Shawn Lutz

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    I think players should still have the option to wear or not wear one. I don't wear a cage or a shield but I don't play for a living. I think as a professional and my livelihood was dependent upon my vision I'd probably wear a visor. I hated wearing a cage, I go more cuts to my chin from the cage hitting it that taking sticks or pucks to the face afterwards.

    I do think that since helmets became mandatory (rightfully so I might add) that the sticks came up higher, visors added to more high sticks as well.

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    Gary Bettman is stepping down as commissioner, and announcing that he and Sidney Crosby are getting married and moving upstate to run a small bed-and-breakfast in the Adirondacks. The league will henceforth be run by the Puck-O-Tron 3000. Think R2D2, but way smarter about hockey. Which would be a step above Bettman anyway.

    lol, wait a minute did Mario and Sidney break up?

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    The whole team got lit up last night. Let's not use that as an excuse to single out a third pairing defenseman who has been otherwise fine this year.

    He's also been more physical this year, although I do agree that he could use his size much more effectively.

    Edit: He's definitely not worth the contract right now either, but we're 6 games into it. I'll hold off on judgment for a while.

    That they did Zetts. Not blaming E for the loss but keep in mind people are judging him on 6 games this season, playing more physical and better so it goes both ways and after all this an Ericsson thread :)

    In all honesty do we really need another season to know what Ericsson will do? he's 27 going on 28 so he has little upward potential. An increase in pay isnt going to make him jump from a 5-6 to a top 4. I also think we overpaid but he's fine as a solid 5-6 slot as far as I'm concerned. He just doesn't read quick enough to make it in the top 4 in my opinion.

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    I liked Ericsson when he came in for the playoffs. Since then he shows intermittent signs of playing to that level. I also thought we overpaid for him on his new contract. I think there may have been a KH panic with Raffy retiring abruptly. E has some traits of a top 4 but his weakness is his hockey IQ. He just isnt a very smart player. He makes the same mistakes over and over, gets caught watching the play and not the open man. He is fairly weak along the wall as doesnt make player pay the price for standing in front of Howard getting 2-3 whacks at loose pucks.

    Expectations rise along with pay and if Big E doesn't meet those expectations then he can become trade bait. I think so far only 4 games in he's playing pretty good. Having said that his role hasn't increased any nor has he taken on any added responsibilities. Kindl to me has been better. WHen Nick Lidstrom retires after this season we have some decisions to make and I's rather give Kronner a good raise, retain Stuart and package E with some other players to land a big franchise UFA like Weber. I was hping Brendan Smith would show more than he did at camp but maybe a year in GR will help he along and he can make the squad next season. We'll have Kronner, White, Stuart, Kindl, Commodore Ericsson and a UFA and Smith in the waiting in the wings. A Hudler, Ericsson and TBD players could be used as trade bait. You can't fill Nicks shoes with what we have now and on the farm so we'll need to go the FA route for that in my opinion.