The 91 of Ryans

Draper's the assistant GM and he's been scouting for years. You think he was off watching mountain goats f*** or something? I liked some of Wright's picks. Certainly a lot more than McDonnel's (Kindl, Smith, Jurco, McCollum, Sproul, Ferraro) final batch before he blew town with Nill. But Yzerman obviously has other ideas for this team yuh?

Is it OK to think Wright did a pretty good job and also think that he's totally replaceable as well?

I'm all offence baby. Have fun banging that drum.

Probably because Drouin was/is a one dimension feather-assed lazy diva. I can't wait for Yzerman to have his way with any of our kids if they start dragging and demanding. Are you going to do the whole "ohhhhh so it's OK when Yzerman does what we ripped Kenny for doing REEEE !!!??" thing ALL the time? Or just for the summer?

Yeah. Hakan made a comment like this at the draft. Apparently Yzerman was very serious about this during pre-draft scout's meetings.

That bottom six F group is soooooooo boring.

Rivers Cuomo of Hockey is doing a pretty good job for the Leafs right now. Credit where it's due.

Fun fact: Last two big names that signed offer sheets (Weber in Nashville with Philly, O'Reilly in Colorado with Calgary) eventually had their asses shipped out of town.

I say "look over there! that guy dresses more stylishly than you" Then I kick him in his (obviously) micro peen.

Hurricanes Will Officially Match Aho Offer Sheet No surprise really. But hey, it got people talking right? Bergie's going to have to inject some more horse juice into his wang I guess to compensate for this latest dumbass move

Yeah. No s***. They are basically full on men.

I think this is a safe bet.

Why? There's no room for him. You really want a kid to have to play in GRs because of this signing?

Then he can fight for one of the spots on the bottom pair with a bunch of other fringe guys, It sounds like they want Nemeth in the top four to help shelter either Green or Hronek defensively so they can generate more offence. Bowey can't do that. His defensive play makes Nemeth look like Scott Stevens. I was initially confused by this signing admittedly because I didn't know much about the player, But after reading some things and watching some stuff it makes more sense. I'm actually looking forward to having some defensive competency in the top four.

Sure. I like Lindstrom. Maybe he makes the team. Maybe he could use a year in GRs Let's break this down again assuming Kronwall returns: DeKeyser - Green Nemeth - Hronek Kronwall - Battle Royale: Daley vs Ericsson vs Bowey vs Cholowski vs Lindstrom Have at it boys.

Nemeth is 27. Cholowski should play in GRs. And if he does make the team sounds like Yzerman will make it work. Who cares about Daley and Ericsson. They can be dealt with. And if management likes Nemeth more than Bowey I'll trust their judgement. I also give zero craps that Nemeth's deal was 1M more than it should have been. It's inconsequential. If Holland made these signings I'd stand by them as well. Also who are these young guys you refer to? Hronek's going to get big top 4 minutes. Cholowski may play half a year in GRs. Who else? Bowey? If you're getting your back up over Madison feaking Bowey I'm going to disown you.

Nemeth - 2 years Filppula - 2 years Pickard - 2 years Yzerman is basically telling us when he thinks this team could start to get motoring again.

In one year Daley and Ericsson will be gone. Kronwall will be retired. Green, if healthy, can be traded this season at the deadline and if he's not healthy he can go on LTIR. Next year's D currently looks like this DeKeyser - Hronek Nemeth - ?? ?? - ?? ?? If management really liked the player then a two year deal makes a ton of sense.

Daley sits, is waived, whatever. Bowey can sit/play in GRs, whatever. Or Kaski does this. I don't know. Yzerman and Verbeek have a pretty good track record of evaluating, signing, and trading for defensemen. I figure they want to start driving this team's GAA down and must think he's a defensive upgrade over a few of the bums on this team.

Kadri's contract is considered one of the league's best, I believe. Also, IMO, Tyson Barrie is over rated.

"Everyone is healthy" DeKeyser - Green Nemeth - Hronek Kronwall - Kaski Ericsson

Gardiner is the most notable UFA still floating out there

Rightfully so.

I don't think I know what the Yzerplan is. Confused by today so far. Are they finished?