BadgerBob

Look like new concepts for Wild jerseys

Holland almost discredits Tatar and Gus for how many points they have in GR because "they're on the powerplay". He says up here they wouldn't get chances like that because it's something you grow into. Sorry, but if you're willing to stick Sammy and Cleary on our power play those two damn well better be on it when they're up here. Referring to 24 year olds as kids is a problem. There are plenty of teams that have multiple 24 year olds skating on their roster right now.

That third line...barf

I was transitioned from defense to forward quite a bit while I was playing and I think if done right, this could be a pretty interesting experiment. At worst where does it leave us? We aren't winning any games right now as it is, so there is definitely no harm in giving it a try.

Is this their own metaphor on how soft the league is becoming?

That'd have to be the most expensive 3rd line in the league haha

If this is true, Holland has no way of redeeming himself in my book. Sacrifices our young talent just so he can keep his dusty old fart buddies on our team.

Any pairing involving Quincey seems to be no good.

Those teams have had the luxury of having high draft picks..seems to be the only way to get a solid core group of players is to tank for 5 years.

Only time Holland would pick them up is now, right in their prime beer belly years. They get matching 5 year $4M/yr no trade/move clauses too

Ken Holland:

Seriously this. Such a crappy thing to do to a guy who doesn't even deserve to be waived in the first place. Maybe he's just embarassed because he realizes this is all his own stupid fault. This is becoming beyond frustrating.

Meanwhile, Cleary and Samuelsson are back on our "powerplay" . Really steamed at Kenny and Babs for bringing in those two scrubs right now.. edit:spelling

I'd have to pick Eaves. No good reason why, just like how the kid plays.

Shoot outs make no sense. Baseball doesn't have a home run derby after one extra inning, you don't see a dunk contest in basketball deciding who wins. It isn't hockey, it's a skill competition.

Any chance they could send Tootoo in a package to them? As much as I like Tootoo we need someone that can put the puck in the net big time and they need someone with some grit on their team. They can take Cleary and Sammy too please

Exactly. They're defenseman are HUGE. Three guys are 6'6" or taller and two other guys that are 6'4" and others are well over 6'. They're offense is nothing to sneeze at either, they have a guy that's pretty good at scoring goals if I remember correctly. If we play well we can definitely beat them but it's not like they're the Panthers.

Just saw this...about time they try something that makes sense!

I really wish we could get a hockey team in Wisconsin, but I really don't think hockey is that big in our state. I am from Superior, which is right next to the lake and we mostly play minnesota teams due to the fact that the closest hockey teams are in Eau Claire (about 2.5 hours away) and the state tournament is pretty laughable. We already have the Admirals and I'm not sure how well they do as far as attendance but I've noticed the Kohl Center has had less and less people at Badger games. There's already so many people in the Milwaukee area that are dedicated Blackhawk fans I don't think that a team could survive there. If it was possible, I'd like to see Green Bay get the team.

"Upper body" can easily be for his lack of heart..

Judging from his play, I'm pretty sure he has none.

Prime aged player on our roster!

Ugh. Knowing this guy is playing deflates a lot of my excitement for games.

Yeah. Knowing he's capable of more than that just makes it almost unbearable to watch him. I sure hope you're right about that last part!

NHL14 is good therapy for me for this. First thing I do in GM mode is get rid of these 3 and Franzen. Feels good