That's very winnable for us...despite adding Ekholm that defense and goaltending is a complete mess...we couldn't out gun them, but we could score enough to D up against them. You match Crosby against McDavid to try to shut him down and see if anyone on their side can handle Malkin... If we had any...

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I will be staying at my relatively safe government job until my children start going to school.

Russian aircraft have taken down a very expensive American UAV over the Black Sea. I wonder the reaction will be...

"Crosby’s 80th point means he’s closing in on locking up his 18th straight season of being a point-per-game or more. Wayne Gretzky holds that record with 19 seasons." https://www.pensburgh.com/2023/3/13/23638236/sidney-crosby-named-nhls-second-star-of-the-week "Crosby is now working on his seventh ...

I looked it up and Esposito has 6 seasons >100 points, then 99, 84, 81, 80, 78, 78. This means the cut off at 80 is a bit unfair for him. This 70-71 season with 76+76 in 78 games is insane. Dionne has 8 100+ seasons, then 94, 94, 92, 90, 79, 78, 77, 74... so close to 15 80+ seasons. Francis only has...

I was a bit surprised to see Rakell on the third line but if that is what it takes to make that line click - Then do it

Otherwise, I loved Rakell on Sids wing

Are the goalis in SHL really that much worse compared to CDS? Jhonas Enroth is ranked 7th in GAA and 8th in Save %. It shouldn't be impossible to sign one of those?

The biggest issue is no reliable backup. I mean I know if Jarry goes down we are boned anyways, but just to have someone better than CDS would be nice. This times 1000. I guess no one was available. I am not a huge fan of the Granlund trade, but he can play in the top six if needed. He is signed fo...

I would like to have Domi in October...

I would rather have taken the same path as the Craps and entertained offers for our UFA's... We will barely make the playoffs as it seems right now and I don't think adding Granlund will take us past the first round :( -Trade UFA's for draft picks and cap space -Perhaps flipping CDS for Quick -Have ...

Re goallies: I know that it is expensive to carry a 1A and 1B goalie. However, given Jarry's injury history, I would have preferred a borderline starter instead of a borderline NHLer as his backup. We comitted 1.8 in cap hit for CDS and perhaps we could have signed someone better if we had comitted ...

I am on record stating that I wanted a 1B goalie coming into this season, just because Jarry can't stay healthy. I still stand by that argument. However, I also wanted us to trade Pettersson for a bag of pucks to free up cap, for example for a 1B goalie, but then the D would have been in shambles ri...

I could live with that mikey. I generally believe that teams that are not top contenders should entertain selling some players at the trade deadline if the offer is good enough. I still remember when we acquired Douglas Murray for two seconds from Sharks, and Sharks still went quite far in the playo...

He’s only missed 48 games in 18 seasons. Wtf? Our guys like to miss 48 games per season.

You can't score if you don't play He just have to take his position on the PPand score empty netters when he is feeling unwell.

That said. It sucks for him to lose his dad.

Jarry gets injured way too frequently to have CDS as the backup.

Amen

I wanted a 1B goalie during the off season for that reason. However and to my surprise, they managed to keep all major players. I guess the cap room was not there to sign any big upgrade for backuping Jarry,

Holy ****, do your homework on this, this could be a problem - there could be an unwritten thing here, so do it right - but if he's just out there (which I doubt), claim him and find a way to make it work. He's a really talented player... They could have grabbed Ghost for nothing a couple years ago...

What forum am I visiting? Everyone is a manager :O

To my surprise, or perhaps not since I ultimately am working for the government in Sweden, I have been alone at my division this week. It has been awesome to be able to do whatever I think I should be doing

If Jarry is aching that badly, then why is he still in the game?

+1

I get that it is embarrassing to lose the Winter Classic to easy, but I would not risk our only good goalie for the upcoming games.

Look at the chart. Do the opposite of what makes sense. I mainly check if any stock has changed value quite much since a "big" news. Usually, I think the market overreacts, so I sell if the stock has increased a lot, and buy if it has decreased a lot. Naturally, I lose sometimes, but I usually trad...

Source of the post If anyone likes to daytrade, might be worth a shot here...

You're the lone daytrader here...

I actually daytrade a little, but almost exclusively with Swedish stocks so I can't contribute to your discussions

I thought about Kopitar and reasoned that him and Francis probably had the same peak. But Francis had a larger career value... Lol at 205 percent. The case for Crosby Vs Lafleur is a bit interesting. Crosby has quite little hardware, but is probably the best player since the lockout. Edit. Nevermind...

Sid may be the best player of the last 15 years, but he hasn't been the best player for all of the last 15 years.

This

I like how you omitted Bobby Clark from your top of the head list ;) Kick St Louis and insert him ;) I think Francis career value for a franchise is tremendous. He was very good for a looong time and I love his play. But his peak limits him a bit so it is hard to place him. Is he comparable to Berge...

Great Athletic piece about my namesake player at #42 in their ongoing countdown of best players in the modern era. TIL he has a special needs brother who is a superior athlete in his own right, winning many Special Olympics championships in XC skiing. His mom and brother still live in his childhood...

GG. It is difficult to beat a team that gets är least one penalty each game due to ab opposing player being near...