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Was this ever confirmed?

Well that was aggerssive Why? Side note, you need to start posting again. Otherwise I'm gonna catch you for post count, and that's not gonna look good for me, considering I joined years after you did

Let me know if you find my keys in there

Coming off even more controversy at the end of last season, a little older, no QB, team just made the playoffs, asked to take a pay cut...not really that surprising

No

https://www.fanragsports.com/canadiens/dreger-canadiens-had-significant-trade-ask-for-pacioretty/

Don't think I forgot about you trying to convince us we'd all love Nolan, d4rk...

This is absolute banana land Same. If we pick top 2 in this draft we're in really good shape. We're either going to take care of a massive hole on the blue line, or a massive hole on wing

Honestly think he needs to call MacKinnon and talk to him about what he did to turn the Avs around and become a 40g scorer. From what I've heard, MacKinnon basically turned that team around himself because he was so mad about the season before

Really though. There are a lot of different opinions on here, but even if you divided us into 3-4 camps of thought, those 4 camps would still have done better than Murray

28ev points to 34ev points, yup https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/o/oreilry01.html

Not a great sign for sure, but maybe not plummeting. Something to be wary about though

Is this a real thing?

But these last two seasons the lowest 3 teams had worse point totals. So I don't see why teams tanking for Matthews matters I'll also never understand how it's alright that the Leafs did it, but it was a mistake for us.

I think those complaints started happening around December of that season, not before it http://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/sabres-report-to-training-camp-with-one-expectation-playoffs/1042966498 The Matthews year was actually one of the better ones as far as basis level competition goes. Bottom 3 teams since 2014-2015 2017 Buffalo: 62 Ottawa: 67 Arizona: 70 2016 Colorado: 48 Vancouver: 69 Arizona: 70 2015 Toronto: 69 Edmonton: 70 Vancouver: 75

But why were we on the trajectory of a normal rebuild, we made a big leap from one season to the next, supposedly turned the corner, but then fell down so hard these last two seasons?

Hardly It's the common trajectory of every team after a rebuild in every sport. You lose a lot, you get incrementally better, you contend consistently. It is no way exclusive to a tanking rebuild.

I've countered it a ton. Quoting one post and claiming all I do is bitch and moan about it is a little ridiculous Robviously just countered it too. If the tank fostered such a culture of losing as you claim, then why did we go .500 the year after we ended tanking

Exactly, thank you. I'm getting so sick or this trope

Ottawa

True. I also don't live, travel, and see them for 10 hours a day for 7 months a year though.

I've never had anyone talented, or hardworking, that I haven't like working with.

Right, for me Casey is in that and Okposo is not. Casey will be on the team next year and will be a major part of the core of this team when successful. Okposo is just beyond expendable, and really we'd be lucky if someone else took him My core for this team is Eichel Mittelstadt RoR Reinhart Risto Our pick this year If it's Dahlin then Risto is not part of the core. If Svechnikov, then Reinhart is not part of the core. If neither, then we wait and see I suppose Probably. My guess is Okposo is unloaded in a similar way Dareus was for the Bills, or any other overpaid player. Then I'd bet one of Reinhart or RoR is gone

I honestly think Mittelstadt replaces Okposo in this

I mean those aren't the core anymore, are they? Those are really just ancillary pieces. As far as those players go, I'm keeping all of them. Well, mostly. Realistically, I'm moving Pomminvile Larsson Bogosian Bailey Baptiste Falk Fedun Johnson Nolan Balloon Pouliot Lehner Some of those guys can go to Rochester, sure. But I don't want any of them in the starting lineup next fall And damn you Flagg for making me turn against Pommers