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Yeah. 15 years goes by pretty quick.

"Yzerman identified the core as being Dylan Larkin, Jakub Vrana, and Tyler Bertuzzi and set the bar at “26 or younger” when it came to the players he would deal for." Interesting that Yzerman would refer to a 2C as part of his "core".

Was Lids this hyped tho?

Marc Bergevin has microtestes.

http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/ This guy has Detroit taking 2 goalies in the first round. Ridiculous.

Get lost. Unless you're going to post some pics of nude Russkie girls in your spam. Who is "he"? Larkin? Don't think he'll be bothered by Seider being the better player. That's why he's the captain.

We're more likely to see a team built similar to the Blues Cup team unless we manage to draft some Datsyuks, Zetterbergs, and Lidstroms. Not likely. Yeah. Not the kind of team you try to build, but the kind of team you can still win with if you have to.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=212672 That's not what I am seeing here. Anyway, playing 25% more games against way better talent than he has ever seen will be difficult and can run down any prospect in their first full NHL season. It's not a knock on him. It's just reality.

The kids never played 50 games in a season. Jumping to an 82 game schedule at the worlds highest level can be difficult for even the best prospects. I don't have any "doubts" about Seider. I have always said he was the teams best prospect, will be the team's best defenseman, and called him the next Chris Pronger. If I believe that then I obviously believe he's capable of a Calder and Norris trophies. That doesn't mean he can't struggle late into the season as hes not used to such a grueling schedule. That wouldn't change my opinion of him, or create any "doubt". Nor would it change his trajectory as an elite 1D. Just saying that there will be fans who turn. There always are.

1. Yes. His job is everything and anything. And when a 1C sacrifices offense to play a more rounded game his points drop. We have seen this before. His own GM did it. When that happens, he doesn't stop being a 1C. 2. You don't have to hang at the blue line to be focused on defense. If you think his linemates offense going up has nothing to do with Larkin's play, then I don't know what to tell you. 3. There are different styles, talent levels, and mind sets for being a 1C. They don't have to be a McDavid or Matthews (see Datsyuk, Pavel) 4. True. But you seem to think that points is what makes him a 1C or not. 5. Calling Larkin a poor man's 1C is thinking "highly" of him? Ok. I didn't realize that a balanced viewpoint makes someone a circle jerking fanboy.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/07/san-jose-sharks-to-become-first-nhl-team-to-accept-cryptocurrency

Larkin has more of a future in Detroit than Nyquist ever did.

If you want to argue the merit of the league's turn away from physical play or the inconsistency of enforcement, those are both valid arguments. That doesn't mean the DoPS got it wrong here. I didn't parade anything or circle back. I only repeated what the DoPS said: "...chooses to charge into a vulnerable opponent..." 1. Scheifele "traveled a considerable distance... with exceptional speed." Yes or no? 2. He was "aware of his momentum." Yes or no? 3. Scheifele "chooses to charge". Yes or no? 4. Evans was a "vulnerable opponent". Yes/no? 5. Scheifele threw a "high" hit. Yes or no? 6. That hit "cause[d] an injury". Yes or no? These are all of the listed reasons why the DoPS suspended Scheifele. Can you deny any of them? Because if you cant, than you agree with the league.

We would still be talking about it because Scheifele would still have been at least fined for it, if not a 1 game suspension.

We'll see if Seider can play at that level for a full 82 game season. My guess is he'll start to cool off about 2/3 into the season and "fans" will start to sour real quick. Despite the fact that he's the best D prospect since Kronwall.

Not in the first 2 rounds.

Zadina's not my dream RW. Not even close. He's been a disappointment. And I've said so.

1. Wrong. Neither Z or Datsyuk's only job was to score points. Neither was Feds or Yzerman's for that matter. All 4 were capable of putting up monster offensive numbers, yet they were all expected to sacrifice scoring to play a 2way game. Just like Larkin. And they also had way better wingers to play with. Unlike Larkin. 2. Wrong again. If Larkin was regressing, than how could his linemates improve? Because Larkin has had to adapt his game to focus more on defense and 2way play. That's why HIS offensive numbers have dropped while his linemates numbers have improved. They can focus more on scoring while Larkin covers. 3. No one is saying otherwise. He is not your prototypical 1C. But if a player has to meet your rigid standards to be one, than there are a lot of 1C's who don't deserve that title besides Larkin. It's not fanboy excuses. It's an understanding of Larkin's ability and his specific circumstances. Something you refuse to do, because all you look at is scoring and don't consider anything else.

He was just trying to troll on Zadina. No bites this time. I'm getting Nyquist vibes from him. Solid turnout for a 2nd round pick, but not too exciting.

He is a poor man's 1C. He is not elite, but certainly better than your average 2C. If we could draft and develop a center better than Dylan Larkin and drop him to the 2C spot, that would be great; but the idea that this team HAS TO, is problematic. If we had 2 Larkin caliber centers on the top 2 lines, this team would be fine. You can win with that, so long as you have the complimentary wingers to go with them (presumably we do). The knock on Larkin's scoring is also biased. Do even his biggest critics think he wouldn't be a top 15 or 20 scoring center if he had Patrick Kane on his wing? And yet he finishes in the 30's in points among centers without ever having a winger eclipsing the 25 goal mark, and he's a 2C? The way I see it, he's a 2nd tier 1C. Larkin is not elite, and will never generate a lot of scoring on his own. But give him at least one bonafide scorer on his wing, and he will be a perennial 65 to 70 point center. And the same could be said about a good portion of NHL centers deemed worthy of the title "1C".

The concern with a prospect like Lucius is that if his offense isnt there at the NHL level, he has little else to offer. It's not like he can be used like a Dan Cleary or Kirk Maltby type then.

I bet Eklund ends up as a frequent source of trade rumors. E4

Except it's been done for years already. High sticking? 2 minutes. Blood? 4 minutes. And a hit doesn't have to be both dirty and illegal. I dont think the hit was dirty, but it was against the rules that protect players. According to NHL Rule 42, a charging penalty: Shall be imposed on a player who skates, jumps into or charges an opponent in any manner. Charging shall mean the actions of a player who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A "charge" may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal frame or in open ice. Said the NHL of its decision to suspend Scheifele for charging: "This is a player who has traveled a considerable distance, is moving with exceptional speed and is fully aware of his momentum, who chooses to charge into a vulnerable opponent with a high, predatory hit that causes an injury." While I disagree with the term "predatory", I agree with the rest of the statement and the decision to suspend. What is so hard about this to understand?

Owen Power. Duh!

Chaz Lucius is a Marvel hero. Kent Johnson is a DC hero.