buddha

not on that contract. wisely, the lions released him this morning. they can bring him back on a better deal if they choose, although there are much better choices out there, albeit more expensive choices.

close but no cigar.

i love steph, but draymond and jimmy butler on the same team make the warriors the most hateable team in the league.

i do wonder what they could have gotten for rasmussen this deadline. third line centers were going for first and second rounders...

if we could have been in position to draft nathan mackinnan and cale makar, i could cede the colorado point, but they werent. i think yzerman has done a great job of drafting and developing. last year he signed some quality vets to get the team to average. this offseason was a disaster other than signing raymond and seider to good contracts. whomever is in charge of nhl scouting needs to be fired. the walman trade was a disaster. tarasenko is a disaster. gustaffson is a disaster. motte is useless. but the plan was always - imo - to rebuild around seider and raymond. they should be able to do that as soon as next year. there's no point of trading multiple picks for guys who are almost 30 for this team. theyre not there. i thought yzerman waa right on track until this offseason. now i still give him the benefit of the doubt, but i think we need to see something this offseason.

another shorthanded goal. another TERRIBLE PLAY BY GUSTAFFSON, as he fails to keep the puck in and no one bothers to cover for him leads to a breakaway. abaolutely pathetic 3rd period from the usual suspects.

the wings were up 2-1 with a two minute power play and 5 minutes later youre losing 4-2.

who knew one injury to andrew copp would result in a total team collapse.

great passing by the caps and its 4-2. another soft one from talbot.

or they could have just drafted him inatead of taking cholowski.

and just like that its 3-2. chychrun can take the puck and wander right into a great area, tarasenko is just standing and watching him skate, and he puts one past talbot. terrible. time for some draft prospect previews!

terrible turnover by larkin leads to a shorthanded goal for washington.

nobody wants to hear this, but the contention timeline starts in 2 years...which is actually a little early. that's when seider and raymond should hit their prime, kasper should be established as a center, danielson as #2, and larkin on the 3rd line. ed and seider as top pair and asp on the second line and pp. that's why i expect them to sign someone this offseason. maybe a marner if he's available. or mcdavid... remember when kenny said it takes 10 years to do a rebuild? the rebuild started in 2019 (thanks to kenny's inept drafting).

i'm not really disagreeing with you, i've just heard it said by a couple beat writers that they plan on keeping cossa in GR next year.

then you're just spinning your wheels, imo. he's an upgrade on larkin but then you have zero good centers on the roster.

because cossa isnt ready. cossa probably wasnt going to play much in detroit next year. i think bultman said as much.

they traded walman to free up money to re-sign seider and raymond. now, i BELIEVE they would have had that money if they had not signed tarasenko and gustafsson but i am not sure about that. i dont think they liked walman's attitude and his weak play under physical pressure. i also suspect walman will be hunted in the playoffs for edmonton. going to san jose is easy because there's no pressure. the playoffs with edmonton will be a different story. we shall see.

would you have traded raymond and two firsts for rantanan?

they might have been, but he might not have been interested in them.

understatement of the year.

they still might have one coming too. they have a lot of goalies under contract.

what trade did you want them to make?

marchand to florida? rumor.

remember how excited we werr to get zadina and veleno? another reminder how monumentally bad late period kenny holland was as a drafter and general manager.