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I didn't realize this was a thing, double slide is a nice option

Cossa is still on the same development path as Askarov so I'm certainly not concerned yet Agree with Max on the defensemen comparisons, Tuomisto just doesn't have the footspeed to keep up in the NHL in my opinion

Can’t wait for him to score a hat trick against the Wings opening night.

Ya I agree with Shin, he had some stuff to clean up but I remember him being a pretty elite prospect overall. I'm still very excited about him (shocker I know). I went back to watch some scouting videos to refresh my memory and I got caught up in the rabbithole of his highlight videos for a bit 😆. His athleticism at his size really is tantalizing when he is on.

I didn't realize Wheeler had Fowler over Augustine in his rankings. Interesting choice since it seems like internationally Augustine seems to get the nod over Fowler.

Askarov went for a top 10 protected first round pick, a solid forward prospect (32nd overall pick by vegas originally, profile reads like a Danielson type) and a former 5th round pick goalie prospect who seems to be settling into the AHL at age 24. Askarov is probably one of the top goalie prospects in the last 10 years or something like that so less than that for sure. Not sure where I would place his "exact" value myself. My guess would be a second round pick + a Max Plante type prospect or solid roster player but even typing that out gave me the impression I'm probably way off. I could see his actual value above or below that honestly. A lot of gm's love toolsy goalies like that but also goalie development is weird as hell and scares teams.

God he looks like he is 13 years old!

I feel like Larkin is pretty fairly paid myself haha. It's just nice because it isn't an overpay.

I heard Austin Daye is looking pretty good though!

That roster, especially the defense, was not great last season. I still would want to see Cossa finish better, my guess is they don't do the Mrazek / Gibson dance if Cossa kept his play up all season.

Grand Old Pedophiles

It is wild to me to say a goalie still in the NCAA has passed a guy who is an AHL All Star with over a .910 save percentage his last two AHL seasons. I expected him to have Wallstedt over Cossa so at least that was a nice surprise...

Signing him until UFA is a hilarious move

This Sergachev quote about Blashill is so ****ing funny: "It was hard to pull myself together and play my kind of hockey. I just couldn’t. And then we changed our system — the coach from Detroit came in. I mean, we had gone to three finals, and this guy comes in and says: “We’re not playing like that anymore. Now we’re playing like ****ing Vegas.” And we’re all like, “Why?” He goes, “They have a better system. It’ll work for us.” Well, it didn’t work for me. Didn’t work for anyone. Everyone ended up with a negative plus-minus, we were all getting outscored and playing like crap."

The drunk dude posted a picture of himself saying he just got a small black eye. Never mind that Tarnasky was obviously taking it easy on him and it is probably his hip/side that is messed up from being tossed fifteen feet like a child.

https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1342448 Plante and Whipple invited to the US camp for the World Junior Summer Showcase

Such a hilarious video, I can't pick my favorite part between the guy crawling out of the pond like some swamp creature or when Tarnasky tossed him at the end.

I thought the rumor was he wanted to choose where he would go so I figured he would go to free agency, but I can see the allure to Edmonton I guess. If you get a chance to play with Trent Frederic you have to take it

I'm a bit shocked that Howard signed a deal there

I'm not a NCAA guy anymore but I would rather the players get rich than the administrators and conferences

I've never seen that twitter account with the Karlsson rumor, is it popping up anywhere else? Feels like a guess but who knows

Was just coming to post the same info from that podcast: Friedman says Detroit wanted to make a pitch to Ehlers but were told no. He says Detroit is “a hard sell” because it’s been too long without playoffs. I wouldn't think this would be a shock to people but well...

Nope I'm a moron he's going to Carolina

Wonder if Ehlers is about to sign in Utah, they randomly cancelled their intro press conference for Peterka today