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The point is that it’s a strange standard to apply to all trades. They’re not all made today. The gold standard has to be Nieuwendyk for Iginla. Calgary didn’t get better from that deal, only adding 14 points over 31 games. But not teams won that deal: a cup for a long hall of fame career. So clearly we know what this talk branched off from. It’s not a good deal but there’s still so much to be written with the two key pieces still in place and very early in their careers. So bad today, but it doesn’t approach the worst of all time label, particularly when you’re talking about a team that got absolutely nothing in return for the greatest goalie who ever set foot on the earth (hey, I can counter hyperbole with some of my own).

So in describing the purpose of trades, we want to exclude a large portion of trades that are made? Seems fair. As I said, I’m not talking about that trade.

The Jets? Now that would be hilarious given what he did to them when he jumped to New England.

Data? So do you think all those player for draft pick deals at each deadline, both teams are expecting immediate impact?

I’m going to talk about trades in general and not that specific trade. There are very few trades that occur where both teams are trying to add immediate help.

So it’s now very lower body?

Brady left to join an already loaded team. Now it’s Belichick’s turn to do the same.

To be fair, two of those traded hall of famers shouldn’t be mentioned in this thread. The returns on Housley and Turgeon worked out pretty well.

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen lower/upper body used to describe a surgery.

Hasek wanted out too.

It sounds like a bit of an underestimate, honestly.

Only one home team lost. I was actually able to get my just turned two year old to say “how ‘bout them cowboys” during that game.

It’s not worst by any standard, but looking back at the Kane trade, that one really sucked.

Rabble rabble Kevyn’s an idiot rabble rabble

On days like this, I’m reminded of this screen shot I took the day we drafted him:

Buffalo has to play one more game than KC/Houston/Baltimore but they still have the highest percentage? That’s kind of crazy.

Dementia can do that

I’d also like to add that football games were only played in January on fields shaped like a U. You had to drive for a touchdown uphill in the snow both ways.

When they said that the lions last won a playoff game over 30 years ago, I had the shocking realization that the early 90s were 30 years ago.

That stat convinced me to look at the list of all time winning streaks. There were more older ones than I would have expected. The shoot out era really watered it down a ton. I have no idea what to think about he ones from the 1920s.

And what’s the only thing the league really cares with any of these games? People watching it. What makes for better tv than an atmosphere where you can’t see a thing. That’s rating gold right there.

It’s such a rare thing to have a game postponed. I wonder if they actually have any rules/protocol for this. Back in my day, players were allowed head hunt and maim, whatever they wanted to do. Expecting everyone to walk out alive and healthy… these kids today are so soft.

Rap was ruled out, right? But whatever the answer to that, are they able to make a change after they ruled someone out?

Not possible. That guy only knew three keys on the keyboard: control, C, and V.

It’s even more fun to be a Bills fan who is not in Boston. I’m pretty sure it’s added years to my life.