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Yeah, I don't think you and I really strongly disagree on anything we're talking about here. You may be a bit more bullish overall, but we agree that Yzerman's building a really solid team that's gonna be really hard to play against when it all comes together. When I said we're probably gonna be short on superstar talent, I wasn't really trying to be a buzzkill; all I meant was the vision is more "Big, lean, fast, aggressive, relentless" than "Look at how many $10M players we have; we're clearly the superior team here." I don't want this to reply to read like cope, but on some level I feel like "elite, elite" star power means less and less as we get deeper and deeper into the age of parity. Or, rather, it's becoming more and more important that the star power is backed by teeth and claws and guts and smarts and give-a-s***. Stuff that wins when the games really, truly mean something (i.e. in the playoffs). Can you roll four lines and three D pairings all game every game? Can your players consistently win their matchups at home and on the road? Can you execute your system better than the other team executes theirs? Are you loaded with forwards who'll empty the tank on the backcheck, steal the puck, and then hit a streaking teammate with a perfect stretch pass? If you struggle to hang with the opponent at even strength, can you win with your special teams? ^^^Those questions are, I feel, just as - if not more - important than, like, "Where's our 60-goal scorer?" And so I look at our forwards and, while I certainly do lament the fact that we only have one proven young gun scoring winger after years of rebuilding...I'm not super-concerned. That's largely/mostly because of Edvinsson-Seider, but it's also because I do think one day we're gonna take a look at our forward lines and be like "Holy crap, we're actually really, really deep up front." That is, I'm thinking it's not gonna be evident...until it is. It'll slowly come together, and then it'll all click. I reckon that's how it's gonna go.

Yeah - a beast - in the AHL...

Cats win ...man they are on a roll. Haven't looked is #FireSheldonKeefe trending yet?

If it's muscle or rotator cuff, More concerned with left shoulder since he is left handed. Also depends on what they mean by "shoulder": is it bone? (there are 3 involved) ligament? (there are several) joint? (there are 2) are they talking about the shoulder "blade"? if so that could also involve muscle. is it a rotator cuff injury? is it fracture? dislocation? tear? strain? That description is about as helpful as saying "upper body injury". There are so many variables with the shoulders. More than knees, actually. who pissed in your Cheerios?