slothfacekilla

and there it is

Here's our deadline acquisition...

Ya this ended up being a complete nothing of a transaction. They got both for absolutely nothing, so the price of trying out Kostin with the lineup was Yamamoto's buyout for $433k this season and $533k next season. Not a bad gamble but a shame Kostin didn't look good in Detroit.

Just clearing out Kostin's $2 million due next season (he has been a big disappointment in my eyes so it is fine with me, he seems like he thinks he's better than he is when he has the puck). Whether it is clearing space for now or the offseason who knows.

I think that’s it for me for the night, I would probably stick around if I wasn’t stuck with the TNT team. They rightfully are gushing about the Avs but it’s too much for me.

I feel like the TNT crew like Makar a little too much it’s getting creepy

Fabbri on the power play!! Their pp looked good there.

Must be waiting for their new players to arrive! I’m not ready for first line center Joe Veleno against the Avs.

Alright now I'm getting sick of Vegas' shenanigans...

If Byram can stay healthy (seems to be a big question mark) the Sabres have quite the young D core with him, Dahlin and Power

He has a NTC and told them he only wanted to play in Florida. UFA at the end of the season so they wanted to get anything for him.

I certainly don't know much about the NBA and don't follow the Pistons closely because I am a fair weather fan....but from the outside looking in it seems like the Detroit front office seems more interested in doing favors for family members of people in their org than actually making good moves? The Bartelsteins are close with the Tellems and they seemed to be doing them two favors by cutting Muscala then signing Gibson. Between this and giving Buddy Boeheim a contract it seems like they are deeply unserious about being a good team? Am I crazy?

Capitals just ditched Mantha for two draft picks too, seems like he's been having a solid season for the Caps (contract year)

Agreed, I'm shocked they are anywhere close

This would be kinda funny

Missing Larkin and Compher was absolutely killer to this lineup, they'll miss Larkin right now but at least JT is alive

you'll get Austin Czarnik and you'll like it!!! (at least that's my guess)

This Larkin injury is brutal

I think it is only a mater of time that the Wings sign Kane to an extension, the people that kept hinting that Detroit was going to inevitably sign Kane make it seem like he wants to be in Detroit to finish his career. The sense I get is that he wanted to be with the Wings for a bit and the Wings went with the one year deal to test out his hip, moving forward unless he injures himself I think he'll sign.

Ya I've been seeing rumors they're getting close to an extension

Seems like a very weird deal for Calgary, I was reading that prospect from Dallas was probably not even going to get a QO after this season as a RFA. A second seems pretty whatever for a solid defenseman, the Stars won't care if they lose the third because that means they made the cup finals. And with all the salary retention it seems like the Flames should have gotten at least a mid tier prospect... I have a feeling Yzerman isn't too interested in trading for a defender right now but that's just my uneducated guess.

I'm surprised they're top two, guessing Buffalo is #1 based on Wheeler's preferred types in his rankings. But it makes sense to me, the Wings have pretty intriguing prospects across the board now with Danielson - Kasper at center, Edvinsson - ASP on defense, and Cossa - Augustine in net. That's ignoring the handful of other guys who are in the AHL / potentially close to the NHL, and then lottery tickets like Buchelnikov who just had a solid season in the KHL. Andrew Gibson has definitely shot up rankings this season as well this season. Nothing is certain with these kids but the Wings have done a good job building potential depth in the system. It has been a lot of fun following prospects this season. Looks like Mazur is out with an injury tonight, hopefully it is nothing serious because he's been playing well lately. I think they've been using Berggren - Kasper - Mazur a bit and they've had some success.

I have to say I think I’ve hit my breaking point with “fancy” stats and stat cards. It seems like everyone has their own version of it these days and you can work it to build your narrative however you want. I don’t even fully get what the athletic is trying to say here but it seems to reduce the players to…. I don’t even know what…. all while ignoring any sort of nuance and context that goes into a roster. It’s like the clown on twitter who wrote an article about how the Kane signing is a failure as predicted and is still digging his heels in online because his fancy stats tell him the whole story. I used to be all about them but now I’m fully in old man yelling at clouds territory.