marcaractac

He's new to the team. Takes time to adjust to these sort of things. This is why you don't see goalies being a big deal at trade deadlines. His puck playing ability will be a huge asset sooner rather than later.

If the league did something with Benn last year this likely doesn't happen

Bert is all but done in Detroit. Everything Yzerman said about respecting his decision, blah blah blah was a clear attempt to minimize damage to his trade value IMO.

As long as the deal hinges on his health, absolutely.

Witkowski is black too, is he?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against heat of the moment fights. He just shouldn't be doing enforcer s***, nor should he let idiots bait him into fights after clean hits. Piss the opponents off and let them take dumb penalties. This idea of having to answer the bell after a clean hit is absurd.

I'd rather him be on the ice than take pointless 5 minute penalties. Let Smith and Witkowski deal with the garbage.

Was Marco Rossi, a prospect you yourself on countless occasions praised the physique and work ethic of, 100+ pounds overweight? Kid had a pretty rough go of it.

Filth and lies

The market is what the market is. If you lock him up long term, it's gonna cost. If you give him a short deal now, he could command even MORE on his next contract. I think the safe bet is to lock him up now. But we'll see what happens!

I'd be happy with that term. Obviously I'd be ecstatic with that cap hit. But I gotta admit, that's way on the low side for Hronek. Be looking at closer to 7 I'd say. Which would be a steal as he enters his prime.

Hronek is the first guy who should get a longer term deal IMO. He's pretty proven at this point, and will only get better. Give him term and give him an A.

Ahhh okay, and yes, I agree. My initial interpretation was that you were pointing out Nurse scoring more, as to say it shouldn't affect Hronek's deal or some s*** haha. Ohhhhh, text.

Not sure what point you're trying to make here. I never said Hronek was on par with nurse offensively. I'm saying Nurse's massive overpayment is gonna affect the market for dmen as a whole.

Probably not the easiest negotiation after the contracts idiots like Holland gave Nurse.