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You mean the one where he scored at nearly a point per game pace? Yea, totally unimpressed.

Great. Awesome. Go write about it in your Gustav Nyquist fan blog before you tuck yourself into bed under your Gustav Nyquist goose down comforter so you can have Gustav Nyquist dreams about Gustav Nyquist scoring 1 Gustav Nyquist point every 300 minutes of Gustav Nyquist playoff hockey. I don't care anymore.

Not bad at all I agree with most of your ideas. I have suggested moving Ericsson to net front presence/forward a couple of times on the forums before. Given that we are stuck with him, let's use his size and let him sweat it out at the crease.
Some of your moves are not possible I'd reckon, for instance Datsyuk wouldn't be coming back because of Radulov. But if they were, I'm good with them.
Addon:
I am hearing good things about Marchenko such as him having much more upside that we have seen from good sources, I'd like to keep him a little longer to see if that's true.

Id rather have Holland than Yzerman anyway

100% yes. Trade Nyquist+ for defensive help and replace him with Radulov for a year or two until Mantha and Svechnikov are ready. No brainer

So many things wrong here, where to even start.
1) I never posted a list, you are confusing me with the poster "PavelValerievichDatsyuk". My post simply included Green and Weiss as examples.
2) The conversation going on right now between you and many posters stemmed from a comment you made where you said
"I am not conviced that Holland wants to or likes to bring in guys from the outside"
PavelValerievichDatsyuk clearly proved you wrong, so now you are changing your narrative. The comment wasn't, "Holland doesn't bring in effective Free Agents" or "Holland doesn't like to bring in top tier guys, again it was "I am not convinced that Holland wants to or likes to bring in guys from the outside".
3) Once proven wrong, you then changed your argument to say "How many are in any way shape or form are stars?" by this you are implying that Holland doesn't like to bring in stars. This is also not true. We all know that "stars" generally dont hit UFA anymore, so to go after "stars" is extremely hard/rare. But, when they have become available Holland has gone after them. Did he land them all....no, but again that is not the argument here, the argument is whether or not he wants to go after them. I used Green as an example because last year he was the #1 UFA (according to TSN) available, and I used Weiss because the year we signed him he was also one of the top 5 UFA available. Suter is another one, yes we didn't land him but Holland tried. Hossa is another one regardless of who contacted who. Again, the question is does Holland like to bring in UFA stars, if he didn't, he would have turned Hossa away. That's a silly argument, what GM doesn't want to bring in star players.
4) Weiss. Nobody will argue that Weiss panned out, it is clear as day that it was a bust signing. But what is unfair, is you reference his injury history as why Holland shouldn't have signed him. (implying Holland should have saw it coming) Weiss was coming off a year with a broken wrist. A broken wrist fully healed should not be an issue at all. Other then the wrist, he only missed I believe 3 weeks between 2012 and 2013. In Weiss's first year with the Wings, he suffered from I believe either an abdominal tear or a hernia, either way, not exactly an injury easy to predict.
5) You are turning the fact that he is not signed in 2016 into a point. Of course he is not signed today, the guy suffered an injury that it pretty much going to be with him for the rest of his career and he is now 33. His situation in 2016 which is that he is 33 coming off an chronic injury vs being 30 and coming off a broken wrist where he was expected to make a full recovery are just not the same thing. Its apples and oranges.
Weiss on Florida was a below average #1 center, probably one of the worst #1 center's in the league. To think that he was good enough to be a good #2 center, IMO was completely justified. Did it work out...no, but I dont think you can blame Holland for not seeing this coming. Do I think it is fair to say Holland should have re-signed Fillpula instead, yes, that would be a fair statement.

If PK is truly available, then I would be perfectly fine with the team throwing everything at him. I love him, and I would also love to see the Head 'Splodey that would happen to a few members around here Edit: Backes and Subban. That's what I want from this offseason, dammit.

Okay I disagree with you those guys still get down the ice maybe not with pure speed but pav can still break in the zone fairly easily, z does it more with strength, and I believe those two will get better they always take a game to get adjusted to playing with each other again. I think mantha would be the perfect fit with them. Not every line has to be fast those two are smart enough and can make plays that they don't need pure speed. Then your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines are pretty quick

You just posted this exact same lineup in this same thread less than 4 hours ago. Slow day at work?

The author makes it seem like the Capitals are the 77 Canadiens or something. Are they better than the Wings were in 03? 06? Just make it to the dance, anything can happen once youre in.

That doesnt change the fact that the very same people who claim to want us to abandon the streak and tank the season for a top 10 pick are the same ones that ***** and moan the most when we lose hockey games. Cant have one without the other. A lot of the other.

So everyone wants us to pull a tank job but hates watching us lose hockey games. Makes sense.

I LOVE that you brought this up right now, because it perfectly illustrates the point I was making. You see, spending ones time thinking up hockey nicknames is something that 15 year old boys do while chillin with their bro-dudes in their mom's basement. You're not a 15 year old boy, are you?Also, at the time I seem to remember that you conceded the point that your behaviour was silly, but now this statement seems to contradict that. Which is it? Do you secretly long for the days of Danny "Diesel" DeKeyser, Brian "Laser" Lashoff and Jakob "Fire" Kindl?

*in before some whiny moron laments the fact that ken couldn't even get a late round pick for him!!!*

*in before some whiny moron laments the fact that ken couldn't even get a late round pick for him!!!*

*in before some whiny moron laments the fact that ken couldn't even get a late round pick for him!!!*

Andersson will likely be in the lineup tonight against Buffalo, and Athanasiou is expected to be back in the lineup tonight against Rochester. Maybe they swap them after tonight's games, assuming Andersson clears waivers and is sent to Grand Rapids...
Although it's probably more likely that they're looking to call up a defender with Kronwall out for the next few weeks. Likely Ouellet, but I'd like to see Jensen or Sproul get a look.

Byfuglien cannot be acquired for what you are willing to give up. You should prepare yourself for that reality.

For the record, im fine with the deal. I would have liked to see something with less term and/or money, but its nothing to get upset over.
HOWEVER... this really makes me question Holland's ability to negotiate. Like, how much was Abdelkader's starting point? Did he want Tarasenko money or something? Because otherwise it seems like Holland just laid down on this one.

Don't make Q angry.
You won't like it when he is angry

I liked BOS's lines better

I blame the guy that started the 'Completely healthy roster?' thread

I blame the guy that started the 'Completely healthy roster?' thread

I blame the guy that started the 'Completely healthy roster?' thread

I blame the guy that started the 'Completely healthy roster?' thread