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I cannot believe Richdg is the most rational guy on this thread right now. Well said, I agree with most of what you're saying and t he future players - Mantha, Larkin, AA, Svech, Smith and Rasmussen is a great VARIETY and fills a lot of needs. It's not just 5 players that are small wingers. It covers each part of an important squad from speed, to shoot, to size, to special teams, to playmaking, to penalty killing.

More and more people are starting to show their true colors on this board. At first thought "okay maybe people are have their type of player they like and don't like small players" Now you see the same people complain about a TALL PLAYER OMG OMG OMG". Starting to show some people complain about anything just to feel good. I like the pick. It's unlike anything we've drafted in the first round. And it fills our exact needs. A goal scorer, a PP specialist and size. I have NO clue wtf else people thought we needed. Our PP was one of the worst in the league the last 2 years and is not showing any signs of improvement wantsoever.

Don't have a heart attack over our pick before that lol.

I don't think a lot of people realize they are making fool of themselves. BUT I LIKE IT.

I wanted entertainment on this board, been waiting for it for months now. Ken Holland has delivered. Thank you. Nobody does, they pretend to because we didn't pick Viliardi.

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH STAN BOWMAN THE GREAT.

Basically this. I like the pick. Ya'll are cray. Sick of getting small wingers and skinny centers. We got added a dimension we lack. This league has turned into a special teams + dirty goals league.

I'm just saying, I think Hasek has more Wing fans than Osgood does.

Agree, people here are oblivious to that fact tho and still whine. 7 teams passed on him.

Ericsson was originally a forward

I AM DYING HAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHA

Except he "wouldn't" be up there because if he faced the competition Zetterberg faced (Patrice Bergeron, Anze Kopitar, Joe Thornton, Mikko Koivu, Ryan Kesler, Jonathan Toews) he would get annihilated and shut down. Use your head Lefty.

In order to get Tippet we have to not have a coach. We have a coach. In order to not have a coach we need to fire him. Our coach isn't getting fired. Move along, nothing to see here.

AA played sheltered minutes and this guy calls him the best player. Outstanding.

Ya'll are cray. We all know what happened. Mrazek was exposed, everyone here thinks he's better than he actually is. He isn't. Maybe someday.

Dude Larkin played with Zetterberg in his entire first season, not a very good argument. AA plays with way lesser linemates and carries his own weight offensively (played with Andersson in his first season at times). With the linemates Larkin had compared to AA, the fact that their PPG is that close makes Larkin actually look worse not to mention the minutes played per game isn't even considered.

What makes you think Holland hasn't held out for Mrazek? Mrazek has been with the team for 3 years... Sorry bro but you're falling into the trap of giving Yzerman TOO much credit just cuz it's Ken Holland. Yzerman did nothing special in the situation, he's no better or worse than Holland. It's just happens to be the Drouin (and his agent) are worse people than Mrazek. But also Drouin >>>>>>>>>> Mrazek in terms of value and as a player.

There's still a lot of people who don't like him, remember the boards here years ago?

Yzerman didn't handle anything. He just didn't do anything at all. Drouin did all the stupidity and made himself look like an idiot when his agent released the statement and he refused to play in the minor league. All Yzerman had to do was say he's going to do whats best for Tampa. Holland HAS kept s*** internal. We really don't know anything about the specifics of Mrazek, just some beat writers and reporters claiming Mrazek has attitude problems because he left practice early and because "he said she said". Drouin is a 1st round pick that did very well last season and had A LOT of value. Mrazek is not a first round pick, he's been inconsistent, did terrible last season and has no value at the moment. Perspective of the situation man.

But are his teammates and coaches?

No, no he didn't. Lidstrom, Vladdy Howe (his son wearing #9), Scott Bowman, Zetterberg, etc.

Put it this way. Jonathan Toews is getting in. Hossa is better than Toews both offensively and defensively (just look at Hossa's takeaway stats). And he has the same amount of cups. Hence Hossa should get in.

So what's Igor Larionov doing on that thing

So chaps... how do you feel now that Mrazek didn't get taken for free..?

Trade or just wanted out period, even if it was in an expansion draft.