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Fur real. 8 mil for 6 years and a full NTC is probably better

Cole's got 3 pts and 11 hits in 5 games so far for us bro. You watchin the same team?

He's not going to play while the team underperforms

It's probably good for us (contract wise) that Nyquist hasn't gone on a crazy goal scoring tear like he did last year.

But we're #2 in fewest goals against during 5x5 play behind Montreal. And we don't have Carey Price in net.

Just wanted to point out, Andersson averages more minutes per game than Weiss. Weiss is the lowest on the team per game not counting Cleary and Nestrasil.

why u do that?

Ohhhhhh were gonna be injured again all season.... wait

*cringes*

Yeah, he's good. But not 6 million for 7 years good by any stretch

Red Wings > Lightning

#Jam

Sweet jesus I thought that was Crosby's face for a second.

AA is faster and only a bit smaller. Not like Mantha uses his size anyway. I think AA has passed him

Haha Coburns injured? I love me some player formerly known as Steve, but his trades are very hit or miss. Now it's even worse with Coburns injured

Oddly enough I think that'd be a negative surprise for many lol

The same people who actually believe(d) that Datsyuk and Babs are/were leaving were the same who advocated tanking the team. They had a desire to dismantle the team. Just like some want to believe Franzen will leave so badly that they will look past the zero evidence (other than amatuer medical opinion) and state that they never expect to see him again. I recognize theres risk, but the greater probability sits with him returning right now. So thinking it's best that he hangs em up right now, is pretty much 100% jumping to conclusions before all the facts are out.

Below is what I'm talking about

Great comparison. PCS can be career threatening, but most of the time it's not. There were never any legit reports that Datsyuk would leave for Russia, but people speculated. There haven't been any legit reports that Babs will leave for Toronto, but people speculate. There aren't any reports that Franzen's career is ending, but people speculate. You see where I'm going with this? When a legit report that Franzen's career may actually be in jeopardy, I'll pay some heed. As Kip pointed out, people were speculating before the report was even disclosed. All it takes is one person to get everyone going. Much like the Franzen bandwagon hatred in general.

Na, dude sucks

50 cases still puts the odds heavily in favor of Franzen returning Speculating that he'll return from injury is no where near the same. 99% of injuries are not career enders. Players are pretty much universely expected to return at some point, unless a report suggesting otherwise comes out. One suggesting so hasn't come out about Franzen yet. As the world leading herniated disc doctor, I say nope, u wrong, na na na boo boo, stick ur head in doo doo B4 y'all continue to drag this out, read above

I thought cement hands was mcgrattans nickname

Done forever

Just because concussions have been sensationalized by lawsuits and former enforcer suicides, doesn't take away from the severity of chronic spinal and shoulder injury. Nathan Horton is latest to have his career end early because of this issue. My issue is the double standard. The reaction to Zetterberg being out is "I hear it's his back again, I hope it's not bad" The reaction to Franzen being out is "I don't expect to see him play ever again, he should seriously consider retirement" There is a lot more going on there than just the injury.

I'll believe a report about his career being in jeopardy when I see one. But still, if there's been 800 - 1000 concussions over the last 10 years based on the 2011-12 numbers, guys cut short of their NHL careers bc of concussions is statistically insignificant. How many have their been? 3 guys? 5? 10? 10 of 800 means 1.25% of concussions are leading to shortened careers