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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?

The actual Harold Snepts or the Mod? Both options are equally likely.

It's especially bad because the Devil's have one of the coolest jersey/logo designs in the league. They don't need to change a thing.

Well as it stands we might all have sold them short considering they're in a playoff position and we all know the old adage about being in a playoff spot by Thanksgiving. I can very easily see a reality in which we get Vrana back, make a trade or two, and get in.

Here's a really good article on Rossi and why he missed time: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01456-3

It's entirely possible that we got the best three players from each of the last three drafts. Or at least, we got guys that are on par with the best players of each of those drafts. I'm still not convinced that Owen Power is any better than Edvinsson, and I think Edvinsson still has quite a lot of room for improvement too.

Dude I've gotten SOOOOOOO much sh*t over the years for saying anything that even remotely deviated from the conventional narrative. I'm definitely gonna enjoy my time in the sun.

Or maybe guys like Lafreniere were never as good as they were made out to be to begin with? I vaguely recall someone saying something like that before those guys were drafted.

Based on your above post I feel confident that I'm AT LEAST smarter than Tyler Bertuzzi.

Remember that time in the offseason when everyone kept saying we were a lotto team and I kept saying we'd be WAY better and then we were? I'm soooooo smart.

Big Erne making it count when it counts the most. Love it. Hopefully that lights a little fire under him going forward.

Admittedly it's a hard sell, but with Khusnutdinov playing well it's not leaving their cupboards completely bare at center. Plus they'd be getting a center back (Veleno) and another 1st in a center heavy draft. It would all come down to how badly their ownership wants to offset the costs of the Parise and Suter buyouts. They're going to be taking a bath on this for the next 3-4 years and 12 million is a lot of money. Maybe enough money that it makes losing Rossi palatable.

They've wanted to trade him for years, and now with the Parise and Suter buyouts they're going to be desperate to shed money. Clearing 12 million for next season between Dumba and Zuc is incentive enough. Not to mention they've already got a ton of defensive talent on the books. I genuinely believe these deals would benefit all involved. Minnesota gets cap relief they desperately need and a serviceable young roster player with some upside. It will cost them one really good young prospect but they get our 1st (somewhere between 12-16th overall) to make it easier to swallow the pill. As bad as their cap situation is the next few years I think they'd honestly do this without Leddy but I'm adding him to make up for Dumba's lost points. Colorado gets two good players who are under contract for two year to help them win now and it only costs them a player they want to trade anyway. Detroit gets a 2C and top four LD (powerplay QB too) and all it costs us is some cash (6 million for two years), a mid round 1st, and a young depth player with question marks surrounding his upside.