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Looks really good on mobile! Only complaint on a desktop is that the popular contributors list is on every page and not just the home page, meaning all forums are reduced to left-column only. It makes the subforums appear cluttered. On mobile this doesn't matter though because they are at the very bottom. Color scheme is sick too!!!

I think you will see the team transition to a Tatar-Nielsen-Abdelkader line taking on the top scoring threat lines. They can score but they also stand to play excellent defense. Nielsen is one of the best in the league. Tatar-Nielsen-Abdelkader Nyquist-Zetterberg-Vanek Sheahan-Helm-Larkin Miller-Glendening-Ott Ideally I would like to see two forwards and a defenseman moved for a top D. Even if the team had to roll out Helm as a 2nd line center for a year... Tatar-Nyquist-Sproul are young enough to generate a lot of interest in other teams as a package.

I suppose irony wasn't the right word. It was more of your username than anything. Because punctuation seems unknown to the Internet. People suck at spelling and grammar to begin with, then you throw in Internet slang/shortcuts and people become zombies.

The irony of Internet Unknown posting that amuses me.

Nielsen and Vanek were my top two targets after Stamkos signed. But the money for Helm just ruins this all.

I don't think Mantha gets traded. I think Vanek fills that 2nd or 3rd line winger, and it's a 1-year deal because Mantha can take over next year. What do we have right now? Tatar-Zetterberg-Abdelkader Nyquist-Nielsen-Vanek Sheahan-Helm-Larkin Miller-Glendening-Ott Jurco-Athanasiou-Mantha Pulkkinen-Andersson Gotta be a trade in the works. #1C or top D

I hate to overwHELM you all, but in this rHELM, I am the only Darren Helm at the HELM of this ship. #Overkill #We'reDoneHere

Gotta be fake. The video cut just before he "started peeing". Plus, they're being awfully loud; there is security in and around the locker rooms, even when the players are on ice.

I believe you are right. Contract years run July 1 - June 30, so I imagine, for the sake of consistency, every other details like Group IV, NMC, and NTC all start July 1 of the given year.

There is scientifically no such thing as momentum anyway. It's just a sports catchphrase. There's nothing in recent production that is capable of predicting future production. That being said, they finished ahead of teams they needed to finish ahead of to make it to the playoffs. Would you rather be the Red Wings or the Capitals right now? Both didn't make it to the ECF, let alone the Stanley Cup... Florida and Anaheim got trounced in the first round.

I'm sorry, but that's a crappy argument. Just because they lost their last game doesn't negate the points they earned through 81 games.

I don't think pairing Datsyuk with a guy in the playoffs that he's hardly played with before is a good idea. Zetterberg - Datsyuk - Abdelkader Nyquist - Sheahan - Tatar Larkin - Athanasiou - Mantha Helm - Glendening - Richards Jurco - Pulkkinen DeKeyser - Quincey Kronwall - Smith Green - Ericsson Marchenko Mrazek Howard

What can you do but laugh? These pompous, greedy jerks don't care about the experience, they just want your dollar. I'd love to see the warning on the ticket about "obstruction". I bet it's not nearly as clear as what these pictures show. You can't see a thing!

I agree with you 150%. I think that he will stay up until he hits a significant dry spell, though, unless they're worried sending another player down will be Nestrasil part deux. http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/topic/77513-dylan-larkin-turning-pro-will-play-for-gr-immediately/page-8#entry2612694

Not to get all James Patterson on everyone, but if that was a REAL bag from this case that was actually processed.... it took someone very high up to get that out and I wonder if said person hasn't threatened the lawyer with physical harm to himself or his family.... And the way he's thrown them under the bus while backing down seems sketchy...I dunno, with as much money as the owner/team/NHLPA/Kane stands to lose on this case... it smells really, REALLY bad... Even if it WAS the lady or her family getting access, what does that say about other cases investigated by Buffalo PD? How many other evidence bags come up missing?

Wait a minute, how could the lady have gotten the evidence bag from police custody??? Unless she stole it while they were initially bagging evidence?

I don't know you, but I wish you luck. Have you considered reaching out to a minor league team? They might be more inclined to hear you out than a big-league team.

This deserved more attention than it received. MATH'D.

Not only that, but $19M isn't an amount to turn your nose up. If he gets seriously injured or otherwise unable to perform in two years, he'll be glad he signed this contract instead of holding out for $6-8M. Think about it... Let's say the alternative was playing under the RFA amount for two years and then signing a big contract: 2015-2016 $3,000,000 Two-year contract at lower rate to get to UFA. 2016-2017 $3,000,000 Two-year contract at lower rate to get to UFA. 2017-2018 $7,750,000 (big contract, presuming #'s keep rising and his performance increases) UFA 2018-2019 $7,750,000 UFA So that's a total of 4-years, $21,500,000. Even if he signed a two-year, $6M contract - giving him the quickest out to UFA status - he's risking about $12M (difference between what he'd have at the end of the 16-17 season and what he's going to have now at the end of the 18-19 season) on the chance that he doesn't have a career-ending injury or otherwise harm his chances at a big contract. So, yes, he maximizes his salary ceiling by signing a two-year deal, but he also maximizes his salary floor by signing a four-year deal. Risk/Reward.

I'm more excited about what he's doing at the other end of the ice than the those two goals, quite honestly. While it's nice to see him getting the puck in the net, the 1st goal was embarrassing defense (four-on-three and they let their mark into the slot without any pressure) and the second was a complete fluke. Good for him in getting the puck on net, but the goalie stops that 99/100 times. Anyone that watched the game has to be impressed with his active stick work at the other end though. He's really got a knack for being a safe defender and doing the little things right. This is exactly what I meant when I said earlier in the thread that I have no doubts he can be in the top 80-percentile for a bit, but what does the grind of a 60+ game season do to him at the end, particularly during grueling NHL rough games on back-to-back nights? I think he regresses to a point that he becomes a liability without a season or two in GR to build up the endurance and understanding of balance on the ice. You can go 110% for a five-game stretch in the playoffs, but what happens when you've gotta string more than a few games together? He had back-to-back games Sunday and Monday, then two full days off, Thursday and Friday in GR, Saturday off, and then last night. Five games in seven days is a lot. What's his energy level going to be over these final two games of the series? I think he'll be fine, but what happens in December when he's 30 games in against the fastest, strongest, and biggest hockey players in the world, and then he's gotta go three games in five days against the Blackhawks, Canadiens, and Penguins? I like what I'm seeing from him, but I think at least one full year in GR is the proper way to go.

I remember another team squandering a two-goal lead in the 3rd, but they couldn't rally...

I think the change in sheer number of games, not only as a whole, but within a stretch of 4-5 days is the biggest challenge. I would not be surprised to see him in GR for at least the next 13 months - if, for nothing more, to allow him the chance to build his endurance. Not just skating, but in the weight room, in practice, and the physicality of the game. That's gotta take some getting used to before someone is ready. Do I think he could come up and be in the 80th percentile for three or four games? Absolutely. Do I think he'd regress to the 20th percentile after 60 games? Absolutely. I think you leave him in GR just so he can get a feel for how to battle with a balance. You can't go 150% all the time every time.

I would suggest Zetterberg >>> Tatar/Nyquist. Thornton > Zetterberg at the pivot. Vermette >>> Sheahan/Helm at the pivot. Green >> Ericsson.

Thanks for the compliment. The big thing with that lineup is how often we'd start with the puck after a faceoff. Vermette @ 53-60%, Thornton @ 53-60% Datsyuk @ 50-55%, Helm @ 50-55%, Zetterberg @ 50-52%, Glendening @ 50-52%, Not one of those guys has had a season below 50% Faceoff wins the last three years.