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I do wonder what goes through the heads of certain Blackhawk fans. We all know what carrot is dangled in front of that organization, but for the more casual fan, it's pretty tough to sell them some draft picks from 2050.

I'm wondering if they do it now just in case someone may try to poach him later for their AHL team. Normally you'd be able to call someone's bluff and just claim him on waivers as they try to send him down. Problem is, you're already carrying 3 goalies and you don't have the space to make that claim anymore. I think it's definitely insurance against him getting poached, but I really can't come up with good reasons for that other than the obvious limit on bodies right now for the AHL net. I'm mostly curious as to whether or not this changes the value of his AHL contract at all.

So has he still been sitting for these entire 2.5 weeks?

Whether or not the players make it, that's a lot of ammo for future trades that they no longer have.

And I’m really hoping Buffalo can climb up to the 1st wild card and Jersey passes Carolina.

They’re back on the outside looking in. The rankings are very volatile right around the bubble.

So what are those jerseys and why do they not have matching shells for the pants?

My home improvement went off the rails today. I was replacing the fill valve and flapper in a toilet. I didn’t notice that the washer fell out of the connector to the water line. So when I turned that back on water was spraying everywhere. Then when I put the new flapper on, the plastic connection snapped and I had to run out and buy another one.

There’s no reason to put him on IR unless someone is getting called up.

Wait, which team is Rochester?

But those 4 and 6 year 35+ deals for Malkin and Letang… they’re just heating up. @Thorny, so sorry that auto-correct offends you.

I’m embarrassed, let’s go hurt that guy.

Home ice is certainly something to fear though.

60 is still a possibility. The way he puts up multi-goal games, I won’t rule that out yet.

That Detroit team didn’t have the luxury of shoot outs or even the extra point for losing in OT. Let that one settle into your brains for a second.

91 goals so far. I bet you’d have to go all the way back to Mogilny’s 76 goal year to find a Sabre line with more combined goals. LaFontaine had 53 of his own, so good luck catching them.

Make no mistake, that was a definite FU move from Skinner and Florida deserved it. The thing with Tkachuk though is that he only does that because it’s one of the smaller guys in Skinner who did it.

Or they could go on a serious streak and catch Tampa. Just picture that one, a 7 game series with nothing but road games. But hey, we’d be guaranteed to win it in 7.

Two of them were referees. Linesmen have a very different job

I think I made the same exact sound.

I’m not talking about McDavid. I should have said it will be tough with a 60 goal scorer on the ice with him. People will have a hard time voting for Dahlin with Thompson out there with him. Who cares that he’s a defenseman, they’re always going to flock to the numbers.

It would be a very interesting case if he didn’t have a 60 goal scorer in front of him.

No there isn’t.

And notice how the little bitch tried to go to the bench immediately after the hit.

I have a very different problem today. There's pollen on my car.