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jimmy butler single handedly torpedoing miami's season helped too. you just hate to see that happen to a nice guy like pat riley. such a shame.

i think i said this earlier in the year, given philly's implosion, orlando's injuries, and the rest of the bottom of the east blatantly tanking (chicago, washington) or being massively flawed (atlanta, et al), it woukd be tough for detroit NOT to make the playoffs. that kind of assumed cade becoming CADE!, which he has largely done.

howard's numbers are better than ozzie's 2000 era numbers in every season but one. hasek has better numbers than both but fewer years. depends what you want, i guess. but i wouldnt put ozzie over howard or hasek. i know this has been done to death, but i think ozzie was a solid guy, decent in net, but never a superstar goalie. he got to play behind some of the best teams in the league and some of the best teams in history and that helped him A TON. put him in net when howard completed his career and he's getting shelled, imo.

the period is only covering the last 25 years. doesnt take ozzie's time in the 90s into account.

he can still get after it on defense. he can still run the point. offense is...uh....still an issue but he's not a complete black hole and he does like to pass. no future committment. he's been healthy this year for the most part. and he wont cost much. start ausar, ron, lonzo, cade, and stewart. win every game 68-66.

the argument would be the goalies. i'd probably put jimmy howard over osgood and hasek for that time period. i know hasek won a cup and osgood did too, but howard played a lot longer than either of them and was pretty good doing it.

big win. and they dominated the game.

what a stupid challenge. youre up 2! dont give them a chance on the power play!

raymond is turning into quite the playmaker. he's keeping the puck more, working the boards, and making some pretty slick passes. his pass to debrincat for the second goal was a thing of beauty.

if youre of the mind the pistons need another ball handler, would you trade a couple second rounders for lonzo ball? $20mish expiring deal.

i wonder if campbell will call plays next year?

mazur finally back in GR. unfortunately, it will probably take him a while to get back to form. almost a lost season for him.

can someone explain to me - again - why we signed tobias harris in the offseason? a lot of you were in favot of it, so let me know how you continue to justify it as a good signing.

that's good news considering how well holmes has drafted and the capital he used to move around last year.

do the lions get a draft pick for Glenn leaving?

corpse because they are dead this season. not a comment on their future or roster, both of which seem fine.

poles is the gm who didnt take jalen carter and hasnt really addressed their oline outside of one first round pick (who has been "ok"), and a bunch of fifth and sixth rounders/free agent scrap heap guys. instead he took a punter in round 4 last year and a punt returner (since waived) in round 3 his first year. cant wait to see which kicker gets picked with one of their two second round selections this time around. and then traded for the corpse of keenan allen and sogned deandre swift to a big contract. i remain very unimpressed with anything he's done other than swindling the equally stupid carolina panthers into trading for bryce young. the idea that they can build a lions/eagles-esque oline in one offseason is laughable.

Looks like glenn is going to the jets. the league is feasting on the lions' corpse before its even cold. bears fans are already talking themselves into their division title next year.

better than every team but one... honestly, its better that osu won than nd. better for the big ten, better for the rivalry with michigan, and better because notre dame is always always always overrated. just like they were this year. marcus freeman SHOULD go to the nfl if someone is dumb enough to offer him a big contract (paging the saints on line one), because nd will go back to being a 2-3 loss team next year.

i havent seen anything linking the wings to jt miller and that's a good thing. too old for their timeline and too expensive.

it would be karmic justice if detroit finished 13th and got the #1 pick. it will never happen, but it would be justice.

i only saw parts of the 3rd and overtime, but when elmer was on the ice he looked like he did that last time he was here: big, slow, long, and passive. like g2, i did see him use his reach to poke the puck away a few times but i did not notice him throwing his body around like i would have hoped. but its just one game and i did miss most of it. seider remains in beast mode. he's really gone back to being a physical menace which is good to see. unfortunately the team offense has disappeared again. seems like when kane isnt on a bender the team sort of falls apart. there's no one really outside of larkin/raymond/debrincat who is a capable offensive player for the second line. as kane goes, the team goes. and unlike last year, there is no ghost to score from defense. as has been noted here multiple times gustafson and tarasenko were awful awful signings. they have no replacement for walman/ghost from last year and its killed them other than the period with the new coach bump/kane resurgence. i suspect if they are lucky enough to make the playoffs they will be a very easy out. teams will hunt kane and raymond and brutalize the 3rd pair defense and the wings will be easily swept without big time puck luck.

i think ghe technical term is a "**** ton".

i would trade beasley for a first round pick.

nobody is going to trade for hendon hooker. he has no value. he hasnt played.