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I don't think you should toss out 85 shots from his sample which is basically 1/4 of his total shots taken just because it bumps up his avg. He needs to shoot more and I would be willing to hear that his sh% is closer to 13 than 14 but I wouldn't toss the entire sample. Especially when he switched teams so the way he was utilized changed. Edit: also I am nitpicking but his career avg without this year and ignoring his 10 game rookie year is 12.03%, not 11.9. If you are willing to completely toss his 85 shots from Buffalo, you also have to toss his 3hots from his first 10 games.

And the problem is all indications are that Adams is going to run it back again with the same players in the same positions. We might even have the same assistant coaches. Adams lacks imagination and the will to make the hard choices. That is why he has this decision by committee thing, sure he makes the final call but he feels built up to make that. It is like he needs a lot of outside justification and then he can do the obvious thing. I also firmly believe that it helps him offset blame when things don't work, "we all agreed and it just didn't work out" seems to be his mantra. He's not a leader. Lindy and the entire coaching staff should be removed. They aren't good enough. Marty Wilford still having a job is just mind-bogglingly bad and the only excuse is Terry needs that Yacht money and Wilford was under contract.

I added a poll now that we are nearer to the end of the year. Ryan McLeod is a RFA and will be 26 by the start of the 2025 season.

McLeod continues to produce (probably over-produce on goals) so again, what should we pay this guy? Our center spine next year will be Norris, McLeod, and Kulich. Krebs will be around for fill in duties and perhaps Östlund gets a call-up (ik ik, young again but we can't argue over that in every thread all the time). Would we be willing to do 5yrs, 5mil? Is that too high? 4yrs, 4.5mil more in the ballpark? 19g, 29a, 48pts in 71games thus far. He should only have about 12-13g if you use his career sh% and he is on pace to only have 100 shots, so he really needs to shoot more. What would a 15g (avg sh%), 30-35a, 45-50pt center with good defensive metrics be worth to you?

I was wrong. I think some of the xGF can be explained by being on a better team, Cirelli is still the better defensive forward but I think it is fair to at least talk about McLeod in the same sentence with Cirelli. That said, McLeod shot at 22.4% which is 8% higher than his career average. Unless McLeod ups his shots on goal per game, he is going to see a regression in scoring goals next year. Sam Reinhart doesn't run at 22% consistently as a shooter. McLeod: 19g, 29a, 48pts, 51.6fo%, -5.5xGF Cirelli: 26g, 27a, 53pts, 50.7fo%, +19xGF yes, I know this thread is old SDS but I thought it deserved some life after as the season nears the end. I was a little too cold on the trade and should have been more upbeat. Overall this board though was fairly happy with it and thus far it has worked out.

This team lost 13 games because they were young and soft. Their pp remains awful because Appert is an AHL level coach who needs to be fired. Harrington's take, as you note, is willy nilly. You can't just take the good and act like the bad doesn't apply. Wonder if Harrington is covering for the org as a favor, or he's just bad at his job.

This is why Cozens isn't a good hockey player:

You know, I went back and found some Leinonen stuff... I'll admit, he looks better. Curious to see him in NA.

Seems the new team boost has worn off of Cozens. He processes the game so slow.

One of these things is not like other...

Sabres take on the Senators tonight in a battle of teams that understand that Linus Ullmark was worth signing. Josh Norris will not play but Dylan Cozens should. Bernard-Docker also will be in the lineup and maybe is something? Tune in for the riveting conclusion of the Sabres Sens 2025 series.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-was-sent-el-salvador-due-administrative-error-protected-legal-stat-rcna199010 You care to comment on this or is it fine because "proof" wasn't offered by the Judge? Proof also wasn't offered by JD Vance or anyone in the administration other than a supposed "confidential informant". This is not freedom, this is tyranny. We have laws and once we decide that "feels" should replace laws, we are no longer a country but a dystopian hellscape run by Oligarchy fueled Dictators.

Yea, he's had a "nagging back injury" that they finally did surgery on in November https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blue-jackets-cayden-lindstrom-undergoes-minor-surgery-expected-to-return/

Or you order online, which means you searched for the pizza joint you wanna order from.

Cayden Lindstrom, that's who McQueen reminds me of. I couldn't think of the player but that is my biggest worry right is that McQueen is Cayden Lindstrom. Lindstrom could have a great career, but he's a 6'4" C who has been injured for basically the last year and was injured the year before that too. You shouldn't be needing back surgery at 19. Idk if McQueen will be that but if I were an NHL team, I would be pouring over his medicals and talking to every expert I can find about it.

I don't think this is accurate. We know that Dahlin organized a group to come to Sweden and workout together for one. It could be that the offseason training related to stamina wasn't as good as needed but I think this scenario is just not happening.

This is my concern.

they can take anyone, from anywhere, forcible deport them without any legal proceedings and then do nothing... this is not freedom.

I think Power can be a decent #2 and a #1 pp guy. His defensive game isn't anywhere near as bad as the majority opinion around here. Ranger fans are dumb at trades. They make Roy for Malkin look legit.