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Feel bad for Howard. Solid game. Stats don't reflect it.

That Zadina goal was all Bertuzzi. Perfect screen.

I'll say this about Zadina, he seemingly has better composure so far than Larkin, whose 3-4 years his senior Also no. Fabbri is the most talented player on this team outside of Mantha. Speaking of whom, we need him back badly. I keep waiting for his crap stretch to come but it really hasn't come this year. Really love the player he's becoming. Dude is most valuable player on the roster maybe outside of Hronek and Fabbri.

Speaking of sticks, getting pissy and slamming your stick on the ice is basically the Larkian deke at this point Fabbri is the future Look at him. He's the cooler version of Larkin. Modern hair cut. Better style. More points per game. Fuller beard. More cups. Sick tats. Dark Italian stallion complexion. Even his name is cooler. Robby Fabbri. It rhymes. It's like speaking French, it just rolls off the tongue. Dylan Larkin is just boring. Never met a Dylan in my life who was cool. Robby though? That's the dude who chicks wanna bang and men wanna be. He would look good in a bad ass leather jacket. Now picture baby Larkin in a leather jacket... He'd look like an autistic man child. Toot toot all aboard the Fab Rob train

I really don't get why everyone hates Burke so much.

How do you think ga-ys reproduce? They poop out a g-ay baby

Ok now we're talking, that's a reason. I would simply counter that Yzerman has so far not displayed any old boys club type mentality. In fact he's done quite the opposite. Constantly trading for younger players to put on top of his vets. And the most glaring example of all of this is the waiving of Ericsson. A player who - just like like Howard - has been around for years and is nearing retirement. Maybe you think Yzerman makes an exception for Howard for some reason? IDK, you tell me. I think in reality Howard is a lot more valuable to Yzerman for the rest of this season than Comrie will ever be in the future. Yzerman could have easily claimed Comrie back when Winnipeg sent him to Manitoba. He did not. That speaks volumes. It doesn't seem like Yzerman or Winnipeg sees much of a future for Comrie in the NHL. If Yzerman waived Nielsen for Turgeon, I wouldn't care too much, but I assume it would be because he wants a look at Turgeon in the pros and he's not too worried about losing Nielsen one way or the other. Personally I think Turgeon is awful and doesn't deserve a callup thou. 24 hour old cold is called a hangover where I'm from. Sure I've gone to work with "a bit of cold" but that's either at the beginning or tail end of cold. According to WedMD the worst of a cold typically lasts 3 days, with milder symptoms usually persisting for 7 to 10 days. I would agree with that. If I catch a bad cold where I can't work it's usually about 3-4 days in length.

She has about as much chance of being in the rafters one day as Feds does

Aside from the childish ad hominem, I think it's sad that you don't care to understand why Yzerman did what he did. Trying to determine why things happen the way they do is part of the fun and builds out one's knowledge of the business. If it's so obvious to you that Comrie should have remained on the roster over Howard, one would think you'd care to know why. If Yzerman sunk Hronek into the AHL tomorow and called up McIlrath to replace him, I'd have a lot of questions and would be trying to figure out exactly why in the world he would do that. Oh well I guess. I've never had a cold that only lasted 10-24 hours. Regardless it's just a rumor my dood. It's a twitter rumor from back in June-ish of 2019 I believe. Patrick Kane was in the rumors as a cocaine user as well. A lot of it stemmed from Kuznetsov getting caught. It's definitely not a good look given his year and the teams position

I won't ask you that again. I'll ask you again: Why do you think Yzerman didn't keep Comire over Howard if that's the case then? At least you can finally admit you came in with a weird attitude. What's the "nonsense" about Larkin you don't like? You don't like my take on his ASG comments? You don't like that coke rumors exist? Don't like my take on he and AA's momentary sickness after a night in Winnipeg? Think I've been pretty fair about all three

I really don't think Brian Burke is a stupid man. Old school and abrasive? Definitely. I disagree with him on A LOT of things, but he usually has good explanation of why he does what he does even if I disagree. Had the pleasure to see him speak at a career thing for law students one time. He's exactly like he is in person as he is in the media. He's unapologetically strong-minded and will tell you what he thinks without filter. I sorta applaud that.

Ok. Would you still play Comrie over Howard in hindsight? .... and came at me about Larkin being lazy and using drugs as well. Which no one was discussing. Here come the strawmen... I haven't bitched and moaned about you not liking my trade proposal even once. I think I responded with something along the lines of I think Yzerman would want a roster player in a deal, and maybe that's Fabbro.... On the other hand I have moaned about you coming in with a chip on your shoulder about Larkin being lazy and doing drugs. Which no ones was discussing. My point was not about what effects a player more. It was about what we are allowed to discuss and not discuss. @Neomaxizoomdweebie asserted that we shouldn't discuss coke rumors because it is an illegal act and will unfairly damage Larkin's career. My point was that an unfounded rumor about Larkin being ga-y would certainly also unfairly effect his career, even though it's perfectly legal to be ga-y. Severity of the effect has no bearing. Here's better example for you, lets say a rumor pops up that Larkin has a serious drinking problem. It's not illegal to have a drinking problem, but it will still adversely effect him in the eyes of fans. Are we allowed to discuss it?

That was great lol Bowey and Tuzzi's moms are kinda cutie...

So trades that don't work out are good decisions now? Explain the logic. I agree that those trades are low risk high reward. And I do not fault Yzerman at all for making them. But in hindsight I would not have made those particular deals based on what I know now. So yes, I definitely classify them as "failed trades" but we will see on Perlini still yet. You came in to a discussion about a trade with offtopic ranting about laziness and drugs... I don't really care that you don't like my off the cuff trade proposal lol How virtuous and progressive of you. Sadly that's not how much of the real world actually works. Taken from the Danish player who recently came out: https://www.outsports.com/2019/10/7/20901262/pro-hockey-player-jon-lee-olsen-comes-out-as-*** Pretending homophobia doesn't exist is part of the problem

"Please don't vote for me" was said laughingly in jest. "I like the days off more" was not. If it was, it wasn't humorous in the slightest, which makes the comment even dumber. "I’m sure there’s guys more deserving to go. I’m fine with that.” He's absolutely right about that. He's nowhere close to an all star this season. But as we've already established, this isn't about who is the best. Take it to one extreme or the other, I just chalk it up to a young player saying something dumb in the media. Fans are not happy about this season and saying you want time off was a poor read of the room.

Literally, what're you talking about? Lol Yes. That's how these things work. I liked both trades at the time they were made. Neither worked out. I'm not gonna pretend they were good decisions now because I liked them back in October/November lmao You came in with an obvious attitude and its persisted throughout this discussion. If you have something constructive to contribute about a Larkin trade I'll hear it. But you wanted to make this about drugs and perceived laziness. You're not that naive

No one's saying Larkin IS a cokehead. It's a rumor. If a rumor starts that Larkin is ga-y are we allowed to discuss it? It's not illegal to be ga-y, but could still really effect his career.

Maybe at the beginning of the season. By the end we had Yzerman and Draper at C, with Datsyuk and Zberg taking off. He really wasn't needed anymore after 03/04. And it's possibly a good thing we didn't commit term and money to him, especially with his off ice distractions whether they rubbed off on anyone else or not.

No. It's literally not. Rumors are rumors and we're allowed to discuss them as such. If you want censorship where people can't talk about things you personally don't like head over to reddit.

"I'm not butthurt!" *proceeds to post a bunch of stuff he's butthurt about* Constant digging on what? No, I very much can. I recognize we have differing opinions all the time. Seems you just don't like that I challenge yours. Just a flat out lie and you know it. I've said multiple times I think Comrie and Perlini were bad decisions. Everyone was having a calm constructive conversation till you joined in. Hmmm.

EDIT: Dabura beat me on the draw

Pretty much what I expected was your motivation You butthurt about our conversation about Comrie and Nielsen that you chickened out of, and so now you're bringing the drama to a different thread. I think there's a possibility Larkin has done drugs before. But even if he has, I don't really care. I've made that painfully obvious. No I don't think he's lazy. I think he made some really stupid comments about the ASG that make him appear lazy. All in all, I don't think he's as untouchable as he once was. And this season so far isn't reflecting great on his leadership, which is why I created the Seider for Captain thread to discuss that. And these are also the reasons Dabura and I were discussing what a Larkin trade would like if it happened, until you butted in.

The mental gymnastics to defend the golden boy at all costs on full display today I see I have no doubt Larkin would rather stay home. I think almost every player out there would rather stay home. The difference is Alex Ovechkin turned down his invitation because he's old and said he needs the break to prepare himself for the coming playoff run. Very similar to Zetterberg. It makes sense, and Ovi has earned that privilege as a superstar with titles and a cup. Larkin is 23 and has no chance of playing in the post season. He wants to stay home because he'd rather go fishing or drinking or whatever than represent his team at the ASG. I don't blame him for that, It's just a really dumb comment to make in his position being an under-performing player on the most under-performing team. Which is why he got the backlash from fans and from Burke. But if you guys want to live in a bubble where these comments "make him honorable and an interesting person" go right ahead.

NO mAtTeR hOW LazY YoU tHInK hE Is, OR hOw MAnY dRUgS yoU THinK hE DoES Whatever you gotta tell urself my man No, but you seem to have real problem with it

https://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/spittin-chiclets-episode-232-featuring-brian-burke-rone At about 58 min in Burke talks about Feds. He purposely kept young Perry and Getzlaf off the team to keep them away from him. Says Sergei's heart wasn't in the game and he was spending all his time in downtown LA. Anybody else think we dodged a massive bullet letting Feds go? He never did anything noteworthy again after us, and his lifestyle was probably a big distraction as Burke points out. Burke therefore swapped him for Beauchemin early into Feds 2nd season with the Ducks.