Mr.TaterSalad

Really like those Tampa Bay Stadium Series jerseys.

We've been trending towards the bottom of the league in 5 on 5 offense over the last month. We're 23rd in the league in scoring 5 on 5 for the season. Simon is hurt and we don't have depth or quality on defense to replace a guy like that. Larkin, similar to last year going into the Four Nations, is in another slump. He has 2 goal and 6 points total in the last 10 games. He needs to be producing far better than a 0.6ppg type of player. We have to have him producing in order to succeed as we clearly lack the scoring depth without his production. We've been carried by Gibson often and some good defense over the past month and a half. We need Gibson and a healthy defense, with Simon fully ready to go, to keep us afloat. We will be in trouble if Gibson returns to earlier season form. Add onto that, we have some of the fewest games left to play of any NHL team. There are at least 8 playoff teams who will have at least 1 to 2 games in hand on us post Olympics. So we can't afford another collapse versus teams that will have games in hand over us. Excuse me if I am a bit concerned based both on past history and our current statistical performances.

They do this every year too. They tease us with playoff possibilities, collapse down the stretch or in the month of December, miss the playoffs, and send us an email about next year's season ticket package.

We're headed into a full on collapse now. After the last 4 games I expect this to be as bad as the collapse after the Four Nations tournament from a year ago. Your can add a fifth game because they ain't beating Colorado tomorrow. I'm almost don't expect the playoffs anymore. Not quite, but almost. This team has a lack of top and talent and now, apparently, a lack of real depth too. We lose one guy in our lineup or a goalie has a down stretch of games and we're cooked. I don't think one move at the deadline fixes the issue, unless we're talking about bringing in a top talent like a Quinn Hughes. The trade deadline is March 3rd and the NHL resumes from the Olympics on February 18th. If this collapse continues for a week or week and a half after the break, I expect Yzerman to hold onto his young players and draft capital and continue building his plan out. If we see the collapse continue and he makes a move, that to me shows there may be some pressure from above with Chris to get this turnaround going. I doubt that though, because Chris cares about money more than winning. Unless he's in save my job from getting fired mode and feels forced to make a movie, I don't think it's necessarily true that he's making a move.

Likely I think. I feel Yzerman will hesitate on pulling the trigger this year thinking they're out of it yet again.

Here comes the February and March collapse. We're about to be losers of 4 of the last 5 games. This is really starting to feel like the last few seasons now. If we somehow full on collapse again there are serious questions we're going to have to start asking.

The NFL could care less. Tom Brady has an ownership steak in the Raiders and still gets to call games. It's outrageous that he does get to. It should be one or the other.

I'm so ****ing disgusted and appalled that this man is my President. Whatever gets posted here today, it surely won't trump the alleged rape of a child. This is of course only an allegation, not a charge or a conviction. But it's so ****ing disturbing.

Lance Newmark, our former Director of Player Personnel, was hired away by Washington last season. Dave Sears, our Director of College Scouting, was also hired away last year by Arizona. I'd say having two front office people hired away makes us coveted. I suppose Assistant GM Ray Agnew could get a GM job. I don't know that any team wants to give John Dorney yet another shot at being GM considering he's had 3 chances already. Dorsey seems to be an abrasive person, who burns bridges on occasion.

Man, I'm going to be a mess watching Home Alone at Christmas. Both her and John Heard are gone now. RIP Catherine O'Hara. 😞

I think we all collectively recognize though that three of their most expensive, cap costly contracts can and likely will be restructured over the next 2-3 offseasons. Goff, St. Brown, and Sewell are all ripe for restructured deals that would clear cap space. Come 2028 or 2029, Hutch may be in the same situation, where he gets a restructure and extension. I don't disagree with you that all of this moving money around may cost us a Campbell or Branch or LaPorta. You're probably correct that there will be a cap casualty. But if that means we have an anchor on our offensive line or even a dynamic pass rusher for it, I'm ok with it. I'm ok with it because of the positional value I believe those guys would bring over a safety or a inside/MLB.

Right, they do know. They also know they have the options to restructure deals and defer cap hits onto later years. You can be smart with your cap space and still utilize the restructure process.

I think we all except over the next couple of offseasons that all of Goff, St. Brown, Sewell, and quite possibly Hutch will be restructured. Plus, we'll have guys like Anzalone, Decker, and Reader coming off the books. The cap doesn't exist in a vacuum either. It too will change, it will go up, and our financial outlook will change. I don't think making one major free agent signing is going to turn us into the Saints or transform us back to where we were when Mayhew and Lewand had all that dead cap money on the books from Calvin, Stafford, and Suh that hurt us for a few years.

Have you ever once criticized any of the fraudulent activity that this President has been involved in or alleged to have been involved in? Has it ever bothered you that he's making tens-of-millions of dollars selling phony bibles or running a crypto-currency operation, pushing people to invest in it, while in the White House? If it hasn't then politely sit down and be quiet. If Steve Forbes or anyone else has evidence of fraudulent investment activity committed by Ilhan Omar or her brother or any member of her family he's welcome to turn information over to the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Federal Trading Commission or the FBI or any number of law enforcement agencies that can investigate it. It should be investigated and due process should be carried out. But stop feigning anger or faux outrage when you voted for a guy who ran scam charities, bilked business contractors out of money, and is actively profiting off of his role in the White House.

Sans maybe Creed Humphrey and Zach Fraizer (who many Lions fans including me wanted to draft), Linderbaum is a top 3 center in the league. He's also only going to be 26 years old when the season starts. If we can get a tackle in the draft on the cheap, then I'm willing to pay Linderbaum and make him one of the highest paid at his position in the league. I don't necessarily think paying Linderbaum means we loose a Jack Campbell or Brian Branch long-term because we have the ability to restructure. But I would be ok with losing one of them over a guy like Linderbaum. Offensive line positions are some of the most important on any team because you're protecting your most valued asset in a QB. When you don't have a mobile QB, who can create plays with his feet, make people miss, and give himself space outside the pocket, it's all the more important you have a rock solid line. When you have a QB whose success is predicated on a clean pocket with timing to look off multiple reads and setup play action, your line is that much more of an asset to the team. I'll take a chance on drafting a linebacker or safety somewhere in the second round or later, versus going with the offensive line we had last year. Give me Linderbaum or give me liberty!