40Dangles
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We're strong on the left side anyways. A top winger (or center winger - draft is deep at C this year) is also a need, so you go at that this year, and hope you can find a RD gem amongst the next rounds or next year....JB and Bracket will find a good player regardless. And should we somehow squeak in, I think it may mean more than many fans realize. These guys making it in, even if they're out in 4 would really help them as a group mentally. After a very tough, up and down season, to still have made it, will reinforce what Green has been teaching them, don't quit, keep working, battle. It will pay dividends down the road when we're ready to actually compete. It will also toughen them up. The game changes, the boys need to learn how they will need to up their intensity, start being physical, deal with more physical play etc. It's nothing like Junior, they need to learn at this level. Whether we pick top 5 or #16 we'll still be fine. And honestly, I would love to see them make it simply for Marky, that guy will have willed us in if we make it. He deserves it after the year he's had.
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Heee heee heee, Heee heee heee SMH -
Confidence. It’s such a funny thing, but Hughes is the type of player that “knows” if he makes an error he’ll somehow get the puck back, or at least react and prevent a chance the other way. Players like Stech and Hutton have a flash, then try again and err, and don’t recover and get worried they’ll get stapled to the bench. So their creativity gets a bit stifled in order to ensure they play the “right way” and by the book / within the system. This is always they challenge for most young players, to keep their offensive creativity, while playing within the system for the team. The NHL is such a systems driven game now that if one part breaks down, teams are so quick to take advantage and counter, that an error easily causes a goal against. Now I will say this, Hughes game will change in the NHL, his errors will be more costly against pros and the “shinny” game he can play offensively may not come out, given errors in the NHL often end up in your own net. Unless of course Tambellini is right and he is Bobby Orr!
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If he can improve our PP (which is almost a given), and help our transition game, whether he get 20 pts or 50 pts I could care less. They key for him/ us is that he is able to get the puck out of our zone quickly, on our forwards tape when they have space and time, in transition. That skill alone, which he has, will benefit our team immensely. That is a major aspect of offensive chances, and right now we really lack that from the back end.
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Has Lockwood said he's going back? I see 2 pages of drama when he hasn't even said what his plans are.
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if we’re top 6 and the teams behind us were to pick before us (ie lottery just went as standings are), there’s a good chance we get Byram. Colorado (via Ott), LA, NJ, ANA, DET, all have major needs up front for young offensive forwards. There’s a good chance we get him IMHO
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100 and 150 would be nuts! That would be like back to the ...... Wayne and Mario days
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How do you think Trump got into Wharton? It wasn’t his brains. Daddy probably donated a lot of money to their endowment fund
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No chance. Kane and Keith yes (not that I revere Keith, but you know what I mean)
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Gretz turned those players into those players. If you were around, not sure if you were, hell I could have played with him and scored 50. The guy literally gave players empty nets to shoot at with his passing. Remember BJ Mcdonald? Lol look up his stats of when he played a Wayne vs when our stupid management traded for him thinking he had real talent lol! Wayne bounced the puck of his own players sticks into the net - it really was more of that than “all of them being greats”
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I’m agreeing with you, I’m all gretz all day as the best ever.
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Especially given our lack of high end defensive depth, he’s even more important to us. If he ends up anchoring the first or second pair for his career which he “should”, then he was the right pick
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Wayne made everyone around him better. Mario was a better pure scorer and one on one player, pure hockey sense, ability to see the ice. No chance. Hell, Mario only came “close” to breaking Wayne’s goal scoring record of 92 goals in a season (he may have if he hadn’t of been hurt), but in reality, Mario couldn’t even match that or come close again. Even on goalscoring ability (which I’d reluctantly give Mario the. Edge) the stats don’t support it, Wayne scored 92, 87, 73, and 71 as his best. Mario broke 70 only twice. And let’s not forget the pure physical gifts and advantages Mario had over Wayne (and the entire league given his size).
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[Rumor] Panarin Interested in Vancouver
40Dangles replied to SuitnTie's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Gardner is junk in his own end man. He solves nothing. He just causes more pucks in our own net -
Yep, Laughs sure look cup worthy! Lol!!! Bunch of poofters with no Defense. Awww and Tanev wasn’t worth it hey Duumbass!? Losing 6-1 to Tampa! Anderson hooked after the first and four goals.
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Is Quinn Hughes a Bobby Dazzler?
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Quaint coloquial term from northern England pertaining to someone very special indeed, either through good looks or by simply wearing something fancy. Your daughter on her birthday might be termed a bobby dazzler, maybe even your missus on a night out if she scrubs up well enough.
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Oh look! The Stanky Oil down 2-0 already to the laughs! Oilers are just a massive ball of sweaty stanky ass
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I think you're over simplifying it bro. Saying a top 2 pick means nothing. Look at the oilers. Seguin didn't do anything for their cup run. And pretty much every one else is a superstar. Its not about top 1 or 2 its about having a game breaker. And we arguably got the best player in the draft at number 5 in Petey so we have one. Now Quinn has to show he can be another steal....a 'team' wins a cup'.
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That would be pretty Amazing if they Got first and let Quinn announce it hey?
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Lol this aint NHL 19 bro. Horvat is one of the best young 2 way centers in the league. You don't trade him PLUS a first rounder for potential. Kakko isn't Ovie man. If we're lucky enough to land hughes, you move him to the wing. He's too small to play center in the NHL anyways. Petey/boeser, Bo/Hughes, Gaudette/ Jake - three great pairings to carry us to a cup
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And bring back Tryamkin
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Bo won't go anywhere, if we are lucky enough to get Hughes, he can be moved to the wing, where, given his size, he's likely to play anyways in the NHL. As for Madden, same thing. We need elite, fast, wingers, and you can never have enough centers. Projecting Guadette, Madden, or even Hughes to be better than Bo at this stage is a bit silly. Bo is one of the best young 2c's in the league and has just gotten better and better every year
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[Official] Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball thread
40Dangles replied to The Stork's topic in Off-Topic General
Exactly but its still idiotic to say. Is he going to be magically ready in three weeks when they can call him up? Atkins will look even worse now because of that stuff -
LOL McJesus just missed an empty net (goalie pulled) from the hashmarks with no one harassing him..
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A lot of people / fans don’t realize development takes time.
