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He will be an NHLer, if you're expecting a star he'll be a bust. So relative to the expectations (HYPE) here when he was drafted he'll be a bust. He will not be a bust if you have him pegged as a top 6 winger who is a PP specialist ie. can't back check. I see him as Vanek in the absolute best case scenario.

What's so funny? I watched him play in the Q fairly often.... he was there to score and nothing more. I'd trade him in a heart beat in a package for a youngish top 4 D. He'd need to be packaged with Mantha or AA to have value in such a trade.

You have reason to be concerned, he dropped because he's an incomplete player, who padded his offensive stats in the Q. I was terrified he'd drop to us in the draft and we'd walk right into the trap... and we did.

Ummm yea, they are... the NHL. lol

So you peg him as a Larkin type...

That's about as sad as the Tavares in bed with leafs kit on picture we see just about every Saturday night on HNIC.

Dboss who came up with that... its possibly the worst hockey nickname I've seen...

Zadina is looking rather ordinary against Canada... not on the ice to kill penalties, been invisible otherwise. BUST.

Erik Karlsson isn't the player he was before his knee surgery. I would not invest in him at anywhere close to the $ or term he'd want.

Guys having seen Zadina in his CHL days, I'm not sold on the guy at all. I think he dropped in the draft for real reasons. He may find the defensive side of the puck and if not he'll be a 1 dimensional NHL player or be back in Europe. Comparable: Daniel Sprong

Let's hope he turns out like any of those guys except for Lane Lambert.

Does anyone else think a contender may have genuine interest in Jimmy at the deadline. Assuming of course he's not injured... I've been really impressed with him so far this season.

LA is as bad as we are. Blashill has had no success coaching up any of the kids, players routinely underperform/regress under him. Nuff is Nuff... time to part ways.

LA fired their coaching staff today... they have 1 less point in 1 less game than the Wings.... here's hopeing this gives Kenny some ideas!!

I'd rather have Marner than Matthews, you can't go wrong with either one.

To me this means they plan to clear salary and make a big splash with offer sheets.

Both he and Ericsson are vastly overpaid. You don't have one of the highest payrolls in the league combined with one of the worst records in the league and not have over paid players. Our problem isn't that we have an 8-10 million a year guy playing like a 3 million a year guy... but we have numerous 3-6 million dollar conttacts for middling players. Contract's that were signed after a good year, or with overly optimistic projections of future performance, or worst of all for "loyalty" a nebulous term that means don't question us about our blatant error in signing that contract.

What's with these young athletes and tattoos? The bigger and uglier the better... mind boggling.

Over the summer in a thread I predicted Bylsma would be the coach by Christmas.... I may have been wrong, it might be by Halloween!

Larkin is a 1c on a bad team a 2c on a good team. He's very Nazem Kadri like, with a slightly higher ceiling.

I'd love to see him traded for a #1D, with this contract it probably won't happen now... and that makes me sad

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Bylsma will be the head coach by Christmas.

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Discussion on Sportsnet alluded to Vanek wanting surety and not needing to worry about moving at the deadline.