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Was thinking along very similar lines. The only reason he has a job at all is that all of their goalies suck. If they want to see if Daniil or Spencer are #1 goalies, I can save them the trouble: they're not. But they ARE cheaper garbage.

That Time I had a Yeast Infection for Two Years -- Cutter Gauthier Show Me Where I Said That! SHOW ME! -- Kevin Hayes

For those that don't feel like reading that whole thing, I'll summarize: "I'm a douchebag."

A little? At least McCrossin is no longer here.

So, who had "halfway marker and 3 points ahead of Tampa with a game in hand" on their Bingo card?

From all accounts, they did though. And honestly, after the WJC he just had now was the time to get the best deal you're going to get. And again, I'm not even sure what better than a plug & play 1:6 RHD 21 year old dman plus a 2nd looks like. I'm not trying to pile on, just sharing my take on the asking because I thought both the Flyers and the media have raved about how FOs around the league knew and did a great job of keeping the whole thing quiet. I assumed--I guess this is an assumption--that's because he was shopped.

Kevin Hayes? Pierre-Luc Dubois?

You are correct.

We call that "Nazem Kadri."

I haven't had eyes enough on Drysdale to argue the rest, but there may be something to the quoted. Definitely a concern.

Kuato

I don't know. We traded a 5th overall winger whose never played an NHL game for a 6th overall 21 yr old RHD with some NHL experience and a 2nd. I know, injury. But i rank a top four (if not top 2) defenseman over a winger -- which is why i was really disappointed we drafted Cutter over Jiricek to begin with (the pick smelled of old time flyers). So, the situation and the reason for it stinks, but i actually think the trade is pretty good on its face, but especially good given the situation.

This is why i always say, "don't take the prospect to Pat's on the first visit." There are MUCH better options. (And no, Steve's Prince of Steaks is not one of them. Come at me.)

Which means, of course, that you're wrong.

I wanted Jiricek, so i guess i got my defenseman. Plus a 2nd

Completely agree. So, 3- or 5-game suspension?

Same (fence). I'm going with good hit with bad result, but yeah, fence. I grew up watching when this wasn't even talked about, so there's that.

I'm curious what the advanced stats say--whether there's something the eye test isn't necessarily seeing. Not the the advanced stats are correct and the eye test isn't, but maybe there's something there that is causing a different math. I'm happy being the underdog. We're from Philly, ####ing Philly, no one likes us, we don't care.

Who'da predicted this? This one wasn't even hard. People who don't learn history...

Both of whom would have long ago been destroyed and sold for S&H stamps.

Raanta on waivers. What are the Canes up to? https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/carolina-hurricanes-place-veteran-goalie-antti-raanta-on-waivers-1.2049788

It's been said, but worth repeating: Armstrong is among the worst GMs ever but somehow manages to hide under the pile of his own s##t and get someone else fired because it stinks. He accidentally won a Cup despite trying his damdest to avoid it. He won simply because of Berube and because Binnington played well above his level and despite trying to sabotage it like he's done nearly every other season he's been employed. The owner sucks for blindly keeping this guy around. Lazy, know-nothing sloth. Completely unbelievable.

So long as he's not responsible for providing transportation.