Yzerfan87

Only a decade late

The way I see it is Kronwall and DK are the only absolute keepers on our blue line. We want a top 4 RHD, but we also have multiple kids who could be NHL ready in a couple years. While I would say Smith is the 3rd, or maybe 4th best dman we have, he's tradable. Petry vs Smith is pretty even right now, but we still have the log jam. We need to lose 2 or 3 of Smith, Kindl, Ericcson, and Quincey. When Quincey's contract is up, he needs to be let go. But if we only lose Kindl, Oulette still does not have a place. Smith then is the most tradable player on our defense. If we can get Petty+3rd for Smith and maybe the rights to that kid that bolted back to Sweden, we're basically breaking even, and then if we can unload Kindl for a 5th, we have Oulette up. The problem I see though is that Quincey is only good when paired with DK. So Petry would end up with Oulette on the 3rd. I'd prefer to have DK paired with Perry, but I don't trust Quincey playing with a rookie either.

Holy mother of God we won a shootout! Mrazek has now won both our so wins

Honestly, who really cared for this years one? It was the lowest watched WC yet. Choosing Montreal/Boston is probably a way to try to get people to actually watch.

I think Q has been able to get points because DK is covering up for any defensive mistakes. But having E and Q on the 3rd pairing would mean we still don't have any of our GR kids. You're essentially making it Kronwall - RHD Smith - DDK E - Q. I'm still not thrilled with that.

And Tatar now has 20 goals, halfway through the season. And people were saying he couldn't hit the 30 mark?

Gotta love that every time Goose scores, Tatar scores after. I wonder if they're competing for the most goals between them?

Where are the people who say we can't beat playoff teams?

2.2 seconds????

I wasn't. We had more shots, we just weren't hitting the net, but the puck was in the zone, and could easily cause rebounds and other opportunities.

Yea, I have no idea how that was a call. The Blues player skates into Z and Z gets an interference, yet right before Tats scored, Bouwmeester interfered with Tats, but no call.

Tatar!!!!!!

Weak penalty to Z

Huge save by Elliot right now. Just wow.

Anderson!!!!

Just in the last 5 minutes we've had 4 scoring chances and the shot count isn't changing. We have 8 shots, but we're playing better than them. They've only got to our zone when they dump it.

OK, so 5 shots, 6 now, but we just had 3 great scoring chances, with Kronner, Tats and Pulls, but the shot count doesn't change.

Well we've been too good too long to get any #1 overall type kids. But when you say Federov, are you forgetting Hull or Hossa?

Either or, I just chose Tatar for his goals.

What about Tatar?

Kindl and a 2nd would be a pretty good trade for both sides

I'm pretty sure it was entirely intentional to retire the number when playing the team he won the cup on.

If we can get Petry for Kindl, I am OK with it. He's not a savior, but it would be an upgrade still, and we get rid of Kindl.

So, just to add fuel to the fire, the Edmonton Journal posted this. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/story.html?id=10723563

I was wondering the same thing.