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Like I said - he gives me a good laugh.

Forwards - Larkin, Mantha, Bertuzzi, Fabbri, Rasmussen, Namestnikov, Svechnikov
Defensemen - Hronek, Stecher, Cholowski
Goalie - Greiss

I disagree. I dont think the Abby or Helm contracts had anything to do with the direction of the team. Rebuild or continue the streak, they both would have been overpaid either way as Holland wasn't very good at judging young talent about to hit UFA status.
As far as the Nielsen signing, it was streak related. He was brought in to replace Weiss, who was brought in to replace Filppula at 2C. Holland doesnt make that deal if the team was going into rebuild mode.

I was happy he finally put one in, he's been one of the better ones for us imo.  He is one of the few guys we have that seems to be able to carry the puck through the opposing team and hang onto it, he does however seem to have finishing issues.  Him, Brome and Ras would make a killer 3rd line behind Larks, Bert and Mantha and Ryan, Fabbri and Zadina.  

1-0 Wings. Namestnikov!
 

@krsmith17 and @ChristopherReevesLegs have an on going feud...  that's about it.

But he doesn't deliver. 

It's another one of CRL's idiotic sock accounts

That's not fair.  Primeau was a good fighter who was great on draws.  He also played a tough game.  Just had a poor attitude. 
Mantha is a big guy that plays like he's much smaller.

Would he get us a much better player in a trade like Primeau did though? That Shanny trade was a steal.

I expected a thread about Karl Malone.

Would he get us a much better player in a trade like Primeau did though? That Shanny trade was a steal.

Mantha's new nickname is the mailman.  He got his contract, now he just mails it in.

I was talking about Wayne.

Babcock made Weiss a bad choice, because he was in his doghouse all the time and signing  ~30+ year old at best middle six players to four and five year contracts at $4+m, is not what a good GM does. Abby, Big E, Weiss, Nielsen, they where all bad signings and trying to extend the streak does not necessarily mean to keep mediocre players for good money. He could have easily "overpayed" a real good FA and signed two cheaper versions of our mediocre players and we might have been better of, but that´s speculation anyway. All I´m saying is, that if his job was to keep the streak alive, he failed because of the way he took to handle things. He kept players out of solidarity and paid them for former accomplishments not what they where actually worth instead of letting them walk. That had to do with KH´s approach and not with ownership.

Mantha = Primeau 2.0

Oh, and the "taxi squad" thing is dumb, but I guess the league has to meet protocols or shut er down. It just doesn't feel like real NHL hockey to me, i didn't even watch the playoffs. lol

Awesome to see we're back up...  ironic that the site went down just as we had something to finally talk about LOL.

Always been a nice looking jersey.

Always been a nice looking jersey.

Oh c'mon. Trading away a 1st for Quincey was a brilliant move. It saved the franchise.

Rip on Kens picks other than Larkin yet saying Point was still available after Larkin ...umm remind me the GM that drafted Point. 
Wonder if we had this little tidbit.. for a 2nd and first overall in less than 3 years. 
Curious how many cups have the Rangers won since 94?

Nice try! Blaming Steve for Holland’s draft blunders 

Just a heads up for you foolios - they're ALL made in China.  So your "knockoffs" are probably just leftovers or ones with slight imperfections.

When did China take over Indonesia?