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Make Bobby Orr look like a mistake

This only makes me like him more.

I listen to the Winged Wheel Podcast (for some reason) and those guys fall all over themselves making excuses for Zadina. But they seem to have settled in on, "it's Blashill's fault". Despite Blash moving him up and down the lineup, giving him powerplay time, and constantly defending Zadina's lack of production to the media. But the thing is, this is all a misconception caused by an over reliance on certain types of analytics. We've seen it before (B. Smith, T. Pulkkinen). The analysis bros would have you believe that points don't matter, and even shots on goal don't matter. What matters is...wait for it...shot attempts. And THAT'S what Zadina is good at (supposedly). When he's on the ice the Wings have the puck in the offensive zone more. Does that lead to shots on goal? Nope. Goes it lead to scoring changes? Nada. Does it lead to blocked shots and misses? Bingo. This is why Zadina can be heralded as having good "fancy stats" despite having fewer goals, points, primary assists, goals/60, points/60, and primaryassists/60 than a dude like Rasmussen (someone analytics folks hate). Because they're counting missed shots too, and BOY can Zadina miss shots. And they're just certain that if he keeps getting premium minutes, and keeps missing shots, that his numbers will soon go up through the magical process of "reverting to the mean".

Good actor? Yes. Known for cynicism? Yes. Plays the same character over and over? No.

3 oscars so far?

I assume that if we were to move Zadina now it would be a swap for a player in a similar situation needing a change of scenery. So what is the story with Chychrun? Why is he so much worse this year? I know he had some injury issues... and also has been thrust into OEL's old spot with bad partners. But it is kinda alarming his regression this year. If there's no lingering injury concerns I'd give up Zadina plus to snag him. EDIT: So I read through a good portion of the Chychrun megathread on the Yotes HFBoard. They seem as baffled as anyone. But it doesn't seem like he has a lingering injury issue. Many suspect it's laziness and disinterest after the team basically went back to tanking and yeeted all his buddies out of town. Guy probably wants out. And Yotes org seem to be treating this like he's still a stud 60pt Dman. To DET: Chychrun To ARI: Zadina + Lindstrom + 1st Next year: Chychrun - Seider UFA - Hronek Oesterle - UFA We have some HUGE holes coming up at D. Chychrun alone doesn't even begin to fill them. I wouldn't be surprised if SY swings a deal like this.

I did. And I like the whole idea of a kids line. Sticking them all together takes some of the pressure off of playing with older established guys. No one to cater to or impress. Go for it and make mistakes, but go for it.

I'll take DK over Cholo anyday. Cholo was comically bad here.

Mike Rasmussen (Big Ras). Class: Heavy weapons / Demolitions. Born and raised in a log cabin he built with his own hands. Expert trained in heavy weapons for the dirty jobs. When you need the big guns, call the big man. Filip Zadina (Ztrick). Class: Sniper. Trained in the foreign legion and born and raised in parts unknown. Lurks on the perimeter waiting for the perfect chance to execute his precision ranged attack. By the time you blink its already too late. He's scored a Ztrick on you. Joseph Veleno (GI Joe). Class: Italian. Once a child prodigy, now he's the squads leader and expert in general warfare. Joe works hard and leads by example, and he has the notches on his belt to prove it. When he's not leading his elite mercenary team into battle you can find him ignoring texts from super models and stealing your girl.