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His bday gift will either be getting one step closer to Dahlin or a win. That's the look he gives his wife every time she asks for love at night

I know where you live.

@kliq what I tell you

Ummm... need to correct yourself further First you said he's in everyones top 5. Then you corrected yourself and said he's between 5th and 13th on most sites. But in reality he’s hovering in the mid 20s

Is Canada projected to win btw? I know nothing about Juniors. My two teams are always U.S and Sweden for sake of Lidstrom and Zetty. Canada over Russia of course.

The Canadian airline best be careful on the way here

HYPE! Follow your role model Juniors!

What are we? Snakes?

You are making me jealous.

Relax lol. I misread your post and corrected it but you quoted the original response before the correction. You can read the edit and comment if you want, I addressed the difference between Cholowski and Sproul/XO

Nvm reread the post. Cholowski won’t be like Sproul or XO. He’s supposed to be more cerebral. Brain beats supposed hand skills. Time will tell.

The most legit authority I tell ya.

@chaps80 would like to know about this

I think he's projected to be a 3rd/4th defenseman but if we're lucky he could turn it up the next few years and who knows what could happen. I don't think it was a wasted pick. He has good size and I've read that his passing and skating ability are very good. In today's hockey, those are very important traits to have. For some reason though people don't realize that defenseman are not as easy to predict when they're drafted.

The guy does fit your personality mold:

Mantha is averaging 17 minutes a game this season. Where are you cooking up this crap from? Like 1-2 games? Look at the overall season. There's still more games to play.

Happy Holidays.... PSYCHEeeeeeeeeee Merry Christmas everyone!

You're blinded by your creepy love for Mantha. Larkin is earning 20 minutes per game and neither Mantha nor AA are earning it. So your whole "Blashill is playing old broken down players" statement is false. The only older forward who plays a lot of minutes is Zetterberg. Otherwise Larkin, Nyquist and Tatar lead the forwards in ice time. You need to fact check yourself Rich. As far as I can tell from what we see on TV and in the arena, Nyquist is quicker than Mantha. And even if I can't prove it with a video or a speed test, it makes sense based off his center of gravity and weight. Until then you don't really have much to prove on your end. I'm glad Mantha isn't on the PK. Last thing we need is him losing 5 on 5 time because Richdg came up with a "coaching" strategy.

In reality he's just a dumb 22 year old that has $170 to his name and doesn't understand what "Canadian" or "CPA" means

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying he's neither of those 3 things. Not a center, not as good defensively (compared to his teammates like Larkin, Nielsen, Glend, Helm etc). And in terms of speed AA, Helm, Larkin are the fastest. I'd put Nyquist in 4th and Mantha/Abby/Tatar are probably around the same speed.

Sure, but this isn't amateur hockey. You either give 100% in practice and earn your spot and play-time or you get scratched or lose ice-time. You really think Blashill is going to put in Mantha with the mentality of "Well you're terrible at the PK during practice but MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, you might be good during a game" ? These coaches and players are pros, the job description comes with at least some form of rationality. Anyways, what the hell is the point of putting Mantha on PK? I doubt he's even remotely interested in it. He's a goal scorer and for the most part he's being utilized as one. Would you rather have Blash tell him to be on PK, focus on his 200 foot game and ultimately reduce his 5 on 5 time? I guarantee you, you'd just end up bitching about it 5 months from now. For the first time since Bowman era this franchise is actually letting a goal scorer be an actual goal scorer... Just be happy with it.. Anyways, all the other PKers we have are better at it than Mantha is. Larkin, Helm, Glendening, Nielsen, Abdelkader. And if for some reason none of those guys can't to go then my next option would be AA... not Mantha. Hell if for some weird reason if none of those 5 nor AA can go then you put Zetterberg in to kill the penalty.

It's not that you don't meet my elite standards. It's just that you sound like an idiot when you post. Is that more clear? Good. I don't understand. Do you actually think your trolling is good? Here's some tidbits from your very own certified Troll Lover. 1. You should never admit to having another account. That just kills the climax. A troll always keeps his audience guessing. 2. You should never admit to what you're intentions are. Again, you keep the audience guessing. Bad troll. Bad. @Jonas Mahonas you have a new pupil to teach. We've got a newbie here.

You don't know that. Maybe Blashill has tried him on the PK during training camp/ practices to see how he does and he might have not been good at it. We don't know about the ins and outs of what goes on behind the scenes. If anyone has played a team sport here then we should all know that coaches try tons of combos and ideas during practices and based off what they feel about players act upon it during the game. Team practice is the best place to see players strengths and weaknesses and roles. It's easier to assume things from your seat at home when you have no idea about what goes on in these players/coaches environment behind the scenes. As far as the last 90 seconds, I agree with you, I would have put Mantha out there.

Why can't we just have Datsyuks and Zetterbergs that were good at everything and had zero weaknesses