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Why on G-d's green Earth would Adams trade the local kid on a bargain contract to a desperate hated divisional rival?

I completely disagree. His prospect is far from diminished and he proved that he can play and produce in the NHL right now. Does he need more polish? Sure, but who doesn't at 20?

I have 4, 3 w numbers and one without. One of numbers you can’t tell if it’s a 6 or 9. I think that one is sadly Erik Johnson. I also have an Asplund hat that came w a piece of paper.

4in x 6 x 5 approximately

Don't worry, the internal cap is 82 mill.

One can always hope.

Because in the past the notations on the box did not match the autograph on the helmet. Sometimes they included a piece of paper with the name, sometimes they’ve had no notations at all.

Would Adams resigning be considered a “big” move?

I think it’s Krebs as well. Makes sense. The box from the Sabres had 19 written on a sticker. I get a mini helmet each year in support of Roswell Park on hockey fights cancer night and this was this year’s helmet.

Any idea who this is?

No. This team is not better with McLeod and Byram. Cheaper in the short-term, but both are RFAs at year's end. Also younger as well. However, Byram is a disaster defensively and that erases much if not all his skill on offense. Byram is -15 in HDCF/HDCA. Power is nearly as bad at -11. Dahlin by comparison is +16 and he has had his own struggles this season.

When you are short of centers, you can double shift one of the 3 other centers and maybe help a depth line add some scoring? The 7th D also allows a coach to spread out the minutes early in the game so his top horses are fresher late.

Not even close. One excellent game does not a career make. There is much to like about McLeod. He is certainly better than the player I saw in Edm, but he is in no way a better player than Mittelstadt. Mitts is a better goal scorer and a better playmaker. He is also much more physical. He is also better along the boards and a more versatile player. Mitts had 59 pts two years ago and 57 last year. This season he has 16 pts in 17 games. McLeod had 23 pts two years ago and 30 last year. He is having a great year so far with 11 pts in 17 goals. Just think how much better we’d be with both Mitts and McLeod.

I just finished watching the replay on ESPN+. For some strange reason ESPN cut off the replay at 2:30 hours with 6+ minutes left in the 3rd. Stupid! Anyway, our defensive gaffs are still plentiful and dangerous. Fortunately, the forwards did a pretty good job of counterpunching and ultimately winning the game in OT. McLeod had a great game. I thought Benson was very good as well and Levi made some great saves. Dahlin seems better, but still not quite himself. Power is friggin awful. How many times can one guy read the play wrong and get out of position? So what’s the deal with the disallowed goal. Where was the friggin inference if the defender is pushing Benson into the crease. A truly awful call.

There are 3 major trading periods in the NHL calendar. 1) After the Stanley Cup through the end of June. Last year there were over 40 moves in this period. Beck Malenstyn was acquired during this period. 2) July 1 through the start of the season - this is sort of a continuation of the prior period but tends to be guys acquired if the GM misses in Free Agency or the selling team dumps a guy because they upgraded in free agency. This is typcially about 25 or so deals. The McLeod trades fits here. 3) The lead up to the trade deadline and the trade deadline itself. 50-60 deals can be made here. Many rentals but sometimes you get a building block like Greenway. That's it. There are trades the rest of the calendar, but they are in much lower volume. Trying to improve your team now is nearly impossible. Mostly you get Robinson type deals or the recent Lars Eller deal. There are blockbusters but rarely. Vanek to the NYI trade for example. Seth Jones for Johanson is another. Adams expending huge energy in a futile attempt to fix problems we all knew existed in the off-season is just par for the course.