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I have had it up to here with you Holland apologists

Its so much fun begining your teams upswing while watching the pain of others. Tampa. CBJ. Ottawa. Toronto. Theres so many tears to drink. Mandatory F Boston thou.

I think Holland will be fine. He has the best player in the league in McDavid and a franchise centerman in Draisaitl. He needs to assemble a competent supporting cast. That's about it. The Oilers have been so badly mismanaged that McDavid's somehow gone, like, two whole seasons without an actual high-end scoring winger flanking him (unless you count Draisaitl, who should be playing in the middle). It's mind-boggling.

The only Weber I'd want...

Dude. Sarcasm. Yzermans first 2 moves are exactly what Holland would have done.

With Bean still to come... Would be the top D prospect in most organizations.

Just look at that nerd. Who does he think he is? Dubas?

Meh, its only a matter of time before you turn on Yzerman and call him an idiot, or make up a name like Yzertard or Yzermmoron or something.

Agreed. I think it was a few years ago, but I can remember @krsmith17 (please correct me if I'm wrong) posting about how Carolina was going to have a very good back end in a few years. I think it was back when we were all thinking of young D-men we could acquire, and names like Slavin, Hanifin, etc. were names that were being thrown around. Its nice to see a team do things the right way and have things pay off for them. Hopefully like you said we follow in their footsteps.

Are the Canes the official millennial team? Rod: "Worked out" Hamilton: "Went to a museum" Aho: "So then these 3 puck bunnies came over to our table..." Don: "LISTEN UP YOU BOIS AND GURLS at HOME, Ya DONT GO SITTIN IN a CIRCLES LIKE THAT SINGIN KUMBAYA. THIS is HOCKEY, ITS THE PLAYOFFS NOT A SUMMER CAMP ok Ron whats next"

Hamilton/Faulk/Slavin are really good. And their other Dmen are lowkey really sound defensively.

Ya, Carolina didnt get in just because Mrazek played great, they got in because their entire team played great (including Mrazek). I've said this since round 1, and I've said this many times, but this team is for real. They are a good team that is very underrated because they are "Carolina".

500 years? I don't even think I'd want him for another 7 years... But yeah, I agree with the bold. Weber is still a very good defenseman, but that contract is bad, not to mention the pieces we'd have to give up to get him. Not a good move for a rebuilding team...

Any chance the Canes wear their 'Whaler' jerseys for this series?

I mean, I don't know how you can consider him without considering the cap and the assets we'd have to give up. If you're asking if I'd want him as a UFA at, like, $7M x 3, I think I could go for that. But the reality is he's 33 and his contract runs for another 500 years. And if the Habs are trading him right now, it means they think he's become a problem. Amnesty buyouts could be a thing tho.

Probably told him that Babs will give him more minutes than Matthews in a PO elimination game #MarleauLife

Do you even know what an M97 Flamethrower sounds like? It so loud it drowns out everything else. If you focus on that noise long enough you can almost convince yourself you don't hear the screams anymore. Then, once the tank is empty, everything's quiet again. Even the men are quiet. It's not the noise that keeps me awake at night. It's the silence. What keeps me going? It's knowing that, after Da Nang and all boys I left behind in that delta, that Brokeback Mountain on DVD and blu-ray is waiting for me back home. God bless America.

They're defense and Winnipegs is who i would like our D to resemble.

You were the lucky one. I spent the next 4 years in a POW camp surviving on a crude stew made of dirty water, bamboo, and rice. I nearly went insane trying to find the recipe back in the states. No one ever gets the spices right. He's exaggerating. He refuses to get an Instagram, so its mostly just me describing to him what I made for lunch.

Yes - 'Bobfather' is one Bob McKenzie that I'm referring to, and yes - it looks like I read some other tweet that suggested Dats was likely to sign with Detroit...My apologies to the 'Bobfather' - I will not go against the family ever again.

Sad to see the reaction of some Wings fans. I grew up a fan of 4 teams, the Wings, Blue Jays, Raptors, and Lions. With the exception of my first two years as a Jays fan, between those 3 teams I never saw a single championship. Lions can't win playoff game, Raptors have not been relevant until now *fingers crossed*, and outside of a couple good years in 2015 and 2016, the Jays have not been contenders since the '93 team broke up. In that same time frame, the Wings brought me as a fan 4 Cups, 6 finals appearances, 8 conference finals, and they were contenders every single year from when Holland took over until 2013. In that time frame they even successfully went through a re-build on the fly to win a cup. There is no question that between 2013 and 2017 we were in a holding pattern of mediocrity, and we made bad moves, likely done to preserve the streak, but regardless of the reason, it happened. During that time we signed some bad contracts, and bad decisions were made, that is for sure, no argument. With that said, since the 2017 TDL the majority of the decisions that have been made have been good and placing us in the right direction I understand people wanting to move in a different direction, especially with Yzerman, I myself am happy we moved in that direction. But now that Holland is gone, I would think that people would show appreciation for what he accomplished here opposed to having a "dont let the door hit you on the ass" mentality. Its just sad, the Holland chapter is over, rather then judging him for the 4 bad years, or minor mistakes during the good years, lets focus on the 17 good years, and all the championships. I just hope the same people don't turn on Yzerman when the team eventually becomes bad under him, because it happens to everyone eventually.

He should wear #30 just to remind all of the other teams who passed on him.

Why is Rask dressed as a french maid? And I can't tell if that is a mask or Chara's natural face

No its not! My bad. I shouldnt have presumed that that individual identifies himself/herself as female. Not very progressive of me.

He grew up in New York. Played his college hockey at NYU. Makes sense. Worth noting: Datsyuk's mother is Mike Richter. You've gotta think that'll be a factor.