. that's the argument for trading for a guy like mittlestadt but it would have cost you edvinsson, most likely. or horvat. that's why you have to draft and develop. good, young centers dont get traded.

they are absolutely not a lock. they have to get another center/playmaker. im not sure how they do that. but they need internal advancement from the younger kids.

i dont want to see more 5m contracts for average players like compher and copp.

kane also was a positive even if he dropped off a bit at the end.

lucas raymond's continued development is the best part about this season. seider continues to be solid and the points will come when he takes over for ghost as #1 on the pp. but raymond got better and stronger as the year went on. positives: raymond, larkin, walman, seider, lyon, fischer, chairot. disappointments: compher, copp, rasmussen, husso, debrincat, holl.

we can sign him AND trade for draymond green! heck, then trade for zack lavine. this team will totally compete for the play in spot next year. success!

cheeseburgers and porn stars are a helluva drug.

they have very little room to move for a star player. i dont see how they bring ghost and kane back. you can get one but not the other. the rumors that theyre already talking extension with perron are scary to me. he's old and fell off badly at the end of the year (excluding the last few games). things should open up after this season when husso, petry, maata, and fabbri come off the books. that's $15 million right there.

holland is a hall of fame lock.

the wings no longer have unlimited money. they have to pay seider and raymond now. seider is probably getting 8.5. raymond may have played his way into 8. with larkin, debrincat, seider, and raymond all making that kind of coin, there isnt a ton of room left for free agents. not with paying compher, chairot, fabbri, husso, and copp larger mid-level deals. not to mention maata and holl sucking up space. i dont see how ghost comes back. kane can come back if he will take 5. anything more than that and he's probably gone. vegas will sign him after putting stone on ltir for 81 games. kasper can replace veleno. mazur can replace perron. edvinsson will stick. cut husso and take the cap hit. call up cossa or sign a reasonably priced backup. johansson should be up in place of holl or petry. they dont have the money for guentzel or stamkos. its all about internal development. its time to see the fruits of all those draft picks.

if she can keep people's interest in the league, revenue and salaries will increase. right now its a money loser and has been propped up by nba revenues for decades. but networks obviously see women's sports as a growth area. espn is pumping major airtime and webspace into it. the investment - in sports league terms - is very low and the potential returns are high. if they want to televise mens pro sports the rights very very expensive.