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Thompson's TNT off the draw

I dont we can afford to trade him; we can't risk losing Tage and Dahlin

Good 1st; we look better than when Red Wings-lite played the Rochester Americans+

He never held there

It's not impossible; Power will always have the inherent skating and offensive chops though. Mrtka definitely has more bite in his game and the advantage of likely getting whatever amount of time he needs to develop. His rookie season he showed a bit more gusto and had some great defensive positioning

ROR sure, Eichel only was pretty good at draws by the end but he was still a solid faceoff guy at least.

Besides tackling Copp I'm not entirely sure what else he was supposed to do there; Copp hit the puck about 7 inches over the cross bar while wrestling with him.

High stick?

That was a rough one

They have disabled deferments as of the new CBA but when did they state the cap hit will reflect the true AAV with deferments?

Was meant to be a thumbs down more than a red X Its more that I disagree with what you are saying because I wouldn't like the result it could possibly bring. It's quite literally just 2 lines. I don't want the PA or players to play the games that this would involve. I want players to be invested in winning at nigh-any cost and doing whatever it takes to do that; not trying to be "performers" merely looking to entertain to the masses. The younger masses, as a whole, are predominately low attention span holding idiots that require instant gratification and a constant stream of it to be made "entertained." You play to WIN the game, and anything less than that is a travesty. As for the last line, the terms you lay out would be effectively oxymoronic. For the PA to maximize profit and avoid the need to judge a hit's legality they would merely take it away entirely. Why spend time and money in additional staffing and/or rules when banning it would be cheaper and easier? Thankfully the usually troublesome dinosaurs of old hockey are still in control mainly so we can enjoy hitting and physicality but once you start to play in the sandbox of protecting players for less easily defined hits than the likes of "hits to the head" or "charging" you will quickly fall into a pit of generalities until the rules just can't compute any longer. I'd give Tuch this option. 8 years x 10mil However I'm deferring some money to lower the cap hit to 9.466mil AAV He'd get 8mil per year for years 1 through 8 1 mil from each year would be deferred to his a Year 9 giving him a 9th year with 8 mil 500k from each year would be deferred to his a Year 10 giving him 4mil then 500k from each year would be deferred to be paid exactly 10 year later so for instance Year 5's 500k would go to Year 15 Gives him 9 years 8mil, 1 year 4mil and 8 years of 500k

Power was in D + 1 since he went to college; rarely does any 1st overall pick wait a year much less more Dahlin was fine his rookie year Quinn was an oddity, he had tore up the AHL the previous year and while weak in the playoff had been a game breaker in the regular season Levi needed AHL time after college but I will forever believe his agent forced our hand there in at least some part.

Are Finns naturally bald lol?

Best one was when he was dead tired in his legs but used a timed stick-check to help break it up at the line around the 15 second mark. Its preseason and against 1 team but I have to say I like the style of play, not overly defensive but in the 2nds and 3rd they've shut the opponent's offense down for the most part.

I like the song but would rather have the Skyclad version

From a purely skill based view, I can see it; from a defensive angle its far more murky.

It better not happen, Boston deserves to suck for a while

If so both should be drawn and quartered for treason

I do get a kick out the Bills' press release not mentioning the Leafs. Effectively they were alluding to connections with the other MLSE properties but not with the Leafs which is at least nice.

Toronto, their fans and franchise as a whole just perturb me. Every Win = Greatest Team in Hockey Every Loss = Worst Team in Hockey or they are being cheated (Unlike most, they will insist on it far longer than most. Essentially they see every Leaf like Zach Benson when it comes to penalties)

A couple sprinklers were triggered and broke the line

To me +/- is only relevant beyond 15/-15 If a player is a +33 on the season he’s very likely to be good. -33 would obviously entail the opposite. However I wouldn’t use that as a great or dependable decider in regards to stats. It’s good as a quick glance judgement but rarely do players sit at either extreme

Between July 15th and September 5th tend to be the dry times. Aside from a rare trade and arbitration cases; there isn’t much going on in hockey then.

Historic and recent Cup Winners, doubt they’ll have a ton of problems unless they go like Detroit. I’d limit NMCs to 30+years, so if you sign 7 years from 26 to 33, he could have clauses any year in which he’s 30 prior to the deadline.

Better not mean a 3-headed monster or Lyon getting waived like Reimer