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Because of lack of production people will say Seider will never become a true 1D or truely elite. This will happen as early as midway through next season. You know it.

That rule goes into effect at next years draft.

The first E stands for ELITE

You haven’t seen me row

Hey! Its not the size of the ship, its the motion of the ocean.

Chubbies? The thought of getting the 17th pick have me at full mast.

No. Babcock didnt deserve or win one either.

Yup, probably none of the guys Yzerman really wants was available. Better to keep Blash for continuity rather than jumping on the coaching carousel. But, I think, literally any coach could have coached the team the way Blashill did this year. Sacrifice all offense(Detroit team #30 i GF, only Anaheim was worse by one goal), shell up and call it a 200-foot game. If Yzerman didn't improve goaltending and defense in FA before this season we would be in the same spot as the 19/20 season.

The Professor and the Processor.

Larionov assisting Blashill. Now that would be a sight to see.

From the same interview: "It's all about puck possession here," Mantha said. "They want us to keep the puck as long as we can, make the plays at the right time, and if it's not there, they want a lot of shot attempts or to get the puck back. They want to control the play basically for the whole game. Compared to Detroit, which lately was more of trying to dump a little more, and obviously the confidence wasn't as high as over here." Having to play Blashills brand of hockey probably kills what little is left of that motivation too. Especially for a skill player like Mantha. The biggest winner of that trade was Mantha.

Hell no! Add grit, toughness, snarl or whatever later if you need it. Yzerman needs to go: Round 1: Skill Round 2: Skill Round 3: Skill Round 4: Skill Round 5: Skill Round 6: Skill Round 7: Skill Who needs an enforcer if you got no talent to protect?

You mean Arvid Söderblom.

Tick tock Steven

Did her brothers call you a fanook again?

Didn’t we just give Holland s*** for doing exactly this for years?

This. Why would anyone want Staal back? There are several better options in free agency to replace him with.

1+1, second year being optional.

You’re probably right. Though I’m holding on to hope that they are just waiting ’til after exit interviews for any announcement.

VAN beat WPG 3-1. Canucks now need 3 points in 6 games to pass Detroit. They play 4 of those games against the Flames.

I would think so. They got to be thinking that they will have no place on this team in 2-3 years anyway.

- Pat Maroon before last nights game against the Panthers (Lightning lost 1-5) Also Pat Maroon:

So, what to do about Bert? Signed a one-year contract last offseason but lost almost all of the season to injury. Another one-year contract takes him to UFA. Try to sign him long term? I dont think neither Tyler or Steve likes that idea.

Idk, we could really use Mantha right now.