F.Michael

Watching the presser right now...Oilers owner looks either hungover, or still intoxicated.\ EDIT - or perhaps some botched plastic surgery...

What I'm waiting for is that other shoe to be dropped...What's the chance of Leafs GM Dubas firing Babcock, and then Holland hiring him?

Barring a few bold moves over the summer - I feel it'll take a season, or 2 before the Oilers have a shot at making the playoffs. Holland stepped into the GM role in Detroit while things were going great, and he was a part of it all by starting off as a scout in the mid 80s...Now he's back in the $hit with what a few kernels of corn in McDavid, and Draisaitl...It'll be a team in the west that I'll look forward watching these next few seasons.

Would be funny to see Hartford - erm - the Jerks pull off another upset.

What humors me most is how a significant % of the Oilers fanbase over on HF Boards wants no part of Holland.

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

The only Weber I'd want...

Instead of meeting up in the mountains...We meet once a year in the basement of a Vietnamese restaurant to play 'Russian Roulette'. Getting more challenging these days to find participants willing to hold AK-47s to our head...

CRL is an educated, and well rounded guy...Luckily he doesn't charge me a dime...Then again he owes me for when I threw myself on that VC grenade back in Da Nang '68...

Well - then they can rot in the press box...

CRL texts me every 15 minutes with everything going on be it sports, politics, fashion, etc...Without him telling me what's going on - I'd be lost, and only half the man that I am.

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.

Unless Holland has a few tricks up his sleeve - it's gonna take 2, or 3 seasons before they're playoff bound...I've been wrong before.

Might be a bit off topic... When the expansion draft takes place for Seattle, and if guys like Abdelkader/Nielsen refuse to waive their NTC - I hope Yzerman buries the both of them in GR.

Will Holland get the same treatment after a few years like Babcock is getting now in Toronto?

Wasn’t it like a week or 2 ago he supposedly took himself outta the running for that position? I guess a dump truck backing into your driveway full of $$$ can certainly change ones mind (as long as it’s ‘MURICAN $$$).

TML fanbase with their expectations of next season...

The link translated below: " The legendary hockey player Pavel Datsyuk, who represents SKA from St. Petersburg, will play in the 2019-2020 season in Yekaterinburg's Avtomobiliste. This was EAN said a high-ranking source in the Ural team. According to him, negotiations with Datsyuk on this subject can be considered complete and successful. Recall Pavel Datsyuk 40 years. He is a native of Sverdlovsk, here he began his sports career. Olympic champion in 2018, world champion in 2012, two-time winner of the Stanley Cup 2002, 2008, winner of the Gagarin Cup 2017, champion of Russia in 2005, bronze medalist of the 2002 Olympic Games. Honored Master of Sports of Russia, included in the list of the 100 greatest hockey players in the history of the NHL. Pavel is the only hockey player in the world to win the Olympic Games, World Cup, Stanley Cup and Gagarin Cup." So yeah - according to this - he's gonna play in the middle of nowhere...So - do we now call out the 'Bobfather' for the poor reporting?

Thought it would be douchy, but was actually very funny...Anyone remember why he was moved?

As I've said numerous times before...Signing Marleau was a bad idea, and now these kids want their $$$ without any care about winning the Cup. I honestly believe Detroit will win it again before the Leafs. As for Kessel, and Malkin...Who'd want those 2?

Hmm - more like Mussolini...