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FINE! I'm taking my Cholowski, Rasmussen, Mantha, Bertuzzi, and AA and I'm going home!~

Red Wings having fun again, own best record in NHL since Oct. 27 [NHL.com]

Look, what really matters here is the Bruins are trash and must be destroyed.

'MURICA!

Polish, Danish, French, Italian, Greek. GET REKT, MAPLE SYRUP LAND!

All of what makes both our countries so great. U wish U had our sizzurp!

Thankful for the usual (health, and family), but I'm really looking forward to an 'OG' Original 6 match up tonight! Too bad Bergeron, and Chara won't be playing tonight (would be a sweeter victory). Mother, and Father inlaw coming in for the weekend (decent folk so no problems there)...Turkey Day tomorrow at my parents with my siblings, and their families...All in all nuthin too crazy (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and this gross $hit pic below...) Beer. scotch, and/or bourbon of course Since we've been good neighboUrs for sooo many years...I feel it's necessary that we celebrate both Thanksgivings in both countries...Make it happen Trump & Trudeau! HYPE!

I had my thanksgiving back in October cuz Canadians R right! But to all me American brethren and sisteren, have a great holiday!! Could this be a rare victory over the Bees? HYPE

HYPE! LGRW!

I’m traveling to see family for Thanksgiving so I will likely be on the road. Pool partiers, I’m doing ok. Get hyped! Beat Boston!

hype

LETS GOOOO! Is it gametime yet?? work days before holidays drag on sooo slowly.

Panarin can sincerely go f*** off back to Russia if he wants 11M per. Greedy little runt's worth 8M on a good day.

No Canadians allowed on this hockey forum kthx~

Whatcha thankful for on this Thanksgiving Eve? Whatcha eatin' and drinkin' tomorrow? Got any wacky plans?

Your narrative is somewhat skewed. For one, let's stop acting like Zadina was a first overall pick. Despite the perfectly justified excitement, he wasn't expected to be a star from day 1. Pretty much all the scouting reports had him borderline NHL-ready at best, as is the case with almost every top player. He got some notice from world juniors, but by the draft he and Tkachuk were considered similar, a tier below Dahlin and Svechnikov. Kotkaniemi was a late riser, under the radar most of the season before getting a ton of hype close to the draft. Usually a guy like that most years. Kind of a stretch to say Zadina really "fell" in the draft. Two of the five taken ahead of him were always expected to be, a 3rd could have gone either way, and a 4th was a late-riser who was also selected largely because of position. The only guy that was a true reach was Hayton, who was also position based and taken ahead of several other players ranked ahead of him besides Zadina. There were also those defensemen who could have easily gone top-5 if a team had been more in need. To say anyone is "massively" anything after 10-20 games is ridiculous. Tkachuk has had a few good games. Kotka has been alright, but hardly a game-breaker. Svech was actually supposed to be a day-1 guy and he's only been OK. Even Dahlin isn't that remarkable. Zadina has played 16 games as a pro, and has 10 points. He's not really struggling. No more than any of the dozen or so players who might have been able to make an NHL roster this year, but fell short. Take a look at players drafted in the 3-6 range over the past couple decades. If you were expecting a star out of the gate, or even just an obvious future star, then you weren't paying attention. You let yourself get caught up in the hype you're now trying to project on everyone else. People who know so much more than you that you literally aren't even capable of understanding how much more they know have said Zadina has elite potential. He does. Odds are he won't make it. That's not a prediction, nor analysis, nor pessimism. It's just reality. Most prospects don't hit their potential. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't get excited about potential, or should start doubting it if it isn't reached in the first couple months.

Yeah you will. About 5 shifts into the 1st

You're dumb.

lazy and sucks etc.

Haha. But I will remind you that that same source was right about the Smith and Kindl trades a bit before they happened. But I admit it again, it's just talk, and I said so in the rumor thread. The one thing that is guaranteed true is my buddy Dan does play pickup hockey with Russ Baumman' s dad. I think it's pretty cool when I hear rumors and talk from him. Whether or not they happen doesn't matter. It's cool and makes for good hockey talk. And on the occasions things he says do happen, then it makes it super cool. But I'll take the butt of your jokes, after things I've been through, I enjoy your jokes and jabs. Life is too short to take anything like this to heart and get all offended and mad. I love you guys!

He's 18 years old. His skating is fine and will improve. His non-goal-scoring game is actually pretty good for someone who's billed as a pure sniper. I said as much pre-draft, scouts said as much pre-draft, Blashill has said as much post-training camp. He's 18 years old. You're trolling and I don't know why I'm taking the bait.

18 year old Zadina > 18 year old Tatar

Lol. We're all like the same age.