Jason_R

Did I get this right? From behind the net he hits the puck out of the air backhanded, it bounces behind the goaltender, into his rear end, and back into the goal?

McGonigle has incredible poise as a player. Held up at first but when he saw Texas trying to throw down the runner at third, took the unprotected base at second. Then scored on the next at bat.

There was a tweet I saw the other day, I think it was from Friedman‘s podcast, saying that if McDavid doesn’t come back, Leon is likely to demand a trade. If McDavid goes, then they are looking at a serious retool, but if they are being honest with themselves, they might just take the opportunity to rebuild.

You have to imagine Leon told Connor, if you go I go. So let’s light a fire and see what we can get done this offseason.

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Kenny. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Yeah, Kenny inherited the two best players in the world. It is a failure that they did not win one together. One thing about Stevie is that i think if he had wanted to pull off the Hughes trade, with no extension or promise of extension in place, he could have. And the fans would have loved it and the press would have loved it and the players would have loved it. There are some out there on twitter and elsewhere who complain that Stevie didn’t have the guts to make the big trade. If anything, it probably took more guts not to make it. But he is a Red Wing for life and he absolutely will not make a move that he believes will make the team worse.

Heck of a job Kenny. He’s destroying the NHL’s most prestigious franchises one at a time.

Yes, it seems likely that Baltimore was going to take Moore. If Brad had him as his top rated pass rusher on the board, I don’t have a problem with the trade. He will be a substantial upgrade over the rotating cast of characters we’ve had opposite Hutch for the last few years.

That’s a lot of capital to give up for a guard. Would it surprise anyone if he ends up a bust in a floundering organization like Miami?

They can probably patch things up in the offseason.

Dallas and Miami swapped the 11th and 12th picks allowing Dallas to take Downs and Miami to take… Proctor. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Helene is throwing it on the wall.

Yes, it crossed my mind that Raymond might be a candidate for a one-for-one trade. Maybe a trade like this makes them a little more abrasive. Maybe it blows up the locker room (and maybe that is even good). But it probably leaves you on the bubble and does not do anything to address the contracts of CCR which are still clogging things up. There is also talk about the Rangers wanting to trade Trocheck. I wonder if it would work to send Danielson and a 2027 first round pick with New York also taking Copp and his remaining contract. but I still think the best scenario is if we can trade bad contracts with Vancouver. Maybe EP40 and Raymond can pair with MBN for a second scoring line, with Larkin centering ADB and Kane on the top line. Bump Finnie to play with Danielson and maybe Lombardi on an energy line and Kasper/Mazur with Appleton or Dries or someone else on a grit line.