buddha

spotrac shows them with $19m available next year. they lose kane, fischer, husso, maata, petry, breggren, yamamoto payment (they are still on the books for abdelkader at $1m, thanks kenny!). you figure (and maybe you dont knowing this mgmt group) danielson and mazur make it next year. two cheap forwards. bregren is a rfa and doesnt look like he will cost much to bring back if they want. then you have two defensemen to replace. do you keep johannson? buium? that's two cheap defense contracts. that would leave them with about $15 million to play with. do you splash $11-12 million for 8 years for mitch marner?

even with the cap room, i'm not sure where the upgrades are going to come from other than from within. you gonna bust the bank for mitch marner? mikko ratanen? brock boeser? and i dont think they have enough to sign them unless they get creative with copp's contract and give up a pick to trade holl.

they have lots of cap room next year.

at the end of the day, the wings just dont have enough talent.

only took 10 seconds for mcdavid to saucer a pass across ice, the other guy to actually secure the pass, and for draisatl to beat edvinsson at the back post. boom boom boom. oilers win.

lol

overtime.

the bears were getting their asses kicked for three quarters. they deserved to lose.

INJECT IT RIGHT INTO MY VEINS!

"larkin wins the face off..." who cares ken? theyre just going to ice the puck or dump it to center and give it back to edmonton.

about three minutes...

and husso is hurt again.

one caveat to the above is that they actually outplayed the rangers in msg for a lot of that game but were done in by sheshterkin.

very rarely have they been on the front foot. they are rarely they attacking team and they always look so passive. that could be an acknowledgement that their defense is so weak they have to sit back and try to hit on the counter, or they forwards simply arent playing well or arent good enough to retain possession. theyre very frustrating to watch right now when every team they play - from the good offensive teams like the rangers to the poor offensive teams like the islanders - outplays them offensively by such wide margins. i have to think this is a plan. other than edvinnson and seider (and edvinnson can alternate between excellent and shaky) they have below average to bad defensemen. which falls squarely on yzerman's shoulders. i'll defend the "no playoffs since 2019" streak because of the massive hole he inherited, but not being able to get ONE decent nhl defenseman in 5 years other than 2 of your top 6 picks? i wonder why their nhl pro scouting department has a job after this offseason.

i dont know if there is a more overrated unit in college football than michigan's defense.

will you look at that!

what the heck? was that a real offense?

oh well. my $5 moneyline bet almost cashed for $30! 😞

and cade chokes at the line.

harris wide open miss. harris one on one miss. harris gets stripped in the lane. please take this man out of the game.

TOBIAS HARRIS IS ****ING USELESS!

this is actually a very exciting game. smooth johnny kane is losing his voice from so much excited yelling.

yup

100% true. crippen, persi, anderson, el hadi, all four star guys. hinton was a 5 star.