krsmith17

1. That's a bet I would definitely take. Why such negativity? 2. You sound very confident. Why the hostility?

1. We won't be a lottery team for the next 5 years. 2. I will be right this year. Bet? The odds are in your favor...

Kids these days are f***ing mutants... 6'5", 210lbs at the age of 16/17? Already committed to University of Michigan... I know it's a coin flip between 1st/2nd/3rd and 4th, but I think we're due for a bit of luck in the lottery. I'll bet on us getting top 2, I just hope we get number 1... Of all the year's for the balls to fall our way, this is the year it needs to happen. Lafreniere is legit.

So you say... No, it's not, but it's likely... WTF?!?!? This may be the dumbest thing you've said yet...

Give up with the "potential 3rd overall" bulls***. He was drafted 6th overall. Treat him as such. He's going to be a damn good player. It's just too bad you're rooting against him, and you'll be upset when he proves you wrong... Well, no s***. He's playing well. It's no fun talking about our highly skilled young winger when he's doing well. When he has an inevitable dry spell, that's when you'll start up with your bulls*** again...

Assuming a 23 year old player with the drive and determination that Larkin has, doesn't have another layer of development is where you're whole theory is flawed. Then again, you're the same guy that doesn't believe a 20 year old Zadina will improve either... Larkin will get better. He's already proven that he can produce offensively, and now he's proving that he can shut-down defensively. To think that adding better linemates won't help him improve in all areas as well, is just dumb. Bergeron would still be a damn good player without Pastrnak and Marchand, but would he be over a point per game center with Bertuzzi and Mantha / Fabbri? Not a chance... Situation and circumstances matter.

A lot of opinion again with nothing really to back it up... I did notice though that there was no mention of Jordan Staal... Last season Larkin ranked 20th in points amongst all centers. Everyone was saying he's a legit number one center. This season Larkin is one of the better defensive centers in the league, and because of this, as well as not having consistent capable wingers, his points have suffered. Now all of a sudden he's a number two center?... Larkin would obviously be a 2C on a lot of teams. That doesn't make him a 2C though. Is Malkin a 2C because he's playing behind Crosby? No. Is Tavares a 2C because he's playing behind Matthews? No. Larkin is a top 30 (20ish) center in the league. He's a 1C.

Funny how you can't refute a single one of my points. All you can come back with is "I'm right. You're wrong. End of story"... Forget all the numbers I threw at you. They don't matter. All that matters is that Larkin is a 1C.

As well as Green.

Where are you getting these numbers? Not a single one of them are right... Bergeron - 86 points Staal - 32 points Larkin - 52 points Larkin is still closer to Staal, but not even you're dumb enough to think Larkin is closer to a 32 point center than an 86 point center... Larkin is having a down season, playing on a s*** team, with, relatively speaking, s*** linemates. Again, if Larkin had a Pastrnak caliber winger, he'd be a hell of a lot closer to that 86 point pace, than his current 52 point pace. I'm not saying Larkin IS a Bergeron caliber center, but the potential is definitely there. He's already proven that he can produce. His defensive numbers are off the charts good this season. If he can combine that offensive ability he showed in 2018-19, with the defensive ability he has shown in 2019-20, along with playing with legit top line wingers (Mantha / Lafreniere / Zadina), I think he could be very close to a Bergeron level center.

I don't "weasel" around any arguments. You just keep asking the same dumb questions, and misinterpret a lot of what I'm saying. When Comrie was originally waived and shortly after not re-claimed, I didn't make a big deal out of it. I said it was a dumb move, but it is what it is. Comrie has sucked, but he at least has the potential to get much better. Hopefully it doesn't bite us in the ass. All you take from that is, "dumb move". Disregard everything else I said, and assume I think Comrie is the next big thing. You do it all the time... So you think Pickard, Poulin and Nagle are all better than Comrie? This proves the lengths you'll go to in attempt to prove a point. Comrie is as good or better than all of those guys, but more importantly, is still young enough that he can potentially get much better. You can say all you want that not claiming Comrie was the right move, but you're dead wrong. Even if all he ever becomes is a solid AHL starter, it was still a bad non-move. I'm wrong on a lot of players, am I? I've admitted several times that I was dead wrong on a few, namely Smith and Jurco. It's cute though that every time we have a debate, you bring up "remember that time you were wrong on Brendan Smith?... durr". I've been right on a lot projections, and you've been wrong on quite a few projections. Neither, I care to point out on a regular basis though. The difference is, when I believe in a player, I take a stance. Your opinion changes like the wind. You've even admitted as much...

Again, Larkin proved last season that he is capable of 70+ points (73 to be exact, in just 76 games). Staal on the other hand, had a career year of 50 points (in 62 games), and another couple where he was on pace for 55-60. Bergeron had a couple 70+ point seasons in his early 20's, and then really started to develop and work hard on his defensive game (which is what Larkin is doing now). Since then, he's been a 55-65 point shutdown 1C. It's only the past three seasons that he's actually put up monster points again. Probably not a coincidence that since then, he's had one of the best young goal scorers on his wing. Imagine what Larkin could do with a Pastrnak (or Lafreniere) on his wing. Instead he's currently playing with a mishmash of middle six, complimentary wingers... Staal is a very good 3C / mediocre 2C. Bergeron is an elite shutdown 1C. Larkin is a 1C, that can possibly develop into a very good, maybe even elite shutdown 1C, given the right linemates. I really suggest you dig into Larkin's defensive numbers. They're quite impressive. I know you don't want to look like an idiot... but you keep doing it to yourself...

So you think Larkin, who has already proven capable of 70+ points in a season, at the age of 22, and is showing great defensive ability this season, at the age of 23, despite lower than usual production (because of subpar linemates), is closer to a career 3rd line, 45 point center, than a career 1st line, 65 point center?... You really are "f***ing mental" aren't you?

Mellencamp >>>>> Prince...

You are aware that Bergeron 1.0 isn't even an All-Star this season right? He also only made one NHL All-Star appearance, back in 2015 when he was 29 years old... Get over it dude. Larkin is a hell of a lot closer to Bergeron 2.0 than he is J. Stall 2.0...

You know what else is mental? Comparing Larkin to Staal... and not even the good Staal...

Not sure how much validity this site has (I'm assuming very little), but I'd trade Howard and / or Green for virtually anything at this point. I'd say there's no way Yzerman can trade Howard for Bemstrom or Green for Nylander, but he did trade de la Rose for Fabbri... so maybe?...

Coming from the guy that keeps asking the same questions over and over again, expecting a different answer... and then says I'm "high" because you don't get the answer you want... I was wrong on the development of players in the past? No way! How can that be... You have obviously never been wrong... Zadina is definitely a "bust" though... For the 50th time, I'm not predicting anything on Comrie, just that he should have been given a shot. Hell, my biggest beef isn't even that he was waived in favor of Howard, it's that he wasn't claimed to be sent directly to Grand Rapids. Keep pretending that Yzerman has never and will never make a mistake. Who are we to question the moves of a general manager? We're mere fans... No matter how Comrie pans out, letting a free asset go was a mistake. Our goaltending depth is amongst the worst in the league, and Grand Rapids are massively underperforming. Comrie should be in Grand Rapids right now, rather than Manitoba. Yup, I'm Dylan Larkin, and no I don't do drugs. Again, putting words in my mouth... Never said Jarnkrok was worthless... When you think a 28 year old 3C having a career season is better than a 23 year old 1C having a down season...

I'm high. You're just dumb as bricks.

I'm pretty sure you were the originator of that blanket statement... I've refuted your bulls*** countless times, you're just too ignorant to understand anyone else's perspective that doesn't line up with your own... Never once said that Comrie was better than Howard, but hey get spewing the bulls***...

No, I forgot, Larkin isn't hard on himself. He's lazy...

You're trolling and you're not even good at it.

Blashill replacement?