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HYPE! LGRW!

I updated my reply with a tweet that has a gif of the incident. Definitely typical frustrated crybaby stuff. Sad!

"You merely adoped the dark. I was born in it, molded by it."

https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/pit-vs-nyi/2019/04/12/2018030142#game=2018030142,game_state=live I haven't been watching very closely but I feel like Eberle is pretty cluch so far in this series.

Not to mention it's some weak-ass trash talk. If you're gonna make a big scene, at least say something cutting.

5-1. Duchene with a goal and three primary assists. "You can't fire me! I quit! Sort of!"

Yup! Also, check PMs.

3-0. Duchene has a goal and two assists (the only assists on the first two goals) and the game isn't even halfway over yet. Matt Duchene leading the Blue Jackets to a clean sweep of this Lightning team would be infinite chef kiss. I think it's possible. The Bolts have been knocking on the door for years and now they have probably the best team in franchise history. If they get bounced early, someone's probably gonna have to pay the price.

No. Columbus is crashing this Atlantic Division bracket -- WITH NO SURVIVORS.

https://www.rawcharge.com/2019/4/12/18307299/tampa-bay-lightning-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-game-two-preview-and-game-day-thread-nhl-playoffs#506689066 https://www.rawcharge.com/2019/4/12/18307299/tampa-bay-lightning-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-game-two-preview-and-game-day-thread-nhl-playoffs#506689234 https://www.rawcharge.com/2019/4/12/18307299/tampa-bay-lightning-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-game-two-preview-and-game-day-thread-nhl-playoffs#506689413 https://www.rawcharge.com/2019/4/12/18307299/tampa-bay-lightning-vs-columbus-blue-jackets-game-two-preview-and-game-day-thread-nhl-playoffs#506690054 I am enjoying this.

https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cbj-vs-tbl/2019/04/12/2018030112#game=2018030112,game_state=live fire yzermam fire brisebois fire cooper fire stamkos burn it down

Real talk: I don't truly hate any teams these days and it sucks. I hate some teams on principle, but that's boring.

So...lazy and sucks, basically. Meme magic is real.

Here's a good top ten from a few months ago that echoes some of my points re: Dach vs Cozens and also includes Mikko Kokkonen, aka my top 2nd-round target atm: https://www.milehighhockey.com/2019/1/11/18178295/2019-nhl-entry-draft-rankings-jack-hughes-scouting-report

I recall Franzen being a bona fide natural centerman over in Sweden at the time he was drafted. Consensus projection was a checking-line centerman. And, indeed, Franzen did go on to play some center in the NHL. I get what you're saying tho. Not sure if it's a thing, but I guess it would make sense. There's more eyeballs on these players than there were 10-15 years ago, maybe that would have something to do with it.

You joke, but I do think it's something worth considering. The Wings have at least a couple of high-octane burners who get stuff done largely through elite skating and sheer force of will. (Larkin, AA, possibly Veleno, possibly Berggren.) What the Wings don't necessarily have is a Zetterberg type pivot, someone with elite vision and elite hockey sense and the ability to slow down the game and pull strings like a puppetmaster. Someone who knows how to utilize his linemates beyond just skating hard and making power moves and dagger cuts to draw in defenders. Someone who can drive the bus as effectively as Larkin does but in a very different way. Mantha kinda fits the bill, I suppose, but he's not quite the matchup nightmare that we'd hoped he'd become. Mind you, I'm strawmanning Cozens. You could just as easily say the WIngs are desperate for the things Cozens brings to the table, and you'd be right. Which is why I'm really high on Cozens. The point here is simply that Dach offers key qualities that I don't feel are quite as present in Cozens (and, to be fair, vice-versa), and that's why I believe it's entirely possible that Dach gets selected before Cozens.

I've seen Cozens botch passes that Dach would've nailed. Some of them were relatively simple passes, the kind the Red Wings can't seem to execute with any kind of precision. Like I said, Dach's game is more understated. If you want a hammer, Cozens is your guy. If you want a scalpel, Dach is your guy. (Oversimplification, but you get the point I'm making.)

Joke's on them -- we're not gonna have anyone worth prying away. EDIT: Oh, you mean cap-wise. Yeah, I suppose so. Maybe we could bribe them with hookers or something.

Whatever you say, Crosby-lover.