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I've long suspected LGW is a front for spreading knockoff Korean hentai . Would explain a lot.

Isn't Holland still Senior VP though? Is that higher than Executive VP?

War is coming to LGW... time to pick a side... John Hughes films enthusiasts v. Japanese anime nerds v. WWE fanboys My ancestors are smiling on me Jap nerds and Wrasselin boys. Can you say the same?

Yeah I'm bringing it back to FBDO. Sick of these nerds and their dragon ballz.

And just like with Tuzzi it was really the frozen waters fault all along

He protec He attac But most importantly... He respec

I love that every mock draft I've seen ppl are universally like yeah Montreal is taking Raphael Lavoie

‘Maybe this is the year the Leafs beat Boston,’ says delusional idiot who doesn’t know s***

Tronna class

I mean just say Andreas Lilja next time

No you dinks we're getting Point

Comforting to know I can return to hating Boston again Weird year. I'm gonna be pulling for the Isles to spite Tavares.

If I have to watch Dallas V BJs in the finals I will shoot myself

All wildcards win, all first seeds lose. Parity is cool I guess.

Yeah I thought they had officially passed the choke torch to Tampa, who knew

Don't they hold the modern record for playoff choking

Always get the vibe he doesn't like Winnipeg. Cool Dallas hat.

And the Chicago Blackhawks select...

Zaitsev can't make a tape to tape pass. A 38 year old Hainsey is logging big minutes on D. Leafs should let Gardiner walk so someone else can overpay him. Kadri is a head hunting jack ass who will continue taking dumb suspensions Nylander isn't worth his huge contract Babcock overplays Marleau Whole team is undersized and lacks grit

Lil Hicks is lil I love that people push n shove McIlrath, but no one actually wants to go with him

He said he doesn't expect Turcotte to be available at 6 unfortunately. I believe he has us taking Cozens. But yeah Turcotte, Byram, and Podkolzin are the players I'm most interested in getting right now.

Some of the bigger moves Yzerman made rebuilding the bolts: To PHI: Gudas, 1st, 3rd -------------- Bad. Coburn isn't a big enough upgrade to justify this. Gave away solid picks. To TBL: Coburn To BOS: Brett Connolly -------------- Possible example of what could become of Svechnikov? To TBL: 2nd, 2nd To ARI: DeAngelo --------------------- Bad. Poor return for a possibly very good young Dman. To TBL: 2nd To LAK: Bishop, 5th ------------------ Cernak was a great pickup, but Bishop may end up the superior G to Vasi To TBL: Budaj, Cernak, 7th To PHI: Filppula, 4th, 7th ------------ Gave away Fil and a 7th, but it saved cap space. Should never gave Fil that contract. To TBL: Streit To PIT: Streit To TBL: 4th To MTL: Drouin ----------------------- Good. Got rid of problem child and Serg is more valuable. To TBL: Sergachev To VGK: Gusev, 2nd, 4th ----------- Bad. Gave up a lot in picks and Gusev. Should never have acquired Garrison. To TBL: Vegas selects Garrison To NYR: Namesnikov, Howden, Hajek, 1st, 2nd ------ Good (so far) To TBL: McDonagh, Miller To PHI: Meszaros --------------------- Good. Meszaros turned out to be poop To TBL: 2nd To NYI: Wishart ----------------------- Good. Wishart ended up being nothing and Roloson was crucial to early TBL success To TBL: Roloson To COL: Downie ---------------------- Good. Turned Downie into a 1st. To TBL: Quincey To DET: Quincey To TBL: 1st To NSH: Caron, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd ---- Bad. Lindback ended up being worthless. Gave away Picks. To TBL: Lindback, Wilson, 7th To OTT: Conacher, 4th ------------- Good. Bishop is now one of the best and Conacher is AHL. To TBL: Bishop To NYR: St. Louis, 2nd -------------- Good. Great return for a player he couldn't keep. To TBL: Callahan, 1st, 1st, 7th To CBJ: Taormina, Tyrell ------------ Could have been a steal for Yzerman, but he let Marchessault walk after this trade To TBL: Marchessault, Smith To NYI: 1st ----------------------------- 1st ended up being Ho-Sang, the two 2nds ended up being forgettable (so far) To TBL: 2nd, 2nd He's acquired most of his players through draft and/or trades, and doesn't really have too many homeruns from the UFA market besides Stralman. He's passed out some suspect contracts to the likes of Callahan, Carle, and Filppula, but then he's also found unknown players like Johnson and Gourde who've contributed a lot. IMO it doesn't seem to me like Yzerman is overly good at trades or contracts... His real talent looks to be recognizing potential where others may not see it. This has led him to get Jon Cooper, Kucherov, Point, Palat, Roloson, Stralman, Johnson, Gourde, Bishop. Most of those names have been absolutely crucial to the Bolts success. However its burned him too on Carle, Filppula, Garrison, and Lindback, and not seeing it in Gudas, Marchessault, and DeAngelo. I think the difference has been Yzerman actively seeks to solve the problems when they arise. Carle bought out, Filppula dumped, Garrison dumped, Drouin stonewalled then traded. That's what I like about him, Holland has been content to just leave bad contracts on the books and wait them out.

The Holland plan seemed to be: Wait out the bad contracts, Fill holes with stop-gap vets, draft and develop. A very conservative long-term approach. I think the biggest question with Yzerman will be: Is he going to continue waiting on the bad contracts, or will he do something creative to get rid of them sooner? We're not really going to be able to do much of substance under the cap until those contracts are addressed. After next season most of our young guns will need new contracts again which will throw us against the cap again if nothing is done. Helm should be traded and I'm hoping something can be done about Nielsen.