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Kesserling and Doan have no compunction about sticking up for their teammates, so that’s a start anyway.

Less choosing violence than it is choosing less pacifism imo. I think the non response to the attack on Tage made Lindy blow a fuse.

I suspect it ain’t him, it’s Lindy.

This draft and the trades have Lindy all over it. I can just imagine how sickened he was watching the video from last season.

Obviously, the exception proves the rule.

Kulich is gonna get a long look at C as he did fairly well there later last season between Tage and whomever else Lindy put on the other wing. He definitely has the chops to play the C position.

Saw an article saying he was going to Vegas vs Anaheim to save $13m in state income taxes vs California. But who knows, maybe he would come here to be close to home.

Agreed. But he managed to play in 68 games last season so maybe he’s on the upswing in that regard. I think he’s an upgrade over Clifton as a 3rd pair D.

This is the same economist hack from the NY Post link above. He didn’t sound optimistic just a few days ago. Like a handful of (usually paid by big oil interests) climate scientists that deny the consensus in their field, so, too, can radical right wing media like Murdoch’s NY Post find a dissenting opinion and run with it. https://www.fa-mag.com/news/with-stagflation-on-the-horizon

Shades of Ghost of Dwight Drane when he used to talk about Myers. 😄

I wasn’t arguing with you, just offering an explanation as to why the media doesn’t seem to harp on the poorer aspect of his game.

I hope it’s the fully healthy, off-season conditioning not negatively impacting his training like last season version.

That’s why I used the qualifier “perhaps.” Offense tends to shine brighter with the media types, too.

That is some high level literary insight right there.

Perhaps it’s because Power already borders on elite offensively, while JJ borders on bad defensively?

Used to be a ficus myself.

Can’t say for sure, but if I had to make a guess in JJ’s case, I’d say Ruff’s coaching style, tough practices, and absolutely ripping players new ones during film reviews and holding them accountable didn’t rub JJ the right way. It was a complete 180 from Granato’s TLC approach and something JJ didn’t hadn’t experienced in his career before.

Funny how different people take things differently. I didn’t get the sense that Harrington was telling anyone to shut up. Instead I took it as let’s wait a bit and we might be just be surprised again.

The bloom fell off his lily fairly quickly iirc. Seems lots of players get a boost after being traded only to level off and fade. Steve Bernier anyone?

That would work for me.

Byram to the Canucks for Pettersson? Is that at all possible? I wonder if his Swedish national teammate Dahlin could be an advocate.

Speaking of Ruff, the players we acquired indicate he has his hands all over this trade. Just as he was as a player, Ruff values having some sand in his lineup and I can only imagine how it tore him up inside watching teams take liberties with our key players with absolutely no response from the wimps in his lineup. I also imagine he ripped them new ones during film reviews.

Not sure, but I think I detect a note or two of truculence in this thread.