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Signing Lindholm is stupid. First, he's not that good. By most metrics he's a roughly as good as Filip Hronek, but scores less. Second, signing him in FA means you're paying a premium for a marginal talent. Third, you'd have to offer him term to get him to come to a worse team than the one he's on. So you'd be overpaying LONG TERM for a marginal player, Fourth, you've got about 85 LHD coming in the next few years. Better to see see what you've got in your cost controlled players first before free agent shopping to fill holes. Most people that want Lindholm just want to see a big UFA signing. However, there are quite a few free agents that can give you similar results as Lindholm at a fraction of the price (i.e. Erik Gustafsson from the Blackhawks). The more you know.

In the same day that Canadian hockey media is speculating about a Zadina trade, Detroit hockey media publish a series of articles on why Veleno sucks and should be sent back to GR. I think the writing's on the wall for these two puds. That or "they're still young".

He played for Kris Draper, so he was probably Kienan's buddy. I don't know though. In other overager news, my darkhorse for this year's draft is Rogle's Linus Sjodin. 19 year old, undrafted, playing in the SHL and performing well. Didn't get drafted last year, despite solid skill, because he was a midget. Then he grew about 3 inches and added 30 lbs. Would be a heck of a 3rd or 4th round pick.

Don't look now but Carter Mazur - overager, 3rd round pick, and Michigan man - is absolutely dominating the NCAA right now in his first college season. He's got 24 points in 22 games, good for 33rd in the NCAA overall (out of about 530 players) and 7th in U20 scoring. Plays a lot like Bertuzzi. And based on the interview linked below he might be as dumb as Bert too. Fer sure.

The amount of ink that Zadina gets is CRAZY. Red Wings media trip over themselves to make excuses for the guy. The most recent one is that he needs better linemates to really help him flourish. Fabbri and Suter apparently aren't good enough to drag Zadina around the ice but ARE good enough to outperform him on a nightly basis. "Give him Vrana" they say, as if Zadina's playmaking is any better than his shooting at this point.

It was destined to be Zegras the minute he assisted on that goal from behind the net. NHL fans/media love nothing more than flashy players. People talk about Quinn Hughes like he's one of the best defensemen on earth, because he's flashy, despite the fact that he's got 6 more points than Seider and is abysmal defensively. Zegras will win because he's showy, but he's not the NHL's best rookie. Not by a mile.

Lambert is interesting, some people seem really high on him and others not so much. Some people think he's really skilled, some just think he's really fast. But by all accounts he plays like a softie, so I don't think he's really an Yzerman type pick.

Can we just trade Zadina and Veleno already? These dudes are f*cking garbage. I think there's every chance that neither of these two will score again this season. To CBJ: Veleno To DET: Roslovic To EDM: Leddy + Zadina To DET: Kassian + Holloway

Round 1: Nazar/Kasper Round 2: Bystedt Round 2: Ostlund

I definitely will. Theyre a beast right now

1. French IS the native tongue in Quebec: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language. In addition to being the "official lanague' of the province, it's also the language most people speak most of the time in that place. Saying French isn't their native tongue because they're not in France is like saying English isn't your native tongue because you're not in England. There is a literal Canadian law making French the official language of Quebec, a place whose native tongue is French because French has been predominantly spoken there since before Canada was even a country. You're really wrong about this. 2. I didn't say the majority of the people vaccinated were Dems (although that's true too). I said the majority of daily Covid deaths are Republicans (also true). You disagreed and so I linked you to the evidence. Dems and left leaners have BOTH higher vaccination rates and lower Covid death rates than right wingers. You're super duper double wrong about this. 3. Taxes ARE mandates because they're legally required. That's my point. There are no Covid vaccination mandates in our country because there are no laws (anywhere) requiring vaccination. Employers requiring vaccinations as a condition of employment, or businesses requiring proof of vaccination for service AREN'T mandates because you can choose not to accept terms and work/shop somewhere else. So you're wrong again. In short: You. Are. Wrong. So. So. So. So. Wrong. All the time.

I like Marco Kasper, Austrian playing in the Swedish League for Rogle. Does that count?

I literally don't need to justify "my vaccine". You seem to be suffering under some delusion that I want the government to make you, or people like you, get the vaccine. You're desperate to present yourself as some victim here. The ONLY entity that needs to justify the vaccine to you, is you. And apparently it worked because you got "the jab". Lots of people have chosen not too. You can read all out them here: https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/ Might even see someone you know. Or at the very least you'll recognize the arguments.

Psssst. Wanna know a secret? Business owners can lay you off just because they don't want/need you anymore. You can literally lose your job for no reason. That's capitalism baby. I imagine to a guy like you consequences do seem coercive. It's almost like you're confronting the fact that you can't do whatever the hell you want for the very first time. Grocery store: Stand six feet apart or leave our store. Blueadamas: I don't wanna. Airline: Wear a mask if you want to fly on our plane. Blueadams: But I don't wanna! Italy: Get vaccinated or don't come to our country. Blueadams: BUT I DON'T WANNA!!!!!

Nope. You're welcome to quit your job. A "mandate" is a law. Private companies can require all sorts of things, like dress codes, which you're welcome to disregard. You just can't keep your job if you do. Or did you think that there were no consequences to the choices you make?

You'd be famous. Imagine how many people would flock to your business once they figured out you were the guy who corrected all the world's misguided healthcare professionals and A) saved our tax money, B) defended our liberties, C) struck a massive blow to big pharma, D) reduced umemployment, and E) allowed us to travel freely again. You'd be a zillionnaire.

I'm gonna go ahead and guess that you're getting your information from the same place that told you French wasn't the official language of Quebec. But just in case you want to educate yourself I'll leave this here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/briefing/covid-red-states-vaccinations.html Also, there is no such thing as "forced mandates". You don't have to get vaccinated and neither does anyone else.

So you've said. Since you're a big shot business owner you should take out some ad space and educate all those doctors and scientists who recommend vaccination and other remedial actions. The ones that aren't part of the conspiracy probably just hadn't thought about this. I'm skeptical though. I mean, all their information comes from medical school and their professional expertise. It's pretty suspect.

Well that's fake science for you. It's not like they can hold you down and force you to get vaccinated... mostly because they're not trying to. Or, in your case, because you already voluntarily chose to get vaccinated.

I forgot that the airlines were part of the conspiracy. And private employers too. And the Dems. And Fauci. And the Chinese. And Europe. And the U.N. And Big Pharma. And Me. This whole thing runs really deep. It's a good thing literally nobody made you.

Too much is never enough for me and my pharma bros. We plan to bleed America to death, one vaccine at a time... ...and we'll get away with it too. Unless you pesky patriots expose our big lie. Muahahahahaha

Update: I just looked in my medicine cabinet. Holy hell! I have asprin, tylenol, AND motrin. I can't believe I've been giving Big Pharma money for years to combat headaches that pose ZERO risk of death. The plot thickens...

I take a Zertec everyday for my allergies. I've been in the pockets of big pharma for years. Now that I've been given a free vaccine I'm in REALLY deep. They practically own me.

Guilty as charged. I love big pharma. I'm a pharma bro.

It's at times like these that I'm reminded of the old American revolutionary maxim, "Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God". Hang in there buddy.