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Caps Blues Stanley Cup and will be the lowest finals tv ratings in quite some time. Wings sign Stamkos in the offseason and trade or buy out the dead weight and fans in Tampa will go back to hoping the Bucs can play football.

Won't be renewing my Center Ice next year. Wings won't be putting out a good enough product for me to care anyway. There are free streams online if they do.

Made this little number since NBC won't

Wait wait wait, there's a Chicago *** hockey association? Sweet fancy Moses

A guy yelling at the ref from the box which the camera has no business focusing on for the entire time until the face off is over the line? Give me a break. Why are they broadcasting that no matter what he says? Whether it's a slur or just foul language? The point is you can't be mad about the one and not the other. They're professionals. But guess what, they're also human and that was a BS call to make at that point in a playoff game and he expressed himself as such. I would have been telling the guy I would murder his wife in front of him but I'm not a professional either.

Alright. Only other thing I would do is trade goose, Tatar or both for a really good second liner. Stamkos first line, get a strong second line winger and we are back in business. And a coach that can scheme a power play and penalty kill

So the coyotes are still playing the we only want to pay the bare minimum required payroll game? Also is Yandle fast? I haven't watched him play since his yotes days. I do see he had 42 assists and played all season, so it could be a good fit.

I like that. Truly I do. I would be surprised the yotes make that trade. How would that benefit them? Wouldn't it be really bad for them? Legitimately asking. I'm not up on how that stuff works. Also, is there not another Dman available besides Yandle? He's up there in age now too isn't he? And I think Stammer will be looking for an even 10 mil with bonuses and such. But if we can pull that off, it will be incredible.

True. But the only other team in the east that will challenge them is the Pens. I mean, the panthers, isles, Rangers, lightning or wings can't do anything with that. Whoever comes out of the west will be the only test to how good the caps are.

Did you not see what I wrote about the other Dmen at the top of those categories making the same as Ericsson? I never he was trying to replace him, just that Ericsson was his response to losing one of the best at the position. A sad, poor answer to losing one of the best. He could have made a much better decision.

Doesn't matter. Capitals are winning the cup this year. That team is deadly. Good for Ovi. Hope they play Tampa. Would love to see the caps play with this team.

Just did a comparison with Errorson stats and the top dmen in the league and their contracts. Ericsson was +2 on the season with a goalie that was 13 in the league in GAA (Mrazek). Dekeyser was also +2, he makes almost 2 mil less a year. In comparison Hedman makes the same amount as E. He was 7th in the league in +/- (+21). Carlson makes a shade less this year and the same the next few years, was 13th at +16. E averaged 18:30 toi. 133 other defenseman averaged more. Tied for 25th in the league with 56 penalty minutes out of all Dmen. This is the guy we pay 4 mil a year to, to play defense. Just think of all the other dmen we could have over him that would be better. This was Hollands answer to lidstrom retiring. Since Suter and or Parise didn't work out, he just threw money, long term, to Jonathan freaking Ericsson. I'm sure the same scenario could be compared for abdelkader. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but he's not an elite player. He missed that wide open chance at the end to tie it because the guy has no hands, but he's on the ice in those situations. Holland needs to learn to evaluate players and their worth a whole lot better. And if you want to argue and say he could have gotten the same elsewhere, that's probably true, and they would get the same return on their investment.

If there aren't significant offseason moves, I won't be renewing my center ice package.

How awesome would it be if, datsyuk really is done, and they don't have his cap hit, holland steals stamps from Yzerman? I would love that just because it would piss all thevtampa fans off. Or, what if holland resigns and Yzerman goes back to Detroit and takes stamer with him?

Quincy out. Marchy in next game. The one thing they changed tonight. They won't sit erorsson.

Really can't stand Ericsson right now. Can't believe he gets paid for that.

That is the most godawful display of officiating, PK ever. How, after the first two is there not someone drawing up a better scheme. No sense in that. Just unbelievable.

Wings season in a nutshell right there. Create chances all day and can't hit the broad side of a barn wide open.

True. But Petr was a RCH away from making a replay there.

Mrazek killing me east to west

Never for the life of me will I understand why the puck carrier doesn't try to throw the puck at the feet or legs of a defender standing with his back to his own goalie just to see what happens.

I literally was just about to post how we should get a decent player out of a trade with nyquist.

Is there seriously any report on why they inserted Quincy when we won without him last game? If it's not broke don't fix it right?

Really? He looks rough 😳