Mr.TaterSalad

Life would be positively unfair if the Panthers got Marner. Too add Mitch Marner to a front line that already includes Bennett, Marchand, Rinehart, Tkachuk would be disgusting. Amazing that Florida can have that level of talent and still be under the cap enough to add Marner. Meanwhile, we're stuck here with the likes of Copp, Compher, Holl, etc.

And Trey just happens to play defense and can stop balls from going into the end zone. Look, I know this isn't happening because it's just not the type of move Brad makes and he's not about to mortgage our financial future for it. But it's fun to dream about and discuss I think. Even if it is never happening.

Also for the record Nate Danielson was not my top choice as I wanted someone in the 2023 draft that I thought could deliver more pure scoring punch, given that we had taken Kasper the year before to potentially be a Center. I liked Danielson but I had a couple of players I was hoping we would have drafted ahead of him including Zach Benson, Colby Barlow, or Matthew Wood. We shall see if Danielson ends up being a very good player ala Dylan Larkin or just a nice player in the vein of Andrew Copp 2.0.

For the record, I was here trumpeting that I wanted Kasper because I thought he was more than what people were saying about him. 🙂

So Brad Holmes and the Lions are going to make a Brendan Shanahan-like move for a top player in the league to get them over the top? Cool! Looking forward to Trey Hendrickson in Honolulu Blue and Silver.

Kasper seems like he has more scoring and playmaking ability than just being a 30-35 point guy. But that's just my take on him.

I didn't want Lindholm. I don't remember wanting him anyways. I wanted us to be in on the late Johnny Gaudreau a few years back when he left Calgary.

Is there a good but not great 2-way offensive forward, who plays defensively sound hockey, and is projected to have a career trajectory that averages around 35 points a season with 12 goals and 23 assists in this draft? If so, that's our guy.

Gym Jordan got taken to the mat.

Elias Pettersson is only 26 years old. He had 89 points and 102 points a season ago and two seasons ago respectively. Is a team really doing backflips to get rid of a 26 year old player who is just a season removed from nearly 90 points and two seasons removed from over 100 points because of one down year?

I don't buy that we were going to trade up for James Pearce Jr. The guy allegedly has major effort and character concerns, which is something this organization, under this regime, has always stayed away from. I'd venture to guess that neither Pearce nor Mike Green were on their draft board.

RIP George Wendt aka Norm Peterson from Cheers. A piece of my childhood is gone.

@lordstanley you're a Vancouverite and follow local sports news there. Is Elias Pettersson still rumored at all to be on the trade block? If so, I presume he would be less rich and could be had for cheaper than Marner, no?

At the Chiefs, Commanders, Eagles, and Ravens is brutal. We could go anything from 3-1 to 0-4 in those games. I don't see us running the table and winning or losing all 4 of those tough road games, but I do think that's more likely than sweeping them all. Each of those games is on the road, against what are supposed to be very good teams with really good QBs. Obviously, those teams and their QBs could underperform or get injured, but as of now, they are tough games. We did not play a lot of really good QBs last season compared to our schedule this year. I do worry about that given that we have a new DC in place. Let's see how these teams actually end up and how we stack up against the top QBs when our defense is fully healthy with a new DC leading the way.

I feel bad for Quinton Byfield. He's only 22 so he'll likely be sent down to the AHL affiliate for some more seasoning until he's 24 or asked to sit in the press box. After all, this is a men's league and kid's aren't the answer.

Also strong Dan Cleary coming out of retirement rumors too.

Does Saudi Arabia still stone women to death for adultery or have they stopped that practice in recent years? Asking for the pro life crowd.

This season has been amazing, phenomenal, incredible so far. I don't want to be THAT guy, but I will be for a moment. How good would we be if we had drafted Wyatt Langford and had him on this team, in this moment? Who would be the guy riding the bench or off the team because of Langford?

Having been very badly bullied growing up in school, I do think Trump is a Nelson Muntz like character and a bully. A guy who gets off on deriding and degrading others, but also isn't terribly smart. That said, my experience isn't that bullies will backdown if you tell them no and/or fight back against them. Sure, some will do that. But in my experience, many bullies will just get twice as mad and become more lethal the next time you cross them. They'll torture you until you hit a breaking point and cannot function anymore. Trump isn't a smart person in-terms of book smarts or general intellect. He's a complete dolt in that regard. He does however have a certain people smarts and understands marketing and selling to some degree, though not in a way he could articulate coherently. Many of the people around Trump are not that smart either, but they understand bullying and submission strategy to a point. They are using him and manipulating him to do bad things and creating lasting damage to our country's democracy and democratic institutions. They are the bullies that come back twice as strong, twice as vengeful, and twice as determined to get revenge on you for standing up to them. It's partly why we see Trump himself and those around him acting so aggressive towards people they view as hostile to their agenda, i.e. the fake new media, academia, scientists, Democrats, etc. It's also why you see them throwing so many different things at the wall in hopes that something will stick and that you can't possibly stay caught up with all the chaos, craziness, and rapid fire changes they are enacting. They are torturing democracy, our institutions, and decent people until we hit our breaking point. Much like many bullies out there.

Of course TeSlaa looked explosive against other rookies. Let's see how he does running routes against real competition and getting muscled or jammed at the line by CBs and Safeties. That said, I'd rather hear good news about him than bad, so this is encouraging.

One of the more modern design NHL logos I have always liked is the original San Jose Sharks logo design from their inaugural season.

It looks like a create-a-team logo from NHL 2011. I am a sucker for logos that have a more classical, less modern look to them. I don't care for the team name font in the design either. I'm no graphics guy though, so what do I know.

There is no accountability for police in America. They can do and act as they please, including beating a man to death on camera.

Are we the only team who has never moved up in a draft lottery in the lottery era(

What a great, exciting game. A comeback by Winnipeg with under 2 minutes left in the game, a very last second possible goal, and a Double OT thriller with the Jets winning it in the end. That was a fun watch.