Neomaxizoomdweebie

Both Holland and Yzerman inherited teams with superstars and added to it. They both managed NHL franchises to Stanley Cup victories. The difference? Yzerman has yet to deal with the inevitability of his team taking a downturn, as picking later, and trading away picks and prospects to bolster your roster will eventually do. We have seen how Holland handled it, but we have yet to see how Yzerman would. Plus, would Yzerman have to worry about keeping a playoff streak going? That also would have an impact on a GM's ability to do his job. Its easy, and lazy, to call Yzerman better than Holland at this point, when he has equaled Holland's success in his tenure as GM, but has yet to deal with the same adversities that Holland experienced later on. That would truly give us a more fair comparison. Would Yzerman do better than Holland under the same circumstances, operating at the same point in this team's history? I don't know, maybe, maybe not. But I won't go so far as to say he's better when his resume is still incomplete at this point. Thats just bias.

You're not open. Still not open.

Just checking in. Oh, we still suck. See y'all later.

Any team looking for scoring depth would have given Vanek a NTC on a 1 year contract. It literally is not a big deal. Would have been a small concession.

What about Gudas? Enforcer or just grade A d-bag?

No. Holland doesn't negotiate. He just gives players whatever they want. He's saNTCa claus.

Let's trade them David Legwand for Jarnkrok

I'm confused. Is this thread about our prospects drafted in 2018 or is it about discussing all of our prospects during the year 2018?

Man. Stevies hand is all old and pudgy and arthritic.

Like a cat lady

Chivalry is Red Dead.

#3 leads to a lot of lost paychecks this season

No. What's funny is the notion that the Tatar deal just "fell in his lap" and he doesn't deserve any credit for it. Even if he was dealing from a position of strength...and even if Vegas was "desperate"...he still got more value back than he should have. He negotiated the pants off McPhee in that deal, but I guess the haters gotta hate.

This is how some imagine that trade went down: Holland's phone rings ( cause he doesn't actually try to make deals)... KH: Hello. GM: Hi Ken, George McPhee here. KH: Make it quick George, this isnt one of the 3 days a Year I work. GM: OK. Since you are the only team in the NHL with a player available, and I am desperate to overpay...how about a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd round pick for Tatar...Cuz y'know I gots all these extra picks laying around I can afford to just give them away. KH: You mean I don't have to negotiate at all? GM: Nope. KH: Sweet. Phone clicks.

True. But the cost of players to replace those roster spots + pay raises for expiring ELCs pretty much eats up all that money. If they could make it work, great. Not so sure I trust KH to do that tho.

Until he's full time, yes.

I wouldn't be looking to sign any outside UFAs this summer. We'll have a young core coming off ELCs and needing raises in a few years, and tying up large sums of salary/cap space for players that are past their prime and no longer worth their cap hit is just bad management IMO.

I gave up on this one a long time ago. It's so commonplace nowadays that I suspect the rules of grammar will be changed to make it acceptable. Cuz you know, it's just easier to change our language than it is to teach kids how to properly use it.

I dont want to know how you know this.

The Canadians helped the Allies win WWII. They stormed the beaches of Normandy with the Americans and Brits. They have millitarily earned the respect of the international community.

Howard wont be traded unless a contender suffers an injury at the goalie position.

This sounds so much like another goalie that used to be talked about in here...I think his name was Murzak or Ballsack or something like that.

You see...when a man loves a woman...he sometimes has to watch movies (sometimes based on chick books) that he would never choose to watch on his own. Ask any man who has seen Titanic. Dicaprio and Celine Dion at the same time is enough to make any scrotum shrivel up. But we endure it to make the woman in our life happy.

I like the guy whos with the Wings more than the guy who isn't.

Jack Hughes