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Good on Boynton for not holding back, but its hard not to notice the guys clammed up about this until after they were out of hockey. What does that tell you?

I'll be the first to say it. I hope this guy is in the lineup every frigging night. The number sniffers are going to scorn him like they did D Lo. You are missing the point. This guy is going to be the player that keeps the kids digging in the corners and along the boards. He'll be their spine when every Philly player is trying to goad Rasmus into dropping his gloves. And he's going to save Cozens hands so he's using them to make sweet dishes instead of beating on some other guys helmet.

I don’t know about that. There was a ton of “just give Jack the C because he’s the annointed one anyway” sentiment around here. My recollection was it was the majority sentiment.

Jesus, you are reactionary. Take a pill. The offseason is just getting started.

Barely Afloat

The Matt Ellis of all assistant coach hirings. I suppose someone else has already made this bad joke.

And noone to relieve that pressure if they fold.

I’m hoping it is because you went looking for a fight because nothing else is positive about this, and not because his fighting results were that poor.

Sinks on frozen water

Need something for entertainment. Might as well be 5 fights next season.

Most expected flounce ever.

Mmmm…. Sour lemonade. Sounds like a sure seller.

Send me a PM. I’ve owned 2 now. I have developed some strong feelings about this. I can’t respond while at work but I’ll write you a novella once home.

Yes yesterday’s signings were by design for the most part, but Linus and Jake leaving were not. That tells me that goalie at minimum was not intended to go the way it did. We lost 2 of the most dependable, soft spoken, good attitude vets on the roster yesterday. We can’t keep home grown good attitude players. Yes, this team is now being shunned. My gut tells me that KA is concentrating on futures because what we have been seeing is that the vets we obtain via trade just simply lay down on the job. Because this team is being shunned. We have no choice but to focus on futures.

This right here is why I am so down on the next few years. It is pretty obvious to me that this team is now being shunned by the veterans around the league. This means that we are going to have to make due with what we draft and unwilling players with no other options. This is going to be a disastrous environment to develop young players. No high character vets, no NHL caliber goalies, no sense of loyalty. The fun in hockey is the entertainment value. There is no entertainment value in what is about to be unleashed.

I wouldn't fret about it. It won't matter. They are making the same mistake they made the first time.

What do we know about this guy?

Interesting comments by Jake on twitter. Sounded like he’s been angling to play for Chicago for some time. "I've been secretly hoping this was going to come to fruition for a long time. This place has been an adopted home for me the last five years."

This is actually pretty accurate.

Hague and Hagg? What other similar phonetic names can we trade for?

And he doesn’t need you or anyone else to push him. He had his moment. Let it go.

It is not possible for me to hate this any more than I already do.

Man, don't encourage this. inky is OG. We don't want him gone and we don't want anyone providing a last tug.

I think KA has come to the same conclusions some of us had 4 years ago.