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Happy with what management has been saying all offseason

FREEP: Draper on 2019 draft, Zadina, and Rasmussen Broman is my guy, I'm not changing my mind. Nickname potential is off the chain.

I think a key point to the Net-Front/Outside-Shooter debate, and disagree with me if I'm wrong, is that there's a much lower threshold of talent needed to be a net-front guy. I say talent in the traditional sense (passing/skating/shooting/dangles/hockeyIQ). Look at Holmstrom and Abby. Not the most talented players of all time by any means. Probably both bottom 6ers if not utilized in niche roles. Talent for the net-front role is different. As a net front guy you just gotta preferably be on the larger side, strong, aggressive or at least willing to take abuse, and hopefully have some hand-eye coordination to get your blade on a flying puck once in awhile. These players are a lot more easy to come by than top flight talented players, and the role is easier to fill. In that sense I think it can feel like Mantha's talent is being wasted as the net front-guy. Especially if you have a high opinion of his other talents. There's an argument to be made that you should move the talented guy to the outside where he can snipe/skate/play-make, and insert an Abdlkader/Bertuzzi/Rasmussen/Smith type player down low instead. And that argument is helped by the fact that Rasmussen, a very talented player who's made his home in front of the net, is likely entering the team. Like Dabura said, our PP blows chunks right now, therefore I'm all open to experimentation. I'd love to see Mantha forced to play a variety of roles on the PP.

It takes someone with a significant PENIS to stand in front of the net on the PP. Abby should be there. His PENIS is the largest.

Thank you

No, we like RHD now. We still hate RHF, unless they're defensively-challenged specialists.

Hronek 2 the rescue. https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/wings-blashill-its-a-wide-open-roster-more-than-ever-before/c-298952646 "I think Filip Hronek showed the ability to run a power play last year in Grand Rapids. Filip runs a power play similar to me to a guy I just coached (in the world championship) in Will Butcher, where he's a very, very good facilitator. He shoots when he should shoot, he passes when he should pass, it's not super flashy but it's extremely efficient. Will Butcher was an excellent addition for Jersey this year. One of the reasons Jersey climbed in the standings is because their power play got way better and one of the reasons it got way better is they added Will Butcher. I think when you add certain pieces, it can really help. Now both of those particular players have to make our team, both those particular players - and I've told both of them, I want you to make our team, 100 percent, because I think if you make our team, it means you've earned it and it means we're better. If they do that, they have a chance to make our power play better."

If we cannot get Jack Hughes, absolutely we could use this guy! I think that the order I prefer is of those 5 is: Hughes, Broberg, Kakko, Cozens, Podkolzin. Going to be real interesting to see how things change by June! But if we fall between 5-10 again, Alex Newhook would be a great choice!

Less than 50 days now until hockey You know were getting close when the commercials channge. HA HA losers

Youve made a grave error posting that meme.

Esa Tikkanen and Pavel Datsyuk Or Don Cherry and anyone who isn't Canadian OR Patrick Roy and Chris Osgood OR Claude Lemieux and Darren McCarty or Todd Bertuzzi and Steve Moore or Petr Forsberg and Greg Louganis NBC = East Coast Bias

Gilbert Gottfried and Tomas Holmstrom.

Hashtag... Blashtag... Blashill... Blash... Lash... Lashoff... Yashoff... Jaskin... Yashin...

I kid

Yes, I most definitely would have. How different things would have turned out for those two organizations if that trade had gone down... I remember hearing the news when I was around 8 or 9 years old, and crying uncontrollably... and being so happy when I found out that it wasn't going to happen...

He never deserved the hate that he got. Not his fault that KH lost him for nothing and then had to give up a 1st rounder to get him back. Not his fault that Holland overpaid when he re-signed him. Q always did exactly what he was asked to do. He was never flashy or elite, but he got the job done. He was an unspectacular 2nd pair D who deserved better than what he got from fans. Who are you kidding. Vasilevsky would've been the BUM that nobody wanted and Mrazek should have been the starter.