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Continues to tear it up with Prince George... Had 2 Goals last night (4 Goals 2 Assists in his last 2 Games this weekend against the Vancouver Giants) 35 Games 12 Goals 23 Assists 35 Points +6 (Leads the Team) Heck of a year so far by the 19 year old.

No, his contract slides to next year

I believe its a rule that because of his age, he has to be sent down to his junior team if he doesn't make the Wings roster. He can't be sent down to GR as long as his age (under 20 or less than 4 years in Juniors) makes him eligible to play in the CHL. Otherwise all 18 and 19 year olds would want to be sent to the AHL to make more money then go back to juniors (Teams would prefer this too so that they have more control over the player's development) Once his WHL season is over, he can be reassigned to GR and finish out the season there. I don't know of any links to post for this tho. Just my understanding. Hope you're right.

Some people say they can't believe, Jamaica we have a hockey team! https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/jamaica-s-hockey-team-aims-for-olympics-1.3412133 I also like that they have a website (joiht.org) that looks so much like joint.

First bold - As soon as Mrazek loses, he gets benched. String of starts not happening. Second bold - Nope. All I'm saying is having the goalie that gives them a better chance to stay in the game, be it Mrazek or Howard allows them to keep working hard. Nothing to do with how they feel about Mrazek or Howard. Everything to do with which goalie gives a better shot. Third bold - Congratulations 3-4 you make Mrazek look a tiny bit less s***tier than he has been. Still s*** GAA though. Get my point? Fourth bold - Not really, I've commended Mrazek when he's played well. I've even suggested (maybe 3 weeks ago?) they put Mrazek in when Howard lost 3 or whatever games in a row it was. Unlike some people who ***** at Howard even when he does well. Don't generalize me into a crowd just because you don't understand the meaning and contexts of my posts. Fifth bold - You think I'm talking Mrazek down because I "don't like him". Stop being so emotionally involved in your posts man. You have a knack for this. I'm saying no one is going to want him because nobody wanted him previously, Vegas didn't want him in the expansion draft and most likely, because of his performance now, most teams won't want him for the price we ask. I'm giving you circumstantial evidence. I'm not even giving you an opinion, Mr. Opinion. Your idea is to keep playing Mrazek right? Yeah they did that and what did it do? Bring down his trade value even more. Has it occurred to you that maybe they aren't playing him to prevent more damage to his value? I get it, you're superior to Holland in your management skills, but there's actually more to it than we obviously know. Sixth bold - If has nothing to do with the individual players and everything to do with the situations they're put under. If you don't understand the concept then I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you. I suggest looking up "complacency". It's a thing. The Detroit Pistons were suffering from it for maybe 3-4 years. Until this year when their Center finally started doing well. And the rest of the crew started heating up as well and now the pistons are 4th in the conference.

First bold - your #1 won't happen Second bold - I'm not saying the team feels anything. I'm saying that's EXACTLY what it is. The team statistically has a better chance with Howard because Howard has the better GAA. Oh my bad I should change 4-5 goals to 4 goals. 3.67 GAA rounded up. Third bold - Don't act like you know, you have lots of issues understanding people's context. If you think I dislike Mrazek than you've suck at abstract thinking. I actually have zero issues with Mrazek. What I do have issues with is people talking down on Jimmy Howard and talking up Mrazek. I also have issues with people overhyping players. I thought you caught on to that by now. I want the team to lose for higher draft chances sure, but I also want them to have a legit chance at these games so the young forwards can keep pushing. Having the goalie that somewhat keeps them in the game is the better chance. Who gives a f*** about Mrazek as long as all of Larkin, Mantha, AA, Bertuzzi keep playing to win. As long as Jimmy provides them hope, Larkin etc will keep playing their best rather than getting complacent.

Sneaky dirty. I mean, he's a Penguin and former Predator, so I'm biased. But I've seen enough crap from him over the years that I feel comfortable calling him dirty.

I don't care for Hornqvist either way, but I never really seen him as a dirty player. Is he? The bold I completely agree with though. I don't want to sign or trade for any mid-tier players. We should only be looking to sign or trade high-end players or prospects that have the potential to be high-end players. And yes, we definitely need to get younger over the next couple years.

What won't happen? So you're saying the team feels they have a chance with Howard in net, but not with Mrazek in net? I don't buy that at all. And Mrazek doesn't let in "4-5 goals a game". See GAA... I think you dislike Mrazek so much that you'd rather lose with Howard than lose with Mrazek. I'm not here to have a goalie debate, I'm just debating the best way to handle the goalie situation as it is right now. In my opinion, Mrazek should be getting more starts. Not because I think Mrazek is better, but because whether people want to admit it or not, he is still somewhat of an unknown at this point, and we should be trying to figure out exactly what Petr Mrazek is before this season ends. Unless of course, management have completely given up on him, and are fine with letting him walk for nothing in the offseason. That I disagree with, but whatever. Mrazek could prove to be a complete bust, or he could prove to be worth a higher return in a trade or worth a qualifying offer this summer.

For #1 that won’t happen. Plus I’d rather just lose games while keeping that winning chance so the youngsters are still motivated to work hard. Putting in a goalie that lets in 4-5 goals a game is simply going to bring down the team morale.

I believe there are teams that would be interested in Mrazek, despite what happened with the expansion draft. To sell low on him (or any player for that matter) would be a mistake in my opinion. He's still relatively young and the potential is still there. I'd like to see him given a string of starts this season to see what he can do. We literally have nothing to lose in doing so, and potentially a lot to gain. The way I see it, giving him some more starts could play out any of three ways... 1. He continues to be inconsistent and is unable to return to form from a couple years ago, and we let him walk this summer. Great, we improve our lottery odds, and get rid of a bad contract. 2. He finds his game again, we re-sign him to a new deal this summer. Great, we have our goalie for the future. 3. He finds his game again, we still decide to move on and go with Howard. Great, we get a much better return for him at the deadline (or draft).

Nyquist wouldn't be a salary dump, he's to valuable. Trading him would only be if we got a good return.

Not sure anyone even wants Mrazek. But I’ll take any salary dump.

Yeah, his 31 points in 22 games, 1.41 Pts/G ranks 18th in the league, which is pretty good. But like I said, he was really starting to heat up. I think he had something like 10 or 11 points in his last 5 games. He was previously ranked outside of the top 50 in Pts/G, which tells you how great he was playing prior to the injury. Hopefully he has a full, speedy recover, and picks up right where he left off in a few weeks.

I'm rooting for the South Koreans this Olympics. There are 3 Parks, 4 Kims, 3 Shins and 2 Lees. Have fun commentating their games, LOL.

But when Holland says "close to NHL ready" that could mean 2-3 years, no? Anyways if he does come in sooner, it would make sense seeing as how AA, Larkin, Mantha are all NHL ready. Bertuzzi is now in the mix too, although we'll see how long that lasts. Ras and Svech coming in together would be nice. Maybe even Cholowski (who by the way is doing very well in WHL).

Woah chill...

Rasmussen if he lives up to his ceiling.

You just named 5 off the top of your head. Not too bad. Good is also Blashill being on his last year, good is we've rid some s*** players (Jurco, Sproul, Smith). Holland on his last year too. Good is in 2 years we will no longer have Kronwall's contract. Good is we're bad enough to get a top 10 pick. I see lots of things to be positive about. We're finally in that phase where we no longer have star players able to carry us into playoffs and will continue to get decent picks. As for Jimmy Howard. I wouldn't call 33 years old "old". I've gone back and forth on this as well but realizing that goalies aren't really old until they're 36 or so and even then a lot of them continue to perform well. It's usually their tail end of the career where they completely fall off around age 38 maybe 39 (see Brodeur, Osgood, Luongo) I'd say Howard still has a good 4 years in him at good performance. Long as he stays healthy. And he's been fine this year health wise.

Wow you actually said something positive for once, even if it had a negative premise

I agree that Nyquist's contract may be easier to move, but his NTC also kicked in this year, so he would have to okay any potential trade. Tatar's NTC doesn't kick in until next season, so that's just another reason I'd like to move him now. It doesn't matter because Holland isn't going to trade either. In fact, I'd be shocked if he trades anyone besides Green, and that's not even a guarantee... He may also sell low on Mrazek, which I think would be a mistake, but whatever.

DON'T GIVE HIM ANY IDEAS