buddha

all true too.

positioning and strength matter in defense too, but getting petry to add to maata, chairot, and holl does not inspire confidence that the pro scouting department knows what its doing, or that yzerman has a vision for how the team should play. fast? dump and chase with size? strength? i'm not sure what the vision is other than "wait for my draft picks to develop and in the meantime i will acquire veterans who play sound hockey but have marginal skill (copp, compher, maata, petry) to bridge the gap." maybe i just answered my own question?

maybe he's too blinded by the wings' previous success with human pylon larry murphy? 🙂

legitimate criticism.

jamo isnt going anywhere this year. the odds of the lions picking up his 5th year option might have just decreased a bit...

finding anyone to give anything for maata is good. its the rangers' 3rd rounder so its basically a 4th. that said, its money off the books and gives us a chance to 1) keep kasper up when motte comes back; 2) clear room to potentially add kane's bonus to this year's cap which will create more cap room next year; 3) give johannson more time in the big leagues.

Detroit trades maata to utah for a third round pick? now? why? not that maata was any good, but the timing seems....interesting?

the lions are the #1 team in dvoa for the first time ever. 45 years of ratings.

for all of you who loved the tobias harris signing, he's been awful. still early of course, but the results have not been good. cade in the 4th quarter has been bad. cade in the first three quarters has been very good and much improved. he looks stronger and he's getting to the rim. you have to figure that at some point in his career the refs start to give him some respect? i imagine if he were on a team that wins games he would get that respect. but alas...

0-4! seems an awful lot like last year's team..what we really need is a beat writer to tell us they'd be 2-2 if only ausar was playing. he's the glue that pulls it all together.

tough career with injuries.

cade had a good half...

hilarious.

well right, it is overwhelmingly likely that neither garrett nor crosby are traded. that doesnt mean if they WERE traded you'd have to give up multiple #1s to do it. a smaller trade is more likely.

there is no other way to get one than to overpay.

two more years of andrew copp at $5.625m is just brutal.

spotrac shows them with $19m available next year. they lose kane, fischer, husso, maata, petry, breggren, yamamoto payment (they are still on the books for abdelkader at $1m, thanks kenny!). you figure (and maybe you dont knowing this mgmt group) danielson and mazur make it next year. two cheap forwards. bregren is a rfa and doesnt look like he will cost much to bring back if they want. then you have two defensemen to replace. do you keep johannson? buium? that's two cheap defense contracts. that would leave them with about $15 million to play with. do you splash $11-12 million for 8 years for mitch marner?

even with the cap room, i'm not sure where the upgrades are going to come from other than from within. you gonna bust the bank for mitch marner? mikko ratanen? brock boeser? and i dont think they have enough to sign them unless they get creative with copp's contract and give up a pick to trade holl.

they have lots of cap room next year.

at the end of the day, the wings just dont have enough talent.

only took 10 seconds for mcdavid to saucer a pass across ice, the other guy to actually secure the pass, and for draisatl to beat edvinsson at the back post. boom boom boom. oilers win.

lol

overtime.

the bears were getting their asses kicked for three quarters. they deserved to lose.

INJECT IT RIGHT INTO MY VEINS!