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Hopefully we can get him back next year though we his contact ends...

Other picks look good too, LW William Stromgren, C Cole Huckins, D Cameron Whynot.

Seems like a good pick, anyone called The Bison is what we want in a player, saw his interview and he tries to model himself after Braydon Point so that definitely a good sign

Tweaking things with the intention of fixing a broken system is good, but don't you think that even after the changes you mentioned, both sides will still find ways and loopholes that will make one side complain that more tweaking is still needed to avoid bad deals? I think most salary regulations have to removed and let the free market punish both sides for bad deals. If teams can't control themselves giving lifetime contacts then let them go bankrupt.

Totally agree with everything you said about hockey is a business not a game, and also about work for pay etc. I'd just rather not have these caps and taxes and let owners make bad deals that hurt their teams, because it usually the richest teams that make these bad deals - and as a Calgary fan when other teams make bad deals it help us in Calgary Also thorough I understand that players have to be greedy and get as much pay as possible like lifetime deals that pay them into old age pension haha, I don't blame them at all for making owners look dumb - owners don't have to be dumb but they always choose to be, and personally I don't care if owners are dumb paying too much, and I don't care if players are dumb play for free either if they agreed to under contract or not.

Totally agree with what you said. I just meant that I don't care if owners make stupid deals that benefit players.

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Seattle made good picks and very conservative didn't take any expensive contacts that seemed obvious to take and even didn't take contracts that were pretty reasonable either - such as Domi and Holtby... Picks they took especially on defense were solid, and I like the Gourde and Appleton and Tanev and Donskoi picks too. I wonder why they didn't take a veteran goalie like Holtby that want too expensive, Drieger is ok but for another million a year I'd rather have Holtby. Not taking Domi is odd too, I think Seattle has to get more forwards because just relying on their defense doesn't seem very promising.

Can't wait for hockey season to start

I agree with what you saying about nobody owes anyone anything, least of all owners don't owe players a lifetime deal nor do players want to be paid less than the maximum they can get. We can compare players to roofers, but we all know that roofers are in less demand than players, so players will be able to command a higher price based on what it will cost to get another player of similar value. Personally, I rather just abolish all the salary cap rules etc, and let them all make up whatever contact they like - if you want to play for free then good for you, if you want to bankrupt your team then good for you too.

I say don't protect any, let the free market reign and let teams keep paying for dumb contacts. If players can get set for life, good for them. If owners can get players for under market value, good for them. Makes more sense than inventing all these rules that lawyers find loopholes around anyways.

Yeah, Edmonton exposing Larson didn't make sense either - but Seattle benefited from that. Other Seattle picks I like are Olesiack and Gourde and Eberle and Donskoi too. They should taken Domi and Holtby though.

I blame the salary cap for the parity and lack of true 3-peat dynasties. Personally, I hate the salary cap, let teams go broke if they can't control their own spending - why do grown men need others to control their spending for them?

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! GIOOOOOOOO

Yeah they're been lots damage before and lots the public don't know about. Maybe the curse starts with as you said, them being the victims of their own success? Losing players definitely lowers their chances to win it again.

Ahahaha ugg, what year was that? Was it Detroit last Cup till now?

Gio is gone to Seattle, some might be happy, but for me he is well worth keeping - Seattle wouldn't have taken him if he wasn't... I for one didn't agree with not protecting him, I don't care what anyone says, Gio has done alot for our team and our city - I'm sad he's leaving

I know the Cup been damaged before, but there's not been as good photo evidence of the damage until the days of internet and cell phone evidence etc, anyways the Cup now has too go to Montreal to get fixed - that's a weird coincidence haha! I think this at least deserves a small if not but curse ahahaha

Totally agree, the original Mighty Ducks logo is one of the best and most original, also totally agree that the webbed D is one of the all time worst.

My favorite always gonna be

Yeah I wish Quebec could get a team again, but for now I really like Colorado using Quebec designs. And these are good too

What the f is Vegas thinking? These chrome domes are ridiculous! They should say least have shiny sweaters to match their shiny helmets, they heads look like C-3PO from start wars haha!

The neon green Dallas and blue Montreal jerseys are worst.

It's now end of the 2021 year and even though Tkachuk didn't have to he still did fight kassian and the whole feud seems to be over. I think kassian is a coward not Tkachuk, kassian only picks on guys smaller than him, look at how kassian refused to even respond when Rinaldo challenged him from the Calgary bench. Tkachuk doesn't have to fight everyone he gives dirty hits to, fighting is optional in hockey, but being hit with body checks isn't optional - like Tkachuk said, if you don't like getting hit stay off the tracks. Personally, I don't think any of the hits were illegal, and the refs didn't call penalties nor did the league issues suspensions to Tkachuk - whereas kassian should obviously be suspended for fighting someone who refused to fight, in hockey as in real life anyone that keeps punching someone who doesn't fight back is a bully. Instead I'm disappointed that more of Calgary players didn't fight kassian for Tkachuk - teammates are supposed to stick up for their teammates but Calgary failed to do that for Tkachuk.