shrader

There's nothing like some good old fashioned fear mongering.

They'd definitely need a couple Amerk reinforcements in that scenario because you'd be purging them of players in the middle of their run to the playoffs.

I've been on this train for a while. There are plenty of things that Botterill is guilty of, but it's not his fault that Skinner is on the ice without Eichel. I understand the initial thought that it was worthwhile to see if he could spark a second line. At this point, it's pretty clear that he can't, at least not right now. Maybe something clicks in the future with different players, but it is not happening this year. As for Johansson, he's the kind of guy I want to see playing in the playoffs. He plays a game that I think works well there. I'm kind of curious to see if he could be a trade chip approaching the deadline. One more year at $4.5 million shouldn't be too restrictive for a team looking to add some depth.

Kane was never going to stay.

I don't think you mess with Ristolainen in that regard. He leads the team in ice time and is having one of his better seasons. Bogosian? Sure, by all means. You're not getting much from him in his current state anyway.

Those types of sports dads are always going to be a red flag to me when it comes to pro athletes, well, at least the established non-teenager pro athletes.

So much talk coming through the parent of an established NHL vet. That whole thing feels a bit awkward to me.

Amateur. You need to take the phone away before tying them up and throwing them in the trunk.

Interesting. I didn't know they award it right away, but figured they'd wait until Toronto touches the puck. I wonder if that would void out any assists if a pass had sprung loose Pysyk.

And I have a last name where people routinely add a "c", so I consider myself to be the resident authority on what happened here to Dave. And your name is 11, so of course it looks the same when flipped upside down.

Stop cutting in line and save it for thursday.

There's cap recapture if the structure of the contract requires it, but that's it. The Devils still have minimal amounts for Kovalchuk through 2025.

There's no way that they're running events like that through the team's equipment guy. Why waste his time on something that is not intended for a game? Some stiff in promotions is probably running that stuff. They outsource the jerseys to whatever company it is and then don't bother to open the box until the day of the event. That's not the only person who didn't bother to check it as I'm willing to bet that Dave didn't either.

Because they've already allowed other teams to do the same, like us with Berglund and the Devils with Kovalchuk. I guess I'm ok with it except that the player should not be allowed to return during the life of that contract they violated. The league missed that chance though when they allowed Kovalchuk to return.

Right now he has the lowest shots/game figure of his entire career, other than his rookie season. That makes me wonder about the part in bold, if he has weeded out some of the lower probability shots from his game.

Now they just need to get those assists back up there to get him beyond Draisaitl/McDavid territory. Whether it's trough a reunion with Skinner or continuing growth from Olofsson, the potential here is incredible.

The awkward camera work does seem to add a bouncing effect to the object in question.

To be fair to 11, I originally read your post the same way, like you were asking about the 60th anniversary.

The 90s had two both the originals and the goathead. I must have missed that game because I don't know what they did, but it's sounding like goathead from this conversation. But what about the guys who were on the team only in the early 90s and only wore the original, were they out there in the goat? But yeah, I get the main point of your question... do they dare bring the slug back out there.

I just paged the expert. Hopefully he'll solve this mystery.

And it worked.

Paging @inkman, you have a call on the white courtesy phone. @inkman, please report to the white courtesy phone.

But we need to whine about everything sabre related. Haven't you been reading the board lately?

So one bad trade now equates to "constantly" getting conned and suckered? That's one hell of a logical leap right there. I look through the rest of his deals and I don't see anything that come close to that label. I can see some people suggesting Vesey or Sheary, but I see those as more of a buy low swing and a miss.

It typically works better if you don't bother responding to him.