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Derek: "I loved our effort in Arizona" >we lost 0-4 and played like garbage Derek: "I thought we had a really good first period" >Outshot 19-7 by Vegas This is guy is either fuqqing delusional, or he's a terrible coach. Because a good coach would be honest and hold his team accountable. Blash 2.0 players friend wannabe. We're never winning dick wth this Ted Flanders at the helm.

Patently false. Majority of his career has been at C, as well as it being his natural position. And he won two Richard trophies in that position. Keep reaching.

Like yesterday. Babs said "Datsyuk is not good at center at all, maybe now with him at wing we will actually win some cups". I remember because I was like whoaaaaaa Babs is sucha smart coach Then when the Athletic listed Dats as one of the best centers of all time I was like NO COREY WRONGMAN, Datsyuk hasn't played center in yearsssss

Why we don't have Chinese and African scouts is beyond me at this point. Ignoring emerging markets.

I wanna win the right way.. like by having 300 HOFers on our roster in 02... not by cheating

1. Should not have traded Hronek 2. Should not have traded for Petry 3. Should not have signed Holl 4. Should not have traded for Kostin 5. Should have sold Ghost, Perron, and Sprong 6. Should not have traded up for Cossa 7. Should not have hired Lalonde

Tim Gettinger re-signed this morning. 1 year 2way deal.

Well sure, some of our better prospects are better than bad NHLers but I don't think that's a good reason to bring them up yet. I think that kills development. I've used this example before but if you're not any good at faceoffs you're probably not going to learn by losing ten of them per night against Brayden Point, Crosby, Barkov, O'Reilly, Larkin, etc. right? Likewise you're not going to learn to shoot well if you come to the NHL and defenders close on you more quickly and you can't get your shot off at all, and when you do you're trying to beat Sorokin, Shesterkin, etc. My philosophy is bring prospects up when they're ready. When you're satisfied with their all around game irrespective of their ceilings. Like, right now Edvinsson and Berggren have nothing else to learn in the AHL. Their all around games are dominant. So bring them up. And then fill the rest of the roster with vets. Kasper isn't even a 1C in the AHL yet and we're really counting on him being a 2C in the NHL one day? Let him be a top guy in GR for a season and work on his game, then see if he's ready. Until then, Copp and Veleno will do. This is just my opinion but I think all guys naturally get "faster" as they gain muscle and develop the lower body strength to move their frames around the ice. Seider is still a young, skinny, kid. Once he's squatting 400 lbs he'll be plenty fast. Different thing than "playing fast" though. And I think this is a more important skill. Moving your feet all the time and playing with "pace" is more important. Look at David Perron. Slow skater but never stops moving so he keeps up. Mark Stone is the king of this. Now compare that to Anthony Mantha. Mantha is a fast, powerful, skater who only really skates in transition. The rest of the time he's coasting, so his speed doesn't really matter much.

Mo needs to get stronger. Like Raymond did.

This summer Holland gave us Kostin in exchange for taking Yamamoto as well. We buy out yamamoto so kenny doesnt have to. Cool. 6 months later SY flips Kostin for a 7th and a player buried in the minors (cap dump) in Radim Simek. So we took on two different cap dumps in exchange for a 7th round pick... You still trust the yzerplan... right LGW?