jimmyemeryhunter

Doughty, Hedman, Subban, Mcdavid, seguin, benn, Ekblad, Oliver-ekman Larsson, Tavares. Those are the guys I can come up with off the top of my head that I'd trade him straight up for, I'm sure there's more than a few I'm forgetting, but the list is a lot shorter than I was expecting it to be. I don't know if I'd trade him for Crosby, honestly.

I really wish we could've swung a trade for LD before he started putting up all these points.

Ha. Nonono.If you notice, I said we'd trade someone it Larkin made the team, when I should've just went with the obvious, "lose player b to waivers." Ha. BTW. Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, e.t.

Ha. I told you there was something to it man. The second game you posted it, pulks scored the winner. And Fulton Reed is teemus spirit animal, as you recall.

Richards is the type of player who uses his head over his physical gifts, he's more or less been that type of player his whole career and he's scored 91 points twice. That wasn't because of his speed. It reminds me of how jiri hudler was one of, If not the worst skater on the wings for many years and now he's on a line with Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan(two pretty damn fast skaters) and he's scoring 70+ points a year. If you can anticipate where the plays going to be, you can get a head start on it. Do you think Igor larionov, (or even kozlov for that matter) could skate half as fast as feds? (Hudlers break out turns are at the center ice line, cuz by the time Monahan or Johnny skate out of their zone they sync up at the blue line, which is hilarious)

I know. I'm probably a genioos.

Let's go wings!

Nope. I like lumps, It let's me know they're homemade, But it can still be smooth with lumps. I also like so much pulp that I have to chew my o.j. Tpbm prefers white meat to dark meat.

We wouldnt be able to get him without Larkin,which we wouldn't do. Other than that they'd want a young high end d prospect, which we don't really have.

What are you even arguing at this point? That he's a perfect player, or first line winger? Or that im not allowed to talk about him because hes off limits for you? Because I criticized him once. I didn't say to get him off the team or even sit him. And second. The first time I said it was because Larkin does everything else so well, but by all means continue cherry Picking. I'm not going to take the time to find the stats to back up what I say, or what you say. I don't have that time right now. But if you feel like continuing this argument, feel free to look them up for me. You've given one stat, and are now acting holier than now that all the stats ever back up your point. Could what I said possibly be unfair criticism, sure I just don't think hes playing all that great. So if the stats back up that he's been amazing with no faults, then fine. And there's stats out there that paint jakub kindl as our #1 defenseman. So they're always completely. Unequivocally correct.

you go out of the way to prove he's around the same percentage as Larkin, who is here for his 200ft game not his shot. His best asset is his shot, and how often he uses it yet you're arguing for the fact that he's basically average in that aspect. Which would more or less mean you're in agreement that he's not doing what he's supposed to do, as well as he's expected to do it. And he's been used with our best defensive players, his numbers are going to be skewed seeing lower quality opponent's, higher volume offensive zone starts, he's been paired with datsyuk lately. Before that it was with sheahan or Glendenning. So clichéd or not, it seems even you agree with it. You can make stats say what you want them to. Which is why I didnt use them in my argument. I couldn't care less what mickey said about him missing the net, and I don't care if the stats say he's average at shooting/getting shots through because his bread and butter is above average shooting. I'm not hating on the kid, I'm not even arguing against him because I do like him and he deserves to be on the team, but he's been very average, and I think hell get better. Because if he's going to carve out a niche for himself he needs to be.

I actually really like the white gloves. But it is kind if power ranger-y.

Ha. I couldn't help myself bud.

Yeah, but do you remember the time he blocked that shot with his face? That was badass.

Yeah. I remember wondering why the hell he wasn't involved in it.They're doing this whole thing wrong.

I mean, he kind of is.Last year when we were on a tear without datsyuk and then when abs went down the team looked deflated. He's more vital to the success of the team than most would ever give him credit for. That and he's going to be expected to bridge the gap between the greatness of the legends with the kids. Which is important.

I would really like to see helm in the fastest skater competition, but he's not an all star so it will never happen. They need to have the fastest skater comp open to the league so we know who's the fastest. I need to know.

at best we would get a 7th round pick for him, which there's no way to know if anyone would even have paid that. I'm not sure who all put in a bid for him, but Boston got him and its not like they're the last place team.(the lowest ranked team to put in the claim gets the player.)So put yourself in that situation. Would you rather have a 7th round pick(that would probably be a conditional pick based on whether or not he stays in the lineup) or take the chance that he'll clear waivers and you can keep him in the system. MAYBE a 7th round pick, or the chance to keep the player you invested a 2nd round pick/and years of development in. It could be argued that Not trying to keep him in your system would be worse asset management. And losing a player with an actual chance of being part of the teams future would DEFINITELY be worse asset management. And yeah, he was almost a 1st round pick in 2009, Would you trade anything for Scott Glennie? After all, he actually was a first round pick in 2009(8th overall which is close to a top 5 pick) and Boston definitely wouldn't have given us anything for him, even just *future considerations* (which are essentially worthless now anyway) like you said we're division rivals, they wouldn't trade with us. And having a different opinion is fine but don't pretend that you use any kind of facts or reason that correlate your opinions. And debating with someone who has already made their mind up that they're right no matter what anyone else says isn't really a debate. Its more like talking to a wall.

We could probably get a 2nd round pick for Jurco, at worst a 3rd.And Andersson may be slower, but he's bigger, stronger, smarter and better defensively than Ferraro. I wish he would've made it to grand rapids but he'll end up back in the AHL at some point anyway. Ha. Ferraro. Over Jurco. Madness. Bobby Farnham.Also waived. Also picked up. Is a healthy scratch blocking a better prospect who needs to be on the team.

Yeah but pulks isn't the only one who gets irrationally hated on around here, it comes with the territory. But honestly when he's not scoring, he really doesn't bring much else to the table. When he does something good he gets praised, which its almost always for scorin, But hes in the nhl, we shouldnt have to go out of our way to point out every single thing he did somewhat well. Ha. And Larkin misses the net sometimes sure, but how also hits the net like six times a game. He's going to get a pass when he makes the occasional gaffe because he does everything else so well. Pulks should be fine, but I don't expect him to become as good as tats or goose simply because he doesn't have the quickness. He'll live and die by his shot, which is the only reason I get irritated with how often he misses the net completely.

I don't understand why the lions don't utilize Theo Riddick more, every time he touches the ball he makes something happen, but they use him so sparingly, I don't understand it. Also. They've now won two in a row, I didn't think we had a chance against green bay, and we beat Oakland scoring only 18 points. Madness.

I haven't seen anyone blame him for a loss, the worst I've seen is people criticizing him when he can't hit the net, or get frustrated when he decides to tee his shot up and most of the time those guys aren't averse to eating a healthy helping of crow.Sometimes its hard watching all our smaller wingers get pushed around all game, get relegated to the corners or boards and end up losing the battles. Then they(Nyquist/Tatar) will go on an amazing run where it looks like no one can touch them. Pulkkinen brings a different dimension than then, as he is almost primarily there to shoot. But he isn't quick enough to create his own separation, so most of his shots end up as non threats. I think pulks could turn into an awesome third line winger/pp specialist and as long as he understands thats all he is (even though he gets moved up and down the roster) and doesn't go searching for top 6 money, he should be a good depth scorer for us. As for Kronwall, he'll be alright, hes had a revolving door of partners in smith, e, and green. Him and green look better together every game, as long as green can stay healthy and blash doesn't decide to give him another partner they'll start to gel. Wasn't Nic Lidstrom -5 one year? I think we're starting to see the team click, and its only going to get better as they get more experience with system. This forum is pretty damn bi- polar though, when we lose the Sky's falling, when we win all the boo birds seem to disappear.

He gas to at least be on the active roster with Boston since they claimed him, so assuming his knee is fully healed well probably see him on Wednesday. I'm guessing they're going to give him a shot at filling kellys spot at fourth line c.

Let's go wings!

What bothered me was when dylark went to the dressing room, he plugged Glendenning into his spot, when he could've moved helm up. The only reasoning I could think for this would be if he were worried about helm getting hurt, but even then it doesn't make much sense. But richards seemed to play well enough for just coming back from the injury.. I wish he'd start putting up some more ppoints though.