ChristopherReevesLegs

I know, I've gone out of my way to really hammer it in that Mrazek is a total POS lol

Not sure if anyone else has seen it, but there's a rumor floating around this morning that Philly will hand over the 2nd overall pick (likely Nolan Patrick) to Vegas in exchange for protections. I don't believe it personally

I think about it like this... Say, due to the expansion draft, Holland could only get max a 2nd for Mrazek, and pulls the trigger on the trade. Mrazek gone + Vegas selects XO = We gain a 2nd If the trade doesn't happen... Vegas selects Mrazek = We gain nothing The bottom line here is: Is XO worth more to Holland than that 2nd? I'm betting he is. If that's the case, the 2nd scenario is more appropriate. I'm guessing you would have rather seen Vegas selects XO = We gain nothing. But it seems like perhaps Kenny's young D-men are more valuable to him than Mrazek at this point.

Yes, that 4 million would be huge. As Bups said, Mrazek not being selected means we still lose someone else like XO, who also gives us no cap relief. No team is coming out of this unscathed.

I'd also argue he's probably the best defensive winger in the game, and probably would have won a selke or two if he was a center.

nvm

So troubled right now

Spot on. Why trade for him when you're going to risk losing him days later. Better to wait and trade for him after, whether that's with Detroit or Vegas who cares, he's still the same player. One of the reasons I think a trade wasn't doable before the expansion in this case. I don't think Mrazek will be traded after the expansion though (if he's not selected). If Holland was waiting to do that he would have protected Mrazek to keep his value high and protect his trade asset. I think Kenny knows damn well exactly who McPhee is taking, and it's not Mraz. At this point I really do believe their trying to send the kid a wake up call. If a trade does happen I think it would be after the off-season. If I'm Ken, I'd like to gauge how the kid approaches next season first. If he acts like a dick bird again, pull the trigger on a trade.

Question is now, is Hossa a HOFer?

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Wew! Everyones all spiced up today already, I love it! He is doing a fantastic job. They're going to have a better team than I anticipated. I had another interesting thought as well... who now has more insider information on every team in the league, their desires for next year, who they like and don't like on their own team, who they want to obtain, and their game plan for the next 5 years? One man, George McPhee. If he continues to nimbly navigate for the next few years, he could find some nice hat-rabbits to pull on.

Well if Vegas selects Mrazek and flips him you will be correct. McPhee has said he's only going to select goaltenders he knows he can flip

So we're out..?

They're going to announce picks throughout the awards to force us to watch their god awful programming

Leash? Ok, you can reword it all you want, it doesn't change my question. You believe Babcock could sit Kronwall if he wanted to, but you don't believe Blashill can sit Kronwall if he wants to. How'd you get to that conclusion? Blash has shown his willingness to sit a number of players and move Kronwall down the depth chart.

No trade market for him as outlined previous. It's a bad goaltender on the books for 4 million that a protection needs to be used on.

That was a Vegas scout who said that a while back. He only stated the team was "considering" that strategy. Goalie market seems to be drying up fast now.

Minny beat writer Mike Russo believes the Wild will send Haula & Tuch to Vegas to protect Dumba, Scandella, and Staal.

Did I... say he didn't... ?

Pavelec it is

I just wonder how different this would be if it was Patrick Kane. Hawks would be working on getting league approved, allergen free, custom gear, like it's the heckin cure for cancer. But with Hossa it will be: send him to LTIR, nothing to see here.

When you say Enstrom, do you really mean Mrazek?

So, your theory is, Babs was allowed to coach the team however he wanted, But Blash is not allowed this. How'd you reach this conclusion?

Hes coming off a season where he was one of the worst starters in the entire league. Whats the struggle?