ShanahanMan

HYPE!
 

And when we fail, again, he'll simply attribute it to having an off year but next season, with our addition of two more 35+ year old vets, we'll "bounce back". 

Gag. 

A team with arguably the worst roster in the league is also the the most expensive.
If that's not bad management, I don't know what is. 

A team with arguably the worst roster in the league is also the the most expensive.
If that's not bad management, I don't know what is. 

No, I want them to use the high picks intelligently like Chicago and Pittsburgh did, and Edmonton did once they got a competent GM. I don't want the #9 overall to be used on a guy who might be a good 2nd line winger, and I don't want to draft in the middle of the round year after year and end up with a roster full of 2nd line forwards and 2nd pair D.

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You think Daley is gong to help do anything other than make it more likely to miss the draft lottery and get blown out in the first round?

At least Stevie was smart enough to only give two years to Girardi.
another awful ntc multi year contract handed out to a vet with injury issues, courtesy of Mr. Holland.

Old guy, check.
Multiple years, at least one year too long, check
Prevents a younger player from getting a spot, Check

Typical Holland deal

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Never sign a player to a multi year deal that takes him past 35. Wheels fall off before then. Yes, he can skate now. By year 2 or 3 probably not so much.

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Most people say good riddance, but seem to forget that he was our leading scorer/point getter until he got injured...

Still waiting on ANY good news this off season. So hard to be a fan right now. 

This guy is under the radar but man, averaged almost two points a game in his junior year and was a Hobey Baker finalist. Watched some highlights of him and he plays a very complete game with a hell of a shot. 
After a horrible season and draft, this would be an awesome win if we can land him, and could almost promise he would be on the roster opening night. 

This guy is under the radar but man, averaged almost two points a game in his junior year and was a Hobey Baker finalist. Watched some highlights of him and he plays a very complete game with a hell of a shot. 
After a horrible season and draft, this would be an awesome win if we can land him, and could almost promise he would be on the roster opening night. 

This guy is under the radar but man, averaged almost two points a game in his junior year and was a Hobey Baker finalist. Watched some highlights of him and he plays a very complete game with a hell of a shot. 
After a horrible season and draft, this would be an awesome win if we can land him, and could almost promise he would be on the roster opening night. 

Straight from the horse's mouth. They took him cause of character, plain and simple. It's funny, at one point Wright even says "and even if he's not producing offensively, at least he's hard to play against". Haha. First round pick gents. A guy with good character who may be hard to play against. 
Glendenning and Miller have great character too. Surprised they didn't go first round.
 
 

Straight from the horse's mouth. They took him cause of character, plain and simple. It's funny, at one point Wright even says "and even if he's not producing offensively, at least he's hard to play against". Haha. First round pick gents. A guy with good character who may be hard to play against. 
Glendenning and Miller have great character too. Surprised they didn't go first round.
 
 

Well his team made the playoffs, and he played with Valimaiki (another first rounder this year) so I doesn't seem like his numbers suffered because he was on a bad team. 
I completely understand that, but usually the "wait for his upside" argument goes the other way.  With Cholowski it was, "he's got lots of skill, wait until he develops physically".  In this case it seems to be, "well he's really mature physically, wait until he gets better at playing hockey".  That seems more risky to me.
Also, Cholowski wasn't a top ten pick.  I expect a little more out of picks the higher they are. 

A player's size only matters when other skills are relatively equal.  Joe Thornton or Corey Perry aren't good because they're big.  They're good because they have high end skills, their size makes them better.  The problem that I have with Rasmussen is that he doesn't seem to have any high end skills to speak of.  He's all size.  His skating needs work, his shot isn't great, he's not an especially creative passer or stick handler.  I would expect a guy that's 6'6 and playing against children to MURDER them.  Instead he had an ok season; which probably says something about how generally untalented he is. Compare that to Mantha (also a HUGE guy, but with skill) who absolutely dominated when playing against kids 1/10th his size

Vilardi is big but also has some skill.

Wtf?!? Vilardi available and we take this guy? 

Hah, would never happen. We could package it with Mantha, and they still wouldn't trade for #1. 

I agree, and I think he really needs to go. It's almost like he's Babcock's retarded twin. 

Alright, fair point. I'll give the edge to Larkin being a more complete player. Just such a rarity for this team to have a player that's electrifying to watch. We're so boring. 

Alright, fair point. I'll give the edge to Larkin being a more complete player. Just such a rarity for this team to have a player that's electrifying to watch. We're so boring. 

Alright, fair point. I'll give the edge to Larkin being a more complete player. Just such a rarity for this team to have a player that's electrifying to watch. We're so boring.