buddha

about as good as you cpuld expect from this team in the first half. under mcclellan, theyve been a playoff team. prashanth has a nice piece today about the resurgence of copp, and how copp-debrincat-kane has been one of the best lines in hockey, giving the wings two top forward lines. the weakness on this team remains aljo, asp, jbd, hamonic. asp absolutely has talent but must be sheltered in the 3rd pair if they have any hope in the playoffs. hamonic is unplayable. aljo cant be played with asp and will be a playoff scratch on a hood team. they NEED two defensemen, but if they could only get one it would improve them immensely. move asp to the third line with chairot and get a faulk to play second line with aljo/jbd and you might be able to bluff your way to some playoff wins. and i dont want to hear any 84lives **** about justin holl. he is not the answer. neither is wallinder (although i'd play wallinder over holl).

bryce underwood is a true freshman, nothing he did or didnt do today is "concerning" to anyone.

sloppy from both teams, but the wings are up 2-0. what happened to winnipeg? from the penthouse to the outhouse in one year.

obsessed.

i thought you were going to post a picture of deja vu...

i would be very unhappy if he came to detroit.

college refs are absolute garbage.

i think cade is playing better than luka right now, but right now is the regular season. let's see how cade does when all defensive effort - and they get actual defensive effort from good teams - is directed at him. i did see the lakers throw a lot of double teams at him last night, get ready for a steady dose of that come playoff time.

would there be a market for green?

i like how you put the accent on bedard...

i just dont think the lakers are all that good without reeves. the whole team is a bunch of nothing and three one on one creators. luka is still one of the best shot makers in the league. reeves is really developing. lebron is obviously not the player he once was, but he's still a very good point guard and can get to the line easily. but they have zero bench (marcus smart?) and little ammunition to get better now that nico has been fired. pistons bench ran them out of the gym.

michigan alums havr plenty of money. the only folks that worry about michigan's nil money cannon are you and G2.

cade is such a good player.

i'm fine with reaching out to him and seeing what he thinks. i wouldnt break the bank to bring him in. i'm more concerned with losing andrew marsh than gaining nick marsh. spend your money on the guy you already have.

i was just eating lunch at a bar and the cruise game was on tv here...

jyaire hill put nick marsh in his back pocket.

you wouldnt trade cossa for quinn hughes? youre drunk. its always good to have as many great players as possible, including goalie if you can. but you do not need a great goalie to win a stanley cup. ask chris osgood. or igor shesterkin. or connor hellebuyck.

would you have included cossa in a hughes trade? what about rasmus andersson?

fortunately, the red wings are blessed with two goalie prospects. what they lack is a young, second line defenseman. so go get one that wont cost you your second best player (edvinsson). also, goalies are notoriously fickle. dont assume cossa will be ken dryden. he could be devin levi.

my daughter gets bombarded from u of c too. i tell her not to bother. nyu, amherst, tulane. all sorts of places she'll never get into send her stuff in order to get her to apply simply so they can reject her and improve their stats. its almost as garbage a manuever as the "early decision" bull**** they pull now. i cant stand trump, but part of me smiled a bit when he went after the universities. theyve forgotten a lot of their mission: educate. so much now seems to be about money to pay the administrators and the assistant to the assistant provost for diversity in the dental school. that and the RIDICULOUS amenities they provide. i've never seen so many climbing walls and hot tubs in my life! is this a university or a 4 year summer camp? /rant

i dont think those schools will survive. last year's high school class was the biggest in history, apres ca, le deluge. the demographic cliff is here. michigan will be fine. but central, and northern and schools like that will find themselves without students. those who can will end up at michigan, state, amd western. my oldest is a junior and looking at schools. my youngest will likely have it much easier because there will be fewer kids applying.

brandon ingram? i'd take duren over him for the all star team.

or you could offer up cossa for a player who might help you get over the hump in a winnable east, like rasmus anderson or justin tuch... /ducks (and i dont think calgary or buffalo would do that trade without picks, but just sayin...)