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Now that Buffalo is good it seems pre-ordained that Kane will finish his career with his hometown team. As much as I am disappointed in Copp, he does have value in the faceoff circle and on PK. He should center a 3rd line.

Early polling shows a pretty close race in the general. Take that for whatever it’s worth (not much). We are all free to vote for whoever we would like and for whatever reason that we like. For me personally, policy and political issues have absolutely no bearing on my decision in this cycle. I will be voting and strongly supporting whichever candidate is more likely to ensure an outcome that Rogers and the GOP lose. I don’t think it will be the case but who knows, that may end up being Adbul El-Sayed.

It’s going to be a very close race. I question whether he can connect with enough of the voters in the middle that can be swayed. It may not be right and it may not be fair but his name is Abdul El-Sayed. That’s something that he’s going to have to get over in this state. History also tells us what happens when candidates count on the college and young voters in midterms. They don’t show up as much as in Presidential cycles. That’s a real issue for Abdul in tight race. I also fear that Trump will use ICE as a weapon in Dearborn and that will also have an impact on voter turnout. Those numbers will trend lower for any Democrat candidate so if Abdul is counting on Dearborn coming in huge that may have an impact.

What’s next is becoming a constituent of a Republican Senator spreading the maga agenda on your behalf.

This is what happens when max contract values are attached to winning these otherwise superficial individual awards.

Policy doesn’t matter in this election cycle. Keeping the evil empire out of absolute power is all that matters. Abdul becoming the Democratic candidate in Michigan would be the dream scenario for the GOP. It would give them their best chance to steal a Senate seat back.

Celebrini turned out to be under hyped and he was the consensus #1 player in his class.

Levshunov would’ve already been run out of town even though he’s still not old enough to drink.

Waiting until after the last home game to announce the end. Fitting end for a guy that never wanted any part of the spotlight.

8 years isn’t 10. They’ve done a much better job of acquiring future draft assets during their stretch of ****itude than the Wings. 8 first rounders the last 3 years and they have 4 more coming in the next 2 years. They also have 5 second rounders too. Even a blind squirrel has to hit on a few of these.

This is a great way to ensure you don’t have a 10 year rebuild. Must be nice. I do have to give Chicago credit for not trading their lottery pick for a 34 year old defenseman.

Here’s a random guys idea. Think both teams would welcome the switch.

Borom can start at RT next season. He’s very capable of being at least league average at the position. I’m more concerned about Mahogany at LG. He had a few nice games 2 years ago. He was not good last year. He’s always going to be an injury concern too. I’m not sure I feel any better with Frazier or Bartch in that spot either. That’s why Ioane is intriguing. I’d have far less concerns fitting him in at RG next to Sewell at day 1 than I would a new rookie RT. That would create a very strong line with solid depth everywhere except RT which they can address later in the draft.

Had anyone looked up Mo Mantha’s numbers in Pittsburgh this season. Hockey is weird. Kenny also made a few very good deals this season to put the Kings on the cusp of the playoffs despite having the 2nd fewest regulation wins in the league and also get a few extra draft picks while doing it.

Watch this be the year the Wings card finally moves up.

They can buyout Compher and save $3m against the cap the next 2 years. More importantly, he won’t be playing for them anymore.

Probably time to put old Ken Kal out to pasture as well. His words just aren’t getting it done anymore. 10 years of the same taglines and catchphrases obviously haven’t been good enough.

The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

Highlights from Augustine’s debut last night. Looks like GR was not very good in front of him. Had to make a number of massive saves to avoid a 6 goal thrashing.

About those Max Clark posts

It’s truly amazing they employ 3 guys as hitting coaches yet they miss so many middle, middle mistake fastballs. It happened all last year too.

Lots of speculation with almost none of it having him stay at Red Bull. Are they allowed to give him an ownership stake in the team? That may be the only way to keep him

100% agree the players aren’t good enough but I think it would quicker and easier to get back to respectability with a different system.

I think they need a change of philosophy. They need to get back to a dump-chase-cycle system. They are too reliant on trying to use speed and skill to get in the zone. It can also reward effort and it’s easier to acquire effort players to fill you bottom 6 than it does skilled guys that can bring it in the zone themselves. Along the same lines, they also need to develop some type of checking line that is tough for another teams top lines. The kind of guys that make them think twice when going in the corner for the puck. They also need better presence in front of the net. They need more size and toughness and a little less skill.