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Good thing the leading goal scorer in the OHL right now wasn't available with that 31st pick this past June and we ended up taking a defenseman with no offensive upside. If that had happened it would be real embarrassing...

Getting in front of the net to screen him seeing shots would also work but apparently our players and organization are convinced that doing so is illegal.

Oh God we are about to get clowned in a trade big time. This is why putting your organization in a position where you have to make a desperation move mid season instead of addressing the roster flaws in the offseason is incredibly foolish.

What did I ever do to you??????

Other than that that day in April of 1997 when I said goodbye to a team I loved more than anything this is my low point as a hockey fan. That last post was amazing,.

Saw the edit and want to point out that one of the very few smart things Botts has done was that deal with Jack. Ask any other GM if they'd like Jack for $10 million a season and they'd say "Yes" so fast your head would spin. Your post was spot on.

Forget the complete incompetence: PSE has had TWO PSE Presidents ousted for sexual misconduct.

Who do you think is responsible for this organization being the biggest toilet in the entire sport?

Because it perfectly explains the clown show we are watching right now and the previous 8 seasons.

Correct on both accounts.

If anyone needs a live stream of the game here it is:

I was thinking of someone else to use as an emergency fill in:

I could care less about cap space. I don't want to end up reading a story in 10-15 years about Kyle suffering from dementia and having to be put in an assisted living facility. We have to do the right thing and tell him we are never going to let him play another second for us ever again. If it leads to lawsuits so be it.

So we've officially reached " Billy Martin ordering Mike Pagliarullo to go to the plate and bat from his opposite stance despite him having never done so in his entire life" territory?

I think in theory the tank was not a bad idea, it was just executed incompetently. When we were stripping assets we should've been acquiring as many draft picks as possible (which is what teams like the Astros and Sixers did). That's what the Dolphins are doing right now as well. The draft is by far the best most effective way to acquire talent, the more picks you have the better the odds you hit the jackpot.

And we have a GM who would be dumb enough to make that trade in a heartbeat, so yeah...

My poor Tage?

OK here goes: IT. IS. STUPID. AND. POINTLESS. WITH. THE. GODDAMNED. LOTTERY. TO. TANK. AND. ONLY. MADE. SENSE. IN. 2015. BECAUSE. IT. GUARANTEED. US. A. FRANCHISE. CENTER. WHO. WOULD. HAVE. BEEN. FIRST. OVERALL. IN. JUST. ABOUT. ANY. OTHER. DRAFT.

This one was too good not to share:

Welp that does nothing to challenge my belief that we have one of the worst scouting departments (particularly in NA) in the entire league. And when I think of the quality of NHL scouting (or it's lack thereof) I am reminded of this anecdote: several years back several teams refused to pick a kid in the first because he suffered a non hockey injury that proved he wasn't taking the sport seriously. Furthermore he came off as someone with an attitude problem because when asked in an interview why a team should draft him he replied "Don't pick me and see how that works for you". That kid's name? Mat Barzal.

Occam's Razor would say because it's what they are being taught/instructed to do (which is obviously very concerning).

Was it Dahlin's fault Hutton left the top 3rd of the net wide open?

Man, wonder who the Leafs play next? Would be a real shame if they were playing a team that is one of the best in the league who will be motivated like hell to flatten them in front of the most hostile and wild atmosphere you will see at an NHL game in 2019. *Checks schedule* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

To quote the great Ron Bennington of Ron and Fez radio fame: " Just because you use drugs doesn't make you a bad guy". Case in point: Tim Raines once literally had a crack vial in his pocket that shattered when he slid into 2nd base, but as a kid outside Shea getting autographs in the 80's him, Dale Murphy and Nolan Ryan were the absolute nicest guys I ever met.