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Definitely. I like the trade and would do it. It's good value. Holland would be banking on a deep run to make that 1st worth it, but I think Edmonton bows out early again.

In terms of value that trade seems about right. We dont really have any right shot defenders in the pipeline though, so losing Hronek (especially given how bad our defense is) would be a tough pill to swallow.

I have noticed some cooling of jets as far as Chychrun goes. Though I would note that getting torched playing in Arizona and getting torched playing in Washington probably have very different root causes. But a year or two ago Chychrun was an analytics darling and people were laughing Ken Holland out of the building for that trade. Now I think he and Hronek have leveled out a bit.

The calculus really isn't that complicated. NHL coaches HATE getting scored on. They talk about it all the time. How many times have you heard coaches say something like "you can't outscore your mistakes" or "If you're bad defensively you have to score a lot to balance it out" or the like? Even the best defensemen rarely score enough to warrant a spot on the lineup if they're getting torched all the time. Now imagine how much worse it is for a depth defenseman like Cholo? He played 4 games, was on the ice for 4 goals against, and at 13 mins a night and no special teams play he has almost no chance of making up for those points.

Clean hit. I think Seider's head hit the glass from the force. I'm sure he's fine. This hit, on the other hand...

Not when he was 20.

At this rate I think he's got to be the betting favorite. Veleno is f*cking terrible. Zadina at least gets chances. The puck absolutely dies the second it's on Veleno's stick. I mean, if something doesn't click for that guy soon he won't be in the league long. He's never been good defensively and now it's obvious he doesn't have pro level offense either.

On any given night we dress about 12 guys who have no realistic chance of scoring a goal.

Yiiiiiiikes!

Detroit is a totally different team without Bertuzzi. He’s about to get PAID.

Seider just mushed some poor bastard behind Detroit’s net. His lower body strength is insane. He looks skinny and he just blows guys up.

Woof, one period down. Namestnikov’s dumb penalty costs us one, and Hronek getting torched by Josi one on one costs us the other.

Same. I'm like you, nothing gets guys like us going more than a big, burly, bearded bear like Witkowski forcing some lesser man into submission with his bare hands. So hot. Come to think about it, you've been a fan of the "rough stuff" for as long as anyone around here. We should get together some time and watch that movie "300"? So good.

Nothing says winning like the presence of Luke Witkowski on an NHL team's blue line.

Pretty sure he just got suspended for two games in the AHL so I'm assuming that's why he's the call up.

I’d take Roslovic in a hot second. He’s been scratched (and buried in depth lines) because he’s terrible defensively and CBJ coach Brad Larson is trying to be a hardass in his first season. But Roslovic is an offensive stud and his faceoffs have improved. I see him as a Mark Scheifelle type. Bad defensively, but good enough offensively that when paired with solid defensive wingers he’s still a net positive. He just needs to be balanced out with a good two way center on another line. Put him with Raymond and Zadina, and Lakin with Bert and Vrana and our top six would be sick.

Speaking of, Carter Mazur and Shai Buium are having REALLY good freshmen seasons in the NCAA. Red Savage too, to a lesser extent. In terms of the whole class, the 2021 draft might shape up to be Yzerman's best so far. I think it's very realistic we get 4 NHL regulars out of the draft (Edvinsson, Cossa, Buium, and Mazur), with the potential for one or two more (Savage, Nilsson)

Gotta be better than tonight's Griffins game. Woof. Aside from Berggren we have ZERO talent in GR. Can't wait till next year when out Swedish contingent comes over and runs rough shod over the AHL.

Veleno set to play on the 2nd line wing tomorrow with Suter and Zadina. This should help facilitate a little offense out of him. I genuinely like him in this role.

Fabbri is going nowhere, for better or worse he’s part of the leadership group. Also, can’t keep letting go of Larkin’s buddies without eventually making him want to leave too.

I'm having a hard time understanding this graphic. How does Boston have better odds of making the playoffs than we do?

I can't wait until the 2025 debut of the Houston Trailer Parkers.

Gunslinger? Hitman? I just assumed he was in a ska band.

I always wondered what happened to that guy. He was a hilarious Mod. Like Cartman when he's the hallway monitor. Harold once tried to suspend me for saying something that he had literally said a page or two earlier in the thread. When I appealed the ban and showed the other mods, and Matt, that he had used the same language earlier in the thread he accused me of using a "different tone" than he had used. The word he wanted to be me for? "Slappy".

What's the source of this graphic?