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If I'm the Capitals, I put Mia Khalifa up against the boards right behind Holtby's net. That way the Knights are focused on the wrong "top shelf".

The Svech boys, my keypad keeps loc

I was mostly yankin yer chain. I do think he's a little slow though. Sort of reminds me of what Brendan Smith could have been if he wasn't such a lazy dum-dum

The........WHAT!??!

The team continued to play their asses off for him when they were already out of the playoffs. There is something to be said about that. Do I think he has been perfect? Absolutely not. But he has at least earned a shot to see what he could do once Holland can give him a good roster to work with. So really, there isn't much of a reason that he shouldn't be the coach. At least for the rest of his contract.

That was a rough game, but that one game doesn't define him as a player. Far from it. He's had a very solid season / playoff run. 0.5 points per game as a defenseman, still only 22 years old, in his first full season. Of course he's going to make mistakes, but he'll be fine. If we did trade for him, it probably wouldn't have cost a ton, considering Anaheim basically gave him away to Vegas. He'd be one of, if not the best defensemen on the Red Wings today and going forward.

f*** need. This is a full rebuild. You go BPA. Always. If they think the Finn is that guy, then go to it. If it’s Wallstrom. Giddy up too. People can try and make this yet another Holland thing but It’s all about Wright and his staff. I like their last 4 drafts and this year will be no different. I still think they take Hughes or Dobson.

Exactly, unless it's Jack Hughes next season, we don't need to draft a center this high in the draft this year. Don't waste a high pick on a player you don't need! If Holland does, it's SOP and this team is f***ed. Larkin and Ras are going to be your top 2C's...remember the reason we drafted Ras over a pure sniper last draft? Because we needed a center. If we go O again this draft, we cannot pass on a pure sniper again just to add more to the log jam of middling centers.

GO CAPS GO

Read krsmith's posting history, he has given Holland plenty of crap for some of the contracts he has given out, and rightfully so. "Holland apologist" is such an weak term used by people, the context usually attached to it is if you don't just bash the s*** out of Holland, then this is a label thrown at you to marginalize/weaken the argument with something other then facts. The reality is that Holland has made a lot of dumb moves, and he's made some good moves. It's too bad people are so bias with their thinking that they are unable to assess Holland properly anymore. As far as the players you mentioned (some UFA's, some RFA's, some who got extension's) he is my honest unbiased take. The summer he signed Nielsen/Helm after he already signed Abby to that 7 year deal was probably the worst string of moves of Holland's tenure. They were a string of desperate move made to keep the streak alive and failed, no argument from me. Every team has some bad contracts, but to sign these when he already had some was dumb. I don't know if Holland was told to do this, or if he wanted to do this, but this is the first time that the streak ended up hurting the team and is why IMO the streak is not looked upon in the same light that it used to be. The Daley move was meh IMO, he'll likely fetch us a return at some point, so I dont hate it, but I could have done without it. DD I dont blame him for, D are not cheap, and at the time DD looked like a legit top 4 guy. He still probably is with the right coach/partner. E, I wish he was never re-signed, but I understand why it happened. After losing Lidstrom, Rafalski, and Stuart, Holland didn't want to lose 4 top 4 D-men. Should have let him walk though in hindsight. Howard was paid like a top 15 goalie, and was a top 15 goalie. Can't blame him for that deal. Plus Howard should get us a return at the TDL. I'm happy to debate this with you, but if you start trolling me I'm done.

Exactly what I've been saying... I'd trade him in a package for almost any of their defensemen.

I just think he'd be overvalued around the league right now. Carolina might want him to pair with his brother... maybe hes the piece that nets us Faulk or something?

Svechnikov definitely doesn't "suck", and he does have plenty of raw skill, but I don't think he'll ever be a top line winger. I still think he'll be a solid middle six winger though. I do agree that we should probably be shopping him. Ideally, we could package him for a high end defenseman around the same age or younger. Which is why I think Carolina / Bean would be a perfect trade partner / target...

I say as soon as Carolina drafts Svechling, we get on the phone offering up Svech.