Mr.TaterSalad

Many of us wanted a competitive primary process and we should have had one to vet Biden sooner. No one of note stepped up and so we didn't get one. Take a look though at poll after poll though in every swing state that has a competitive US Senate race. They almost all show Biden trailing the Dems Senate candidate. Bob Casey in PA, Elissa Slotkin in MI, Jacky Rosen in NV, Sherrod Brown in OH, Tammy Baldwin in WI are all performing better than Biden in polls. So it doesn't seem as if the Democratic brand itself is toxic or wildly unpopular where all Dems are just universally polling and performing poorly. It seems to be relegated, at this point, to the man at the top of the ticket.

Maybe the message is people just don't like Joe Biden and don't want someone old to be President. In swing state after swing state we see Democratic Senate candidates performing better than Joe Biden. Why might that be?

Didn't you ever hear about the midnight signing of Paul Revere?

Amazing, after being written off, the New Popular Front left coalition is set to get the most votes in the French elections.

I've hardly seen a poll where Joe is leading over the past week. Democrats seem more pessimistic than ever. But in a country of 256 million adults, Joe Biden is the best we can do to beat Trump. Not a single other person has the capabilities to do so. The enthusiasm is going down for Democrats too. It's 2016 all over again.

I was thinking Copp, Holl, Husso, and Petry for Zegras lol. In all seriousness, I don't want to part with our top goalie prospect in any deal unless I'm getting one of the top players in the league. So I'm not giving Anaheim Cossa in a deal. I think Cossa's development is a lynch pin to our future success.

So does Danielson stand a chance to make the main roster now out of camp with Tarasenko?

Who first reported this Aaron Ekblad rumor?

Why aren't we taking on a bad contract like an Andrew Wiggins or equivalent and trying to get multiple picks out of such a deal? That to me seems like the strategy Trajan ought to be taking, bad contracts for draft capital. With signing Harris, it seems that takes away much of the cap space needed to pull off that type of deal.

Why did Stan Van Langdon bother to sign Harris? Does he think he'll be able to meaningfully compete with Harris out there on the floor or does he think this will get them to 30 wins next year? Honestly, I'd rather suck/continue tanking yet again and have a shot at a top (well 5th) lottery pick then bring in Harris and get this team to 25 or 30 wins. That feels like we're going right back to the SVG days. All lame jokes and SVG comparisons aside, it's only a 2 year deal, so how bad can it be for our long-term plans and player development?

I'm going to ask the Ronald Reagan question here. After today's flurry of moves and the draft over the weekend, are we better than we were a year ago?

Literally WTF? We signed Kenny's worst signing in Edmonton?

Lindholm to the Bruins sucks if he bounces back to the player he's been most of his career. It sucks for us as Red Wing fans because he's now in our division on one if its best teams. Every year for the past two seasons I've predicted the downfall of the Boston Bruins and that they'd take a step back. I'm done predicting that now.

I really was hoping to get Matt Roy, but not on a 7 year deal. I wanted a 4 or 5 year deal at very most. I really think Washington is going to rue the day in years 5-6-7 of that deal when Roy is 35+ and his play is declining.

Nashville adds three huge contracts in one day with Stamkos, Marchessault, and Skjei. How are they under the cap now?

Matt Roy getting 7 years is 🤢. I like Matt Roy, but that is a deal they are going to regret in years 5-6-7 of the deal. Washington frankly should have hit the reset button and started their rebuild. Instead, they're doing what Kenny did here circa 2014-2017 and trying to fend off the inevitable decline of an aging team with aging stars.

Jake Guentzel signs with Tampa Bay. So he's off our radar now and probably was once we resigned Kaner.

Maybe Kane just really wants to be .500 lol. In all seriousness, considering he could have probably gotten more money from someone else or gone to a Cup contender, I am shocked he chose to return. This is very welcome news though.

Who do we think they use a buyout on at this point, if anyone? I know the Wallman trade sorta acted as a buyout already, but who is the most likely candidate? I know we always talk about Holl and Petry, for good reason too. However, could Andrew Copp be a dark horse candidate to be bought out and replaced with Kasper, Danielson, or a free agent signing?

Sounds like we may have gotten a steal here. I haven't watched a minute of tape on the kid, but based on the scouting report you shared I'm excited.

What does Trouba coming in mean for Ghost coming back now, if anything?

The Rangers retaining some of Trouba's salary will make this a much better deal in my eyes, assuming we didn't give up something insane. Trouba will be an asset to this team all in all. Will he be the guy that got 50 points in Winnipeg a few seasons back, no likely not, but he can't be any worse than running the dead body of Petry or Holl out there every night. I'd probably have gone for Matt Roy myself, but I'm not going to hate this deal unless the trade valuation is way out of sorts. After this deal is done it'd be nice to go out get Trevor Zegras, but I think I'm living in fantasyland with that one. Maybe Jonathan Marchessault as a consolation prize to replace Kane.

Edit, duplicate post.